The Pairing

　　希奧跟基德就跟大多數的青梅竹馬一樣：從兒時摯友、暗戀到相愛，最後走向分手。他們已經好幾年沒說話了，不過分開的這幾年彼此都有成長，各自在事業領域有所成就。希奧晚上是忙碌的調酒師，白天則是腦中擁有如葡萄酒百科知識，懷抱著夢想的侍酒師；基德在歐洲留學，他被封為烘焙學院的性感男神，如今在巴黎頂級的餐廳裡當甜點師。回首過去的情史，兩人各自有所惋惜，不過一切都已經是過去式了。除了兩張尚未兌換的環遊歐洲優惠券⋯

　　原來當年還是情侶的他們正要展開精彩的歐洲美食美酒之旅，卻在飛機上撕破臉分手。因為沒有順利成行，公司給了他們效期長達四年的兌換券，沒想到希奧和基德竟然不約而同地在票券即將過期的時刻選擇出發。等到他們在旅行團巴士上相見，已經來不及退團了！

　　兩個冤家就這麼被迫一起跑遍法國、西班牙、義大利最浪漫的城市，享受精緻美食和動人風景。不過沒關係，反正兩人之間已經沒有火花了，是吧？為了宣示彼此有多麼「不在乎」對方，希奧和基德展開了勾心鬥角的約會競賽。但是選擇越豐富，越讓人想一嘗禁忌的那道菜…(文／博客來外文館)

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In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston’s latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they’re over each other--except they’re definitely not.

Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other’s lives once and for all.

Time apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated as the reigning sex god of his pastry school class and now bakes at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. Sure, nothing really compares to what they had, and life stretches out long and lonely ahead of them, but--yeah. It’s in the past.

All that remains is the unused voucher for the European tour that never happened, good for 48 months after its original date and about to expire. Four years later, it seems like a great idea to finally take the trip. Solo. Separately.

It’s not until they board the tour bus that they discover they’ve both accidentally had the exact same idea, and now they’re trapped with each other for three weeks of stunning views, luscious flavors, and the most romantic cities of France, Spain, and Italy. It’s fine. There’s nothing left between them. So much nothing that, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is totally game. And why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition?

But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can’t have.

＂The summer’s best romance novel.＂ - Rolling Stone

＂Spicy, sexy and absolutely delicious.＂ - People

＂Move over ’hot girl summer’ - ’hot bisexual summer’ is ready for its moment and Casey McQuiston’s new novel The Pairing is here to usher it in.＂ - USA Today

 

CASEY MCQUISTON is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of romantic comedies, including One Last Stop, I Kissed Shara Wheeler, and Red, White & Royal Blue, whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Bon Appetit. Born and raised in southern Louisiana, Casey now lives in New York City with a poodle mix named Pepper.