My Best Friend's Honeymoon

By: Meryl Wilsner

Narrated by: Blair Baker, Emily Shaw

Meryl Wilsner's spicy romance, their first with a nonbinary lead, features two lifelong best friends on a nonrefundable honeymoon together who discover that to find a happily ever after, you just have to ask.

Elsie Hoffman has been engaged to her college boyfriend for a year and a half. Ginny Holtz has been in love with Elsie for almost a decade and a half.

When Elsie discovers her fiancé already planned their wedding and honeymoon as a surprise and she’s expected to be in a white dress in seven days, she swiftly realizes she’s let herself become too comfortable with a future she never wanted. She breaks things off, and a week later is on a plane to the Caribbean for her non-refundable honeymoon with her best friend Ginny instead.

Ginny thinks it’s high time Elsie learned how to speak up for herself. So, they make a deal with her. For the next week, Elsie can have whatever she wants, wherever, however, and whenever she wants it, as long as she asks. They never expected Elsie to want them.

What starts as choosing activities and taking selfies soon turns to toe-curling kisses and much, much more. But what happens when the honeymoon is over?

Meryl Wilsner’s My Best Friend’s Honeymoon is about not only learning to ask for what you want, but for the happiness you deserve.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Critic reviews

<p><b>Goodreads Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of 2025</b><br><br><b>Book Riot,</b> "15 of the Most-Anticipated Queer Books of 2025," "Your Most-Anticipated Queer Books of 2025," and "8 New Sapphic Romance Books Out in 2025 to Preorder Now"<br><br><b>The Nerd Daily,</b> "Swoonworthy 2025 Romance Book Releases You Need"<br><br><b>Goodreads,</b> "Peek Ahead at 2025’s Hottest New Romances"<br><br><b>Bookish, </b>"30 Spring Books to Have on Your Radar"<br><br>"[A] trope-heavy friends-to-lovers story against a gorgeous backdrop... Ginny, who is fat and nonbinary, makes a refreshing protagonist, especially as, through Elsie’s eyes, Wilsner makes their attractiveness perfectly clear. Wilsner’s fans and anyone looking for nonbinary romance will want to check this out." <i>- Publisher's Weekly</i><br><br>"Readers looking for nonbinary main characters, sapphic friends-to-lovers romance, and sexy vacation novels will appreciate this heartfelt exploration of what it means to fall in love with someone you have known almost your entire life." - <i>Library Journal</i><br><br><br>Praise for <i>Cleat Cute</i>:<br><br>"Wilsner makes this sports romance a winner." -<i> Publishers Weekly</i><br><br>"[A] delightfully steamy sapphic romance...fun and entertaining."<i> - Kirkus</i><br><br>"Wilsner is one of the hottest contemporary f/f romance writers right now." -<i> Electric Literature</i>, "The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books for Fall 2023" <br><br>Praise for <i>Mistakes Were Made</i>:<br><br>"Wilsner proves their serious romance range with a sophomore that laughs in the slow-burning face of their debut by kicking off with a hookup that'll have you fanning your face for days." - <i>Buzzfeed</i>, "26 Highly Anticipated LGBTQ+ Romance Novels Releasing In 2022"<br><br>"Wilsner’s steamy, fast-paced secret-lovers contemporary romance features fully realized queer protagonists and secondary characters." - <i>Library Journal</i><br><br>"A sexy and empowering romance." - <i>Kirkus</i></p>

It’s a good book, but…

Honestly, it’s very well written, generally speaking. but contrived in a lot of ways. I lost interest after the big argument because at the end of the day, IMO, Elsie completely overreacted and never truly had her “ah ha” moment and owed Ginny a lot more than the half assed apology and some flowers. Truly, I was excited about this book up until they came back from the trip and then everything that came after was so lack luster, it was hard to care about their relationship anymore.

So steamy

Hot, engaging, well written would reread this one over and over. Highly recommend. Couple gross parts but each their own. lol

Great characters!

I really liked this book, it was a little bit predictable, but I still loved it anyway, and I especially love that it had a non-binary character in a leading role in a romantic relationship!

Beautiful Friends-to-Lovers Romance

I’ve been looking forward to this book, and the author and narrators did not disappoint. It’s a beautiful and spicy friends-to-lovers romance that I will definitely re-read/listen to.

Elsie...

I didn't like her, tbh. She was completely out of line. An apology would've been nice, but oh well.