January 5, 2021(new pub)
St Martin’s Press
NetGalley
Romance, women’s fiction, humor
373 pages
ISBN: 9781250624161
12/22-12/30/2020
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
Everly Dean is not happy about her 30th birthday especially after she brings breakfast to her boyfriend Simon to surprise him. Unfortunately, the surprise was on her to find he wasn’t in bed alone. She is grateful for her busy job as radio show producer at 96.2 SUN since she works with her best friend Stacey Ryan. Of course, her birthday continued to go downhill once she begins to share her humiliation with Stacey, a deejay at the SUN, who inadvertently provides another surprise! Poor Everly’s rant was broadcasted on live radio as Stacey thought singing Happy Birthday on air would be fun for her anxiety ridden friend. Everly decides she needs to make a list for her life beginning with staying at home on her birthday.
Chris Jansen, the station manager transplanted to San Verde, CA from NY to improve the ratings, sends Everly home to avoid further embarrassment. Listeners begin calling and messaging their comments and support regarding the event. Nathaniel Jansen, Chris’s controlling father had bought the radio station to turn a profit. Chris has his own life plan for success which includes proving himself to his father.
In an attempt to save the station from his father’s threat to fire Everly and Stacey for their “dead air” debacle, he pitches a Bachelorette type stunt. Everly agrees to go on these vetted dates voted on by listeners hoping to overcome her extreme social anxiety. It all seems to be going according to plan until she realizes that she might have feelings for the one person with whom she should avoid. It doesn’t help that Chris seems to be spending more time taking and confiding in her.
This is a fun and quirky story of the trials and tribulations of life and how to make lemonade out of lemons.
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