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A Very Good Bad Idea
Ebook & Paperback October 13, 2026 / Audiobook Available Now!

New York Times bestselling author Emma Chase is back with this red-hot romantic comedy about two rival real estate developers who inherit the same lucrative property. There’s just one catch: they have to live in it…together.

No loopholes. No backing out. No leaving for four months.

Damon Burke is intense, handsome and vengefully calculating—he’s also certain he’ll outlast his competitor.

Jade Buchanan is brilliant, ruthless, and absolutely not losing to him.

But the house seems to have a mind of its own. With faulty wiring, a leaking roof, drafty windows and the occasional wild-life infestation, it just might be trying to kill them. And the more Damon and Jade try to oust each other from the property, the more it brings them together.

Sparks fly, tempers clash—but eventually, all their walls come crumbling down.

It’s a bad idea to get too close to your enemy. To care about them, need them, want them more than you’ve ever wanted anything.

But when rivalry becomes something more than they ever expected, Damon and Jade discover love can be a very good bad idea.

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About Emma

Emma Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of romance filled with humor, heat and heart. Her books have been published in over 20 languages and adapted for film. Emma's enemies-to-lovers rom-com, Tangled, and her sweeping royal romance, Royally Screwed, are streaming on Passionflix now.

Emma lives happily-ever-after in New Jersey with her husband, two children, and two adorable, misbehaving dogs.

Emma Chase is represented by Amy Tannenbaum of the Jane Rotrosen Agency.

So excited to share this gorgeous character art of So excited to share this gorgeous character art of Damon and Jade from A Very Good Bad Idea! Many thanks to the wonderfully talented @bubblebabyro for this beautiful illustration!

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