INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “This was a fun stay-up-late-to-finish read! Elle and
Parker have chemistry from the jump but a combination of forced proximity and her hatred of
him is fuel for witty banter a long slow burn and plenty of steam! I loved how Elle's true
enemies-to-lovers journey is with New York City itself. Aster pays tribute to so many special
NYC landmarks and experiences making the setting every bit a living character as the people in
it.” — Abby Jimenez #1 New York Times bestselling author From #1 New York Times bestselling
author Alex Aster comes her adult debut novel Summer in the City —a swoony fast-paced rom-com
set in New York City in which a screenwriter and a sexy tech CEO go from lovers to enemies and
back to lovers again… Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime to
write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? She’s had writer’s block for
months and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer. In a desperate attempt at
inspiration Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to in an apartment
she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows skyline views and a new coffee shop to haunt
included). It’s the perfect place to write her screenplay…until she realizes her new neighbor
is tech “Billionaire Bachelor” Parker Warren her stairwell hookup from two years ago. It’s
been a lovers-to-enemies situation ever since. When seeing him again turns into a full night
of hate-fueled writing Elle realizes her enemy twisted muse might just be the key to finishing
her screenplay... if she can stand being around her polar opposite. She writes anonymously and
he’s on the cover of every business magazine. He frequents fancy red carpeted events and she
doesn’t like leaving her emotional support five block radius. One summer. One wall apart. He
needs to fake a buzzy relationship during his company’s precarious acquisition. She needs to
write a movie around a list of NYC locations. Both need a break from their unrelenting
schedules and a chance to rediscover the skyscraper glimmering pizza crusted sunlit charms
of the city. Summers always end and so will this agreement. It’s all pretend. Promise.
Until it isn’t.
