1--What is the title of your latest release?
ACCIDENTALLY AMY
2--What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
Woman tells little white lie while meeting a handsome stranger, but everything blows up in her face when he ends up being her new boss.
3--How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
Whenever setting isn’t integral to a book’s plot, I set it in Omaha because it’s my city and I love it.
4--Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
Absolutely I would.
5--What are three words that describe your protagonist?
Funny, well-intentioned
6--What’s something you learned while writing this book?
It’s possible (but dangerous) to crabwalk backward downstairs.
7--Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
both
8--What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
McChicken sandwiches (I’m very lowbrow)
9--Describe your writing space/office!
New! We just moved, so my current office is barely unpacked
10--Who is an author you admire?
Ali Hazelwood (I love love love her so much)
11--Is there a book that changed your life?
Forever by Judy Blume
12--Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
I was at a family gathering with a lot of strangers so i had to quietly squeal into the phone because I didn’t want them to see me freaking out.
13--What’s your favorite genre to read?
Romance - duh
14--What’s your favorite movie?
2015 P&P
15--What is your favorite season?
Fall
16--How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
It’s an excuse for guilt-free takeout
17--What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
I can’t stop listening to the Kelsey brothers podcast lol.
18--What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Italian
19--What do you do when you have free time?
What is that?
20--What can readers expect from you next?
My next adult romcom – MAID FOR EACH OTHER – comes out in July. It’s like pretty woman meets while you were sleeping (sort of) and I’m so excited about this one!
A stolen latte results in a meet-cute for the ages in this brand-new edition, with bonus content, of New York Times bestselling author Lynn Painter's rom-com Accidentally Amy.
Isabella Shay is usually a very honest person. But when she’s running late for her first day at her dream job and the barista yells for “Amy” three times with no answer, she does the unthinkable.
Izzy takes that PSL.
It’s the exact drink she ordered and paid for, only way further ahead in the queue—and she’ll take whatever bad karma is coming for her; she’s desperate and very late. But when she turns around and runs directly into the most attractive man she’s ever seen, spilling the drink all over his made-for-GQ shirt and tie, she ends up having the ultimate meet-cute. Karma who? Sparks fly and things feel beyond promising, until he says to her: “See you tomorrow, Amy.”
Izzy reasons she can just straighten things out the next day, no biggie. Only when she gets to her new office and meets the VP of her department, it is none other than Blake Phillips—the hottie from Starbucks. And the man might’ve been charming to “Amy,” but he is an arrogant grump to Izzy, an arrogant grump who does not find her explanation funny at all. But day by day, an attraction simmers between them and they’ll have to find a way to work together without ripping each other’s heads—or clothes—off.
Romance Comedy [Berkley, On Sale: January 14, 2025, Trade Paperback / e-Book , ISBN: 9780593817087 / eISBN: 9780593817094]
You’ll Fall For Blake and Izzy!
A meet cute love story
Lynn Painter lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with her husband and pack of wild children. She’s a biweekly contributor to the Omaha World-Herald’s parenting section, even though she is the polar-opposite of a Pinterest mom. When she isn’t chasing kids, she can be found reading, writing, and shot-gunning Red Bulls.
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