Emily HenryΓÇÖs beloved New York Times bestselling novel now in this stunning hardcover collectorΓÇÖs edition featuring: ΓÇó A shimmering revamped cover ΓÇó Sunset sky art endpapers and sprayed edges ΓÇó Gold foil stamped case,and… ΓÇó A new introduction from the author and a bonus January and Gus epilogueΓÇ£The LayoverΓÇ¥ A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a Happily Ever Afterhe kills off his entire cast. TheyΓÇÖre polar opposites. In factthe only thing they have in common is that for the next three months theyΓÇÖre living in neighboring beach housesbroke and bogged down with writerΓÇÖs block. Then one hazy eveningone thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happyand January will pen the next Great American Novel. SheΓÇÖll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montageand heΓÇÖll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really. ΓÇ£A tenderthoughtfuland very funny bookΓǪitΓÇÖs not only convincing but infectious.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe New York Times Book Review