Launch Party for Annabel Monaghan's New Novel, "Summer Romance"!

Athena Books is thrilled to celebrate bestselling author and friend of the store, Annabel Monaghan on the release date of her new novel, Summer Romance. Summer Romance is so beloved by the Athena staff, and we hope you will join us to toast this fabulous book and its even more fabulous author. You won't want to miss this evening of fun, laughter and community!

Your ticket includes a paperback copy of Summer Romance, wine and light dessert.

About Summer Romance:

Monaghan returns this June with her highly anticipated third novel, SUMMER ROMANCE, another heart-tugging and hilarious love story for readers of Carley Fortune, Emily Henry, and Beth O’Leary. Set in a fictional Long Island beach town, this latest outing centers on Ali, a recent divorcee and professional organizer whose life is a mess, and the summer she gets unstuck with the help of someone unexpected from her past. Readers who fell in love with Monaghan’s pitch-perfect prose and balanced blend of genuine emotion with laugh-out-loud wit will find her writing at the top of her game this swoony romantic comedy, which explores the messiness of grief and longing—and the liberating lightness of a summer fling.

“Annabel Monaghan delivers yet another unputdownable love story about the messiness of life and lust. Summer Romance brims with heart, wit, and longing—the signature ingredients of my favorite beach reads. Anything Annabel writes, I’m reading it.”

—Carley Fortune, author of Every Summer After

“A warm, funny, and bingeable five-star read.”

—Abby Jimenez, author of Yours Truly

“Annabel Monaghan knows how to write romance, how to sweep you up and make you feel as though you, the reader, are falling in love. This is what romance books are all about. Ali is such a relatable protagonist and Ethan is a perfect book boyfriend. I devoured it. Annabel has another hit on her hands.”

—Sophie Cousens, author of Just Haven’t Met You Yet

About Annabel Monaghan:

Annabel Monaghan is the author of LibraryReads pick Same Time Next Summer and Indie Next and LibraryReads pick Nora Goes Off Script, as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in the Huffington Post, the Week, and the Rye Record. She lives in Rye, New York, with her family.

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