Say It Out Loud

By: Ashley Schumacher

Published by Random House, 2025-09-30

<b>Twenty years after the wildly popular vampire romance series that defined her teenage years, a down-and-out podcaster gets a second chance—at her career and love—when she’s cast in the audio drama alongside the one who got away, in this heartfelt, magical romcom.</b><br><br><b>“<i>Say It Out Loud </i>is a deliciously sexy, disarmingly poignant, and deliriously funny enemies-to-fake-dating-to-friends-to-lovers romance.”—Ashley Poston, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Dead Romantics</i> and <i>The Seven Year Slip</i></b><br><br>Juniper Green doesn’t believe in magic anymore. Not since her mom died, her dreams of a publishing career fizzled, and her podcast—the one bright spot in her life—was stolen out from under her. Now, at thirty-two, she’s living in her dad’s spare room and wondering if life peaked when she was a teenager with a stack of vampire books and an unhealthy obsession with enigmatic immortals.<br><br>Then comes the email: an invitation to audition for the lead role in the audio drama adaptation of <i>The Meadow,</i> the wildly popular vampire romance series that defined her teenage years. It’s a dream opportunity—until she learns her co-star is James Neely, the brooding, talented actor who played Romeo to her Juliet in a one-night-only college show before breaking her heart and disappearing from the stage and her life . . . right along with the magic.<br><br>To save the project (and her career), Juniper and James must revive their onstage chemistry, playing <i>The Meadow</i>’s star-crossed lovers for the microphones and social media alike. But as the lines between performance and reality blur, Juniper is left wondering: Can you rewrite the ending of a story you thought was over? Because love, like magic, is a fragile thing to lose . . . and to find again.