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The Even Odder Couple
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The Even Odder Couple
Book 4 of the Apple Valley Love Stories series
362 pages · First published 2022
Two people whose personalities and habits make them an especially unlikely pair discover that incompatibility can be much more entertaining in theory than in practice. Repeated encounters turn irritation into familiarity while friends and family notice a connection the couple would rather explain away. Their differences create comic friction but also expose strengths that fit together more naturally than either expects. Julie Christianson’s contemporary romantic comedy uses opposites-attract energy and playful banter to ask whether an “even odder” couple might actually be the better match.
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Insecurity and anxiety around relationships; family/friend conflict; clean romantic attraction and kissing; mild social embarrassment.
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