Adelaide Springs Love Stories

They are everything the other despises. If only they didn't need each other. Brynn Cornell is on top of the world as the newly crowned cohost of America's number one morning program. But in an astoundingly fast U-turn, everything she's clawed her way to the top for is in jeopardy when a hot mic catches her derisive commentary of Adelaide Springs, Colorado-the hometown that worships her. Now she has to go back home to charm the snot out of everyone and their mother to have any hope of salvaging her reputation as America's Morning Ray of Sunshine. But it doesn't take long to realize that winning over the town begins and ends with winning over one person: Sebastian Sudworth. On paper, it seems like Brynn and Sebastian would get on like a house on fire. They're both journalists after all. But while Sebastian was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his coverage of the crisis in South Sudan, Brynn's crowning achievement involved reuniting the Hanson brothers for a gripping segment in which they showed viewers the most efficient way to cut a pineapple. The sooner the Reunion Tour of Groveling is over, the better. Beloved author Bethany Turner returns with a hilarious enemies-to-lovers rom-com, packed with snappy pop-culture references, earnest small-town politicians, and enough heart to make anyone want to go back for seconds.

Cole and Laila have been inseparable since they could crawl. And they've never thought about each other that way. Except for when they have. Rarely. Once in a while, sure. But seriously... hardly ever. Cole Kimball and Laila Olivet have been best friends their entire lives. Cole is the only person (apart from blood relatives) who's seen Laila in her oversized, pink, plastic, Sophia Loren glasses. Laila is always the first person to taste test any new dish Cole creates in his family's restaurant... even though she has the refined palate of a kindergartener. Most importantly, Cole and Laila are always talking. About everything. When Cole discovers a betrayal from his recently deceased grandfather that shatters his world, staying in Adelaide Springs, Colorado, is suddenly unfathomable. But Laila loves her life in their small mountain town and can't imagine ever living anywhere else. She loves serving customers who tip her with a dozen fresh eggs. She loves living within walking distance of all her favorite people. And she's very much not okay with the idea of not being able to walk to her very favorite person. Still, when Cole toys with moving across the country to New York City, she decides to support her best friend-even as she secretly hopes she can convince him to stay home. And not just for his killer chocolate chip pancakes. Because she loves him. As a friend. Just as a friend. Right? They make a deal: Laila won't beg him to stay, and Cole won't try to convince her to come with him. They have one week in New York before their lives change forever, and all they have to do is enjoy their time together and pretend none of this is happening. But it's tough to ignore the very inconvenient feelings blooming out of nowhere. In both of them. And these potentially friendship-destroying feelings, once out in the open, have absolutely no take-backs. If When Harry Met Sally had a quippy literary love child with Gilmore Girls' Luke and Lorelai, you'd get Cole and Laila. Just... don't tell them that.

Wes left Addie at the altar two decades ago . . . and that was supposed to be the end of the story. When her life crashes and burns in a flurry of secrets and redacted information, Addie Atwater-Elwyn hightails it home to the tiny mountain town of Adelaide Springs, Colorado--back to living with her dad, back to working a low-paying job, back to a life of disappointments. Growing up, nobody expected their local girl to become a high-ranking CIA analyst, married to a gorgeous CIA operative. But that was Addie's life until she lost . . . well, everything. Now she's trying to pick up the pieces of her broken life with a little help from old friends. But there's one old friend she knows her life is better without--Wesley Hobbes, her childhood sweetheart who left her standing at the altar when they were eighteen years old. Truth be told, Addie would be perfectly content never seeing Wes's stupid face ever again--which makes it very inconvenient that he's now a beloved senator and presidential frontrunner, his face everywhere she looks. But that has nothing to do with Addie personally. He might make history, but in her book, he is history. So, when the unwelcome Wes appears back in their hometown, no one rolls out the red carpet--not Addie and not an entire town that was forced to pick sides (and unanimously chose Addie) decades ago. Senator Hobbes certainly won't win the popular vote in Adelaide Springs. Wes, meanwhile, is sitting on a few secrets of his own, including the political scoop of the decade: he'd seriously rather gouge his eyes out than spend another minute in politics, much less ever go anywhere near the White House. Addie knows there has to be more to the story, and her curiosity is clouding her judgment. You can take the girl out of the CIA, but it's not so easy to shake the CIA out of the girl. Of course, it's not just curiosity (and the acknowledgement that his face isn't so stupid after all) that's been reawakened inside her. But after more than two decades, it's too late. Wes and Addie already had their chance. Right? Wes left Addie at the altar two decades ago . . . and that was supposed to be the end of the story.