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Brittany Pressley
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Sarah Adams
About this listen
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two feuding second-grade teachers (and neighbors) find themselves teaming up in this new rivals-to-lovers romance set in Rome, Kentucky—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rule Book and Practice Makes Perfect.
“Sarah Adams writes books with heart and soul. They speak to the people finding their way and being unapologetically themselves in the process. I love her style.”—Hannah Grace, author of Icebreaker
Emily Walker hates having her carefully crafted world disrupted by anyone, most of all her legendary nemesis, Jack Bennett. He’s the opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer, which is why Emily was perfectly happy when Jack left Rome, Kentucky, mid-school year with his fiancée. The last thing Emily saw coming was Jack’s return at the start of the summer after calling off the wedding and ending his relationship, but he’s here to stay—as her colleague and her neighbor.
Jack is glad to be back, eager to renovate his house and work on the next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name. But when he realizes he’s now neighbors with the one woman who has always pushed his buttons, he discovers something he’s even more excited about—thwarting Emily and her petty plans to sabotage his return.
With their chemistry-fueled animosity at an all-time high, Emily accidentally sends an email to their school’s principal that could reveal her secret literary side hustle. She needs to steal back her manuscript, and Jack—she hates to admit—is just the man to help her. Surprisingly, he agrees. Will their unlikely alliance put an end to their rivalry? Or could it lead to a steamy plot twist they never saw coming?
Look for all of Sarah Adams’s When in Rome books:
WHEN IN ROME • PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT • BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL (Coming Soon!)
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“Feuding second-grade teachers learn they make a great team in this cute rivals-to-lovers romance, the third in Adams’s When in Rome series. This charms.”—Publishers Weekly
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Drew Marshall may have let me move into his spare bedroom while my house is being renovated, but don’t think for one second his kindness comes without strings - big, ugly fake-relationship strings. That’s okay, though, Dr. Andrew. I’ll agree to your terms, move into your house, and act like your girlfriend when the big day comes, but I also plan to make your life miserable - make you pay for what you did to me. I may not be good at forgiving or forgetting, but I’m excellent at getting even.
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Funny but over the top and got irritating
- By Oldbbcoach on 09-03-21
By: Sarah Adams
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Out of the Woods
- A Novel
- By: Hannah Bonam-Young
- Narrated by: Victoria Connolly
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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High school sweethearts Sarah and Caleb Linwood have always been a sure thing. For the past seventeen years, they have had each other’s backs through all of life’s ups and downs. But Sarah has begun to wonder . . . who is she without her other half? When she decides to take on a project of her own, a fundraising gala in memory of her late mother, Sarah wants nothing more than to prove to herself—and to everyone else—that she doesn’t need Caleb’s help to succeed. She’s still her mother’s daughter after all, independent and capable.
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Out of the woods
- By E.P on 04-18-25
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Is She Really Going Out with Him?
- By: Sophie Cousens
- Narrated by: Kerry Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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Columnist Anna Appleby has left her love life behind after a painful divorce. Who needs a man when she has two kids, a cat, and uncontested control of the TV remote? Besides, she’d rather be single than subject herself to the hell of online dating. But her office rival is vying for her column, and no column means no stable source of income. In a desperate attempt to keep her job, Anna finds herself pitching a unique angle: seven dates, all found offline, chosen by her children.
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- By LMH on 12-04-24
By: Sophie Cousens
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The Path to Loving Him
- By: Meghan Quinn
- Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor, Sebastian York
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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What does one do when they completely blow an interview? If you're me, you pick up a one-night stand with the most gorgeous man you've ever seen.. That's right, after a lousy interview that could have changed everything for me, I headed over to the local small town bar to sulk when the one man I shouldn't want walked in. And when my friend convinced me to take him back to my hotel room, I didn't think about it, I just did it . . . well, I did him.
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So good
- By Heather Woods on 01-21-25
By: Meghan Quinn
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To Con a Gentleman
- Dalton Family, Book 1
- By: Sarah Adams
- Narrated by: Rachael Beresford
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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As a con woman who has spent her entire life fending for herself on the streets of London, Rose Wakefield knows how to scam a gentleman out of his money without ever getting caught. That's until she knocks on the wrong earl's door and is faced with Carver Ashburn Earl of Kensworth and not the notorious rake she thinks she is approaching. Carver is a good man, but even a good man will not pass up an opportunity to escape his grief. What better way to avoid his feelings than to play into a con woman's ruse and offer to marry her?
