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'Pure, steamy fun, and the perfect summer read' Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis<\/i><\/b>

From New York Times<\/i> and Sunday Times <\/i>bestselling author Alex Aster comes this year’s hottest romance.<\/b><\/p>\n

Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a movie set in New York City. The only problem? Her recent writer's block.<\/p>\n

When Elle returns to NYC, she finds her new neighbour to be none other than handsome tech billionaire Parker Warren. The same guy she had a disastrous hook up with two years ago. When seeing him again leads to a night of hate-fuelled writing, Elle realises he might just be her twisted muse.<\/p>\n

Parker needs a fake relationship to help secure a business deal. Elle needs to test date spots for her screenplay. So, they make a deal.<\/p>\n

Summers always end, and so will this agreement.
It's all pretend.
Until it isn't.<\/p>\n

If you like…<\/b>
Billionaire romances
Forced proximity
Neighbours
Fake dating
Enemies-to-lovers
Slow burn
Spice
…you'll love Summer in the City<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Discover Alex Aster's brand-new adult romantasy debut, Starside<\/i>, available to pre-order now!<\/b><\/p>\n

Summer in the City<\/i> ranked no. 10 on the Sunday Times<\/i> bestseller chart and no. 2 on the New York Times <\/i>bestseller chart week ending 29\/03\/25.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The instant Sunday Times<\/i> and New York Times<\/i> bestselling romance debut from Alex Aster, author of the world-famous Lightlark series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[35601],"product_tag":[858,672],"class_list":["post-118407","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-romance","product_tag-adult-contemporary-romance","product_tag-romance","pa_book_author-aster-alex","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-813-6-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-bloomsbury","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8306","pa_publisher-bloomsbury","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nSummer in the City<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"'Pure, steamy fun, and the perfect summer read' Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love HypothesisFrom New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Alex Aster comes this year's hottest romance.Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a movie set in New York City. 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