The Breakup Vacation - (Beach House) by Anna Gracia (Paperback)

About the Book

"It's the summer after junior year of college, and Grace is looking forward to going to LA with her boyfriend, Josh. When he unexpectedly dumps her, she's left with a hole in her heart and in her summer schedule. Her (very wealthy) best friend, Tiff, along with their new friend, Camille, a French foreign exchange student, come to the rescue and whisk her away to a beach house in Cancun for a week of R&R. Little do Tiff and Camille know, though, that's where Josh is headed, with his maybe-new-girlfriend Caity, Grace's #1 rival in their school's theater program and the daughter of a famed Mexican filmmaker. Grace feels confident that she can balance having fun with her girlfriends with trying to win Josh back. But then she meets Daniel, who is in Cancun working at his uncle's soccer camp. Daniel turns out to be everything Josh isn't-a good listener, genuinely supportive, patient in the bedroom, and encouraging. Plus, he's also biracial (half Chinese, half Mexican) and understands Grace in a way no boy ever has. Over the course of a debaucherous week, Grace will discover things-about love, her friendships, and herself-that will put the world into much clearer focus. Perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Christina Lauren, The Break-Up Vacation promises to be a boisterous, feel-good novel about college life, when falling in love was brand new and making friends was all that mattered"--

Book Synopsis

It's the summer before senior year of college, and Grace is about to make the worst decision of her life in this "sexy, sun-drenched cocktail of chaotic good fun and heartfelt hilarity" (Sarah Kuhn, author of the Heroine Complex series) that captures the messiness of your early twenties, while highlighting the necessity of girlfriends at any--and every--age.

How far would you go to win back an ex?

If Grace is being honest, she knows her choices skate past questionable and probably into destructive. But her heart is broken and the guy who broke it--her ex, Josh--keeps hinting at a reunion. So when her best friends, Tiff and Camille, suggest they take a girls trip to help her get over her heartache, Grace doesn't hesitate to recommend Cancún. She just doesn't mention that Josh also happens to be there.

But juggling her friends, Josh, and the increasing number of lies she's telling is a lot harder than she expected. And things only get more complicated when she clicks with a hot local guy, Daniel, who turns out to be half Taiwanese too. As the days unfold, Grace starts to think maybe she'll get away with it. But will her past decisions and her need for closure come back to ruin the relationships that matter most to her?

"Full of true friendship, deep self-discovery, and all the swoons," (Courtney Kae, author of In the Event of Love), The Breakup Vacation captures the hilarious chaos of being twenty-one, when love is still new, when adulthood feels so close and yet so far away, and when friends are everything.

Review Quotes

"Steamy, witty, and pure summer fun! Gracia's characters have dynamic personalities and hilarious banter in a book with everything from sisterhood and cultural commentary to a dreamy book boyfriend."--Riss M. Neilson, author of A Love Like the Sun

"The Breakup Vacation grabbed me from line one and never let go! With sparkling wit, a dynamite voice, and supremely well-crafted plot and characters, Anna Gracia comes to the page with fireworks booming. Full of true friendship, deep self-discovery, and all the swoons, books like this are why we read romance. Gracia is a star." --Courtney Kae, author of In the Event of Love and In the Case of Heartbreak

"A sexy, sun-drenched cocktail of chaotic good fun and heartfelt hilarity. It's like the best summer vacation ever in book form. It's like the best summer vacation ever in book form."--Sarah Kuhn, author of the Heroine Complex series

About the Author

Anna Gracia was born and raised in Minnesota, where she survived on Dairy Queen Blizzards and the wild tales of Jessica Wakefield. She is the author of the YA novels Misdirection of Fault Lines and Boys I Know, which was both an Indies Introduce and an Indie Next pick, as well as the adult novel The Break-Up Vacation. Her books have been featured in The New York Times, Paste, Seventeen, and more. When not writing, you can find her napping or wishing she was napping. See more at Anna-Gracia.com