by Penny Reid
First published 2021
Jennifer Sylvester has had enough of being Tennessee's Banana Cake Queen. The social media fame suffocates her. Her mother pushes relentless ambitions on her shoulders. Her father's strict rules box her in at every turn. Jennifer has always played the good daughter, but now she's cracking under the pressure. She needs an escape, and that means turning to Cletus Winston. Cletus thinks he knows everything, but Jennifer's proposition catches him completely off guard. She wants to make a deal, and she's willing to use extortion to get it. Cletus may be a maniacal mastermind, but even he didn't see this coming. Now both of them are in deeper than they planned. Jennifer wants freedom from her suffocating celebrity status. Cletus finds himself in an unexpected pickle. Their bargain might give Jennifer what she thinks she wants, but getting what you want and getting what you need are two very different things.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, new-adult, new-adult-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Tennessee
Period: 21st-century
416 pages · Paperback · EverAfter Romance