When they were kids, Logan and Rosemary were inseparable best friends, despite their polar-opposite personalities. But at 14, something happened that drove them apart and turned them into nemeses. Now, the two women are in their 30s and both teaching English at their small-town high school, still holding a grudge that's nearly 20 years old. The only thing that could possibly bring them together is Joe, their high school English teacher and mentor who is dying of cancer. So when Joe requests that Logan and Rosemary take him on a cross-country road trip to Maine so he can die in a place he once loved, they grudgingly agree, half-convinced that they'll kill each other somewhere along the way.
This romance novel has way too many tropes for it to work — enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance, "but there was only one bed," straight-laced/chaotic pairing...and those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head — yet somehow Cochrun is able to tie them all together beautifully in a hilarious, touching novel featuring characters with very real flaws and fears. I laughed, I cried, I loved it. I think it's her best yet, and that's saying something.
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