by Emily Rath
First published 2023
Rachel Price sits in a hotel bar after her brother's wedding brunch, nursing bourbon and crushing disappointment. The email arrived at the worst possible moment. She didn't get the Barkley Fellowship. Her sports medicine career lies in ruins. She came to this city for celebration, but now she faces an uncertain future. The swanky hotel feels foreign around her as she tries to drown her shattered dreams in bitters and alcohol. Then a man walks through the door and changes everything. Rachel finds herself drawn to this stranger in a city where neither of them belongs. Tonight offers an escape from her derailed plans and broken hopes. Two lost people discover each other when everything else has fallen apart. This encounter will reshape how Rachel sees her life and what she wants from it.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, new-adult
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Barkley, Hotel
Period: Wedding Brunch
128 pages · Paperback · Emily Rath Books