The Friendship Fling

In this delightfully charming and heartfelt debut love story,two lonely and wildly different strangers embark on a short-term friendship over one London summer–only to discover they may be something more by the time the season ends. No one would ever call Ava Monroe a people personwhich isn’t ideal for a barista in a busy London coffee shop. She’s sarcasticbluntand cynicaland her relationships are strictly no strings attached. With her best friend Josie soon leaving for a yearAva knows she’ll be all alone unless she shakes up her routine. But she can’t risk bringing chance back into her carefully controlled life. Then insufferably cheerfulcountry-hoppingundeniably gorgeous Finn O’Callaghan rolls into her coffee shop with a horrifying proposal –a strictly friends-only summer fling. Finn needs a local to help him complete his London bucket listand Ava needs to reassure Josie she won’t be on her own. And it’s only for a few months. To Ava’s surprisetheir mismatched friendship of convenience becomes oddly tolerableand as they work their way through Finn’s list and around the sun-drenched cityfrom rooftops and floating bars to nights at the museumtheir adventures–and Finn’s company–start to feel . . . nice. Incrediblyterrifyinglydangerously nice. Stillrules are rules–Ava has good reasons for them–and as the days get shorterFinn’s departure gets closer. Because that’s the thing about summer: it always ends. Right?