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August Recess
Hardcover
Publisher: Alexandra Klein
Published: Jan 12 2026
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She walked in with a blueprint. He wasn't part of the plan.
After two decades with the same man, Natalie Weir never saw the divorce papers coming. Now her once-promising interior design career is as distant a memory as her marriage and the professional ambitions she shelved to start a family. Left questioning everything she thought she knew, Natalie flounders to rediscover the woman she was meant to be.
When her fearless best friend Dana lands her a career-reviving opportunity, Natalie is launched inside the private life of Congressman Oliver Thames -- Washington's most eligible bachelor and media darling. The assignment? Transform his stunning Capitol Hill townhouse into a home. The complication? Their creeping chemistry amidst paint swatches and stump speeches.
As Natalie breathes new life into Oliver's space, she begins to transform personally in ways she couldn't have foreseen. But when their building desire for each other clashes against stark political realities during the tumultuous August recess, Oliver and Natalie confront a gutting choice -- give up on each other or destroy two divergent lives they've fought so hard for.
A sophisticated yet playful romance about second chances, seizing your power, and discovering that some of the most beautiful renovations aren't the ones you can see.
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