The Enemy
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The Enemy A Romantic Comedy

Sarah Adams โ€” 2020
It's been twelve years since I've seen him. Twelve years since he won our war of wits by outsmarting me with a tactic I didn't even know was allowed. But tonight...I resurrect the battle.Ryan Henderson is back in town for our best friends' wedding, and I plan on showing him exactly how much I don't care about him--or the almost kiss he ruthlessly dangled over me after graduation.A lot has changed since our feuding days. I'm a successful bakery owner now, and I plan to rub every delicious detail of my life in his ugly face. Just one problem: his face is gorgeous. He wasn't supposed to look like this or pursue me like a sexy guided missile. I must stay strong until the wedding is over and Ryan scurries back into whatever alternate universe he escaped from. His interest in me is nothing but a continuation of the games we played in high school...right? But the longer he stays, the more I wonder if I'm wrong and his tender smile and heated attentions are genuine. Maybe it's not a game. Ha! Who am I kidding? This is Ryan we're talking about. Of course it's a game. A game called war. And this time, I will win.The Enemy is a closed door romance, perfect for readers who love lots of sizzle but no explicit content.
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C@carinaa
4 stars
Apr 3, 2025

I love it. But is it just me or I feel like the ending is a but rushed?

+4
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lexie@lexiereads
3.5 stars
Jan 7, 2024

i loved the first 100 pages of this book, it's so funny but then they got together and got chicago and then i was done. i was constantly saying "finished it off already". They didn't really hate each other, specially Ryan because he was the sweetest but sometimes annoying, June was pretty focus on what Ryan did to her in the past so he hated him. I loved Stacy and Logan. Specially When logan is Drunk.

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nanafark@nanafark
4 stars
Nov 7, 2023

another great and funny read by Sarah Adams. she's just a good (reading) time guaranteed.

although enemies-to-lovers trope, couldn't really get the enemies vibes. it was just at the beginning and just one-sided, but at the same time, it was realistic how the intentions were clear right from the start. that was way better than waiting for the two characters to step back and express themselves.

it was sweet and touching at times, and the chemistry was so good that i wanted something more to feel satisfied, and maybe I'm left with the feeling that i didn't get to enjoy them as much as i'd wanted. but it's a closed-door romance so maybe that's why, lol.

apart from that, it was very nice and light but at the same time empowering with how June overcame some of her fears and insecurities and Ryan was exactly what she needed and deserved. i liked their few references from their past and if we had more i feel i'd be even happier about it.

it was too good and maybe i just needed to be more in-depth in their lives to feel satisfied.

I'm overall super happy with the time i spent reading it. she writes in such a vivid way that you always know you're about to have a good time reading her books!

+6
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dija@dija
1 star
Jan 23, 2023

Too plain too boring did not pass the vibe check

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Jess Griffin@jessgriffin
3 stars
Jan 22, 2023

3.5 stars cute story but a little bit predictable! would read again though

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arleth@arlethh
3 stars
Jan 22, 2023

3.5/5โญ funny and cute ๐Ÿ’—โœจ

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Kathleen Tom@kateee
5 stars
Jan 2, 2023

5 Stars!! Hi BookLovers, ๐™„ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฏ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™…๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ก๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™š. ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก, ๐™—๐™ช๐™—๐™—๐™ก๐™š-๐™œ๐™ช๐™ข ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™. ๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™™๐™™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™›๐™ช๐™กโ€”๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š. โ€œ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ?โ€ ๐™„ ๐™–๐™จ๐™  ๐™๐™š๐™ง. โ€œ๐™’๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ก ๐™„โ€™๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช.โ€ ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ข๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™„ ๐™จ๐™š๐™š ๐™– ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™. ๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ข๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฉ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง. ๐™„ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ. You guys seriously need to read this. It's HILARIOUS!! I was laughing so hard until I cry. I have never read anything from Sarah Adams it was my first time but to be honest I love it and I really enjoy reading it. It was something I love about Enemy to Lover Romance because I know thereโ€™s also a rom-com in there. Iโ€™m going to look forward to read more from Sarah. Iโ€™m not going to spoil this review but you guys really need to read this. Highly Recommended :)

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grace@discograce
2 stars
Nov 3, 2022

yeah i got this book off TikTok, and i dont remember a single thing that happened in it

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Inรชs Filipa@inesfilipa6
5 stars
Aug 18, 2022

By now I think Iโ€™ll even read Sarah Adamsโ€™s list of groceries

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ak@akashtonak
4 stars
Aug 12, 2022

Appropriate Enemies to lovers is just unmatched Well more like one sided enemies but whatever That was Absoutely so cute loved the book Ryan was perfect and I loved the mc Just a super cute read

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Heather Harrington@nerdybynatureblog
4 stars
Jul 24, 2022

Sarah Adams has me in a chokehold. I'm always guaranteed a good time when I read her books. Her writing is always light and fun and the perfect pick-me-up. I loved June and Ryan together. They had such a playful, teasing banter that I couldn't get enough of. I wouldn't say their dynamic was hate-to-love, but more like annoyed-to-love. They had great chemistry, and I was smiling the entire time. June had a lot of insecurities from her past relationship, and it was so sweet how caring and understanding Ryan was towards her. He made her feel safe and cherished while also pushing her buttons. There were a few little miscommunication moments, especially towards the end, and those are never my favorite, but I liked how everything wrapped up. Now, I've read all but one of her books and can say without a doubt that she's one of my favorite contemporary authors, and I can't recommend her enough.

