03263cam a2200565 i 4500 1549202130 TxAuBib 20240830120000.0 240226s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024007540 9781250862747 paperback 1250862744 paperback (OCoLC)1425130868 TxAuBib rda McQuiston, Casey, author. The pairing [paperback] : a novel / Casey McQuiston. First edition. New York, NY : St. Martin's Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2024. ©2024. 411 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier cri rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20240830. Bisexual men Fiction. Bisexual women Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Best friends Fiction. Unmarried couples Fiction. . Separation (Psychology) Fiction. Sex Fiction. LGBTQ+ relationships Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Competition Fiction. Romance fiction. France Fiction. Italy Fiction. Spain Fiction. Humorous fiction. LGBTQ+ fiction. Bisexual fiction. Novels.