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Not in My Book

Katie Holt

4.20

Rosie writes romance novels and listens to Taylor Swift on loop. Aiden is a literary fiction writer who doesn't believe in happy endings. They're about to write a book together—what could go wrong?

The Hating Game meets Beach Read in this sexy and hilarious enemies-to-lovers romance from a debut Peruvian-Tennessean voice.

Rosie, an idealistic and passionate Peruvian American, leaves her Tennessee hometown to pursue her dream of making it in New York as a writer. But her plan is derailed when she ends up in class with her archnemesis and ex-crush, Aiden Huntington—an obnoxious, surly, and gorgeous

literary fiction writer who doesn’t have much patience for the romance genre or for Rosie.

Rosie and Aiden regularly go to verbal battle in workshop until their professor reaches her breaking point. She allows them to stay in her class on one condition: they must cowrite a novel that blends their genres.

The reluctant writing duo can’t help but put pieces of themselves into their accidentally steamy novel, and their manuscript-in-progress provides an outlet for them to confess their feelings—and explore their attraction toward each other.

When Rosie and Aiden find themselves competing against each other for a potentially career-changing opportunity, the flames of old rivalry reignite, and their once-in-a-lifetime love story is once again at risk of being shelved—unless they can find a way to end the book on their own terms.

“Atmospheric, beautifully conveying the appeal of bustling NYC … Readers will not be able to put down this delightful, witty romance.”—Library Journal

Adult
Pages
414
Audiobook
11 hr 30 min
First published
December 10, 2024
Language
English
Edition
Audiobook

Shelved by 5 Litcadians

Reviews

  • Started September 23, 2026 · Finished September 23, 2026

  • Finished March 15, 2025

    3.5 stars rounded up This book was really cute, I loved the fact that it was a book within a book. The two main characters are two academic rivals forced to write a novel together to work through some of their differences and they write a romance about two work rivals forced to work together on a project 😂😂. I loved that they added excerpts of their novel at the end of every chapter, though at times I wished I was reading their book rather than the book I was reading. 3/5 🌶️ the scene they wrote on the phone together where she calls the character by his name is the whole reason I wanted to read this book and it was hot. I’m not sure why the universe is conspiring against me with these third act breakups where every single book I’m reading the mmc acts like the biggest asshole and says the rudest things to the fmc but I need it to stop. Clearly this is a sign I need to read some more fantasy right now.