Ceylan Aslan, the daughter of a billionaire, returns to the city she desperately wanted to leave behind. Forced by her father to take her place in the family company, she must now face her painful past—where her cheating ex and Liam, her brother’s best friend who shattered her heart, still reside. Meanwhile, hotel mogul Liam Chase is in a bind. He needs a contract with Aslan Consolidated to save his struggling business, but it requires the approval of Ceylan, who’s still holding a mysterious grudge. As tensions rise and secrets unravel, can Liam earn her forgiveness or will their complicated past keep them apart forever?

Emma escapes her everyday life and finds herself swept into a love that feels bold, cinematic, and impossible to ignore. When she meets Can, sparks fly fast and fierce, and the world suddenly feels brighter, louder, and full of promise. Their connection is deep, dizzying, and utterly consuming, the kind that changes how you breathe. Then life intervenes, leaving behind unanswered feelings and a love that never truly fades. When their paths cross again, emotions stir, memories resurface, and hearts are tested. Can believes some love stories are worth fighting for, even when the past still hurts. But is love brave enough to begin again when everything is on the line?

“Best new book to read.”—New York Post

“... a wonderfully witty chronicle of awkward first dates, with Avalie slowly coming to understand what makes a relationship work, guided along the way by a supportive network of friends.... Abedi’s emotionally charged portrait of what it takes to heal from heartache resonates. It’s an uplifting ode to self-love.” ­—Publisher’s Weekly

Newly heartbroken, a woman embarks on a glamorized summer of couch surfing to rediscover herself and learns that though life may not go according to plan, there is magic in the unexpected.

Avalie Monfared has a theory about saying “I Do”—that the magic ends there. After thirteen years of magic-free marriage to her high school sweetheart, she’s discovered where it went: gambling and prostitutes.

Now, Ava is on a quest to rediscover herself—and men. Her soul-searching finds her living on a succession of friends’ and family’s couches, which happen to be in some of the most luxurious zip codes in and around Los Angeles. What follows is an unpredictable summer full of shamans, attack birds, awkward dates, sizzling flirtations, and unsolicited advice—especially from her traditional Persian family members, who are eager to see her remarried. With every laugh-out-loud adventure in each locale, Ava finds more solace and wisdom. And while it’s not how she planned to spend the last year of her thirties, Ava learns that there is power in letting go.

Gillian has no one left. Her mother died shortly after she was born, her father died when she was a young child, and now she’s lost the man who raised her as his own. She is drowning in grief. So she decides to leave her life behind and try to find her roots. She doesn’t even know if she has a family, but she knows her parents left Scotland and ran away together before she was born. So she travels to the Scottish Highlands looking for a past she’s never known. She never could have anticipated the way the sexy Scotsman with a tingling touch would invade her heart and mind or finding the family she never knew was waiting for her. But is this all too perfect to be her life, or should she trust in the Highland magic?