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Sarah’s Latest
Title: Last Call at the Local
Author: Sarah Grunder Ruiz
Publication date: January 2nd, 2024
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: ISBN 9780593549063
Retail price: $17.00
Available In: paperback | ebook | audiobook
Genre: Romance, Contemporary Romance
Opposites attract when a free-spirited American singer-songwriter with ADHD teams up with a charming Irishman to revitalize his family’s pub in the next heartfelt romance from the author of Luck and Last Resorts.
Raine Hart is used to the challenges of living with ADHD. It’s why she ditched her life in Boston to busk around Europe as a traveling musician. No boss. No schedule. No one to disappoint but herself. But when a careless mistake in Ireland leaves her unable to perform, she sees no other option but to give up her nomadic life.
Since inheriting the Local, Jack Dunne has wanted to make the pub his own. But the baggage of running a family business and the intrusive thoughts that stem from his OCD make changing things a challenge.
Over a pint with handsome, tattooed Jack, Raine accidentally insults him and the pub. Instead of taking offense, Jack, impressed by her vision of what the pub could be, offers her a job bringing it to life.
But when Raine and Jack develop feelings for one another their opposite lifestyles won’t accommodate, it becomes clear the pub isn’t the only thing that needs reinventing. As the end of their business collaboration draws near, they’ll have to find a way past the limits they’ve placed on themselves or let go of a love that could last a lifetime.
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50-word bio:
Sarah Grunder Ruiz is a writer, educator, and karaoke enthusiast. Originally from South Florida, she now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and two children. She holds an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University, where she works as a lecturer in the First-Year Writing Program.
100-word bio:
Sarah Grunder Ruiz is a writer, educator, and karaoke enthusiast. Originally from South Florida, she now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and two children. She holds an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University, where she works as a lecturer in the First-Year Writing Program.
Her most recent book is Last Call at the Local (Berkley, forthcoming January 2, 2024), an opposites attract romance between an American singer with ADHD and an Irish pub owner with OCD. Last Call at the Local is the latest companion novel in Sarah’s Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships series.
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Press
“Ruiz captures the complexities of grief and guilt through many different lenses—loss of a parent, loss of a child, loss of a sibling, abandonment through death but also by choice—and tackles them all with sensitivity and skill. Readers are sure to fall for this heartwarming and emotional novel.
—Kirkus (starred review for Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships)
“Ruiz debuts with a touching, hilarious rom-com…Ruiz presents a layered story by merging the heartbreak of Jo and her family’s loss with the sheer joy of chasing down items on the impossible bucket list. The sunny setting; chaste, endearing romance; and heartwarming themes of familial devotion will leave readers hungry for more from Ruiz.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review for Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships)