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Meet the best selling romcom: Fan Favorite

Still reeling from a horrific breakup, Edie Pepper is drinking boxed wine and watching E! News when Ryan Seacrest drops a bomb–Edie’s high-school sweetheart and one-true-love has been cast as the lead in America’s most beloved reality TV dating show, The Key. Desperate to turn her life around, Edie enlists the help of the show’s conniving producers who gladly shove her head first into the competition. Twenty-five outrageous beauties welcome Edie with claws out as they compete in a series of hilarious events for the affections of Bennett Charles, high-school nerd turned world-traveling, extreme-sporting, guitar-playing suitor, who’s as desperate to hide his past as Edie is to reveal it. A satire of one of America’s most beloved TV shows, FAN FAVORITE is a hilarious send up of modern love, reality TV style.

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Fans of Fan Favorite:

“A hilarious romance exploring the ways in which pop culture influences every aspect of life. Gunn’s ample wit elevates this wildly entertaining rom-com, it’s a delight.”

—Publishers Weekly
“After getting dumped, Edie decides to crash her high school sweetheart’s dating show to rekindle their romance. Instead, she tangles with the showrunner in this witty rom-com.”

—From People Magazine's Most-Anticipated Summer Books 2025
"A Chicago copywriter in the thankless throes of Tinder and Hinge decides to DM her way onto a dating reality show after she learns her high school sweetheart has been cast as the lead. Pop-culture-obsessed Gunn (a Chicago contributor) crafts a witty LOL rom-com that explores the risks we take to get our happily ever after."

—Chicago Magazine's
"Summer’s Required Reading"
“As addictive as a season of the most bingeable reality television.”

—Katelyn Doyle,
Author of 'Just Some Stupid Love Story'
“The perfect modern romcom with a side of delicious pop culture satire.”

—Laurie Devore,
Author of The Villain Edit
“Edie is one of the most relatable FMCs I've encountered in a long time. Her internal monologue had me laughing out loud so many times. I was invested in this story to the point that I actually felt like I was binging this reality show"

—Crystal, Goodreads Fan
“The setup is pure entertainment, but what sets this ram com apart is its sly commentary on dating culture, media manipulation, and the pressure women feel to 'perform' for love.”

—Amy, Goodreads Fan
“I closed the book wishing I could talk about it with everyone. If you love smart contemporary fiction with humor and heart this one's a must read."

—Kat, Goodreads Fan
"This book is laugh out loud funny. I re-read the first chapter three times just to catch all of the finer details of jokes and I re-read the scene of Edie and Charlie's first time together three times just for shits and giggles."

—Lina, Goodreads Fan
"I have joyfully discovered my new favorite summer reads author. Gunn's writing is quick, it's witty, it's slightly raunchy in the blushing kind of way, and it's so smart. I have not had this much fun with a book in a while, and boy did I embarrass my kids with my out loud belly laughs."

—Elizabeth B., Goodreads Fan
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Pop Star

After a humiliating award show meltdown, Kat King, one-third of the hit-making girl group Hard Candy, left Hollywood for good — that is until a Y2K nostalgia tour gives her not only a shot at redemption, but also the chance to snag her forever crush, boy band legend Leo London.

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Hi, I’m Adrienne!

And I take pop culture way too seriously. I wrote a novel called FAN FAVORITE because I wanted to see what would happen if a regular gal who eats carbs and wears Birkenstocks went on a reality TV dating show and had to sit in a hot tub with a bunch of Instagram models. Now I’m writing a romcom about a washed up pop star who goes on a Y2K reunion tour to win the heart of the boy bander of her dreams (Grand Central Publishing, Summer 2026). I write about pop culture on my Substack WHERE THE F*CK’S MY HAPPY ENDING?! and complain about how pop culture ruined my life on my podcast DON’T RUIN THIS FOR ME. On Wednesdays I watch Survivor. I believe RHOSLC is the best Housewives franchise. I’m obsessed with oil cleanser, Veep, and my dog, Georgia. Wanna work with me? I’m repped by Marcy Posner at Folio Lit.
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