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Never Been Shipped

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$19.00 US
5-3/16"W x 8"H | 11 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Jun 10, 2025 | 400 Pages | 9780593640951
A band reunion may be enough to change two musicians' tune on love in this electric romance from USA Today bestselling author Alicia Thompson.
 
Micah's relationship to music is complicated. As teenagers, her band took off after being featured on a popular TV show, but the group barely released their sophomore album before breaking up. Now, over a decade later, the band is reuniting for one more performance on a themed cruise, and Micah is determined to learn from her past mistakes -- no losing herself in the music, and no losing her heart along the way. 
 
John misses playing in a band, and mostly he misses Micah, who'd been his best friend until the music stopped. Back then, he didn't take the lead, either in his guitar parts or while he sat back and watched her date another bandmate. John's never been one to rock the boat, but he's faced with another chance now that this cruise has brought music -- and Micah -- back in his life.
 
Onboard, Micah can't help but see John with brand new eyes, and John's feelings only intensify as the discordant band's tension grows to a breaking point. With five days at sea, there's a ticking clock on anything that might develop between them, and they'll have to decide if their relationship is destined to be more than a one-hit wonder.
"This book changed me on a molecular level. The friends-to-lovers tension is absolutely sublime, with a yearning so soul-deep, it's crushing to imagine these characters spending a single second of their lives with anyone else. This isn’t just Alicia Thompson at her very best, although it certainly is — it's everything that makes the romance genre great. Vivid and wise and deeply intoxicating, Never Been Shipped is one of my new favorite books of all time."—Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of Business or Pleasure
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Alicia Thompson writes romance novels, reads whatever she can get her hands on, and plays a mean “Bad Moon Rising” and not much else. She lives in Central Florida with her family. View titles by Alicia Thompson

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A band reunion may be enough to change two musicians' tune on love in this electric romance from USA Today bestselling author Alicia Thompson.
 
Micah's relationship to music is complicated. As teenagers, her band took off after being featured on a popular TV show, but the group barely released their sophomore album before breaking up. Now, over a decade later, the band is reuniting for one more performance on a themed cruise, and Micah is determined to learn from her past mistakes -- no losing herself in the music, and no losing her heart along the way. 
 
John misses playing in a band, and mostly he misses Micah, who'd been his best friend until the music stopped. Back then, he didn't take the lead, either in his guitar parts or while he sat back and watched her date another bandmate. John's never been one to rock the boat, but he's faced with another chance now that this cruise has brought music -- and Micah -- back in his life.
 
Onboard, Micah can't help but see John with brand new eyes, and John's feelings only intensify as the discordant band's tension grows to a breaking point. With five days at sea, there's a ticking clock on anything that might develop between them, and they'll have to decide if their relationship is destined to be more than a one-hit wonder.

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"This book changed me on a molecular level. The friends-to-lovers tension is absolutely sublime, with a yearning so soul-deep, it's crushing to imagine these characters spending a single second of their lives with anyone else. This isn’t just Alicia Thompson at her very best, although it certainly is — it's everything that makes the romance genre great. Vivid and wise and deeply intoxicating, Never Been Shipped is one of my new favorite books of all time."—Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of Business or Pleasure

Author

© Author
Alicia Thompson writes romance novels, reads whatever she can get her hands on, and plays a mean “Bad Moon Rising” and not much else. She lives in Central Florida with her family. View titles by Alicia Thompson