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The Pairing

Casey McQuiston
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What to Expect

  • Non-binary rep
  • Second chance
  • Friends to lovers
  • Rom-com
  • Two exes on a European tour

Content Considerations

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  • Infidelity mentioned
  • Alcohol use

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Two bisexual exes, one unforgettably hot summer...

In The Pairing, bestselling author Casey McQuiston's romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other – except they're definitely not.

Theo and Kit have been childhood best friends, crushes, lovers and, after a brutal breakup four years ago, estranged exes.

It’s not until Theo and Kit are trapped on board a tour bus that they discover that they’ve each had the same idea: to take their dream European food and wine tour – alone. And now they’re stuck with each other for three weeks of the most romantic sights and sensuous flavours of France, Spain, and Italy. But it’ll be fine. They’re absolutely over each other.

So, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is game. In fact, why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition?

But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can’t have.

Casey McQuiston is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of queer romantic comedies. Their books have been honored by the Stonewall Book Awards, the Lambda Literary Awards, and the American Library Association, and their writing on life and literature has been published in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Bon Appétit. Their debut novel, Red, White and Royal Blue, was adapted to an Emmy-nominated film in 2023.

When not writing love stories, they can be found staring at the nearest body of water or spending time with their beloved and always-hungry poodle mix, Pepper. Born and raised in Southern Louisiana, Casey now lives with their family in beautiful Queens, New York.

  • Pan Macmillan

ISBN: 9781035001910
Release Date:
Page Count: 432
Dimensions: 195 x 129 x 28 mm

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