Almost August 🪻
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Last published Wed, Aug 26, 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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~~~~ Finally the day is over, things could have gone a lot worse but the only bad thing I got from today was getting paired with Tim in a business studies assignment. Me and him both arrived late third class and others had already chosen their partners, Dee paired with Nat. I tried conversing with Tim but the only thing I got back was a stare, I looked like a fool. It settles it I hate Timothy Storm. I know hate is a big word, but I never try to converse with anyone and when I finally did I got stared at. ~~~~ As you can see this is your typical cliche love story, the bad boy (Tim) and the the good girl (Kim) are forced to join forces due to the most dispicable activities of them all.....a school project. We have all ready a story like that before....... Infact you already know the ending Or do you? For all we know Kim may or may not be the good girl she claims to be. Is Tim really bad or maybe it's just an act. I promise you this is mostly going to be like most stories, with the crazy bitches that always making the female lead's life hell, the demons of the past coming back to haunt them and other things you have read before, But please just read the book you won't regret it, and if by any chance you do then feel free to cuss me out at the of the book........ but whatever you do read till the end. P.S I may or may not be a little rusty when it comes to writing. I am an amateur after all. If this is making you have second thoughts about reading the book....... forget I even wrote it and proceed on saving this story to your reading list *wiggles eyelashes innocently*. ~~~~
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