The Phone Swap (a New Enemies-to-lovers Romance From The Author Of Better Left Unsent)

By (author) Louis, Lia
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Allie Lake is a scientist is on a held-up flight travelling home from a job when she is seated next to troubled movie star Milo Ford.

Description:

Allie Lake is a scientist is on a held-up flight travelling home from a job when she is seated next to troubled movie star Milo Ford. She is in no mood to talk to him, whoever he might be. Her most recent project at a research station has just come to an end and she''s about to move in with her sister and her love life is non-existent. As for Milo, he wants nothing more than to be at home hiding out with a little normality. Instead, he has to go and film a movie in the Romanian mountains... all the while, the press are getting closer, circling his most closely guarded secret.

Post-flight, they both quickly realise they''ve accidentally swapped phones with their fellow passenger. Easily rectified, except Milo''s about to be on a remote set for a month... and Allie has no idea who Milo is, only that he is the keeper of her entire digital life.

As they trade back and forth on each other''s phones, they can''t help but notice there''s more to their chat than practicalities...

Review quote:
What''s better than a modern-day epistolary romance - updated for the ages, but with the same delicious pining and yearning? One that becomes a story of a second-chance at love for the world''s most mismatched couple. Milo and Allie are living rent-free in my head now.
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A gorgeous, sparkling, life-affirming romance with a truly brilliant meet-cute. I adored Allie and Milo, and missed them the moment I turned the last page. I''ll always devour anything Lia Louis writes.
Biographical note:
Lia Louis is an author from Hertfordshire, the United Kingdom, where she lives with her partner and three children. She has written four novels to date - Somewhere Close to Happy (2019), Dear Emmie Blue (2020), Eight Perfect Hours (2021), and her new novel is Better Left Unsent. Lia''s books are enjoyed around the world and have been translated into over ten languages.
Promotional headline:
From the author of Better Left Unsent, a playfully romantic novel about a scientist and movie star who accidentally swap phones on a busy flight and must oversee each other''s digital lives until they meet again to swap them back.
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CLASSIC BRITISH ROMCOM: A fun, easy romantic read for fans of Beth O''Leary, David Nicholls and Marian Keyes set on the remote (but famous thanks to tiktok) Arctic outpost of Svalbard.
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WELL-CONNECTED AUTHOR: Lia is very popular within the women''s fiction communities and her previous novel Better Left Unsent, has won praise from writers such as Jodi Picoult, Christina Lauren, Lindsay Kelk and Beth O''Leary.
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TROPE-O-METER: lovers-to-enemies-to lovers again; forced proximity; grumpy sunshine; famous person falling for a normal person.
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SPICE LEVEL: this is a closed door romance but with plenty of tension and intensity.