First published 2024
Lauren arrives at her London apartment late one night to discover Michael at her door. He acts like her husband, but she has never met him before. Her friends confirm their marriage. Her phone shows years of photos together. Her flat displays better furniture than she remembers buying. Lauren struggles to understand how she could forget an entire relationship. Then Michael climbs into the attic to replace a lightbulb and vanishes completely. A different man comes down the ladder. Her life reshapes around this new husband with small but distinct changes. Lauren realizes her attic generates an endless stream of husbands, each bringing a slightly different version of her existence. She faces an overwhelming choice. She can keep swapping husbands and lives as easily as flicking a switch. But how can she decide which path leads to happiness? When does the search for something better prevent her from living the life in front of her?
Genres: romance, suspense, mystery, fantasy, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: alternate-reality, identity-crisis, unreliable-narrator
Setting: London
352 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday
Content warnings: gaslighting, mental-illness