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Beach Read

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780241989524

  • Length: 368  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 255g

  • RRP: £8.99

Beach Read

  • Tiktok made me buy it! The laugh-out-loud love story and New York Times 2020 bestseller

'The hottest book of the summer' JOSIE SILVER
'A great love story' JODI PICOULT
'The perfect escapist romp' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS

BOOKTOK SENSATION AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 2020

Binge-read The Love Hypothesis and The Hating Game and now looking to escape into another suitably steamy love story? Look no further...
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TWO WRITERS, ONE HOLIDAY. A ROMCOM WAITING TO HAPPEN...

January is a hopeless romantic who narrates her life like she's the lead in a blockbuster movie.

Gus is a serious literary type who thinks true love is a fairy-tale.

But January and Gus have more in common than you'd think:

They're both broke.
They've got crippling writer's block.
And they need to write bestsellers before summer ends.

The result? A bet to swap genres and see who gets published first.
The risk? In telling each other's stories, their worlds might be changed entirely...

Set over one sizzling summer, Beach Read is a witty love story that will make you laugh a lot, cry a little and fall head over heels. For fans of The Flat Share and If I Never Met You.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

'Reader, I swooned! Beach Read is a breath of fresh air. My heart ached for January, and Gus is to die for - a steamy, smart and perceptive romance. I was engrossed!' Josie Silver

'Full of banter, heat, and sexual tension, I felt the thrill of falling in love right alongside January and Gus. A gorgeous page-turner of a novel' Laura Jane Williams

'Funny, and seriously sizzling' Best

'I absolutely loved this book! This has easily become one of my favourite romance reads. Their tension was phenomenal and the angst so well-done. This read is gorgeous and heart wrenching in the most wonderful way ever' Safa, Netgalley

'One of the most perfect love stories of the year. Someone has to make this into a film!'Prima

'Original, sparkling bright and layered with feeling. If whipcrack banter and foggy sexual tension is your catnip, you'll adore this book' Sally Thorne

'What an absolute flipping triumph of a novel!!! I LOVED it . . . definitely one of my favourite reads of 2020' Emma Cooper

'I really needed this book. I didn't realize how much I needed it until I was giggling along with all the awkwardness and banter and feeling like I'd been taken away' Emily, Netgalley

'Touching and heartfelt . . . I closed this book with a satisfied sigh' Jasmine Guillory

'Clever and funny, this is a tender love story' Woman & Home

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780241989524

  • Length: 368  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 255g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • Beach Read is exactly the witty, charming and swoony novel we always want; it also happens to be the unexpected wallop of emotional wisdom and sly social commentary we need right now. I adored it

    Julia Whelan, author of 'My Oxford Year'

  • A smart, witty, warm, sexy novel ... Perfect escapism. I loved this book from the first page and can't wait to read more from Emily Henry

    Emma Murray, author of 'Time Out'

  • A great escapist beach read but so much more as well. Emily writes beautifully, almost poetically in places and I will certainly look out for her work in the future. 5 stars!

    Julie Houston, author of 'A Village Affair'

  • A clever and witty novel that will make your nerve-endings sigh with happiness

    Debbie Viggiano, author of 'Willow's Wedding Vows'

  • I would say this book is so much more than "just a beach read" but to do so would completely miss the point! As January reminds the reader and the perfectly-painted Gus alike, romantic comedies take skill, heart and guts to traverse the depths of what it means to fall in love - and Emily Henry makes sure this book has it all

    Elizabeth Neep, author of 'The Spare Bedroom'

  • Beach Read has everything the title promises - a romping plot, family secrets, and the thrill of falling in love. I cannot wait to read what Henry writes next

    Amy E. Reichert, author of 'The Optimist’s Guide to Letting Go'

  • What a fantastic read! An absolute page turner, full of love, laughter and romance

    Katie Ginger, author of 'Spring Tides at Swallowtail Bay'

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About the Author

Emily Henry

Emily Henry is the author of the butterfly-inducing romantic comedies Beach Read and You & Me on Vacation, both of which were New York Times bestsellers. She studied creative writing at Hope College and now lives and writes in the American Midwest. She has featured in Prima, Elle, Woman & Home, The Independent (among others) and Jodi Picoult calls her 'my newest automatic-buy author.' Book Lovers is her third novel.

Emily Henry

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