32 Days in May

Return to the Jersey Shore with a new romance by Summertime Punchline author Betty Corrello in which a young woman recently diagnosed with lupus attempts a no-strings fling with a former television star,perfect for readers of Elissa Sussman or Tia Williams. Nadia Fabiola wants to lose herself in Evergreen–the Jersey Shore town where she grew up vacationing with her family–and never look back at her glamorousgainfully employed former self. After a shocking lupus diagnosis turned her life upside downshe’s desperate for a sense of control over her bodyher lifeand her mental health. Nadia plans on keeping her life small and boringwhile continuing to ignore her sister’s relentless questioning. Nadia’s sister isn’t the only person worried about her. When her rheumatologist not-so-subtly sets her up with his infamous former-actor cousinMarco AntoniouNadia is skeptical. But Marco is gorgeous–despite carrying his own baggage from a very public burnout. After a messy (but fun) first datethey decide that a May-long fling could be just what the doctor ordered: no commitmentno stringsjust one month of escape. Their undeniable chemistry starts to feel a lot like something more and while Marco pulls Nadia deeper into his lifeshe is dead set on keeping her diagnosis from him. But there are only so many days in Mayand only so much pretending she can do. As the stress of their whirlwind romance takes its toll on Nadia’s healthshe’s forced to decide if a chance at love is worth the risk of trusting someone new. Travel from the Jersey Shore to Rome and back in this delightfully funnybeautifully honest exploration of loveintimacyand vulnerability while living with a chronic illness.