How to End a Love Story
Yulin Kuang
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· 173 ratings · 382 pages · Published: 06 Feb 2024
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Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years sincethe tragic accident that bound their lives together forever.
Now a bestselling author, Helen pours everything into her career. She’s even scored a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novels, and if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writer’s block, surely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After all, no one knows her there. Except…
Grant has done everything in his power to move on from the past, including building a life across the country. And while the panic attacks have never quite gone away, he’s well liked around town as a screenwriter. He knows he shouldn’t have taken the job on Helen’s show, but it will open doors to developing his own projects that he just can’t pass up.
Grant’s exactly as Helen remembers him—charming, funny, popular, and lovable in ways that she’s never been. And Helen’s exactly as Grant remembers too—brilliant, beautiful, closed off. But working together is messy, and electrifying, and Helen’s parents, who have never forgiven Grant, have no idea he’s in the picture at all.
When secrets come to light, they must reckon with the fact that theirs was never meant to be any kind of love story. And yet… the key to making peace with their past—and themselves—might just lie in holding on to each other in the present.
Tagged as:
- contemporary 20
- forced proximity 20
- multicultural 18
- enemies to lovers 17
- m-f romance 16
- secret relationship 15
- workplace/office 15
- east asian mc 13
- competent heroine 11
- forbidden love 10
- angst 10
- tortured heroine 9
- tortured hero 8
- hurt/comfort 7
- sweet/gentle hero 7
- independent heroine 7
- grumpy & sunshine 6
- friends with benefits 4
- shy heroine 4
- praise kink 3
- found family 3
- caretaking 3
- new adult 1
- slow burn 1
- high school 1
- small town 1
- grumpy/ice queen 1
- take-charge heroine 1
- gifted/super-heroine 1
- sunny/happy hero 1
- possessive hero 1
- working class hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 18
- suicide / ideation 14
- mental trauma 9
- mental illness 7
- child death 7
- substance abuse 2
- drug abuse 2
- victim blaming 1
- geography
- california 8
- usa 8
- north america 7
- new jersey 7
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 12
- third person pov 11

