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The Roughest Draft

Escape with This Funny, Charming and Uplifting Romantic Comedy

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The Roughest Draft

By: Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka
Narrated by: Dan Bittner, Imani Jade Powers
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About this listen

Achingly romantic, The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka is an intimate, swoon-worthy will-they-won't-they love story.

'Perfection' – Jodi Picoult, author of Wish You Were Here


Sometimes the best love stories start with The Roughest Draft . . .

Three years ago, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were the brightest literary stars on the horizon, their cowritten book topping bestseller lists. But on the heels of their greatest success, they ended their partnership on bad terms. They haven't spoken since, and never planned to – except they have one final book due on contract.

Forced to reunite, they hole up in a tiny Florida town, trying to finish a new manuscript quickly and painlessly. Working through the reasons they've hated each other for the past three years isn't easy, especially not while writing a romantic novel.

While passion and prose push them closer together in the Florida heat, Katrina and Nathan will learn that relationships, like writing, sometimes take a few rough drafts before they get it right . . .

'I love, love, LOVED this book' – Lyssa Kay Adams, author of Isn’t It Bromantic?

Readers love The Roughest Draft:


'I was ENTHRALLED from page 1!'
'The mystery behind why they stopped talking in the first place is AMAZING!'
'Absolutely made me swoon'
'My emotions are everywhere'

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Critic reviews

This novel is that rare piece of writing that needs no editing, haunts your sleep, and leaves you wishing it was longer when you turn the last page. (Jodi Picoult, author of Wish You Were Here)
Reading Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka’s prose is like sliding into the crisp sheets of a luxury hotel bed. (Alicia Thompson, bestselling author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers)
Achingly romantic.
The Roughest Draft has it all: romance, rumor and intrigue, and you won’t want to put it down.
Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka deliver on what they’ve always done best: imperfect characters who you want to follow all the way to the end.
Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka are the dream team from heaven . . . The Roughest Draft absolutely gives me The Hating Game vibes for a new generation, but sweeter. And maybe steamier?
Searingly insightful and achingly romantic . . . sure to delight and fascinate. (Sarah Grunder Ruiz, author of Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships)
The most tantalizing romantic tension with a giant helping of swoon. (Trish Doller, author of Float Plan)
Smart, tender, and deeply romantic, this book is an unforgettable, page-turning knockout. (Bridget Morrissey, author of Love Scenes)
Utterly engrossing and beautifully wrought . . . An exquisite love story that will leave you spellbound and longing for more. (Libby Hubscher, author of Meet Me in Paradise)
Complex and compelling, The Roughest Draft is a love letter to the creative process and how it inflects our lives and, most especially, our relationships. (Kate Clayborn, author of Love at First)
All stars
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This may have been easier to read than listen to, but the story was too slow.

Slow Going

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The story was not good, and in a very slow paste.
I almost didn’t finish it

So hard to finish

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Beautiful love story with great visual writing and Amazing narration . I listen enthralled. l read the book first and I loved it. I was hoping the narration would be good and I was not disappointed. It was sublime. listen 🎶

A sparkling love story

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It just didn’t grab me. I wasn’t keen and struggled to finish. Not for me.

Not for me

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