by Meghan Quinn
First published 2020
The Modern Gentleman has hit rock bottom. He sits wrapped in his girlfriend's scarf, holding her drink, swaying to Joni Mitchell as he processes his spectacular fall from grace. As New York City's premier advice columnist, he built his reputation on polished theories about relationships and proper behavior. Then June Lacy walked into his life and destroyed everything he thought he knew. She made him awkward where he was smooth, needy where he was confident, and completely in love when he should have stayed detached. Now his pristine public image lies in ruins. The classic story unfolds: boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, boy screws up catastrophically, girl tells him exactly where he can go. But this particular disaster belongs to a man who made his living telling others how to avoid such mistakes. June dismantled his carefully constructed persona piece by piece, leaving him to confront the gap between his public wisdom and private failures.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: New York City
Period: 21st-century
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