Second First Impressions by the author of TikTok phenomenon THE HATING GAME

<p><b>From the bestselling Australian author of <i>The Hating Game</i> comes the clever, funny and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two elderly women - under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager</b><br><br><b><i>Distraction (n): Something that turns your attention away from something you want to concentrate on. See: </i></b><b>Teddy Prescott.</b><br><br> <b>Ruthie Midona</b> is twenty-four (going on ninety-four) and fully committed to her job at a luxury retirement village. Keeping herself busy caring for the eccentric residents means that Ruthie can safely ignore her own life - what little there is of it. <br><br> <b>Teddy Prescott</b> is practically <i>allergic</i> to a hard day's work. When he rocks up as the retirement village's newest employee, Ruthie is less than impressed. The last thing she needs is a distraction as irritating (and handsome) as this selfish rich kid.<br><br> Lucky for Ruthie, her favourite pair of mischievous residents need a new assistant to torture . . . so she hands over Teddy, ready for them to send him running. <br><br> Except Teddy may be about to surprise her - not just by surviving the old women's antics, but by charming Ruthie so much, she starts to remember that there's more to life than work . . . Could Teddy be far more than simply an unwelcome distraction?<br><br>'I inhaled <i>Second First Impressions</i> - I had to force myself to slow down because I didn't want it to end. It's <b>a truly adorable, heart-warming, swoon-worthy love story. A book hasn't given me the warm-fuzzies like this for a very long time</b>' BETH O'LEARY, author of <i>The Flatshare</i><br>'A delight. Will make you laugh. <b>Charming, funny and heartwarming</b>' <i>Kirkus</i><br>'The <b>warmest, coziest, sweetest book of the year</b>, an absolutely <b>perfect blend of humour and heart</b>' EMILY HENRY, author of <i>Beach Read</i><br>'A hilarious and cute romcom set in a retirement village with <b>the quirkiest, most likeable heroine ever</b>' ALLIE REYNOLDS, author of <i>Shiver</i><br>'After a <b>sweet, funny and heartwarming love story</b>, then look no further' FIONA PALMER, author of <i>Secrets Between Friends</i><br>'<b>The definition of a feel-good romance</b>. This story and these characters will grow on you until Ruthie and Teddy are wrapped around your heart' <i>Herald Sun</i><br>'Tender ... beneath Thorne's fresh and breezy writing style is <b>a story with real depth</b>.' <i>Bookpage</i><br>'It's Thorne's storytelling, which gives her seniors as much life as her twentysomethings, that proves as <b>delightful</b> as an early bird special' <i>USA Today</i><br>'<b>An addictive romance</b> filled with deep feeling, crackling attraction and cackling laughs . . . will have your heart squeezing and soaring from beginning to end.' <i>The Washington Post </i></p>