I fully expected this book to be cute and it somehow ended up being cuter and also even more raw than I anticipated.

Dylan Coughlin’s dream job is draining the life out of her. Stuck in a rut and tired of feeling like she’ll never go anywhere, she chances a call for a radio contest and ends up winning a round-the-world trip of a lifetime…. With one catch: her travel companion will be randomly selected from her phone contacts.

Live on the radio, Dylan is matched up with a contact who she has no recollection of - until he reminds her (in front of the world) that they had hit it off on a night out, and then she never contacted him again.

Desperate to enjoy her trip in spite of the bone-crushing awkwardness of traveling with a “what if”, and even more desperate to prove to her boss that she can provide content engaging enough to snag her own column, Dylan is all-in. And while communicating with Jack is about as easy as pulling teeth, the two start to realize that there is much more to their missed connection than either of them originally realized.

But as Dylan’s travel journey takes off online, so does the amount of scrutiny she’s under - and with Jack having us own reasons for wanting privacy, and Dylan discovering the two have much more in common than she thought, they may be forced to recon with a lot more than just their uncomfortable reintroduction.