NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two feuding second-grade teachers (and neighbors) find themselves
teaming up in this new rivals-to-lovers romance set in Rome Kentucky—from the New York Times
bestselling author of The Rule Book and Practice Makes Perfect . “Sarah Adams writes books
with heart and soul. They speak to the people finding their way and being unapologetically
themselves in the process. I love her style.”—Hannah Grace author of Icebreaker Emily Walker
hates having her carefully crafted world disrupted by anyone most of all her legendary nemesis
Jack Bennett. He’s the opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a
romance writer which is why Emily was perfectly happy when Jack left Rome Kentucky
mid-school year with his fiancée. The last thing Emily saw coming was Jack’s return at the
start of the summer after calling off the wedding and ending his relationship but he’s here to
stay—as her colleague and her neighbor. Jack is glad to be back eager to renovate his house
and work on the next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name. But when he realizes he’s
now neighbors with the one woman who has always pushed his buttons he discovers something he’s
even more excited about—thwarting Emily and her petty plans to sabotage his return. With their
chemistry-fueled animosity at an all-time high Emily accidentally sends an email to their
school’s principal that could reveal her secret literary side hustle. She needs to steal back
her manuscript and Jack—she hates to admit—is just the man to help her. Surprisingly he
agrees. Will their unlikely alliance put an end to their rivalry? Or could it lead to a steamy
plot twist they never saw coming? Look for all of Sarah Adams’s When in Rome books: WHEN IN
ROME • PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT • BEG BORROW OR STEAL (Coming Soon!)
