No Matter What

Name: No Matter What
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781035427413
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A truly heart-warming slow-burn romance from the author of READY OR NOT and PROMISE ME SUNSHINE!

By Cara Bastone

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Can love draw them together . . . again?After a traumatic accident, a young couple tries to find their way back to each other - and themselves - in this tender, slow-burn romance by the bestselling author of Ready or Not and Promise Me Sunshine.____________________________Roz and... Read More

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Can love draw them together . . . again?

After a traumatic accident, a young couple tries to find their way back to each other - and themselves - in this tender, slow-burn romance by the bestselling author of Ready or Not and Promise Me Sunshine.

____________________________

Roz and Vin can't look each other in the eyes anymore, let alone share a bed. It's been a year since they survived a traumatic car accident and their marriage hasn't been the same.

But Roz has held out hope that they can fix things . . . until she discovers that Vin has signed a new lease.

So she does what any soon-to-be-divorced Manhattanite would do: she signs up for figure drawing class.

Ignoring Vin's impending move-out date would be a lot easier if he wasn't her best-friends brother - and if he hadn't just offered to let her draw him. After all, that's known to make a separation easier, right? Focus on every detail of your estranged spouse's body while drawing them in the nude?

But after the year they've spent avoiding each other, it feels good to see and be seen by one another again. As Roz works to capture the wholeness of the person she fell in love with, will they both be able to draw upon the feelings they buried deep inside to finally heal together?

____________________________

Readers can't get enough of Cara Bastone

? ? ? ? ? 'Beautifully devastating'

? ? ? ? ? 'Astonishingly warm, funny, reassuring, and soul-satisfying'

? ? ? ? ? 'I always devours everything Cara writes'

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? ? ? ? ? 'This story. These characters. Perfection.'

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035427413

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Headline Eternal

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 244g

Pages: 352

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Cara Bastone is a full-time writer who lives and writes in Brooklyn with her husband, son and an almost-golden doodle. Her goal with her work is to find the swoon in ordinary love stories. She's been a fan of the romance genre since she found a grocery bag filled with her grandmother's old Harlequin Romance books when she was in high school. She's a fangirl for pretzel sticks, long walks through Prospect Park, and love stories featuring men who aren't hobbled by their own masculinity.

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