Classic movie buff Bailey “Mink” Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online by “Alex.” Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives in the same California surfing town as her online crush.
Faced with doubts (what if he’s a creep in real life—or worse?), Bailey doesn’t tell Alex she’s moved to his hometown. Or that she’s landed a job at the local tourist-trap museum. Or that she’s being heckled daily by the irritatingly hot museum security guard, Porter Roth—a.k.a. her new arch-nemesis. But life is a whole lot messier than the movies, especially when Bailey discovers that tricky fine line between hate, love, and whatever-it-is she’s starting to feel for Porter …
And as the summer months go by, Bailey must choose whether to cling to a dreamy online fantasy in Alex or take a risk on an imperfect reality with Porter. The choice is both simpler and more complicated than she realizes, because Porter Roth is hiding a secret of his own: Porter is Alex … approximately.
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“An irresistible tribute to classic screwball-comedy romances that captures the ‘delicious whirling, twirling, buzzing’ of falling in love.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Amy Melissa Bentley's narration is terrific, and the quotes from movies at the start of each chapter are spot-on.
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Jenn Bennett is the award-winning author of the Arcadia Bell urban fantasy series, the Roaring Twenties romance series, and the young adult contemporary romance The Anatomical Shape of a Heart. She lives near Atlanta with one husband and two pugs.
Amy Melissa Bentley is a professional stage and screen actress. A member of SAG-AFTRA, she has performed in Scotland, New York City, and throughout Connecticut. Her narration of The Education of Dixie Dupree won her an AudioFile Earphones Award.