The Best I Ever Had

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About the Book

Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Paradise Problem and Love and Other Words, returns with a sweeping romance about first love, second chances, and the one summer that changes everything about both.

Frankie Flowers and Bobby Falco have spent most of their lives trying to outdo each other.

As neighbors turned academic rivals, they grew up competing over everything. Somewhere along the way, rivalry became friendship, friendship became love, and then, at eighteen, everything between them fell apart.

Eleven years later, Frankie has built the exact life she once dreamed of—far away from her tiny hometown. She’s successful, independent, and has perfected the art of not looking back. But when she finally returns to Lake Himmel for the summer, she discovers that some things haven’t changed nearly as much as she'd like.

The lake is still there. The house next door is still there. And so is Bobby Falco.

Bobby is no longer the boy Frankie remembers, but being around him still feels dangerously familiar: the competition, the banter, the uncanny way he sees straight through her. And as old feelings resurface, Frankie begins to wonder if the one thing more dangerous than their old rivalry is discovering what really ended it.

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About the Author

© Chandra Wicke

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 internationally bestselling authors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Autoboyography, Love and Other Words, Roomies, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, The Unhoneymooners, The Soulmate Equation, Something Wilder, The True Love Experiment, The Paradise Problem, The Romance Revival, and In a Holidaze. You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com or @ChristinaLauren on Instagram.

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Product Details

  • Publisher: Gallery Books (May 11, 2027)
  • Length: 368 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781668017814

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Praise for Christina Lauren

“Unexpected, ridiculously charming, and romantic enough to short-circuit my last brain cell.”
– Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“An evergreen romance icon."
– Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times bestselling author
 

“As hilarious as it is sweet, and as sexy as it is tender, this story is pure, irresistible magic from start to finish.”
–  Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author
 
“Sure to be a new fan favorite!”
–  Julie Soto, #1 New York Times bestselling author
 
“Exhilarating, fast-paced, deeply emotional, and sexy.”
– Oprah Daily
 
“A classic romance gateway.”
– Lucy Score, #1 New York Times bestselling author
 

“Sweet and steamy!”
– USA Today
 

“Every time I read a new Christina Lauren book I swear it is my favorite . . . but I suppose that’s what happens when each novel is even more delightful than the last.”
– Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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