Summer In The City

Summer in the City by Alex Aster is a fast-paced, contemporary romantic comedy and the author’s adult fiction debut.The story follows Elle Leon, a twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter who lands a career-defining opportunity to write a big-budget blockbuster film set in New York City. The catch? She has a severe case of writer’s block, and her entire screenplay is due by the end of the summer. In a desperate bid to find her creative spark, Elle reluctantly moves into her sister’s luxury Manhattan apartment. Her life is turned upside down when she discovers her next-door neighbor is Parker Warren a charismatic tech billionaire who also happens to be her unforgettable stairwell hookup from two years prior. Though they currently can’t stand each other, their tense, hate-fueled dynamic surprisingly breaks Elle’s writer’s block. Realizing they can help each other out, they enter into a mutually beneficial fake-dating agreement: Parker gets a steady relationship to smooth over a precarious company acquisition, and Elle gets a muse to help her research romantic date spots across NYC. But as they spend the summer exploring the city toge