How to End a Love Story

The brilliant contemporary romance novel debut from Yulin Kuang,the acclaimed screenwriter of Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation and director of the forthcoming Beach Read feature film. Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the car wreck that killed her sister tied their lives together forever. Now a bestselling authorHelen pours everything into her career. She’s even scored a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novelsand if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writer’s blocksurely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After allno one knows her there. Except… Grant has done everything in his power to move on from the pastincluding building a life across the country. And while the panic attacks have never quite gone awayhe’s well liked around town as a screenwriter. He knows he shouldn’t have taken the job on Helen’s showbut it will open doors to developing his own projects that he just can’t pass up. Grant’s exactly as Helen remembers him–charmingfunnypopularand lovable in ways that she’s never been. And Helen’s exactly as Grant remembers too–brilliantbeautifulclosed off. But working together is messyand electrifyingand Helen’s parentswho have never forgiven Granthave no idea he’s in the picture at all. When secrets come to lightthey must reckon with the fact that theirs was never meant to be any kind of love story. And yet… the key to making peace with their past–and themselves–might just lie in holding on to each other in the present.