Married With Benefits

PREORDER the brand new romcom from the USA Today bestselling author of Anywhere With You and Four Weekends and a Funeral, Ellie Palmer 
 
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Their marriage of convenience should be been win-win, until feelings enter the mix and their situation becomes anything but convenient. . . 
 
When Lainey discovers that she has inadvertently squatted her way into owning one of the most notorious houses in modern architectural history, she realises this is the chance to escape her hometown that she has been waiting for. 
 
The problem is, the surrounding lakeside property has been willed to architect Elliot Hodges. Neither can rent or sell without reaching an agreement, so Elliot proposes an unconventional arrangement: marry him for health insurance and in exchange, she’ll allow him to rent the house until he can buy her out. 
 
It's a win-win situation. Or it would be, if Elliot wasn't the enemy. 
 
But living together shows Lainey a side of Elliot she never expected and, as the end date looms and their connection grows, Lainey’s not sure what’s more terrifying: leaving Elliot behind or letting him in. 
 
 
Tropes: 
<ul><li>Marriage of convenience</li><li>Forced proximity</li><li>Opposites attract</li><li>Small town romance</li></ul>

Ellie Palmer is the author of Four Weekends and a Funeral and Anywhere With You, and is a prototypical Midwesterner who routinely apologizes to inanimate objects when she bumps into them. When she's not writing romantic comedies featuring delightfully messy characters, she's at home in Minnesota, eating breakfast food, watching too much reality television, and triple texting her husband about their son.

When Lainey discovers that she has inadvertently squatted her way into owning one of the most notorious houses in modern architectural history, she realises this is the chance to escape her hometown that she has been waiting for. 
 
The problem is, the surrounding lakeside property has been willed to architect Elliot Hodges. Neither can rent or sell without reaching an agreement, so Elliot proposes an unconventional arrangement: marry him for health insurance and in exchange, she’ll allow him to rent the house until he can buy her out. 
 
It's a win-win situation. Or it would be, if Elliot wasn't the enemy. 
 
But living together shows Lainey a side of Elliot she never expected and, as the end date looms and their connection grows, Lainey’s not sure what’s more terrifying: leaving Elliot behind or letting him in.

Ellie Palmer

One of GoodReads’ Best Summer Romances

"With high jinks, existential crises and long-repressed feelings, Palmer pulls off a delightful summer romance with plenty of heart and humor."

"A cozy comfort read with . . . real feelings and fun quips that keep the pages turning."

"[A] sparks-filled road trip . . . Palmer explores topics like parental estrangement, abandonment, and sibling relationships, which give depth to this sweet and funny friends-to-lovers romance. Give to fans of Abby Jimenez."

"Opposites convincingly attract in this sparkling rom com . . . Palmer intersperses the present-day hijinks with flashbacks to Charley and Ethan’s first meeting, fast friendship, and eventual growing apart, making their chemistry and the depths of their emotional connection easy to see. The result is a charming and carefree summer romp that will warm readers’ hearts."

"Ellie's books are like Chicken and Wild Rice Soup in a bread bowl—Minnesota comfort food between the pages! Seconds, please!"

Abby Jimenez, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer

"The rare book I wanted to start over again the very second I finished it, Anywhere with You is a witty, wise, and -treat. With her sparkling prose, delicious tension, and belly-laugh banter, Ellie Palmer has created an absolute smash of a romance. Straight to the top of my favorites pile!"

Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners

"The friends to lovers romp OF MY DREAMS. Another sharp, poignant turn from Ellie Palmer that plucks at your heartstrings. Charley and Ethan’s chemistry leaps off the page. I can’t wait for everyone to read this book."

B.K. Borison, New York Times bestselling author of First-Time Caller

"Ellie Palmer has that special gift of creating a laugh-out-loud romp that never shies away from the complexities that make us beautifully human. Anywhere with You is packed with wit, warmth, and joy on every page."

Tarah DeWitt, USA Today bestselling author of Savor It

"Anywhere With You walks the perfect tightrope of wit, adventure, and emotional depth, with a tender, lived-in relationship serving as its beautifully beating heart. I love everything Ellie writes."

Jessica Joyce, USA Today bestselling author of The Ex Vows

Charley Beekman is thriving. 
 
Is she financially strapped, languishing in her legal career, and very likely the youngest divorcee at the Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse on a Friday night? Yes. But, now that she’s accepted the flaws inherent in all romantic relationships, she finally has life all figured out! 
 
So, when her free-spirited sister announces her plan to elope with her on-again-off-again childhood sweetheart, Charley knows she has to stop the wedding, even if it means road-tripping into the northern woods of Minnesota in a camper van with her childhood best friend, Ethan, who’s as gorgeous as he is chronically unreliable. 
 
When their journey ignites a spark she’s tried to ignore for years, Charley tries to write off her feelings as fleeting. Because after failing at marriage so spectacularly with the most responsible man she’s ever known, Charley definitely shouldn’t risk it all for her non-committal, nomadic, musician best friend . . . right?

Ellie Palmer

Praise for Anywhere With You

One of GoodReads’ Best Summer Romances

"With high jinks, existential crises and long-repressed feelings, Palmer pulls off a delightful summer romance with plenty of heart and humor."

"A cozy comfort read with . . . real feelings and fun quips that keep the pages turning."

One of GoodReads’ Best Summer Romances

"With high jinks, existential crises and long-repressed feelings, Palmer pulls off a delightful summer romance with plenty of heart and humor."

"A cozy comfort read with . . . real feelings and fun quips that keep the pages turning."

One of GoodReads’ Best Summer Romances

"With high jinks, existential crises and long-repressed feelings, Palmer pulls off a delightful summer romance with plenty of heart and humor."

"A cozy comfort read with . . . real feelings and fun quips that keep the pages turning."

Books by Ellie Palmer

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