Take Me Home: The perfect spicy enemies-to-lovers read for 2025

A USA Today bestseller Road Trip Rules: No bad music. No detours. No falling in love. Ash Campbell has been in love with Hazel Elliot since high school. Now, at the same college, their interactions are limited to playful feuding over the best chair in their favourite coffee shop. But Ash’s attraction to the prickly girl from home has only grown stronger. And when these frenemies are forced to drive back to their hometown of Locket Prairie, Texas, together for Christmas, the pair must endure not only each other but bad music, inclement weather, and B&Bs with only one bed … 'With razor sharp sexual tension and crackling banter, this is the frenemies to lovers book of my dreams' Christina Lauren Readers are loving TAKE ME HOME 'I am so in love and wrapped up in this story'????? 'Once I started I couldn't put it down!' ????? 'What a debut! The characters felt so real and I loved how the relationship grew throughout the book' ????? 'Melanie's writing sucks you in and you are totally there and absolutely care about these characters' ????? 'Ash and Hazel are one of my new favourite duos' ????? 'The book is a unique blend of enemies to lovers and small-town romance, which is both heartwarming and hilarious. It's a fresh take on the genre and definitely deserves a full five stars' ????? In Take Me Home, Melanie Sweeney masterfully weaves a tale of love, family, and life in a southern, rural setting. The romantic tension between Ash and Hazel is palpable, making this contemporary fiction a must-read. For fans of Abby Jimenez (Just For The Summer), Lauren Connolly (PS), Tarah Dewitt (Savor It), Sarah Adams (Beg, Borrow, or Steal), and Cara Bastone (Promise Me Sunshine). HarperCollins 2024