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Fun, Clean Romance, but not period accurate
- By CraftyMe on 07-05-22
By: Sarah Adams
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The Match
- It Happened in Charleston, Book 1
- By: Sarah Adams
- Narrated by: Rusty Mewha, Leanne Woodward
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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Evie Jones has dedicated her life and very limited funds working for Southern Service Paws, the company that matched her with the love of her life: Charlie, a service dog trained to assist with her epilepsy. But it’s no secret that the company has been struggling to make ends meet. It’s up to her and her longtime mentor and boss to throw the fundraiser of the century to keep the doors open.
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Not my favorite
- By Jane Denali on 07-26-24
By: Sarah Adams
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
- By: Susie Tate
- Narrated by: Shakira Shute
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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Jamie is proud of everything he’s achieved. A consultant anesthetist and the medical education director - he’s a pretty big deal. So when one of his medical students falls asleep, right in the middle of a tutorial, he is furious. He’s a bloody good teacher, damn it! Maybe he could have been a little more understanding. Maybe he didn’t have to try to humiliate her. But the shock of how beautiful this particular student was when she finally opened her eyes, and his inappropriate reaction, only fueled his anger.
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This book will Beg. Borrow and Steal your heart
- By Kindle Customer on 03-29-25
By: Susie Tate
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The Lodge
- A Novel
- By: Kayla Olson
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Graham Halstead, Gilli Messer
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Alix Morgan just got her big break as the ghostwriter of a memoir by Sebastian Green, a former member of the boy band True North. And when he offers her a penthouse at a luxurious resort in Vermont, she jumps at the chance to work far away from her noisy, cramped apartment. Her career as an entertainment journalist has been building toward this dream job—after all, she used to cover True North and was one of the last people to interview former front man Jett Beckett before he disappeared.
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Great narration by Andi Arndt...story, OK only
- By Judi on 03-07-25
By: Kayla Olson
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PS: I Hate You
- By: Lauren Connolly
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Maddie Sanderson would be proud to honor her older brother’s dying wish, that she scatters his ashes over eight destinations that the adventurous 29-year-old never got to visit before he died from cancer. But in his will, Josh assigned her an impossible partner to help complete the mission—Dominic Perry. Seriously, if Maddie weren’t already at her brother's funeral, she would have killed him for this.
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The plot
- By Madhuri on 01-27-25
By: Lauren Connolly
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All the Missing Pieces
- By: Catherine Cowles
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Sebastian York
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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Ridley Sawyer knows what it's like to miss someone, to feel like a piece of her vanished—because it happened to her the night her twin sister disappeared. Now, Ridley channels that loss into hope, traveling the country covering cold cases for her true crime podcast. She might not have found justice for her sister but that doesn't stop her from finding it for others. Until Sheriff Colter Brooks gets in her way.
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Catherine Cowles is the Queen of Romantic Suspense
- By Diana Rose on 01-08-25
By: Catherine Cowles
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Into the Woods
- By: Jenny Holiday
- Narrated by: Kit Swann, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Gretchen Miller is a bit of a badass. But even badasses get the blues when it comes to romance, and Gretchen could use a break from dating. So, when she gets the offer to be the summer dance instructor at Camp Wild Arts, she leaps at the chance to embrace clean air, nature, and her inner crone. But every forest has pests—and the biggest one at Wild Arts is none other than Tennyson “Teddy” Knight, the A) arrogant, B) infuriating, C) kinda hot if it weren’t for A & B rockstar who happens to be Gretchen’s fellow artist-in-residence.
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Such a wonderful story!
- By Kimberley Endicott on 02-28-25
By: Jenny Holiday
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Deep End
- By: Ali Hazelwood
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer, Ben Holtzmuller
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
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Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury. She has no time for relationships. Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It’s how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes.
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spicy
- By Danielle on 02-06-25
By: Ali Hazelwood
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The Cheat Sheet
- By: Sarah Adams
- Narrated by: Pola Błasik
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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POZNAJ URZEKAJĄCY ROMANS FRIENDS-TO-LOVERS, KTÓRY STAŁ SIĘ HITEM TIKTOKA! Bree Camden, beznadziejnie zakochana w swoim przyjacielu i gwieździe futbolu Nathanie Donelsonie, nie chce tkwić we friendzone. Niestety on widzi w niej tylko przyjaciółkę bez szans na związek, a Bree nie ma zamiaru zniszczyć ich relacji. Ale te mięśnie... Nie! Tylko stara, dobra, platoniczna przyjaźń, żadnego dotykania najseksowniejszego mężczyzny na świecie! Poza tym Bree ma większe problemy. Jest właścicielką studia baletowego i marzy o tym, by je rozwinąć. Niestety jeszcze jedna podwyżka czynszu i będzie musiała pożegnać się ze studiem.
