Pick-Up

Harkening to the witty and swoon-worthy rom-coms of Christina Lauren and Kate Clayborn, a new enemies-to-lovers romp whisking us from the stress of city life to lush Caribbean beaches.

Sasha Rubinstein is just trying to keep it together. Raising two precocious kids alone is no cake walk, especially while contending with an absent ex and judgy school parents. To make matters worse, some entitled dad—with stupidly good hair and a bad attitude—keeps snagging the last spots, slots, and even school hoodies ahead of her at pick-up.

But when a game-changing work opportunity falls in her lap—a four-day long video shoot on a luxurious private island—Sasha can almost begin to envision things turning around. That is, until that same smug dad shows up on the job to ruin everything. What is he even doing in her kid-free, tropical work world with his perfect t-shirts and perfectly punchable (yet adorable) face?

With a dream future in her grasp, Sasha is determined to resist the temptation to snipe at him, no matter how much he goads her. But with tension mounting between them and the permeating intoxication of island time, the responsibilities of real life seem so very far away…

Nora Dahlia is a style writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Elle, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, among others. Nora is also a branded content expert, book doctor, ghostwriter, collaborator, and writing coach. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two kids, and enormous cat, Waldo. Pick-Up is her first romance novel.