Her life is upset with the return of Ollie, an old flame who takes the position of executive chef onboard and gives her an ultimatum: confess she’s in love with him by the end of the season, or he’ll leave for good. Luck and Last Resorts by Sarah Grunder Ruizįor a summer vacation setting and characters with lots of shared baggage, pick up this book about Nina, who is a head stewardess on a swanky yacht and happily single. Now they’re forced to carpool to a friend’s wedding in rural Scotland in a tiny car, where they must face their past.

Who doesn’t like the tension of a little forced proximity after a falling out? Dylan and Addie fell hard for each other two years previously, but it didn’t work out.

But when Josh’s girlfriend cheats on him, he and Hazel start setting each other up on blind dates, all the while ignoring what’s right in front of them. If you love the dynamic between Poppy and Alex, then you’ll adore Josh and Hazel, two unlikely friends who’ve always seemed way too different to actually work together as a couple. If you love the romantic tropes, the vacation vibes, the hilarious dialogue, and romantic tension of Henry’s book, you might want to pick up any of these great books like People We Meet on Vacation! Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren Now Poppy is desperately unhappy despite having achieved her dreams, and she decides that what she needs is to repair her relationship with Alex through one final trip-but her attempts at recreating the past don’t exactly go as expected. This tradition continued throughout their twenties as their lives shifted and changed, until one summer it all fell apart and they’ve not spoken since. Despite their differences, one major thing they have in common is a love of travel, and so they make a pact to take a summer trip together each year. The book follows Poppy and Alex, unlikely best friends who are opposites in every way but clicked at the end of their freshman year of college. It also features one of our favorite tropes in romance, friends to lovers! Emily Henry burst onto the adult rom-com scene with her novel Beach Read, and she quickly followed up with another beguiling summer romance in People We Meet on Vacation, which is full of funny, flawed characters, irresistible banter, and exciting settings.

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