updates and updates and updates, oh my!

spoiler alert: my book finally exists on the internet

Babes, this is a big one!!

OK wait, immediate apologies for getting your hopes up—I don’t have a cover I can share yet.¹ But.

But!!!

NOW THAT WE DON’T TALK is finally live on the internet!! Which means I have a couple fun new updates. So let’s get into it!

First off, we have a tentative release date—October 20th, 2026!! I think 10/20 is a very pretty date, indeed, for you to meet Norah and Henry.

Secondly, I can also now share the description of the book!!

A commitment-phobe finds herself stuck spending Hanukkah with her childhood best friend turned nemesis, only for holiday chaos to ensue and complicated feelings to resurface, in this emotionally resonant debut romance.

Norah Gold is a bolter. She avoids emotional situations at all costs, doesn’t do meaningful relationships, and when things get a little too real, she runs. She hasn’t let herself fall in love in nearly a decade, not since her whole world fell apart when her dad suddenly passed away. Desperate to escape a friends-with-benefits situation gone clingy, she returns home to Chicago for the holidays. Her one goal? Avoid Henry Cole, the boy who blew up her life and broke her heart back in high school. Easier said than done when she discovers that their mothers are dating and insist on celebrating the holidays together.

A decade later, Henry Cole is all custom suits and condescension. He is order to her chaos and absolutely insufferable about it. When Norah and Henry get snowed in together and learn just how serious their moms’ relationship is, they call a truce to make it through all eight nights of Hanukkah without setting each other on fire. As they begin to rediscover the foundation that made them so close growing up, Norah is desperate to keep her distance—the last thing she can handle is reopening decade-old emotional wounds. But even though they’ve tried to escape the past, Norah and Henry have unfinished business too pressing to ignore. Can Norah shake off her deep-seated impulse to bolt, or are they destined to flame out just like they did as teenagers?

If that sounds like something you want to read, maybe you’d like to add it on Goodreads or Storygraph?

And just a little sneak peek for newsletter subscribers: NOW THAT WE DON’T TALK is also available for pre-order!

It is very wild to see my name on official websites?? Like, maybe this is really happening? No take-backs??

In other book news, I’ve just completed pass pages, which is the last time I ever get (have??) to touch my book. I’ve been saying this was the last time I ever had to read this book, and other more seasoned authors keep telling me to wait until there’s an event or something where I need to dive back in for a refresher. But honestly, Norah and Henry have been part of my brain in some capacity since… 2021? So I might be good.

I had the book printed and bound so I could read it on paper (instead of on a screen), and then input my changes into the file afterward.

pass pages--a photo gallery

In any case, it was very emotional to finish that last (?) read through. I cried, but you’re the least surprised about that part.

What I’m reading

I’m two-thirds of the way through Sabina Nordqvist’s debut IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD (out 2/10) and I love it so much I’ve been extremely frustrated when I have to put it down to “do my work” or “parent my child.” You know I love a fake dating romance, and I adore the setup to this one!! Plus, it’s got fantastic chronic illness and disability rep while also being so fucking funny?? It’s out in three weeks so preorderpreorderpreorder!!!

More soon!

xo R

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