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The Write Off
  • Published: 5 May 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593955697
  • Imprint: Jove
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $39.99
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The Write Off

  • Kara McDowell
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7 Apr 2026
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7 Apr 2026
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5 May 2026
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Years of love and heartbreak come to a head when two authors who parted as enemies in their youth are forced to reunite on the campus where it all started and confront their tumultuous past in this captivating debut romance by Kara McDowell.

Two rival authors are forced to confront a decade of love and heartbreak on the campus where it all started in this captivating debut romance by Kara McDowell.

It’s been thirteen years since Mars Darling first met West Emerson on a bench outside their writing class. What started out as a friendly rivalry turned into a best friendship and then, for a brief time, a romance. Now over a decade later, as Mars stands at their college campus as a once-esteemed YA fantasy author, ready to take on a book festival, she comes face to face with West—the muse behind her infamous trilogy’s heartthrob hero, the man who betrayed her in the worst way.

Mars is determined not to let her comeback tour be ruined by the fact that West is also at the festival as an author. But the longer they are on the campus that holds so many shared memories, the more time they have to untangle their past, and Mars starts to question if maybe it’s not only her writing career that deserves a second chance.

Told in two unfolding timelines—Mars and West’s frenzied college days where they grapple with their undeniable connection, and their tension-filled present of heartache and familiar yearning—this charming romance shows that while you can’t rewrite the past, it’s never too late to chase your happily ever after and get back the one that got away.
  • Published: 5 May 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593955697
  • Imprint: Jove
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $39.99
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Praise for The Write Off


Praise for the Novels by Kara McDowell

“This book is just pure fun, romance and action swirled together in one wild, adrenaline-fueled package. Kara McDowell excels at crafting comedic moments, lovable characters, and life-or-death tension. A royally perfect romp!”—Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of Meet Me in Amsterdam

"A page-turning rom-com utterly unlike any other, full of heart, humor and huge surprises. This wonderfully whimsical, genre-mashing royal romance is the ride of a lifetime.”—Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of The Breakup Tour


Praise for the Novels by Kara McDowell

“This book is just pure fun, romance and action swirled together in one wild, adrenaline-fueled package. Kara McDowell excels at crafting comedic moments, lovable characters, and life-or-death tension. A royally perfect romp!”—Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of Meet Me in Amsterdam

"A page-turning rom-com utterly unlike any other, full of heart, humor and huge surprises. This wonderfully whimsical, genre-mashing royal romance is the ride of a lifetime.”—Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of The Breakup Tour