You, Again : A Novel

Kate Goldbeck

Can they stop hating each other long enough to fall in love?

A commitment-phobe and a hopeless romantic clash over the years—until heartbreak and unexpected chemistry bring them together in this clever enemies-to-friends-to-lovers debut romance.

When Ari and Josh first meet, the wrong kind of sparks fly. They hate each other. Instantly.

A free-spirited, struggling comedian, Ari likes to keep things casual and never sleeps over after hooking up. Josh, a born-and-bred New Yorker, has ambitious plans to take the culinary world by storm and find The One. They have absolutely nothing in common…except that they happen to be sleeping with the same woman.

Ari and Josh never expect their paths to cross again. But years later, as they’re both reeling from ego-bruising breakups, a chance encounter leads to a surprising connection: friendship. Turns out, spending time with your former nemesis is fun when you’re too sad to hate each other—and too sad for hate sex.

As friends-without-benefits, they find comfort in late night Netflix binges, swiping through each other’s online dating profiles, and bickering across boroughs. Until one night, the unspoken boundaries of their platonic relationship begin to blur…