Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz

This part of the story serves as a vehicle to encourage closeness, and while the stakes are significant enough for us to care, they're never so high nor are the conflicts so dire that we can't relax into the parts that really shine: their blossoming romance and the developing friendships of their 'found family'-style Survival Club (a casual Friday-night bar meet-up for a group of marginalized people who need a safe space to vent about career, life, and love frustrations, where we meet the secondary characters that come alive and feel as three-dimensional as our MCs). Liyah and Daniel are thrown together in a temporary career-related plotline, which justifiably takes a backseat to the development of the romance between them. and super hot bod covered in jellyfish tattoos. And Daniel, of course, is our loveable cinnamon roll hero, with his sensitive, caring, also-wounded soul. But like most quote-unquote 'unlikeable' heroines, Liyah is this way because of her own past trauma and betrayals, and throughout the course of her developing relationship with Daniel, she learns to trust and let her formidably icy shell melt enough to let love in. A woman who, upon the reader's first meeting with her, acts sort of like a feral cat-all hisses and warning growls and pre-emptive attacks. Liyah is a prickly heroine after my own heart. With sexy charm and undeniable wit, Rachel Runya Katz's sparkling debut, Thank You For Sharing, proves that if you're open to love, anything is possible. But as they find comfort in their shared experiences as Jews of color and fumble towards friendship, can they ignore their growing feelings for each other? With every meeting and post-work social gathering with colleagues, the tension (and chemistry) between Daniel and Liyah builds until they’re forced to confront why they broke apart years ago at camp. That is, until Daniel's marketing firm gets hired by the Chicago museum where Liyah works as a junior curator, and they’re forced to collaborate with potential career changing promotions on the line.

At least they can go their separate ways again after landing.

Until they find themselves seated next to each other on a plane, and bitterly pick up right where they left off. A chemistry-filled childhood friends to enemies to lovers debut romance about two people forced to confront their pasts to save both their relationship and careers.ĭaniel Rosenberg and Liyah Cohen-Jackson’s last conversation-fourteen years ago at summer camp-ended their friendship.

Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz