March 1, 2024
Can one moment drastically alter your entire life? Liv Dusk has been asking herself that since prom, when she was humiliated by her date, Jake Glasswell, after they almost kissed. Ten years later, he's a successful TV personality, and she's a Lyft driver whose acting career and love life never took off, but she has a solid relationship with her mom and her best friend, Masha. When Liv and Jake see each other, for the first time in years, at their mutual best friends' wedding, things quickly go even further off the rails, and as Liv glares at Jake during the vows, she suddenly finds herself in an alternate reality: one where she and Jake kissed at prom and are madly in love--but Liv's best friend and mother no longer speak to her. Liv will have to choose between her previous life and the love of her life. While some elements of Liv's new reality are underdeveloped in this sweet and funny novel, readers will be rooting for Liv and Jake to fall in love in every universe. VERDICT This second-chance, enemies-to-lovers romance from Kate (By Any Other Name) is sexy and swoon-worthy.--Whitney Kramer
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May 27, 2024
A woman explores an alternate timeline in the exciting latest from Kate (after By Any Other Name). Maid of honor Olivia Dusk is determined to see her best friend’s wedding go off without a hitch, even if that means keeping her cool around the best man, Jake Glasswell, her former high school rival who now hosts a popular TV talk show. Olivia put her own dreams of working in entertainment on hold to help out her mother after her father’s death 10 years prior, so her distaste for Jake is now compounded by jealousy. Something strange happens when Misha and her fiancé kiss at the altar, however: Liv is abruptly propelled into an alternate version of her life. In this world, which she dubs High Life, she and Jake are married, she’s estranged from her mom, and she, rather than Jake, is a TV star. Though she searches for a way to get back to the reality she remembers, there’s a part of Liv that doesn’t want to leave this new life behind. With a touch of humor and plenty of swoony moments, Kate nimbly explores how small choices can alter the trajectory of a life. Readers will be hooked. Agent: Laura Rennert, Andrea Brown Literary.