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 second
chance billionaire romance and 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 defined by
forced proximity 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 enter a fake dating agreement 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. Enemies to Lovers: She needs inspiration. He is inspiration. Too bad Elle can't
stand her tech billionaire muse Parker Warren-and the feeling is mutual. Witty Banter: Their
chemistry started with a disastrous stairwell hookup. Now their hate-fueled arguments might be
the only thing that can break her writer's block... and his resolve. Slow Burn Romance: They're
just neighbors and it's just a business arrangement. But with one thin wall between them all
summer their fake relationship is starting to feel dangerously real. Spicy Rom-Com: A New York
City summer full of sizzling chemistry laugh-out-loud moments and plenty of steam as these
two opposites discover they can't keep their hands off each other.
