Road Trip Rules: No bad music. No detours. No falling in love.
Hazel Elliot never looks back. If a door closes, she burns the whole house down. But when she’s invited to her father’s wedding, she’s forced to return to Lockett Prairie, Texas, for the first time since she fled for college.
Ash Campbell has been in love with Hazel since she dated his best friend in high school. Now, Ash and Hazel’s relationship is limited to playful feuding over the best chair in their favorite coffee shop, but his attraction to the prickly girl from home has only grown stronger.
When Ash’s car breaks down just as family obligations pull him home, only one person can get him there on time. But Hazel has a condition: Everything between them must stay the same. And if it doesn’t? She gets the coffee shop. So the frenemies endure bad music, inclement weather, and B&Bs with only one bed—and that’s just the drive across Texas. When they finally arrive, Hazel must face that, in a small town, there’s nowhere to run . . . and maybe, for the first time, she's found a reason to stay.
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"Debut author Sweeney sparkles in this emotionally nuanced contemporary. . . Sweeney skillfully portrays the psyche of a heroine who grew up feeling that no one wanted her and a hero trying to bear all his family’s burdens in the face of his father’s multiple sclerosis. Add in a fun road trip and some deliciously dirty love scenes, and Sweeney’s stirring romance impresses."
— Publishers Weekly
With razor sharp sexual tension and crackling banter, this is the frenemies to lovers book of my dreams.
— Christina Lauren, author of The Soulmate EquationWith razor sharp sexual tension and crackling banter, this is the frenemies to lovers book of my dreams.
— Christina Lauren, author of The Soulmate Equation"Both youthful and mature, both tender and bold, both melancholy and hopeful, Melanie Sweeney's Take Me Home is a gem of a romance. . . . Sweeney is brilliant at infusing her plot and her characters with thoughtful, unique specificity. . . . A book that transported me, moved me . . . and one I won't soon forget.
— Kate Clayborn, author of Georgie, All AlongSweeney’s strikingly realistic tangle of family dynamics and forced proximity between two believable characters overcoming past presumptions about each other, along with sexy love scenes, make this a must-read.
— Library Journal"Funny, angsty, heartwarming—and so satisfying.
— Abby Jimenez, author of Just For the Summer"An absolute stunner of a debut! Melanie Sweeney has crafted a novel that is part tension-riddled romance, part family drama, and part self-discovery. . . . This is the kind of book that reaches into your chest and grabs onto your heart.
— Falon Ballard, author of Right on CueBoth youthful and mature, both tender and bold, both melancholy and hopeful, Melanie Sweeney's Take Me Home is a gem of a romance. . . . Sweeney is brilliant at infusing her plot and her characters with thoughtful, unique specificity. . . . A book that transported me, moved me . . . and one I won't soon forget.
— Kate Clayborn, author of Georgie, All AlongSmart, layered and emotionally resonant, Take Me Home is an absolutely perfect love story.
— Annabel Monaghan, author of Nora Goes Off ScriptSmart, layered and emotionally resonant, Take Me Home is an absolutely perfect love story.
— Annabel Monaghan, author of Nora Goes Off ScriptWith razor sharp sexual tension and crackling banter, this is the frenemies to lovers book of my dreams.
— Christina Lauren, author of The Soulmate EquationFunny, angsty, heartwarming—and so satisfying.
— Abby Jimenez, author of Just For the Summer"A delightful enemies-to-lovers chock full of zippy banter, sexual tension, and holiday charm. If you love sassy, prickly girls and hot, patient boys, this small town romance is for you!
— Georgia Clark, author of It Had To Be YouAn absolute stunner of a debut! Melanie Sweeney has crafted a novel that is part tension-riddled romance, part family drama, and part self-discovery. . . . This is the kind of book that reaches into your chest and grabs onto your heart.
— Falon Ballard, author of Right on CueTake Me Home is like the book version of that Taylor Swift song you play on repeat. Sweet. Sexy. And full of heart.
— Trish Doller, author of Float Plan[A] refreshing first novel . . . Readers will be held rapt by these two fully drawn characters who struggle with distinct familial dynamics. . . . Sensitively probe[s] the meaning of love and the many facets of ‘home.’ A feel-good rom-com about 20-somethings with a contentious past who share a ride back to their families in a Texas hometown, sparks flying along the way.
— Shelf AwarenessTake Me Home is like the book version of that Taylor Swift song you play on repeat. Sweet. Sexy. And full of heart.
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Brittany Pressley has won several Earphones Awards as well as the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration in 2018. She has recorded over one hundred titles and has received several nominations for American Library Association’s annual list of Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. She is also an accomplished singer-songwriter and voice actress. Her voice can be heard on national and international TV and radio commercials as well as several animated series and video games. She is a graduate of Columbia University.