A guide to Casey McQuiston and Red, White & Royal Blue

Theo and Kit's journey from childhood friends to lovers turned estranged exes takes an unexpected turn when they unknowingly book the same dream European food and wine tour. Exploring the romantic landscapes and indulgent flavors of France, Spain, and Italy, they're determined to prove they're over each other. So, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is game. In fact, why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition? But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can’t have.

August doesn't believe in magic and cinematic love stories, and she's sure her move to New York will prove her right. But then, on the train, she meets Jane. Instantly charmed by her swoopy hair and soft smile, August's subway crush becomes the best part of her day. There's just one problem: Jane is displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. This queer time-travel romance, aimed at eighteen-plus readers, is the first book by Casey McQuiston. 

Just before she graduates from Willowgrove Christian Academy, perfect prom queen Shara Wheeler kisses Chloe Green, and disappears . . . Desperate to track her down, Chloe is looking for answers, and she finds that she is not the only recipient of Shara's kisses. There's long-time sweetheart Smith and bad-boy neighbour Rory, with whom Chloe forms an awkward alliance. She begins to follow Shara's crytpic clues, and starts to think there is more to her – and their small town – than she ever imagined.

This queer rom-com is Casey McQuiston's only book aimed at a young adult audience. 

Alex Claremont-Diaz is the handsome and charismatic son of the first woman President of the US. But there's a problem. When the tabloids get hold of a photo of an altercation between Alex and Prince Henry, the Prince of Wales, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of family and state devise a plan for damage control: stage a truce. But what begins as a fake, Instagrammable friendship grows deeper, and soon they are hurtling into a secret romance that could derail the presidential campaign and upend two nations. 

Now also a Netflix film, Red, White & Royal Blue has taken the world by storm. All your questions about the book and film adaptation are answered below.