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Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

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REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An epic, decades-spanning love story that blazes through the worlds of acting and comedy and charts a connection unlike any other.

“INTOXICATING.”—TAYLOR JENKINS REID, author of Atmosphere
“SMART AND ROMANTIC.”—GABRIELLE ZEVIN, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“DEEPLY MOVING.”—KEVIN WILSON, author of Nothing to See Here

This stunning hardcover features beautiful graphic endpapers and a deluxe, embossed jacket!

In summer 2000, AJ Graves works at a video rental store in her small Massachusetts town, dreaming of writing for Saturday Night Live, when Noah Drew - the enigmatic son of a legendary acting family - walks through the door and changes the course of her life. Despite their different worlds, AJ and Noah become inseparable friends and acting partners, until Noah disappears without a word.

Seven years later, AJ is a working actor in New York City when she's cast alongside Noah in an ambitious intergalactic television production. As their on-screen characters fall in love, the line between performance and reality begins to blur, forcing AJ and Noah to finally confront the truth about what happened between them - and the devastating secret that drove them apart.

Spanning a decade and moving between a small New England town and the bright lights of Hollywood, Into the Blue is an aching, deeply romantic story about the ways two people keep finding their way back to each other, no matter how far fate pulls them apart.

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An epic, decades-spanning love story that blazes through the worlds of acting and comedy and charts a connection unlike any other.

“INTOXICATING.”—TAYLOR JENKINS REID, author of Atmosphere
“SMART AND ROMANTIC.”—GABRIELLE ZEVIN, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“DEEPLY MOVING.”—KEVIN WILSON, author of Nothing to See Here

This stunning hardcover features beautiful graphic endpapers and a deluxe, embossed jacket!

In summer 2000, AJ Graves works at a video rental store in her small Massachusetts town, dreaming of writing for Saturday Night Live, when Noah Drew - the enigmatic son of a legendary acting family - walks through the door and changes the course of her life. Despite their different worlds, AJ and Noah become inseparable friends and acting partners, until Noah disappears without a word.

Seven years later, AJ is a working actor in New York City when she's cast alongside Noah in an ambitious intergalactic television production. As their on-screen characters fall in love, the line between performance and reality begins to blur, forcing AJ and Noah to finally confront the truth about what happened between them - and the devastating secret that drove them apart.

Spanning a decade and moving between a small New England town and the bright lights of Hollywood, Into the Blue is an aching, deeply romantic story about the ways two people keep finding their way back to each other, no matter how far fate pulls them apart.

  • Publisher: Ballantine Books

    Title: Into the Blue: A Love Story

    Author: Emma Brodie

    On Sale Date: April 7, 2026

    ISBN 13: 9798217093700

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $30.00

    BISAC: Women's Fiction / Literary Fiction

    Page Count: 448

    Dimensions: 6-1/8 in x 9-1/4 in

  • Emma Brodie has worked in book publishing for fifteen years as an Executive Editor at Clarkson Potter. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University's Writing Seminars program. Her debut novel, Songs in Ursa Major, received the American Book Award. She resides on Martha's Vineyard with her husband and dog, Freddie Mercury.

  • Readers are calling it swoony, emotional, and unforgettable:

    • Readers describe the chemistry between AJ and Noah as palpable, calling their connection impossible to look away from.

    • Many readers say the story stayed with them long after finishing, with several admitting they cried at the end.

    • Fans of Emma Brodie's writing praise the intimate, immersive voice that pulls readers into AJ and Noah's world.

    • Readers say the central secret pays off in a satisfying, emotionally resonant way once it's finally revealed.

This book is for you if

  • You love a decade-spanning love story with chemistry that leaps off the page.

  • You are drawn to friends-to-something-more romances between two people who keep finding their way back to each other.

  • You enjoy stories that blur the line between performance and real life, on set and off.

  • You want a book with a devastating secret at its heart that reshapes everything that came before.

  • You are a fan of Reese's Book Club picks and sweeping, emotional love stories.

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