A Guide to Being Just Friends, Sophie Sullivan
A Guide to Being Just Friends, Sophie Sullivan
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A Guide to Being Just Friends
A Novel

Author: Sophie Sullivan

Narrator: Stephanie Willing, Timothy Andrés Pabon

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/17/2023


Synopsis

When Harry Met Sally meets 500 Days of Summer in this playful and emotional romantic comedy from the author of Ten Rules for Faking It, Sophie Sullivan.

"Sophie Sullivan’s writing feels like a warm hug.” —Rachel Lynn Solomon, bestselling author of The Ex Talk

Hailey Sharp has a one-track mind. Get By the Cup salad shop off the ground. Do literally everything possible to make it a success. Repeat. With a head full of entrepreneurial ideas and a bad ex in her rearview, her one and only focus is living life the way she wants to. No distractions.

Wes Jansen never did understand the fuss about relationships. With a string of lackluster first dates and the pain from his parents’ angry divorce following him around, he’d much rather find someone who he likes, but won’t love. Companionship, not passion, is the name of the game.

When Hailey and Wes find each other in a disastrous meet cute that wasn’t even intended for them, they embarrassingly go their separate ways. But when Wes finds Hailey to apologize for his behavior, they strike up a friendship. Because that’s all this can be. Hailey doesn’t want any distractions. Wes doesn’t want to fall in love.

What could possibly go wrong?

"A joyful, swoony romance full of heart and humor!" —Sarah Adams, author of The Cheat Sheet

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

About Sophie Sullivan

SOPHIE SULLIVAN (she/her) is a Canadian author as well as a cookie-eating, Diet Pepsi-drinking, Disney enthusiast who loves reading and writing romance in almost equal measure. She writes around her day job as a teacher and spends her spare time with her sweet family watching reruns of Friends. She's had plenty of practice writing happily ever after as her alter ego, Jody Holford.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on October 17, 2022

Yay! Jansen Brothers are back in town! This time Wes Jansen: uptight, analytical, nerdy, business oriented, perfectionist big brother takes the spotlight! Don’t get fooled by his serious, introvert, geeky manners! He’s gold hearted, caring man who takes the verbal abuse of their father for years to......more

Goodreads review by chan ☆ on February 27, 2023

this was pretty cute, but it took me much longer to finish than it should have. i'm going to chalk that up to the fact that the heroine's passion is her build your own salad restaurant. silliness aside, i did appreciate the relationship development here. it was sweet seeing these two fall for each o......more

Goodreads review by Heather Adores Books on February 12, 2023

3.25⭐ for the audiobook. Book 3 in the Jansen Brothers series ~ fine as a standalone, but our characters from book 1 and 2 make quite a few appearances, so it's nice to know their background ~ not essential to the story though. Featuring ~ dual 3rd person POV, small business owner, slow burn, friends......more

Goodreads review by Irena BookDustMagic on January 19, 2023

This was amazing and now I can't wait for the next book Sophie writes. I guess it won't be a part of this series but I bet it will be good. Full review to come today, I promise.......more

Goodreads review by Brittanica Bold on September 19, 2022

As a lover of rom coms, especially those where our MCs go from friends to lovers, I was super excited for A Guide to Being Just Friends. I mean, the blurb freaking references When Harry Met Sally AND 500 Days of Summer. How could that not be my jam??? Well, I’ll tell you… What I liked about the boo......more


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Praise for Sophie Sullivan

“A lovely, endearing romance that made me yearn for a little beach house to fix up. Sophie Sullivan’s writing feels like a warm hug.” —Rachel Lynn Solomon, bestselling author of The Ex Talk

"
[An] enemies-to-lovers trajectory with just the right amount of novelty and sweetness." - Kirkus

"Will definitely enchant you." -Buzzfeed

"The remodeling descriptions are vivid and lovely, and the romance offers terrific dialogue and chemistry. This thoroughly enjoyable read will please fans of Sara Desai's novels." —Booklist

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A wholesome, slow-burn romance that will warm your heart and offer a glimpse into social anxiety disorder. This is a Hallmark movie in book form." - Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test

Impossible to read without smiling—escapist romantic comedy at its heartwarming best.” – New York Times Bestselling author Lauren Layne

“A funny, sweet rom com from a fresh, sparkling new voice. Everly’s social anxiety was instantly relatable, and I was rooting for her every inch of the way to her happily-ever-after.” – Andie J. Christopher, USA Today Bestselling author of Not The Girl You Marry

"Readers will be charmed." -Publishers Weekly

"Intricate details about home renovations jostle for space with matters of the heart in this lighthearted romance." -Kirkus Reviews

"Sophie Sullivan has written a love letter to friends, to entrepreneurs, and to found families! A Guide to Being Just Friends is a joyful, swoony romance full of heart and humor! An absolute delight to read!" -Sarah Adams, author of The Cheat Sheet

“Sullivan writes love stories of characters who feel like friends—this wonderfully sweet romance is no exception. This is the perfect friends-to-lovers story, instantly relatable and completely charming.” - Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of The Roughest Draft

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Sophie Sullivan crafts a warm, sweet-as-brownies love story in A Guide to Being Just Friends: with found family, a hopeful, determined heroine, a starchy hero, and the risky question ‘What if adding romance to our already-great relationship makes it even better? What if it makes us fall apart?’ this is a slow-burn friends-to-lovers with lots of heart and kindness." -Sarah Hogle, author of You Deserve Each Other

"Sullivan charms...a fun, breezy romp." - Publishers Weekly

"Sullivan creates warm and likable leads...A fun, enjoyably light read for fans of the friends-to-lovers trope." - Kirkus