by Holly Smale
First published 2025
Margot Wayward throws herself into chaos after her decade-long relationship falls apart. She sabotages her career, tears down men on dating apps, and embraces complete disorder. Then she has a vision of herself with a stranger. She dismisses it until she meets Henry, a single father who matches her vision perfectly. Every detail unfolds exactly as she foresaw. More glimpses of her future arrive, piece by piece, revealing a predetermined path she cannot alter. Margot faces an impossible choice. She knows what will happen and when it will happen, but she cannot change any of it. She must learn to live in the present while watching her destiny play out. The question becomes not whether she can escape her fate, but how she can find meaning, love, and herself within the boundaries of what she already knows must come to pass.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary, contemporary-romance
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fate, predetermined-future
368 pages · Hardcover · MIRA