{"product_id":"the-friendship-fling-9781399741583","title":"The Friendship Fling","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Summery sweet and the ultimate slow-burn celebration of love in London, with actual laugh-out-loud snark. Ava and Finn are my new favourite black cat \/ golden retriever pairing, and I couldn''t get enough of their chemistry''     \u003cb\u003eLucy Jane Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA slow-burn, strangers-to-friends-to-lovers rom-com with a vibrant London setting, sizzling chemistry, and two polar-opposite strangers who just can''t quite seem to let each other go . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 likes her men with \u003ci\u003estrictly \u003c\/i\u003eno strings attached. And despite desperate pleas from her best friend Josie to shake up her routine and make some new friends, she refuses to change her carefully controlled life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is, until the insufferably cheerful, country-hopping, undeniably gorgeous Finn O''Callaghan rolls into her coffee shop with a horrifyingly perfect proposal - a strictly friends-only fling. Finn''s only in the city for the summer and needs a local to help him complete his London bucket list before he moves along for good, and Ava needs to reassure Josie she''s got the makings of a social butterfly after all. It''s an offer she can''t refuse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs their mismatched friendship of convenience slowly becomes more tolerable, and as they work their way through Finn''s bucket list 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Ava has rules - and 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eThe Friendship Fling\u003c\/i\u003e is 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. I''m excited to see what Georgia Stone does next!''  \u003cb\u003eEmily Stone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The slow-burn rom-com of my dreams! . . . Put \u003ci\u003eThe Friendship Fling\u003c\/i\u003e on your summer bucket list right now!'' \u003cb\u003eAnnabelle Slator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS ARE HEAD OVER HEELS FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE FRIENDSHIP FLING\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''WOW this book was incredible. It was so FUNNY. Truly puts the com in rom-com. I lost count of the number of times this book made me laugh out loud'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''If I could give it an extra star I would'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I couldn''t get enough of the characters - I could happily read a bonus chapter daily, just to check in and see how they''re all doing'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I am OBSESSED'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Absolute MUST read for anyone'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019767284055,"sku":"9781399741583","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399741583.jpg?v=1750781226","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-friendship-fling-9781399741583","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}