{"title":"Christina Lauren","description":"Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 internationally bestselling authors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Autoboyography,  Love and Other Words,  Roomies,  Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating,  The Unhoneymooners, The Soulmate Equation, Something Wilder, and The True Love Experiment. You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com or @ChristinaLauren on Instagram.","products":[{"product_id":"josh-and-hazels-guide-to-not-dating-mass-market-paperbound","title":"Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious, warmhearted, and swoonworthy romance about two people who are definitely \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e dating...no matter how often they end up in bed together, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Unhoneymooners\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove and Other Words\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHazel Camille Bradford knows she's a lot to take--and frankly, most men aren't up to the challenge. If her army of pets and thrill for the absurd don't send them running, her lack of filter means she'll say exactly the wrong thing in a delicate moment. Their loss. She's a good soul in search of honest fun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJosh Im has known Hazel since college, where her zany playfulness proved completely incompatible with his mellow restraint. From the first night they met--when she gracelessly threw up on his shoes--to when she sent him an unintelligible email while in a post-surgical haze, Josh has always thought of Hazel more as a spectacle than a peer. But now, ten years later, after a cheating girlfriend has turned his life upside down, going out with Hazel is a breath of fresh air. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot that Josh and Hazel date. At least, not each other. Because setting each other up on progressively terrible double blind dates means there's nothing between them...right?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101135802591,"sku":"9781668094990","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/gPSnPTo3AB9781668094990.webp?v=1781068328"},{"product_id":"love-and-other-words-deluxe-edition-hardcover","title":"Love and Other Words: Deluxe Edition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning deluxe edition--featuring sprayed edges, four-color endpapers, and more--of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling authors Christina Lauren's fan favorite \"resoundingly life-affirming tale\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) about childhood sweethearts reconnecting by chance. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMacy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos--the first and only love of her life--the careful bubble she's constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy's entire world--growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother...only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in alternating timelines between Then and Now, teenage Elliot and Macy grow from friends to much more--spending weekends and lazy summers together in a house outside of San Francisco devouring books, sharing favorite words, and talking through their growing pains and triumphs. As adults, they have become strangers to one another until their chance reunion. Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot comes to understand the truth behind Macy's decade-long silence, and must overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101250949343,"sku":"9781668092217","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NAezB2zkKG9781668092217.webp?v=1781068566"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/christina-lauren.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}