“The Friendship Flingis fun, feisty, and sexyI really loved it! The characters have such brilliant chemistry, and its the perfect escapist novel to curl up with.Emily Stone, bestselling author ofAlways, in DecemberandA Winter Wish

In this delightfully charming and heartfelt debut love story, two lonely and wildly different strangers embark on a short-term friendship over one London summeronly to discover they may be something more by the time the season ends.

No one would ever call Ava Monroe a people person, which isnt ideal for a barista in a busy London coffee shop. Shes sarcastic, blunt, and cynical, and her relationships are strictly no strings attached. With her best friend Josie soon leaving for a year, Ava knows shell be all alone unless she shakes up her routine. But she cant risk bringing chance back into her carefully controlled life.

Then insufferably cheerful, country-hopping, undeniably gorgeous Finn OCallaghan rolls into her coffee shop with a horrifying proposal a strictly friends-only summer fling. Finn needs a local to help him complete his London bucket list, and Ava needs to reassure Josie she wont be on her own. And its only for a few months.

To Avas surprise, their mismatched friendship of convenience becomes oddly tolerable, and as they work their way through Finns list and around the sun-drenched city, from rooftops and floating bars to nights at the museum, their adventuresand Finns companystart to feel . . . nice. Incredibly, terrifyingly, dangerously nice.

Still, rules are rulesAva has good reasons for themand as the days get shorter, Finns departure gets closer. Because thats the thing about summer: it always ends. Right?