People reading on the beach

One summer, two uninspired writers, and a bet that will make them reconsider everything they took for granted.

A romance novelist who no longer believes in love and an award-winning literary fiction author will face their worst nightmare: writer's block!

Augustus Everett is considered one of the most important writers of his generation.
January Andrews' books are at the top of the bestsellers list.
While she writes deftly about happy loves, he kills all the main characters in one scene!
They are objectively polar opposites!

In fact, their only commonality is that they will be living in neighboring beachfront houses for the next three months: broke, unable to find inspiration for their next book, with publisher deadlines looming…

One gloomy afternoon, in the desperation of the moment, they will make a rather risky bet: Augustus will spend the rest of his summer writing a book with a happy ending, and January will write a book that will be praised by literary critics.

January will introduce Augustus to romantic literature and help him find inspiration through excursions to cinematic locations.
Similarly, under Augustus's guidance, she will interview the surviving members of a cult.

The rules are simple: whoever sells their book first, wins.
This book is not just another love story… Or is it, after all?