The Break-Up Pact
A Novel
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3.1 • 17 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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Two best friends who haven’t spoken in ten years pretend to date after break-ups with their respective exes go viral, in this delightfully fun and deeply emotional novel from New York Times bestselling author Emma Lord.
June and Levi were best friends as teenagers—until the day they weren’t. Now June is struggling to make rent on her beachside tea shop, Levi is living a New York cliché as a disillusioned hedge fund manager and failed novelist, and they've barely spoken in years.
But after they both experience public, humiliating break-ups with their exes that spread like wildfire across TikTok rabbit holes and daytime talk shows alike, they accidentally make some juicy gossip of their own—a photo of them together has the internet convinced they're a couple. With so many people rooting for them, they decide to put aside their rocky past and make a pact to fuel the fire. Pretending to date will help June’s shop get back on its feet and make Levi’s ex realize that she made a mistake. All they have to do is convince the world they're in love, one swoon-worthy photo opp at a time.
Two viral break-ups. One fake relationship. Five sparkling, heart-pounding dates. June and Levi can definitely pull this off without their hearts getting involved. Because everyone knows fake dating doesn’t come with real feelings. Right?
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A slow burn between childhood best friends who enter into a fake relationship animates this fluffy contemporary from bestseller Lord (Begin Again). June Hart and Levi Shaw were best friends and would-be high school sweethearts before a miscommunication tore them apart. Ten years after they last spoke, they both happen to go viral online at the same time and for the same reason: someone filmed their devastating breakups from their respective partners. Now they're both back in small-town Benton Beach to recuperate from the humiliation. June takes over her late sister's struggling tea shop, while Levi decides it's finally time to write his novel. When internet sleuths realize their connection, the two decide to use the online gossip mill to their mutual advantage by faking a relationship. Levi hopes to make his cheating ex jealous, while June hopes the buzz will drive customers to her store. But what happens when real feelings enter the arrangement? The romance is set at a slow simmer, leaving plenty of room for June's and Levi's necessary character growth. The steamy scenes, when they come, are well worth the wait and grounded in a believable connection. It's light, feel-good fare that's perfect for the beach.
