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From<\/em>\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.<\/em><\/p>\n Reasons why I should not be drawn to Troy Serrano.<\/p>\n Number one: He\u2019s obnoxious.<\/p>\n Number two: He and I were enemies over a decade ago in high school.<\/p>\n Number three: He\u2019s my friend\u2019s ex-boyfriend.<\/p>\n I could go on and on, really.<\/p>\n When my boss gives me an unwanted assignment and tells me it involves spending time with the grandson of one of our residents\u2014the grandson turns out to be\u00a0Troy<\/em>. He\u2019s now as successful as he is undeniably handsome.<\/p>\n Lucky me.<\/em> Four hours a week of having to deal with his insufferable personality and unsolicited advice.<\/p>\n The only consolation is getting to stare at his annoyingly gorgeous face in between our many arguments.<\/p>\n Eventually, though, we slowly warm to each other and our outings become something I actually look forward to.<\/p>\n What\u2019s happening to me?<\/em><\/p>\n Apparently, I misunderstood the assignment, because it certainly didn\u2019t include thinking about Troy when I close my eyes at night, imagining what it would be like with him\u2014just once. All the while hating myself for fantasizing about a guy who\u2019s all wrong for me. A guy whose car I keyed back in the day. (Long story, but he deserved it.)<\/p>\n That\u2019s all this is\u2014a fantasy.<\/p>\n Well, until that one night at the bar.<\/p>\n The night Troy and I run into each other, and all of our pent-up frustration comes barreling out.<\/p>\n Still, I refuse to accept that it means anything.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no way the guy I\u2019m supposed to hate is also the one I can\u2019t live without.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Penelope Ward\u00a0is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.<\/p>\n She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.<\/p>\n With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TWITTER<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0INSTAGRAM<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GOODREADS<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0FB FAN GROUP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Assignment by Penelope Ward A standalone contemporary enemies-to-lovers romance Amazon US\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon UK\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon CA\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon AU Apple Books\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0 |\u00a0 Google Play\u00a0 | \u00a0Paperback\u00a0 |\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[132,634],"class_list":["post-63679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-news","tag-penelope-ward","tag-release"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Assignment.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-gz5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Add to Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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