First published 2008
Emmy sits alone with takeout after her boyfriend dumps her for his twenty-three-year-old trainer. The trainer Emmy pays for. Her dreams of marriage and babies lie shattered while her friends push her toward a global adventure filled with sex and travel. Meanwhile, Leigh climbs the publishing ladder toward her dream editor job and perfect wedding. She owns the ideal apartment and dates the ideal man. Then she starts working with Jesse Chapman, a brilliant but troubled writer who makes her question everything she wants. Adriana relies on her stunning looks and Brazilian charm to navigate New York's social scene. As the supermodel's daughter approaches thirty, her mother warns that younger, prettier women wait to take her place. At the Waverly Inn one Saturday night, Emmy and Adriana decide they need radical change. They give themselves twelve months to reinvent everything. Leigh watches without committing, unaware she has the most to lose as their friendship faces its biggest test.
Genres: contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: New York, Waverly Inn
Period: 2020s
288 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster
Content warnings: depression