After a public
marriage proposal goes awry, an unlucky-in-love writer on the rebound grapples
with her attraction to a handsome doctor in this snappy romance.
Jasmine
Guillory (The Wedding Date)
opens her lively novel The Proposal at
Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Nikole "Nik" Paterson--a young
freelance journalist and not a baseball fan--is sharing a day out with Fisher,
her "perfectly nice, incredibly boring" beau of five months. Nik gets
the surprise of her life, though, when Fisher proposes marriage to her on the
stadium JumboTron. With a crowd of 45,000 baseball fans eagerly awaiting her
answer, Nikole renders a rejection. That's when "perfectly nice"
Fisher turns perfectly insulting and nasty. But Nik is rescued when Carlos
Ibarra and his sister Angela swoop in, pretending to be long-lost friends of
Nik, and usher her away.
The fortuitousness of this meeting soon sparks a
fling between Nik and Carlos, a conscientious, handsome young doctor. Carlos is
very much involved with the demands of his self-appointed responsibility to
everyone in his family, especially a beloved cousin during her difficult
pregnancy, marred with medical complications. For Nik, the fallout from the JumboTron
disaster resurrects insecurity and self-esteem issues from painful past
relationships. These respective dilemmas pull Nik and Carlos in opposite
directions, creating impediments to their deepening romance. They must confront
what they truly want for their lives, their futures and their relationship.
Through snappy dialogue and short scenes, Guillory
explores the traps, pitfalls and triumphs of contemporary young love in the age
of social media and viral videos. And Carlos's dynamic extended family and Nik's
wisecracking girlfriends enliven and fortify the appeal of the fast-paced
story.
Berkley, $15.00, Paperback, 9780399587689, 352 pages
Publication Date: October 30, 2018
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