First published 2011
Candace Shapiro thought she had her life figured out. At twenty-eight, she's built a solid career as a journalist despite her curves and complicated family dynamics. Her father abandoned them years ago, her mother fell in love with a woman, and her younger sister Lucy strips to pay the bills. Candace made peace with all of it. Then she opens a popular women's magazine and discovers her most private moments splashed across the pages. Her ex-boyfriend Bruce wrote a detailed account of their relationship, portraying her as his "different" girlfriend to the entire country. The betrayal hits like a punch to the gut. Candace faces a choice that will define her future. She can let Bruce's cruelty crush her spirit, or she can fight back and prove that happiness doesn't require fitting into society's narrow definitions of acceptable bodies and lives.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, womens-fiction, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
576 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Pocket