Published in the early months of the sh_t show we now call the covid19 pandemic, Beach Read was one of this past summer's new beach reads which most of us likely missed even though it did make The New York Times Best Seller list. 

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction.  January Andrews writes bestselling romance.  When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.  They're polar opposites.  In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke and bogged down with writer's block.

Until one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts.  Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy while January will pen the next Great American Novel.  Everybody will finish her / his book and no one will fall in love.  Really. 

Paperback and 358 pages.