Return to Sender

“This book will be your shoulder to lean on, your friend to laugh with, the man you canʼt help but fall in love with. I was completely swept away by Return to Sender. I read it in one joyous, tear-filled day. Savor it, devour it, come to this book with open arms and it will love you back. Stephanie Parente has done something truly special.”—Cara Bastone, author of Ready or Not

“Return to Sender is an unashamedly heartfelt and endlessly charming road-trip romance that expertly navigates the intricacies of grief and messy beauty of healing. I laughed. I cried. I blushed hard on a park bench but, most important, I fell hard and fast for our unlikely trio. Violet and Dex stole my heart, and Stephanie Parente has a firm forever fan in me.”—Catherine Walsh, author of Holiday Romance

“Some books are hard to talk about without just saying: Read this. Stephanie Parenteʼs Return to Sender is everything I love about romance—it’s tender, vulnerable, and hot, and it makes me see the world in the best possible light. A road trip always hits, but a road trip with one taciturn man who slowly opens up, one grieving woman who rearranges his brain just by wearing a red dress, and one teenager they’d both do anything to make smile? Stephanie Parenteʼs debut hits every emotional note in such a special, reaffirming way.”—Alicia Thompson, USA Today bestselling author of Never Been Shipped

“Three things: The banter, the originality, and the miles of hope. Stephanie Parente’s Return to Sender illuminates the power of love and loss with a deft hand, sharp eye, and sharper tongue. I lost count of how many times I laughed and teared up on the same page as Parente celebrates the brutal live wire of loyalty between sisters. Like the perfect road trip, Return to Sender is a call to adventure filled with hilarious detours, heavy confessions, a budding romance, and all the promise of what lies ahead. It’s gorgeous.”—Beck Dorey-Stein, author of Spectacular Things

“I adored Return to Sender. This is a straight-to-the-heart kind of book that I cannot stop thinking about. Compelling, honest, and true, as all romance seeks to be, Parente’s debut knocks it out of the park. This one’s for the Emily Henry and Nora Ephron lovers, for the yearners despite it all. Parente is an author to watch, and Return to Sender is an incredible addition to any romance shelf.”—Lizzie Huxley-Jones, author of Reality Check

“A zany road trip provides a path to recovery in Parente’s equally diverting and deeply emotional debut. . . . The romance sizzles and the relationship between the sisters provides just as much heart. This moving tale of overcoming grief and finding love in unexpected places is sure to warm hearts.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review