Promise Me Sunshine
Cara Bastone
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
4.34
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· 128 ratings · 390 pages · Published: 04 Mar 2025
Lenny’s a bit of a mess at the moment. Her best friend, Lou, recently passed away after a battle with cancer, and her death has left Lenny feeling completely lost. She’s avoiding her concerned parents, the apartment she shared with Lou, and the list of things she’s supposed to do to help her live again. The only thing she can do is temporary babysitting gigs, and luckily, she just landed a great one, helping overworked, single mom Reese and her precocious daughter, Ainsley. It’s not perfect: Ainsley’s uncle, Miles, always seems to be around, and is kind of... a huge jerk. But if Lenny acts like she has it all together, maybe no one will notice she’s falling apart.
Miles sees right through her though. Turns out, he knows a lot about grief and, surprisingly, he offers her a proposition. He’ll help her complete everything on her “live again” list if she’ll help him connect with Ainsley and overcome his complicated relationship with Reese. Lenny doubts anything can fill the Lou has left behind, but she begins to spend more time with Miles, Lenny is surprised to discover that, sometimes, losing everything is only the first step to finding yourself, and love, again.
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- contemporary 18
- friends to lovers 17
- m-f romance 17
- hurt/comfort 15
- tortured heroine 15
- sweet/gentle hero 15
- slow burn 14
- found family 13
- funny 12
- caretaking 12
- grumpy & sunshine 11
- angst 8
- cheerful/happy heroine 8
- forced proximity 7
- grumpy/cold hero 7
- tortured hero 6
- working class hero 3
- working class heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 16
- mental trauma 10
- terminal illness 9
- geography
- new york state 10
- usa 7
- Format
- audiobook
- first person pov 10
