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Elsie Silver, #1 New York Times bestselling author

O’Roark’s writing is absolutely addictive. . .Prepare to stay up all night reading this one!

Julie Olivia, USA Today bestselling author of IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY

Good at Being Alive is Elizabeth O’Roark at her BEST. . .Everything I love in an EPIC ROMANCE. Nobody writes witty banter like Elizabeth O’Roark!

Laura Pavlov, USA Today bestselling author

Smart, sharp, and wildly addictive.

Kandi Steiner, USA Today bestselling author

Elizabeth O’Roark delivers her best yet with Good at Being Alive, a swoony slow-burn romance brimming with European charm and pure escapism.

Elizabeth O’Roark never misses for me. Good at Being Alive is everything I love about her work: witty banter, a snarky-yet-sexy hero, and a romance that kept me turning pages until the end.

Jana Aston, New York Times bestselling author

Tempting Venom

Togetherness

The Make-Believe

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Fight or Flight (Book 21)

Rebecca ‘Bex’ Daniels has lost her family in a tragic train accident, leaving her with her father’s struggling travel agency—co-run in the UK by the reserved Theo Porter. Grieving and mismatched, they’re forced together when Theo reveals the business is failing. Their only hope is a reality TV deal Bex’s father arranged, now reworked into a fake newlywed travel show staring them. 
 
As they film across Europe, their clashing personalities give way to unexpected chemistry. Bex finds Theo kind and steady; Theo is drawn to Bex’s vibrant spirit. But both carry deep grief and emotional scars, and with public scrutiny mounting, they must decide whether their growing connection can survive once the cameras stop rolling.

A party girl and a grumpy British CEO fake a dream European honeymoon for a reality TV show that could save their travel agency—and give them both a new lease on life (and love)—if only they’d take the chance. 
 
“Smart, sharp, sizzling.”—Elsie Silver, #1 New York Times bestselling author 
 
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Rebecca “Bex” Daniels has just lost her entire family in a freak train accident, leaving her completely alone in the world and responsible for their travel agency. Only a few months after the tragedy, her father’s UK partner, the straitlaced Theo Porter, reveals that the business is about to go under. Their only hope? A reality TV deal brokered before her father’s death . . . with a rebrand: Bex and Theo are to pose as newlyweds, exploring the world on an extended honeymoon. 
 
Bex and Theo couldn’t be more different—but though they initially clash, Bex soon discovers he’s amusing, protective, and kind, the sort of man she’d want to be married to in real life, if she thought for a second she deserved him. As for Theo, he can’t help but be swept up into the brilliant whirlwind that is Bex, but ever since his brother died, a real relationship is the last thing he wants. 
 
As Bex and Theo flit across Europe, from Capri to Paris, exploring sun-drenched villas and remote fjords, they can’t help but notice their walls coming down, and their arguments begin to feel a lot more like foreplay than fighting. But they each carry around more than enough emotional baggage, and they’ll have to contend with public scandals and crushing grief before they can decide if they’re ready to ride off into the sunset once the cameras stop rolling. 
 
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Praise for Good At Being Alive 
 
‘O’Roark’s writing is absolutely addictive. . .Prepare to stay up all night reading this one!’—Julie Olivia, USA Today bestselling author of IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY 
 ‘Smart, sharp, and wildly addictive.'—Kandi Steiner, USA Today bestselling author 
 ‘Good at Being Alive is Elizabeth O’Roark at her BEST. . .Everything I love in an EPIC ROMANCE. Nobody writes witty banter like Elizabeth O’Roark!'—Laura Pavlov, USA Today bestselling author 
 ‘Elizabeth O’Roark delivers her best yet with Good at Being Alive, a swoony slow-burn romance brimming with European charm and pure escapism.’—R. S. Grey, USA Today bestselling author 
 ‘Elizabeth O’Roark never misses for me. Good at Being Alive is everything I love about her work: witty banter, a snarky-yet-sexy hero, and a romance that kept me turning pages until the end.’—Jana Aston, New York Times bestselling author

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Smart, sharp, sizzling.

O’Roark’s writing is absolutely addictive. . .Prepare to stay up all night reading this one!

Good at Being Alive is Elizabeth O’Roark at her BEST. . .Everything I love in an EPIC ROMANCE. Nobody writes witty banter like Elizabeth O’Roark!

Smart, sharp, and wildly addictive.

Elizabeth O’Roark delivers her best yet with Good at Being Alive, a swoony slow-burn romance brimming with European charm and pure escapism.

Elizabeth O’Roark never misses for me. Good at Being Alive is everything I love about her work: witty banter, a snarky-yet-sexy hero, and a romance that kept me turning pages until the end.

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