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The Write Off - by Kara McDowell (Paperback)

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  • Two rival authors are forced to confront a decade of love and heartbreak on the campus where it all started in this captivating debut romance by Kara McDowell.
  • About the Author: Kara McDowell writes romantic comedies for teens and adults including The Prince & the Apocalypse, One Way or Another, This Might Get Awkward, and others.
  • 368 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Romance

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Two rival authors are forced to confront a decade of love and heartbreak on the campus where it all started in this captivating debut romance by Kara McDowell.

It's been thirteen years since Mars Darling first met West Emerson on a bench outside their writing class. What started out as a friendly rivalry turned into a best friendship and then, for a brief time, a romance. Now over a decade later, as Mars stands at their college campus as a once-esteemed YA fantasy author, ready to take on a book festival, she comes face to face with West--the muse behind her infamous trilogy's heartthrob hero, the man who betrayed her in the worst way.

Mars is determined not to let her comeback tour be ruined by the fact that West is also at the festival as an author. But the longer they are on the campus that holds so many shared memories, the more time they have to untangle their past, and Mars starts to question if maybe it's not only her writing career that deserves a second chance.

Told in two unfolding timelines--Mars and West's frenzied college days where they grapple with their undeniable connection, and their tension-filled present of heartache and familiar yearning--this charming romance shows that while you can't rewrite the past, it's never too late to chase your happily ever after and get back the one that got away.



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Kara McDowell writes romantic comedies for teens and adults including The Prince & the Apocalypse, One Way or Another, This Might Get Awkward, and others. She lives with her husband and three sons in Mesa, Arizona, where she divides her time between writing, baking, and wishing for rain.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.19 Inches (W) x .75 Inches (D)
Weight: .62 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 368
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Romance
Publisher: Berkley Books
Theme: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Author: Kara McDowell
Language: English
Street Date: April 7, 2026
TCIN: 1006824072
UPC: 9780593955697
Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-2463
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.75 inches length x 5.19 inches width x 8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.62 pounds
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