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From the instant New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, comes a sweeping romance about the sustained power of chance encounters.

When Izzy Astor gets on a plane to go home, she isn’t expecting much. It’s the usual holiday travel experience: busy, crowded, stressful.

Then she spots…

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1 author picked In the Likely Event as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I write contemporary romance, so I’m always looking for great examples to model my stories after, and In the Likely Event is one of those “WOW” books that I ended up enjoying even more than I expected.

It’s about a young couple, Izzy and Nate, who first meet when the airplane they’re on ends up crashing only a few minutes after takeoff. Even though they ultimately go their separate ways, they never forget one another. Izzy goes into politics, and Nate ends up in the military.

Fifteen years later, they meet again in Afghanistan, right during the crazy, chaotic U.S.…

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