Publication Date: November 11, 2025
They have nothing but time…to hate each other.
In Julian, California, every day is April 23rd—and in a time loop, there are no rules. Eating endless slices of fresh apple pie? Yes. Partner swapping? Why not. Being trapped inside the plot of a sci-fi film would almost be inspiring for LA screenwriter Carly Hart…if she wasn’t waking up at her dad’s funeral every single day. Carly wants out.
Funeral director Adam Rhodes is equally frustrated. Every loop, Adam regenerates in the middle of a fight with his ex-wife. Her infidelity wrecked their perfect life together, and now Adam must relive her confession over and over again.
There’s only one solution to ending the misery: breaking the time loop. Easier said than done. And there’s another hurdle to overcome: Carly and Adam can’t stand each other.
Though strangers at best, Carly and Adam know they must work together to solve this cosmic mystery. But where Carly offers magical theories, Adam relies on facts and figures. When Carly wants to involve the local conspiracy theorist, Adam would rather work alone. The sooner they find a solution, the sooner they’ll never have to see each other again, yet somehow the tension between the two is hotter than a solar flare and as rare as the daily total solar eclipse. Maybe Carly and Adam are destined to be in each other’s orbit after all…
FOR FANS OF:
- Enemies to lovers
- A literal roll in the hay
- A magical time loop
- Small town vibes
- Open-door spice
- Dual POV
When Carly Hart arrives in the small, sleepy town of Julian, California, to bury her father, she never imagined the worst day of her life would be put on repeat.
Author Erin La Rosa infuses a time-loop story with plenty of spice in Not You Again. Carly’s encounter with Adam at the funeral home sparks her ire, but that changes with the reality of 200+ days missing the same 10 hours.
Add in a solar eclipse and a wormhole theory for logistics, along with a town full of people getting a wee bit stir crazy.
While the story features humorous aspects, under the surface is Carly’s unresolved grief about her father’s death. Secondary characters add comic relief as Carly and Adam work out their attraction.
Not You Again serves up a spicy time-loop story focusing on new beginnings.
ERIN LA ROSA is the author of For Butter or Worse, and on her way to writing romance, she’s also published two humorous nonfiction books, Womanskills and The Big Redhead Book. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four daughters (two humans, two felines).
