The Next Round: Two-time winner of the RWA Diamond Heart Award, the Holt Medallion, Passionate Plume, and Emma Literary Awards. Multi-award-winning ro - Hardcover

Shaken and stirred.

Five years is a long time between drinks for old friends.

Meet Andreia Herrera. Strong-willed and foul-mouthed. A PR executive, but a writer and designer at heart. Generous but stubborn. Judgy, by her own admission.

Shaken by a series of heartbreaks, Andie's fear of jumping into new relationships leads her to run away and keep her distance from the possibilities of love, even with restaurant and bar entrepreneur, Chris Vaughn.

Meet Christopher Vaughn. The reluctant CEO-in-waiting and heir-apparent to his family's bar and restaurant empire. Passionate about two things: his family's legacy and Andie.

After five years apart, Andie and Chris are unexpectedly thrown together in a mix of professional and personal circumstances, as they work on the launch of a new bar establishment. Is this their chance to re-ignite their friendship and heal the rupture from the last time they saw each other?

The heady cocktail of familiar warmth, heated conversation, and undeniable chemistry upends the neat rhythm of Andie's present life, and has her questioning what she really wants: friendship-or maybe even more, this time around.

Can Andie face her demons and move beyond her deep-seated fears to finally take the leap of faith and meet Chris halfway? Is it possible that the person who knows her best might be the love she's been missing?

*****

"A contemporary romance that will take your breath away. A feel-good book with a casual vibe that screams summer reading by the pool with a fruity cocktail in hand. Between the novel's breathtaking setting, the multidimensional (and aesthetically pleasing) characters, and the stirring romance, you'll get all the feels you need from this endorphin-boosting prose."

-Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Literary Awards for Romance (Finalist)

*****

"Real people inhabit this love story; the dialogue sparkles, the situations are down to earth, and the characters, easily relatable."

-IndieReader Discovery Award for Romance (Winner)

*****

Winner - RWA Diamond Heart Award - Contemporary Romance

Winner - RWA Diamond Heart Award - Best First Book

Winner - HOLT Medallion Award - Best First Book

Finalist - HOLT Medallion Award - Long Contemporary

Winner - Emma Awards Best Debut Author of the Year

Finalist - Emma Awards Best Romantic Comedy

Winner - Passionate Plume Award - Contemporary

Winner - IndieReader Discovery Award for Romance

Finalist - Feathered Quill Awards - Romance

Finalist - American Fiction Awards - Romance

Finalist - Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards - Romance

Finalist - Literary Global Book Awards - Fiction/Romance

Finalist - DWRI Romance Book Literary Award

Finalist - Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Literary Awards - Romance

Finalist/RunnerUp - LA Book Festival Awards - Romance

Honorable Mention - Beach Book Festival - Romance

Honorable Mention - New York Book Festival - Fiction