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![Road trip season has arrived and this #bookmail has up planning our road trip TBR 🚗
HERE WE GO AGAIN by Alison Cochrun is a queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country.
If you're in the mood for a sapphic romance that has spice, laughs, and tears, HERE WE GO AGAIN might be the road trip read for you.
Thank you to @atriabooks for sending this book our way!
What books are you reading on your roadtrip?
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