The Last Days of Summer

After a disastrous first meeting, Cassie and Marc become arch nemeses. He might have great cheekbones and a sexy French accent but he's a terrible person who did a terrible thing. Too bad that Cassie's best friends Lucy and Russell think he's wonderful.

But years later, when an unexpected tragedy strikes their friendship group, Cassie and Marc team up to give Lucy and Russell the best weekend ever so they can make new memories with all of their favourite people. Which means convincing everyone that Cassie and Marc are head over heels in love.

After hating him for so long, it takes four bittersweet days for Cassie to wonder if she got Marc all wrong. Can they let go of their troubled past and together, face whatever the future is going to throw at them?

A deeply heartfelt, completely unforgettable book with characters that I fell in love with and a romance that held me captive. I laughed out loud, cried until I was a husk and finished it feeling refreshed, renewed, and looking at life a little bit differently. It's a summer I never wanted to end Cressida McLaughlin
Sarra Manning is your favourite writer's favourite writer. The Last Days of Summer is her best book yet, combining captivating characters with the most beautiful story that will pull at your heartstrings from the very first page. By turns fun, sexy, bittersweet and utterly romantic, I fell head over heels for Cassie and Marc (cheekbones, accent and all) and their captivating, page-turning love story. Add this to your TBR ASAP Lindsey Kelk
One of my favourite writers . . . It's about friendship, it's about life, it's about how people change . . . I loved it very much Marian Keyes
This was the most delicious blast of heat to warm up the bleak midwinter. Expertly crafted, extremely loveable and a perfect balance of wit, heart and smut Lauren Bravo
I am a big Sarra Manning fan. The Last Days of Summer is funny, filled with emotion and very, very sexy! Add it to your 2025 TBR pile immediately . . . Beth O'Leary
A big, swoony, knockout of a book. It's a joyful slice of escapism that will also destroy you emotionally. I laughed, I cried, I felt all my feelings, and now I need to listen to the ten minute version of 'All Too Well' in a dark room. I'll read anything Sarra Manning writes, but this is her at the top of her game. Laura Wood
Talk about big, sexy tearjerker, I literally couldn't put it down Lucy Vine
This is Sarra at her best . . . I didn't want to finish it Harriet Evans
Simply gorgeous - moving, sexy, bittersweet. Sarra Manning always delivers in spades Louise O'Neill
This deals with big topics, but is peppered with Manning's charm and humour Prima
Come for the raunch, stay for the gorgeously relatable characters and heart-warming moments Good Housekeeping
This wonderful romcom is a deep, emotional read, with all the tropes we love: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity and fake-dating. There's something deeply satisfying and reassuring about situations we recognise in our novels yet can feel hopeful about . . . A careful uplifting look at facing heartbreak Platinum
We love an enemies-to-lovers book and this is just brilliant. A tearjerker, but also super-spicy! Heat
Super-sexy, but super-emotional, this is a five-star read Fabulous
A swoon-worthy summer romance Woman's Own
Big topics and relatable characters Best
An emotional but super-spicy read! Closer

Sarra Manning has been a voracious reader for over forty years and a prolific author and journalist for twenty-five.

Her seven novels, which have been translated into fifteen different languages include Unsticky, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, The House of Secrets and her latest, Rescue Me, published in 2021. Sarra has also written over fifteen YA novels, and light-hearted romantic comedies under a pseudonym.

She started her writing career on Melody Maker and Just Seventeen, has been editor of ElleGirl and What to Wear and has also contributed to the Guardian, ELLE, Grazia, Stylist, Fabulous, Stella, You Magazine, Harper's Bazaar. She is currently the Literary Editor of Red.

Sarra has also been a Costa Book Awards judge and has been nominated for various writing awards herself.

She lives in London surrounded by piles and piles of books.

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