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MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND

Christina Lauren

Perfect for fans of Roxanne and She's the Man, Christina Lauren's latest romantic comedy is full of mistaken identities, hijinks, and a classic love story with a modern twist. Funny and fresh, you'll want to swipe right on My Favorite Half-Night Stand.
Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she's a female-serial-killer expert who's quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.

So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they'll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. There's only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spent the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic.

But online dating isn't for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millie's first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter CatherineMillie's fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than she's ever been in person. Soon Catherine and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship. . . but Millie can't resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fearintimacyor risk losing her best friend, forever.

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners/besties/soulmates and brain-twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York Times, USA Today, and #1 international bestselling authors of the Beautiful and the Wild Seasons series, Dating You/Hating You, Roomies, Sublime, The House, and Autoboyography.
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Published 2018-12-04

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Published 2018-12-04

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Very rarely do we read about such genuine friendships forming within the scope of adulthood, and My Favorite Half-Night Stand is a celebration of finding friends who may not have been part of your formative years and bound by your shared history, but they like the person you've evolved into. Read more...

[T]he perfect book to binge-read over the holiday break. My Favorite Half-Night Stand is the writing duo's best romantic comedy of a read yet.

Here to talk about the modern dating scene are coauthors Christina Hobbs and Lauren "Lo" Billings, the besties who share the byline for many fan-favorite contemporary romances. They spoke to Goodreads by phone about the love interests in their book and the research that brought their story to life. They also shared a few details about upcoming projects, including their screen adaptation of Roomies. Read more...

My Favorite Half-Night Stand is a fun, sexy, emotional, thought-provoking look at male-female friendships and how hard it can be to allow yourself to be totally vulnerable with someone you care about. I loved the way Lauren twisted the gender roles in this book, yet the characters' actions and emotions seemed totally true to who they are. I was totally invested in this story from start to finish, and I wished I could hang out with this group of friends, because they seemed like a lot of fun! Read more...

Lauren explores the ups and downs of online dating in a story packed with memorable characters and a relatable heroine who is learning that it's okay to be vulnerable. CLo's done it again, readers.

[T]his is another funny book, with some added rom for your com. New York Times bestseller Christina Lauren gives us yet more reason to mock the laughable state of online dating. The protagonist is a professor and expert on female serial killers. What better way could there be to chase away the winter chill?

I could be biased in my opinion of this book, because I like when characters mess up (it's like watching a car wreck where no one gets physically hurt) and I like catfishing stories (also like a car wreck where no one gets physically hurt), but it was fun, heartbreaking, anxiety-inducing, romantic, sexy - all the things. Read more...

If you want to feel happy for a bit, you should read Christina Lauren (aka Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, aka the queens of romance). Their latest, My Favorite Half-Night Stand, reads like a classic rom-com, telling the story of tomboyish professor Millie Morris and her four best friends, who all happen to be men. The five perpetually single friends, who all work at the same university, make a pact to sign up for a dating app in advance of an upcoming work gala. But when Millie and one of those friends hook up, everything gets a little more complicated. It's so charming, so funny, and so fun - what better way to spend the holidays?

Entertainment Weekly: Cover Reveal/Q&A / See the cover for Christina Lauren's take on online dating, My Favorite Half-Night Stand Read more...

The Goodreads Blog included My Favorite Half-Night Stand among the Most Anticipated Romance Books of the Season

Their uniquely hilarious and touching voice has made them a go-to read..

Expect plenty of [witty] back-and-forth in Christina Lauren's MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND (Gallery, December), when a professor makes a pact to find a date via an online matchmaking service.

...a messy and sexy look at digital dating that feels fresh and exciting. Read more...

A hilarious and heartfelt portrayal of modern dating. Read more...

Cosmopolitan Magazine included MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND by Christina Lauren in the December issue (on stands now) Read more...

[It's] worth pulling an all-nighter... A funny, sexy page-turner. Read more...

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... it was fun, heartbreaking, anxiety-inducing, romantic, sexyall the things. Read more...

Should You Co-Author a Novel? Advice from Bestselling Writer Duos: Writing doesn't have to be a solo journey. That's why we reached out to some of today's most dynamic writing duos to give their best advice on collaboration. These duos include longtime colleagues Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang, sisters Krista and Becca Ritchie, besties-who-share-a-byline Christina Lauren, and former author-editor team turned co-authors Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. Read more...

Christina Lauren's next hilarious, sexy standalone romance about a female college professor who helps her four hopelessly single male collegues find love, and stumbles across romance herself in the process - from the team who routinely "hilariously depicts modern dating".

Anyone who's suffered through the ups and downs of online dating will appreciate this fun, frothy rom-com about a couple of professors trying to find love.

MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND is a fun, contemporary romance that pulls out all the stops to keep you turning those steamy pages filled with humor that will have you laughing along the way. Another winner, I loved it!