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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute


A Young Adult Romance Novel


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Enemies to Lovers,
  • Second Chance,
  • Forced Proximity,
  • Cozy,
  • Survival Setting
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Enemies-to-lovers with ex-best friends forced to team up outdoors
  • Teen rivalry that turns into awkward teamwork and maybe something more
  • Conspiracy theory humor mixed with survival challenges and messy feelings

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The truth is out there for Celine Bangura, a conspiracy-obsessed high schooler who spends her days studying every tinfoil hat theory she can think of. It's made her something of an outsider, including to her one-time best friend Bradley Graeme, who ditched her to join the cool kids' table. But now, the pair are reuniting for a survival course in the woods, with a grand prize for whoever lasts the longest.

UFOs and chemtrails make a whole lot more sense to Celine than why Brad dumped her, and why he's being so kind to her now. Maybe love is the real answer?

Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A pair of ex-best friends turned high school rivals must work together to survive the great outdoors—and each other—in this cozy enemies-to-lovers romance from the beloved author of the Brown Sisters trilogy.

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine.

Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption—yet, she's still not cool enough for the popular kids' table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that's how Celine sees it.)

These days, there's nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she's surprised to find Brad right beside her.

Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?

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