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Nikki@beaushelly
3 stars
Jul 1, 2022

not exactly a fan of how this turned out even though i enjoy a good enemies to lovers trope.

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Niamh Connolly@niamhreads
4 stars
Mar 15, 2022

A good short and sweet romance read. It had a cute storyline of enemies to lovers and was more mature in characters then books I usually read which was quite refreshing for characters to be closer to my age. It was definitely missing moments to make it a GREAT book. It was a solid enough ending but needed more content and/drama to the storyline.

+5
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Jessica Guht@jessguht
5 stars
Feb 24, 2022

A cute and funny romance. Sarah Adams can do no wrong!

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isabela. @isabela
3 stars
Nov 15, 2021

my cheeks hurt from smiling so much. I really liked this, but i liked the match better.

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Michelle Boyea@caffeinatedbibliophile
5 stars
Oct 27, 2021

Super cute and a quick read!

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Silvana Ruiz@larenskanej
3 stars
Oct 25, 2021

2.80/5.00 It was cute but I feel that it was too simple, it lacked a lot of things.

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Amy Arthun Lorton @amyart
3 stars
Oct 3, 2021

This was a quick, easy read (and I actually READ it instead of listened to it). It was recommended as a book that people would like of they liked โ€œThe Hating Game.โ€ Of course there is no comparison. I liked that the conflict part of the story was short-lived; I really appreciated that. The writing style reminded me of a book I read called โ€œStuffedโ€- it felt like someoneโ€™s journal or inner voice more than something an author would write. This was waaaaaay better than that book. But the ending- really? Theyโ€™re doing that stuff?! It wasnโ€™t terrible but I didnโ€™t love it.

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JacQueline Roe@authorjacquelinevaughnroe
5 stars
Sep 9, 2021

Enemies that are too much fun I love the enemies to lovers trope and a good clean romcom to take my mind off of teen angst in my house and the books Iโ€™m writing. So much fun!

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Elizabeth Gunshon@elizabeth730
3 stars
Mar 14, 2025
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Devin Donnelly@devinjean
3.5 stars
Nov 28, 2024
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sofia ๐Ÿฅ€@booksofia
3 stars
Mar 30, 2024
+3
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Jigisha Saigal@bookworm
4.5 stars
Jun 25, 2023
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Britney Venus @bree_v08
5 stars
Jun 12, 2023

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nanafark@nanafark

โ€œIf you had looked closer, you would have seen that the Ryan from tonight is miserable. Heโ€™s lonely. He rarely smiles. He hates his job and has wanted out for a long time but never saw a way. You opened my eyes, June, and I see with perfect clarity that I want you. A life with you and all the craziness we are together.โ€

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nanafark@nanafark

โ€œOkay, here it is, then, June Bug. Iโ€™m going to lay it all out so thereโ€™s no room for confusion. I love you. I always have. Pretty certain I always will.โ€

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nanafark@nanafark

โ€œYou have to quit running from me.โ€

Iโ€™m standing in front of him now. โ€œI will.โ€

โ€œBecause I want a healthy relationship with you, June. I wonโ€™t keep chasing you every time you run or slam a door in my face. Eventually, youโ€™re going to have to show me that youโ€™re willing to fight for us, too.โ€

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nanafark@nanafark

Her emerald stare is fixed on my face as I start gently wiping away the marks I left. I want to wipe away the ones I canโ€™t see below her skin too.

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nanafark@nanafark

And then, like magic, June leans her head on my shoulder. Honestly, Iโ€™m afraid to move. Sheโ€™s an exotic bird that has just landed on me, and if I shift even an inch, sheโ€™ll fly away.

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nanafark@nanafark

I peel my mouth away from hers and look down at her thoroughly kissed face. Her lips are red and swollen, and her eyelids slowly flutter open until my favorite color of green pierces me.

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nanafark@nanafark

Fact: People stuck in their college days are more annoying than ingrown hairs.

debatable.

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nanafark@nanafark

โ€œJune, Iโ€™m not interested in becoming the next guy in your long string of one and only dates. I like youโ€”I have for a long timeโ€”and Iโ€™m done hiding it. I want to give us a chance, but one date is not gonna do it for me. So, are you ready to give up your rule?โ€

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nanafark@nanafark

I have a feeling that everyone in Juneโ€™s life lets her hide away, keep all her secrets pinned up inside her so she can hurt privately. Not me.

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nanafark@nanafark

the more time that passes, the harder it gets to rip those memories out of the steel vault I locked them away in. They are better left sealed away where they canโ€™t hurt me anymore.

Orโ€ฆat least where no one is able to see that they hurt me.

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nanafark@nanafark

And I know sheโ€™s not married, because you better believe the first thing I did when I saw her again was assess her ring finger.

thatโ€™s actually one of the reasons i believe some things should remain according to the traditions.

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nanafark@nanafark

Iโ€™ve been doing nothing but running through the paces of my life these past twelve years. I go from achievement to achievement, turning over stones and trying to find something under them. I donโ€™t know what that something is yet because Iโ€™ve never found it. I just keep moving to the next stone.

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Grace Sinks@gracierenea

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