Divorce Comedy

I hired a male escort to fix my romance novel. It was supposed to be professional. My debut novel is getting published. Mostly. My editor loves the plot. Loves the voice. Loved the twist in chapter fourteen enough to text me about it at eleven PM. What he does not love—what he delivered with devastating, surgical kindness—are the intimate scenes. Apparently, they read like someone who learned about kissing from an encyclopedia. In my defense: I’ve been divorced for eight years. I haven’t dated since the first iPhone. And my ex-husband spent eleven of those years making sure I forgot...

At sixty, Evelyn thought the most shocking thing in her life would be remembering where she put her reading glasses. She was wrong. For her birthday, her well-meaning daughter arrives with a stylist, a dating app, a pair of shoes clearly designed by someone who hates feet, and the terrifying belief that Evelyn needs a “fresh start.” Unfortunately for everyone involved, Evelyn has no interest in becoming a polished, perky, shapewear-squeezed version of herself. So she rewrites the dating profile herself. Comfortable underwear. Strong opinions. Excellent snacks. That one honest sentence ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death—by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals...

New York Times Bestseller “Just because everything appears to be a mess doesn’t mean you have to be one. Mark Manson’s book is a call to arms for a better life and better world and could not be more needed right now.” — Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The Obstacle is the Way and...

Sandwich meets The Wedding People in this irresistible comedy of manners as three generations of a family—a snail scientist, a soon-to-be divorcée, her teenage daughter, a hapless con man, and their feckless patriarch—descend on a ritzy Lake Michigan vacation island. "Engaging and charming...

From TikTok phenom @MommaCusses comes an adorable small-town story of rumors, fake dating, and romance perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Alina Jacobs. Swinton, Oklahoma, runs on gossip. The supply is managed by The Gaggle—a flock of civic-minded busybodies who treat the town Facebook pages...

My young friend had a problem. I’d been mentoring him some since his father died a few months earlier. His problem wasn’t his father’s death. It wasn’t the fact that his father was very wealthy and, now, so was my young friend. He was prepared for that. We sat at the coffee shop, and he worked up the courage to tell me what he needed my help with. Finally, he took a deep breath, looked me in the eye, and leaned across the table toward me. “Dude, it’s my dad’s widow. You gotta take her off my hands. You’re the only one I can trust and the only one who can help me.”

A New York Times Bestseller In this “unequivocally hilarious and delightful” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a teen girl has the worst Valentine’s Day ever—only to relive it over and over again. After...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In a coming-of-age memoir that’s “equal parts hysterical and moving” (Marie Claire), the co-creator of Hulu’s brilliant Pen15 grapples with the reappearance of her estranged father—and whether it’s possible to reconnect before it’s too late. “Anna Konkle...

Finding another woman's lipstick on your husband’s collar is a cliché. What a forty-eight-year-old housewife does with it is a masterpiece. Rachel Calvin’s marriage is just like her sprawling suburban home: perfectly manicured, deeply comfortable, and built on a foundation of absolute control. So when her husband, Justin, walks through the door with a streak of cheap, glittery "Flamingo Pink" lipstick on his collar and blames it on a clumsy clown at a charity car wash, Rachel doesn't scream. She doesn't throw his golf clubs on the lawn. Instead, she pours a glass of Merlot and goes to ...

From the author of the Magnolia Parks universe and the Never series comes a fresh family drama with a heavy dose of romance and a twist of mystery. “I can’t remember the last time I couldn’t get a handle on myself and my emotions, but the lid is slipping. Something about the slipping lid...

He left. I got the kids — and his parents. 🖤 My husband scheduled the end of our marriage for a Tuesday, between his haircut and a podcast he wasn't even hosting. He gave me forty minutes and one parting gift: the store stays in the family. Cute, Neil. The thing is — so did I. I'm Paige Sullivan, and I spent eleven years quietly running my husband's family hardware store and standing between Neil and how everyone was eventually going to feel about him. So when he optimized himself out of the marriage and into a leased boat with a "brand consultant," I didn't fall apart. I got a pen. ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey is back with an all-new marriage of convenience, friends-to-lovers sports romance about a baseball catcher and the burlesque club owner he can’t get out of his head. Read in dual narration by Emma Wilder and Jason Clarke, this spicy audiobook...

Three generations of women, an unforgettable summer of music, and the epic cross-country road trip they'll never forget. Summer, 1969: Eleanor Bell doesn't have anything to lose. According to the doctors, she might not remember how to sing or play guitar soon, so why not head west now? Why not...

The funny, moving, and uplifting new novel from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of Never Greener and Us Three. Grace is about to turn ninety. She doesn't want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants to heal the family rift that's been breaking her heart for decades. But...

Return to Virgin River for the holidays in this uplifting tale from the beloved series by New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr. Now a Netflix series! Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she’s come to Virgin River to find the man who...

TO THE BEST FRIEND WHO EVER WAS: THIS IS YOUR GUIDE TO LIVING WITHOUT ME STEP ONE: Always make time for yourself. Chrissie Thomas has always done what’s expected of her. A struggling single mom with a mountain of guilt and very little time for herself, she’s spent her life putting others...

Funny, fierce, and full of heart! Viv Calloway is fifty-three, newly abandoned, and sitting on her kitchen floor eating Oreos. Her husband Craig didn't just leave — he drained every account, forged her signature on a second mortgage, and fled to Belize with a woman named Tiffani. His parting words? A Post-it note on the fridge: Sorry. I couldn't help myself. Armed with a best friend who categorizes wine by emotional crisis, a community college computer class taught by a man with distractingly good forearms, and the stubborn discovery that twenty-five years of running a household might ...

Jan Laken has spent twenty-two years keeping the historical record straight. Now, she's about to correct the record on her marriage. When her husband of seventeen years leaves her for a twenty-something "life coach," Jan is fully prepared to take the high road. She will keep her dignity, organize her silverware, and stay quietly out of the country club gossip. But then she discovers Larry’s discarded iPad, containing nineteen months of hypocritical, ridiculous, and financially damning emails. When Larry sends a masterful, self-pitying mass email to 200 of their closest friends, family, ...

One of Hollywood’s most accomplished, feared—and funny—dealmakers has some stuff he wants to get off his chest. A lifetime worth of stuff. And secrets. And stories. And it all makes for one hell of a ride, and one of the must-read books of the year. Ari Emanuel has long been one of the...