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===Red, White & Royal Blue===
===Red, White & Royal Blue===


''Red, White & Royal Blue'' follows Alex, a fictionalized First Son who finds himself in a fight with Henry, an English prince, and is forced to befriend him for PR reasons, developing romantic feelings for him along the way.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/78765-spring-2019-announcements-romance-erotica.html|title=Spring 2019 Announcements: Romance & Erotica|website=publishersweekly.com|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709175522/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/78765-spring-2019-announcements-romance-erotica.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hypable.com/hypable-most-anticipated-of-2019-fandom-moments/|title=Hypable staff picks: Our most anticipated fandom moments of 2019|date=2019-01-01|website=Hypable|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-28}}</ref>
''Red, White & Royal Blue'' follows Alex, a fictionalized First Son who finds himself in a fight with Henry, an English prince, and is forced to befriend him for PR reasons, developing romantic feelings for him along the way.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/78765-spring-2019-announcements-romance-erotica.html|title=Spring 2019 Announcements: Romance & Erotica|website=publishersweekly.com|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709175522/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/78765-spring-2019-announcements-romance-erotica.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hypable.com/hypable-most-anticipated-of-2019-fandom-moments/|title=Hypable staff picks: Our most anticipated fandom moments of 2019|date=2019-01-01|website=Hypable|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-date=2023-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719080651/https://www.hypable.com/hypable-most-anticipated-of-2019-fandom-moments/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


McQuiston first came up with the idea for what would become ''Red, White & Royal Blue'' while following the 2016 American presidential elections.<ref name="shereads">{{Cite web|url=https://shereads.com/casey-mcquiston-interview/|title=An exclusive interview with Casey McQuiston|website=shereads.com|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416235929/https://shereads.com/casey-mcquiston-interview/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> While watching a season of the HBO comedy series ''Veep'' and reading both a Hillary Clinton biography by Carl Bernstein, ''A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton'', and ''The Royal We'' by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, they found themself intrigued by the extravagant, high-profile lifestyle of the royals and wanted to write their own take on a story featuring a royal family.<ref name="shereads" />
McQuiston first came up with the idea for what would become ''Red, White & Royal Blue'' while following the 2016 American presidential elections.<ref name="shereads">{{Cite web|url=https://shereads.com/casey-mcquiston-interview/|title=An exclusive interview with Casey McQuiston|website=shereads.com|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416235929/https://shereads.com/casey-mcquiston-interview/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> While watching a season of the HBO comedy series ''Veep'' and reading both a Hillary Clinton biography by Carl Bernstein, ''A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton'', and ''The Royal We'' by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, they found themself intrigued by the extravagant, high-profile lifestyle of the royals and wanted to write their own take on a story featuring a royal family.<ref name="shereads" />
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Their next book is ''One Last Stop'', released June 1st, 2021. The book is "pitched as a queer ''Kate & Leopold'', in which a 23-year-old realizes her subway crush is displaced from 1970's Brooklyn, and she must do everything in her power to help her - and try not to fall in love with the girl lost in time - before it's too late."<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=casey_mcquiston|number=1201879275667898368/photo/1|access-date=2020-07-01|date=3 December 2019|title=THE NEWS IS OUT / ONE LAST STOP, COMING 2021 }}</ref>
Their next book is ''One Last Stop'', released June 1st, 2021. The book is "pitched as a queer ''Kate & Leopold'', in which a 23-year-old realizes her subway crush is displaced from 1970's Brooklyn, and she must do everything in her power to help her - and try not to fall in love with the girl lost in time - before it's too late."<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=casey_mcquiston|number=1201879275667898368/photo/1|access-date=2020-07-01|date=3 December 2019|title=THE NEWS IS OUT / ONE LAST STOP, COMING 2021 }}</ref>
=== I Kissed Shara Wheeler ===
Their third book is ''I Kissed Shara Wheeler'', released May 3rd, 2022. This is their debut in the YA genre. The book follows Chloe Green who is after the valedictorian title at her high school, the problem is Shara Wheeler, her only rival. A month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes. Looking for answers, Chloe discovers that Shara also kissed Smith, Shara's boyfriend and Rory, her neighbour. The three have also found some weird notes from Shara, so they form an alliance and investigate the disappearance of the perfect Shara Wheeler.


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