Funny You Should Ask

Elissa Sussman

Chapters (54)

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PRAISE FOR

Funny You Should Ask

“You will absolutely devour this book. It’s filled with delightful banter, hot romance, and a love story that’s worthy of the big screen. To put it bluntly, I freaking loved it and couldn’t put it down.”

—Kate Spencer, author of In a New York Minute and host of Forever35

“Funny You Should Ask is a smart, sensitive story full of love and longing—and not to mention a totally swoonworthy hero. It’s also a page-turning peek into the celebrity machine. Framed by one infamous weekend and its fallout, the book goes beyond the glossy surface to thoughtfully tackle questions of perception versus reality, and which can hurt more: the limitations other people place on us, or the ones we place on ourselves.”

—Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, bestselling authors of The Royal We and The Heir Affair

“Funny You Should Ask is the kind of fascinating, intimate character study that feels like reading about real people. A breezy, addictive romance—I couldn’t put it down!”

—Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of The Ex Talk

“Elissa Sussman’s adult debut promises a glamorous celeb romp, but offers a double-whammy with thoughtful, emotional depth. As the narrative jumps back and forth in time, the truth of what happened between Gabe and Chani unfolds and a romance blooms—cautious, sweet, and sizzling with tension…. A beautiful, fun, heartfelt love story that I couldn’t put down.”

—Maurene Goo, author of Somewhere Only We Know

“I loved this book! Smart, funny, and crackling with the most delicious sexual tension, Funny You Should Ask is exactly the kind of book I am always wishing there were more of. I’ve already recommended it to all my friends.”

—Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of Birds of California

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Copyright

Funny You Should Ask is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Published in the United States by Dell, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

DELL and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

NAMES: Sussman, Elissa, author.
TITLE: Funny you should ask / Elissa Sussman.
DESCRIPTION: First edition. | New York: Bantam Dell, [2022] |
IDENTIFIERS: LCCN 2021014019 (print) | LCCN 2021014020 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593357323 (trade paperback; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780593357330 (ebook)
CLASSIFICATION: LCC PS3619.U84 F86 2022 (print) |
LCC PS3619.U84 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021014019
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021014020

Ebook ISBN 9780593357330

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Book design by Barbara M. Bachman, adapted for ebook

Cover art and design: Kasi Turpin

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Contents

Cover

Title Page

Epigraph

Prologue

Friday

(Gabe Parker: Shaken, Not Stirred—Part One)

Then

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Now

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9