by Cara Bastone
First published 2024
Eve Hatch likes her predictable Brooklyn life. She lives near her best friend Willa, works a steady job, and keeps her traditional Midwestern family at a distance. Then a one night stand leaves her pregnant and everything changes. Willa grows distant right when Eve needs support most. Instead, Willa's older brother Shep steps in to help. He brings Eve lunch, listens to her worries, and suddenly seems attractive in ways she never noticed. Meanwhile, the baby's father offers conflicted support that complicates things further. As her pregnancy progresses over nine months, Eve realizes she has been coasting through life without asking for what she really wants. The unplanned baby forces her to examine every relationship and consider whether she has been settling for less than she deserves. Between hormones and Shep's growing presence in her life, Eve discovers that love and family can arrive in forms she never expected.
Genres: romance, family-life, contemporary, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Brooklyn
Period: 21st-century
384 pages · Paperback · Headline Eternal