{"product_id":"preorder-the-vacation-shift","title":"[PREORDER] The Vacation Shift","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-a6d9cc0d-7fff-3def-5ecc-e6fd1e21d063\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy: Lily Chu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date: June 23rd, 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGilmore Girls\u003c\/em\u003e meets a reverse \u003cem\u003eParent Trap \u003c\/em\u003ein this swoony and hilarious YA rom-com from popular adult romance author Lily Chu, following a teen who, while on a group tour to Japan, teams up with a fellow traveler to keep their parents from falling in love with each other.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIvy Yu is cursed. Her parents separated six months ago, and she’s fallen into a fog. To help, her mother books an impulsive trip to Japan (cool) on a bus tour (\u003cem\u003every\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003euncool). Ivy should be grateful, but this summer is her last chance to get her situationship, Connor, to fall in love with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen they arrive in Tokyo, it’s even worse than she imagined. Ivy and her Mom are the youngest of a group of seniors. Make that two of the youngest: there’s brooding Matteo, with his single dad, Keith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Ivy discovers her mother and Keith are getting close, and her crush back home is hooking up with someone else. Desperate for some semblance of control and a distraction from the heaviness she can’t seem to shake off, she makes a deal with Matteo to keep their parents apart. Luckily, he agrees—and their devious plans begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDodging nosy old ladies on the bus ride through Japan, their strange partnership begins to blossom into something unexpected and exciting—but can their romantic spark survive the journey? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Romantics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45623383883974,"sku":"9780063430624","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/0445\/2806\/files\/StockImage-TheVacationShift.png?v=1773435093","url":"https:\/\/www.thenewromanticsbooks.com\/products\/preorder-the-vacation-shift","provider":"The New Romantics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}