Reasons to Be Loved by You

Emily Henry's Funny Story meets The Family Stone in Bachelorette fan-favorite and New York Times bestselling author Hannah Brown's newest rom-com, a beach read full of banter, emotional authenticity, and female friendship. Perfectionist and former pageant girl Nikki Bennet is looking forward to some much-needed down time with her family at their Georgia home by the lake. Though it's been a couple years, she's still not totally over her time on the reality show Loved By, which resulted in nationally-televised heartbreak when she learned her newly-chosen fiancé was seeing another woman all along. But when, at the family's annual Fourth of July celebration, she finds out her little brother Cooper plans to marry her ex-fiancé's ex-girlfriend, Cara Lancolm-this summer, at the lakeside where Nikki always envisioned having her own wedding, no less-Nikki vows to stop their rushed, ill-advised union. And as the fireworks go off over the lake, Nikki discovers an unlikely ally in Cara's brother, the quirky and noncommittal Nate Lancolm. While Nikki and Nate begin " working together" to talk sense into their hasty siblings, they're surprised by the intense chemistry between them, which morphs quickly into a full-on secret fling. If Nikki's being honest, this wedding-stoppers-with-benefits relationship with Nate is a welcome distraction from the mess of her love life-and from the sneaking suspicion that her family are keeping other secrets from her too. Secrets that might force Nikki to take a hard look at why she's been chasing perfection for so long, and where it's really gotten her. Can Nikki and Nate prevent Cara and Cooper from making a huge mistake? Or will their efforts lead to an even more preposterous love story-their own?