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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Spotlight of Do I Know You? by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broke


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DO I KNOW YOU?
EMILY WIBBERLEY AND AUSTIN SIEGEMUND-BROKE
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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF KRISTIN CIPOLLA | PUBLICIST | BERKLEY | PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE.
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What if you could start over with the love of your life? 
 
Would you pick them all over again? These are the questions that come to mind after reading Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broke’s highly anticipated new novel DO I KNOW YOU?

 

This beautiful and honest portrayal of a young marriage moved me in a way very few books have, and I think you will get the same flutters in your stomach as I did.
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One of Buzzfeed’s Romance Books To Look Out For In 2023!

When a couple starts to feel like they’re married to a stranger, a flirtatious game of pretend becomes the spark they need to reignite their relationship.
 
**INFORMATION TAKEN FROM PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE'S WEBPAGE**
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January 24, 2023
Berkley Trade Original
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ELEVATOR PITCH:

In this heartwarming romance, a couple who feels their relationship is deteriorating begins a flirtatious game of pretend that may just be the spark they need to reignite their relationship.

 

Keep it on your radar: Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka are no strangers to romance stories—they met and fell in love in high school and are now five-years married. 

 

DO I KNOW YOU? follows a couple who married young and are struggling to remember why they fell in love in the first place. 

 

This is a refreshing and uplifting novel that is sure to remind readers that falling in love and staying in love look awfully similar.

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PRAISE FOR DO I KNOW YOU?:

“Many authors can write compellingly about falling in love…but it takes a deft hand (or two, in this case) to write compellingly about staying in love.  Luckily, we have Wibbroka, who have crafted a novel about marriage that is honest to the bone, refreshing, and — like a long-term relationship — deliciously surprising.”—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here

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Do I Know You? shows the pure magic of that pivotal moment when two people make the choice to fight for each other. This book is more than a story of a marriage in trouble. It's the story of a spark rekindled and the new flames deliver all the warmth you could want in a novel. Full of humor and heart, Do I Know You? had me in my feelings!"—Denise Williams, author of The Fastest Way to Fall

Do I Know You? offers the fresh twist on a marriage in crisis that I didn't know I needed! Wibbroka does it again with a magnetically raw and intimate portrayal of where love begins, fades, and begins again. Flirty, sweeping, and hopeful, readers will clutch their chests and root for Eliza and Graham until the very last page.”Amy Lea, author of Set on You

"Reading Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka's prose is like sliding into the crisp sheets of a luxury hotel bed. Do I Know You? is such an inventive take on a 'marriage in trouble' story, showing the fragility that can sometimes hide behind familiarity. By the end, I cared about the fate of Eliza and Graham's relationship like I knew them personally."—Alicia Thompson, national bestselling author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers

“Readers won’t be able to turn the pages fast enough.”
Publishers Weekly
 
**PRAISE TAKEN FROM AMAZON'S PAGE ABOUT THE BOOK** 
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THE STORY:

Eliza and Graham’s marriage is quietly failing, and they find themselves on a weeklong getaway intended for their five-year anniversary. 

When they are introduced as strangers at the hotel bar, instead of correcting the well-meaning guest, they find themselves… enjoying the act? 

They flirt like it’s their first date and share pillow talk secrets like they haven’t been sharing a bed for the past five years. 

The two decide to spend the rest of the week as strangers, creating alter egos who embrace the parts of themselves they thought were lost. 

Their chemistry is palpable and everyone at the retreat can see—this game of pretend that may just be the spark they need to reignite their relationship.

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MORE ABOUT DO I KNOW YOU?:

Eliza and Graham are anticipating an anything-but-sexy, weeklong getaway to celebrate their five-year anniversary. Nestled on the Northern California coastline, the resort prides itself on being a destination for those in love and those looking to find it. For Eliza and Graham, it might as well be a vacation with a roommate.
 
When a well-meaning guest mistakes Eliza and Graham for being single and introduces them at the hotel bar, they don’t correct him. Suddenly, they’re pretending to be perfect strangers and it’s unexpectedly…fun? Eliza and Graham find themselves flirting like it’s their first date, and waiting with butterflies in their stomach for the other to text back. 

Everyone at the retreat can sense the electric chemistry between Eliza and Graham’s alter egos. But when their scintillating game of roleplaying ends, will they still feel the heat?

**INFORMATION TAKEN FROM PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE'S WEBPAGE**

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka met and fell in love in high school. Austin went on to graduate from Harvard, while Emily graduated from Princeton.

Together, they are the authors of several novels about romance for teens and adults.

Now married, they live in Los Angeles, where they continue to take daily inspiration from their own love story.

**AUTHOR INFORMATION AND PHOTO TAKEN FROM PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE'S WEBPAGE**

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