Publication Date: December 10, 2024
Rosie writes romance novels and listens to Taylor Swift on loop. Aiden is a literary fiction writer who doesn’t believe in happy endings. They’re about to write a book together—what could go wrong?
The Hating Game meets Beach Read in this sexy and hilarious enemies-to-lovers romance from a debut Peruvian-Tennessean voice.
Rosie, an idealistic and passionate Peruvian American, leaves her Tennessee hometown to pursue her dream of making it in New York as a writer. But her plan is derailed when she ends up in class with her archnemesis and ex-crush, Aiden Huntington—an obnoxious, surly, and gorgeous literary fiction writer who doesn’t have much patience for the romance genre or for Rosie.
Rosie and Aiden regularly go to verbal battle in workshop until their professor reaches her breaking point. She allows them to stay in her class on one condition: they must cowrite a novel that blends their genres.
The reluctant writing duo can’t help but put pieces of themselves into their accidentally steamy novel, and their manuscript-in-progress provides an outlet for them to confess their feelings—and explore their attraction toward each other.
When Rosie and Aiden find themselves competing against each other for a potentially career-changing opportunity, the flames of old rivalry reignite, and their once-in-a-lifetime love story is once again at risk of being shelved—unless they can find a way to end the book on their own terms.
Rosie Maxwell knows her future novel will be a successful romance in spite of the disdain expressed by a member of the writing workshop.
However, she and Aiden Huntington’s sparring has practically become the main event of class, which leads the instructor to take desperate measures. In order to continue in the program, the two arch-enemies must (gasp) write a novel together.
Using that as the foundation, author Katie Holt serves up a delightful romantic comedy in Not in My Book. For two people who don’t respect each other or each other’s writing, having to cooperate is a fate worse than death.
Each chapter features an excerpt from their manuscript that mirrors the changing dynamic of their relationship. There’s plenty of laughter involved. Since there is a fine line between love and hate, it’s just a matter of time before the flames of attraction take over.
Not in My Book delivers an enemies-to-lovers romance that puts two budding writers in the limelight and forces them to collaborate.
Katie Holt is a New York City resident but a Tennessee native. She studied English with a concentration in creative writing at NYU and fought with every professor to prove that romance novels were worthy of their time. She’s a Nora Ephron fanatic, Swiftie, and warm chocolate chip enthusiast. Not in My Book is her first novel.
