“The beloved author duo consistently turns out smart, funny and extremely charming contemporary romances. “ story is worth the wait, and the rich family backstories add sweetness… a twist that offers readers something unexpected and new.”

“In this splashy standalone from rom-com queen Lauren, an actress whose heart was broken by her first love runs into him on a film set and wonders whether to give him a second chance. “With a then-and-now plot similar to Lauren’s Love and Other Words, the writing duo’s latest has a youthful voice that may be a good fit for fans of new adult romances. Forced to confront the man who betrayed her, Tate must ask herself if it’s possible to do the wrong thing for the right reason…whether “once in a lifetime” can come around twice. Yet here Sam is, the same charming, confident man she knew, but even more alluring than she remembered. When she steps onto the set of her first big break, he’s the last person she expects to see. So when it becomes clear her trust was misplaced, her world shattered for good.įourteen years later, Tate, now an up-and-coming actress, only thinks about her first love every once in a blue moon.

Sam was the first, and only, person that Tate-the long-lost daughter of one of the world’s biggest film stars-ever revealed her identity to. Including her first heartbreak.ĭuring a whirlwind two-week vacation abroad, Sam and Tate fell for each other in only the way that first loves do: sharing all of their hopes, dreams, and deepest secrets along the way. Sam Brandis was Tate Jones’s first: Her first love. American Booksellers Association Indie Next Pickįrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners and the “delectable, moving” ( Entertainment Weekly) My Favorite Half-Night Stand comes a modern love story about what happens when your first love reenters your life when you least expect it…

Twice in the blue moon