Beach Read by Emily Henry. Right in our sweet spot, no? The instant bestseller appeared on all the "anticipated books of summer"-type lists. "Chick lit, kind of, but not *ugh* chick lit." "Beach Reads tells the story of January Andrews, a romance writer who needs to finish her fifth novel, but whose faith in romance has been shaken. January flees to a Michigan lake for the summer, only to find that her next-door neighbor is her former college writing rival, Augustus Everett. Gus, a writer of (terribly serious and unredemptive) literary fiction, is also suffering from writer's block. The polar opposites (but ARE THEY?) agree to a genre-swapping contest: January will write a lit fic novel, and Gus will pen a genre romance. Whoever writes the better novel wins. The loser will have to write a blurb and help promote it. It's definitely got the 'Hating Game' vibe, but with more mature characters and emotional layering." "I really enjoyed this novel. The author made a big effort at establishing the chemistry between the characters. Deeper story than I expected."
