Almost August 🪻
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Last published Fri, Jul 10, 2026
Nari Parker and Connor Lovett agree on exactly one thing:
They can't stand each other.
Nari is spending the summer focused on her journalism fellowship application and trying to figure out what comes next, despite the future her grandmother already has planned for her.
Connor is chasing a dream of his own. One he hasn't told many about. One that looks nothing like the future everyone expects him to choose.
Neither of them planned on spending the summer together.
Then Nari moves into the Lovett family's guest house.
Suddenly, avoiding each other isn't an option.
But somewhere between lake days, bonfires, late-night conversations, and constant arguments, Nari and Connor begin to realize there's more beneath the surface than either of them expected.
With August approaching faster than they're ready for and dreams pulling them in different directions, they'll have to decide whether some people are only meant to be part of a season...
Or if they're worth rewriting the plan for.
Set beneath the Texas sun, Almost August is an enemies-to-lovers summer romance about friendship, growing up, chasing impossible dreams, and discovering that the person who drives you crazy might just be the one who sees you most clearly.
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