We Could Be So Good: A Novel
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A New York Times Books Review Best Romances of 2023 pick âĸ Apple Booksâ Best Books of the Month âĸ Amazon Best Books of the Month Editorâs Pick, Romance âĸ An NPR âBooks We Loveâ âĸ Library Journal Romance Pick of the Month âĸ LibraryReads Hall of Fame: June 2023 âĸ Publishers Weekly Best Romances of 2023
Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century grumpy/sunshine rom-dram about a scrappy reporter and a newspaper mogulâs son "âfor Newsies shippers,â [that] absolutely deliversâ (Dahlia Adler, Buzzfeed Books).
âA spectacularly talented writer!â âJulia Quinn
Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job at one of the cityâs biggest newspapers. But the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he canât let anyone into his life. He just never counted on meeting someone as impossible to say no to as Andy.
Andy Flemingâs newspaper-tycoon father wants him to take over the family business. Andy, though, has no intention of running the paper. Heâs barely able to run his lifeâheâs never paid a bill on time, routinely gets lost on the way to work, and would rather gouge out his own eyes than deal with office politics. Andy agrees to work for a year in the newsroom, knowing heâll make an ass of himself and hate every second of it.
Except, Nick Russo keeps rescuing Andy: showing him the ropes, tracking down his keys, freeing his tie when it gets stuck in the ancient filing cabinets. Their unlikely friendship soon sharpens into feelings they canât deny. But what feels possible in secretâthis fragile, tender thing between themâseems doomed in the light of day. Now Nick and Andy have to decide if, for the first time, theyâre willing to fight.
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Cat Sebastian writes queer historical romances. Catâs books include We Could Be So Good and the Turner series, and have received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. Before writing, Cat was a lawyer and a teacher and did a variety of other jobs she liked much less than she enjoys writing happy endings for queer people. She was born in New Jersey and lived in New York and Arizona before settling down in a swampy part of the South. When she isnât writing, sheâs probably reading, having one-sided conversations with her dog, or doing the crossword puzzle.
