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Ali Hazelwood

Problematic Summer Romance + alternative dust jacket by Ali Hazelwood (Afterlight Exclusive)

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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
87 Reviews

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About the product

What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Deep End.

Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life.

Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.

It's such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother's best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.

But not everything is as it seems - and clichés sometimes become plot twists.

When Maya's brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs - even if it's a problematic one.

Our Afterlight Exclusive: Problematic Summer Romance edition is a B-format hardback and features:

  • An exclusive alternate trade cover (from the publisher)
  • Foil on the hardback (from the publisher)
  • Sprayed edges
  • Illustrated endpapers (by @rosalynnarts); different front and back
  • Digitally signed by the author
  • add-on dust jacket (art by @polarts_; design by @chattynora).

Photos by @bookwormgram

Limited to one per person

You can only purchase either Problematic Summer Romance by itself or Problematic Summer Romance + the alternate dust jackets, not both

'Contemporary romance's unicorn: the elusive marriage of deeply brainy and delightfully escapist.' -Christina Lauren

'Funny, sexy, and smart.' -Mariana Zapata

Tropes for Problematic Summer Romance include: age gap, brother's best friend, forbidden romance

About the Author

Ali Hazelwood is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis, as well as a writer of peer-reviewed articles about brain science, in which no one makes out and the ever after is not always happy. Originally from Italy, she lived in Germany and Japan before moving to the US to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. When Ali is not at work, she can be found running, eating cake pops, or watching sci-fi movies with her three feline overlords (and her slightly-less-feline husband).

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4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 87 reviews
87 reviews
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    Broomsticks
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 month ago
    5 Stars

    Haven't read it yet but I came well protected since I got it from the UK. It's expensive but love to have this to my Ali Hazelwood collection.

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    Emily
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 months ago
    5 Stars

    Came in perfect condition and love love love it!!

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    Clémence M.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    Problematic Summer Romance

    I loved this book and I loved this edition! If you want a cute summer romance you can 100% go for this one! The Ali Hazelwood afterlight collection with the alternative dust jackets is absolutely gorgeous. It's an auto buy for me.

  • EP
    Esther P.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    Amazing book

    Beutifull edition of the book

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    Ting W.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    4 months ago
    Love it!

    This was one of my favorite reads last year and I'm happy that I have such a beautiful edition on my shelf to admire.