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Summer in the City

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Summer in the City

By: Alex Aster
Narrated by: Diane Guerrero
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Aster comes her adult debut novel Summer in the City—a swoony, fast-paced rom-com set in New York City in which a screenwriter and a sexy tech CEO go from lovers to enemies and back to lovers again…

Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? She’s had writer’s block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer.

In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline views, and a new coffee shop to haunt included). It’s the perfect place to write her screenplay…until she realizes her new neighbor is tech “Billionaire Bachelor” Parker Warren, her stairwell hookup from two years ago. It’s been a lovers-to-enemies situation ever since.

When seeing him again turns into a full night of hate-fueled writing, Elle realizes her enemy/twisted muse might just be the key to finishing her screenplay... if she can stand being around her polar opposite. She writes anonymously, and he’s on the cover of every business magazine. He frequents fancy red carpeted events, and she doesn’t like leaving her emotional support five block radius.

One summer. One wall apart. He needs to fake a buzzy relationship during his company’s precarious acquisition. She needs to write a movie around a list of NYC locations. Both need a break from their unrelenting schedules, and a chance to rediscover the skyscraper glimmering, pizza crusted, sunlit charms of the city.

Summers always end, and so will this agreement. It’s all pretend. Promise.

Until it isn’t.

©2025 Alex Aster (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers
City Life Contemporary Genre Fiction Romantic Comedy Urban Summer City New York
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The love story

This is the first romance book I’ve read and first book I’ve read by Alex Aster and can’t wait to read more!! This book was amazing and by far my favorite.

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The cutest!

I was impatient and listened to the audio versus waiting for the book and it was a good decision! Narrator did a great job! Would’ve loved a duet but this was good!

The story was so cute! Like a little breath of fresh air. Very relatable. Very well written!

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Plot!

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED! I enjoyed every single second. Adding this to my top 2025 books.

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Fun Adult Debut

This brings back nostalgia for RomComs. The performance was good but would have been more enjoyable as Duet narration. Hope to see Alex Aster do more adult romances!

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Okay I guess

The jewelry store scene pushed me over the edge. She was annoying but I could empathize then it went too far after the 6th meltdown.

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Good base line story for a rom com. Good strong females protagonist.

I did not care for the narrator. I thought her style was short and cut off.

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Too many troupes, and too many pieces of stories thrown into 1.

I had to fight to not DNF this. Elle was really annoying honestly. The book was like a hodge podge of every romance into 1. If she used the word center one more time…

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Not great

The monotone narrator got very old. Story quite predictable, and so not realistic at all. I probably would not recommend at all.

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The perfect summer book!

Feeling in a reading slump, this book brought me right out of it. It is so good! Never felt slow or to be repetitive. It gave the perfect amount of steaminess without feeling raunchy. Loved it!

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MMC somehow saved the book

Really enjoyed the beginning, but throughout the book mmc was doing everything for the relationship and fmc was just nagging. I think he deserves better tbh

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