They team up, planning to date each other and break up so their 'curses' will cancel out, but real feelings and family crises complicate the experiment.
Romance & Contemporary Relationships
Just for the Summer
Justin and Emma each seem cursed: every person they date finds their true love immediately after the breakup.
- Published
- 2024
- Pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
Justin has a curious pattern: everyone he dates meets their soulmate right after breaking up with him.
So does Emma. When they discover each other online, they hatch an irresistible plan - date each other, then break up, and let their matching 'curses' cancel out and finally free them both. Abby Jimenez builds Just for the Summer from that charming high-concept setup, then does what she does best: pivots from rom-com premise into real emotional weight, as Emma's chaotic family and old wounds crash the experiment.
Jimenez is unusually willing to let genuine hardship - mental illness, unstable childhoods, caretaking - share the page with banter and heat, and the mix gives her romances their staying power. It is warm, funny and more moving than its gimmick suggests. An instant #1 bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick, it confirmed Jimenez as one of contemporary romance's most reliable hitmakers.
For readers who want feel-good love stories with real feeling underneath, it delivers.
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