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Chase Lovett Wants Me
- By: Helena Hunting
- Narrated by: Jason Clarke, CJ Bloom
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Chase Lovett. Star of my (unrequited) fantasies. Hottest guy on campus. Hockey god. Too bad he has no idea who I am. Literally, I’m so invisible to him that he once sat on me in class. No thanks to a fire in the dorms, he just became my accidental roommate. Did I mention the hotel room our university moved us to has only one bed? Not ideal.
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Five Stars for no miscommunication
- By Lena Loves Books on 01-10-25
By: Helena Hunting
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- serendipity1008
- 02-19-25
Sizzling
I adored the banter between the two main characters. It was laugh out loud funny! I enjoyed the continuing story of characters in Rome, Kentucky and hope she writes Madison’s story to make it feel complete.
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- Sara Stanley
- 01-09-25
Just loved it so much!
Great, heartfelt and so wonderful! Sarah Adams you’ve done it again, can’t wait for Maddie’s story next.
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- Bustos Milagros
- 02-12-25
Love the story
I love the story, it was an amazing audio book and both narrators were amazing interpreting the characters.
Sarah Adams again gives us an amazing and romantic story about simple and extraordinary people.
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- Megan
- 01-08-25
Loved it!
Loved the storyline, character development, narrators, all of it!
This has to be my favorite romance series and I’m so thankful to have another one to listen to!
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-11-25
Sweet story - not my favorite narration
I have been loving this series - have eaten up the other two (along with this one) and cannot wait for the next one (I havent looked into this but there has to be a Maddie story). But, I feel like the male narrator wasn't the best voice for Jack. He has a great voice for a mystery or historical fiction (that isn't a romance) but his voice for this story wasn't right. I would almost rather have the female voice the male part than have a voice that doesn't fit the character. I really loved this story though!
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- Angela
- 03-04-25
Did not disappoint!
Loved the Rome characters, A series is my weakness and this one did not disappoint!
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- Rebekah Alexander
- 01-29-25
Sarah Adams never disappoints
I absolutely loved this book just like all of Sarah Adams stories! She does a fantastic job and leaves you wanting more. Jack and Emily are the perfect amount of sweet and spice. Rome Kentucky has my heart for sure!
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- Terry W-C
- 02-14-25
Great Story
I love this story. I love that in the prequel tha author tells you which chapters contain the steamy scenes. This is about two wonderfully described characters who build a relationship. It is NOT “I met you a week ago, fell in love for life and am now banging the heck out of you”. I appreciate the storyline so much. I laughed at some of the scenes and did not want to put it down. Thanks, Sarah Adams!
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- Teresa Rumppe
- 01-20-25
I like strong women characters
I love romance stories that address more than the romance. The mental health themes were not the primary focus but enhanced the character development and story line. I also love books about teachers and teaching, even though there wasn’t much about that.
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- Jodi @more.time.2read
- 01-09-25
My new favorite Sarah Adams book!
I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much while reading a book! The playful banter between Jack and Emily was pure gold!
“Just how often do you picture me, Jackson?”
“More than either of us is comfortable with.”
Beg, Borrow, or Steal is hands down my new FAVORITE Sarah Adams book!
Jack and Emily have been rivals since college where they met over a spilled coffee incident and shared much of the same ambition. They pushed each other’s buttons and competed for everything in their field until Jack moved away from the school they taught at mid-year with his fiancé. Now it’s the beginning of Summer and Jack has returned after calling off his wedding and ending his relationship. To Emilys surprise, her college nemesis is now her new neighbor.
Emily is the oldest sibling and after losing their parents, she’s sacrificed everything to love and support her siblings, but in the process closed herself off to anyone else emotionally.
“I happily take on the responsibility of everyone’s burdens because I only ever feel good when I’m being useful to someone.”
Having grown up with a narcissistic father, Jack has learned to read other people, especially Emily and although she drives him absolutely crazy, the more he’s around her the more he comes to understand the heart under all that sass.
Sarah’s ability to blend humor with emotional themes creates a perfectly balanced RomCom.
What you’ll find:
Rivals to lovers
The best banter ever written
Two teachers
Two secret writers
Red cowboy boots
He wears glasses and has tattoos
Scene blocking 🔥🔥🔥
Romance content: The story has 2 open-door scenes, but Sarah wrote the book with a closed-door modification, listing the 2 chapters to skip to make it closed-door - and it won’t affect the plot. I love that she took this into consideration.
Pub Date: January 7, 2025
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