{"product_id":"the-friendship-fling-9780063434790","title":"The Friendship Fling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Friendship Fling \u003c\/em\u003eis fun, feisty, and sexy--I really loved it! The characters have such brilliant chemistry, and it's the perfect escapist novel to curl up with.\"--Emily Stone, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAlways, in December \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eA Winter Wish\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this delightfully charming and heartfelt debut love story, two lonely and wildly different strangers embark on a short-term friendship over one London summer--only to discover they may be something more by the time the season ends.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one would ever call Ava Monroe a people person, which isn't ideal for a barista in a busy London coffee shop. She's sarcastic, blunt, and cynical, and her relationships are strictly no strings attached. With her best friend Josie soon leaving for a year, Ava knows she'll be all alone unless she shakes up her routine. But she can't risk bringing chance back into her carefully controlled life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen insufferably cheerful, country-hopping, undeniably gorgeous Finn O'Callaghan 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 won't be on her own. And it's only for a few months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Ava's surprise, their mismatched friendship of convenience becomes oddly tolerable, and as they work their way through Finn's list and around the sun-drenched city, from rooftops and floating bars to nights at the museum, their adventures--and Finn's company--start to feel . . . nice. Incredibly, terrifyingly, dangerously nice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill, rules are rules--Ava has good reasons for them--and as the days get shorter, Finn's departure gets closer. Because that's the thing about summer: it always ends. Right?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063434790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Georgia Stone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276423061685,"sku":"9780063434790","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3831d7d5-6b31-4e9f-9b56-713980aafbdf.jpg?v=1744123178","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-friendship-fling-9780063434790","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}