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Title details for A Love Like the Sun by Riss M. Neilson - Available

A Love Like the Sun

by Riss M. Neilson
Frankie Corzo
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THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER! 
“Perfect for fans of Abby Jimenez, Kennedy Ryan, and Carley Fortune (aka me).”
–Emily Henry
“Beautifully blending beloved tropes and smooth, often lyrical prose… Two lovers navigate challenges related to mental health, racial identity, grief, and a chronic illness” –NPR
Lifelong best friends spend a fateful summer discovering what might happen if they were to be something more in this radiant, heart-clenching adult debut.
Laniah Thompson is a homebody who craves privacy. Issac Jordan is internet famous and spends his days followed by paparazzi. She runs a small business with her mom in her hometown. He runs an international brand.
And they’ve been best friends since childhood.
When Issac comes home to Providence for the first time in months and discovers Laniah’s dream is slipping out of reach as she and her mom struggle to pay the bills at Wildly Green, their natural hair store, she refuses to take a dime from him. And so, he does what any self-respecting best friend would do: tells the world they’re dating.
Suddenly business is booming, and Laniah agrees to his ridiculous plan to pretend to be lovers for the course of the summer. Just long enough to catch the eye of an investor and get her dream back on track, like she helped him do so many years ago, he reminds her.
Too soon, though, Laniah knows she’s playing with fire, because for as long as they’ve been friends there’s an undeniable pull they’ve never given in to. And as the lines between art and life—real and pretend—blur, it becomes harder and harder to see where friendship ends and something else begins....
Told over the course of three sizzling summer months, A Love Like the Sun is about shared history, those who make us our bravest selves, and love in its many forms.
"Dazzling, tender, and romantic." —Carley Fortune

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  • Release date

    June 11, 2024

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593870389
      • File size: 298412 KB
      • Duration: 10:21:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Frankie Corzo narrates a contemporary romance featuring childhood best friends. Laniah and Issac have always been close. Now Issac's career in L.A. has skyrocketed, putting him in the spotlight. At home in Rhode Island, Laniah and her mother struggle to keep their natural hair care business operating. Issac's plan to boost the store's sales by fake-dating Liniah for the summer has her looking at their relationship in a new light. Corzo's expressive style engages listeners, capturing the highs and lows of Liniah's life. She expertly depicts Liniah's uncertainty over her feelings for Issac and how they will affect their long friendship. Other characters' personalities are evident in Corzo's portrayals and add further depth to her narration. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      Starred review from December 1, 2024

      Laniah Thompson is mortified when she can't pay the rent for Wildly Green, the barely one-year-old natural-hair care company she owns with her mother. Laniah is also troubled by nagging health concerns, likely anxiety-related but perhaps something worse. When Laniah's longtime best friend Isaac Jordan discovers her financial troubles, the foster kid turned famous model and artist makes a life-changing post on social media: a photo of Laniah tending to his hair using Wildly Green products. Isaac's caption, "It's always been her," brings immediate financial success to Wildly Green. His scheme to fake a relationship with Laniah for the summer appears to be a brilliant solution, until real-world emotions start to twine around these two longtime friends. YA author Neilson's (Deep in Providence) stunning adult contemporary romance debut is narrated with emotional depth by Frankie Corzo, whose soft and lyrical voice never leaves doubt as to which character is speaking. VERDICT Highly recommended for listeners who enjoy romances that blend swoony feelings with high-stakes challenges like mental health, disabilities, grief, and racial identity. Share with readers of Kennedy Ryan and Tia Williams.--Elizabeth Gabriel

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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