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After breaking off her engagement, 30-something Andi Cutrone yields New England to her ex and flees home to Long Island. There, she devotes her time to teaching in the writing program at Brooklyn University and overanalyzing her past failed relationships. But then she meets Devin, a male escort whose client list seems to include at least half of the accomplished women she knows. He is handsome, charismatic, and absolutely out of her league, but she can’t deny he has a certain…something. And so Andi makes him a proposition: If he will teach her to shed her sexual inhibitions, she will teach him to be a writer.

Four little words. That’s all it took. Just four words to turn Andi Vanzant’s world upside down. Until then, Andi thought her life was perfect: married to an adoring man, recently tenured at Northampton University, and a published author. But when her husband is killed by a drunk driver just blocks from their home, his death plunges Andi into a grief from which she cannot imagine ever surfacing. Her family and friends do their best to help her pick up the pieces, but nothing they do or say will ever bring back what Andi lost that night. Andi’s widowed mother advocates stoicism, her best friend Maggie is frustrated that Andi is not trying harder to rally from her loss, and Andi’s therapist encourages her to heal unresolved issues. Despite their efforts, she is resistant to any and all advice. When an unexpected reunion renews an old friendship, Andi sees signs of hope that someday she can be happy again. She begins to take tentative steps toward starting over, daring to live a life different from the one she’d always envisioned.

Andi and David have settled happily into Andi's Northampton home, but David wants more. He wants them to get married. But their discussion is put on hold when Wylie, a fifteen-year-old girl, shows up in their backyard, bearing news that takes David’s mind off the future and sends it spiraling into the past. Reeling from David's news, Andi receives a startling announcement of her own, one that leads to a relationship with her estranged mother. As Andi and her mother get closer and Wylie weaves her way into their lives, Andi finds solace in an old comfort: her ex-fiancé.

Eva Perino is single and proud of it. So proud, in fact, that she regularly boasts about it in her blog, Why I Love Singlehood. But upon learning of her ex-boyfriend’s engagement, Eva discovers her foundation is weaker than her façade. So begins a clumsy (and occasionally uproarious) search for love as she secretly joins an online dating site, tries her hand at speed dating, and gets involved with one of the regulars at her coffee shop, The Grounds.

Skye Littleton said goodbye to her job, her best friend, and her home in Rhode Island to start over in Billings, Montana, with Vance Sandler, a gorgeous guy she met online. On her cross-country flight, Skye shares her happy story with her seatmate, Harvey Wright, a Billings resident who knows Vance - and his reputation for heartbreak. Harvey's infuriating advice to Skye? Go home.

Life couldn’t be any better for celebrity screenwriter Danny Masters: He’s dating a movie-star bombshell and his latest screenplay screams Oscar. But still, he feels empty. Enter Sunny Smith. After turning the big 4-0 with few prospects on the horizon, Sunny creates 40 goals for herself - and sleeping with her writing idol, Danny Masters, makes the list. The two meet outside the theater hosting Danny’s premiere. He’s everything she’s imagined him to be. And she captivates him, reminding him of simpler times before the hollowness of Hollywood.

Novelists Jonathan Moss and Sage Merriweather should be a perfect match. They share not only the same publisher but also a deep friendship full of mutual respect and encouragement. But when an ill-fated attempt at taking their relationship to the next level fails in spectacular fashion, it appears as though that once-treasured bond is doomed for good. One year later, however, the duo gets a chance to salvage their relationship when Jonathan invites Sage on a do-over road trip from Phoenix to Tacoma.

Jo-Jo Middlebury is done with love. Linus Travers wants one more shot at it. Mr. Blue Sky, their 1970s-loving guardian angel, offers perspective on both when he's not busy diving into reruns of Happy Days and Barney Miller.

As an escort, Devin has it all: an upscale loft in Manhattan, an extensive art collection, a hefty bank account, and an endless stream of satisfied female clients. But when writing professor Andi Cutrone proposes a unique arrangement, he eagerly accepts intrigued with Andi's direct manner and obvious intellect. Soon, however, Devin discovers he got more than he bargained for with an arrangement he says is all business but increasingly becomes something else entirely.

Nach der Lösung ihrer Verlobung verlässt die Mittdreißigerin Andi Cutrone Neu England und kehrt ins heimische Long Island zurück, um einen Strich unter die Vergangenheit zu machen und sich auf ihre Karriere zu konzentrieren. Als sie Devin auf einer Cocktailparty begegnet, ist sie geschockt und fasziniert zugleich. Denn sie hat es mit einem waschechten Edel-Callboy zu tun. Ein paar Monate später ruft sie ihn spontan an. Beim Käsekuchenessen in einem Brooklyner Café macht sie ihm ein Angebot.

Andi ist glücklich verheiratet, arbeitet als Professorin an der Universität von Northampton und hat bereits einige Bücher veröffentlicht. Die Welt könnte schöner nicht sein - da stirbt ihr Mann durch einen tragischen Autounfall. Andis Welt liegt in Scherben, sie stürzt in einen Abgrund aus Trauer und Depression. Ihre Familie und Freunde tun alles, um ihre Seelenqualen zu lindern, aber niemand scheint die richtigen Worte für Andis Schmerz zu finden. Auf den Rat eines Freundes reist sie nach Italien.

Eva Perino ist Single und stolz darauf. Als Besitzerin des Coffeeshops Grounds im Herzen einer kleinen Universitätsstadt schätzt die Mitte Dreißigjährige Eva ihr angenehmes Leben inmitten ihrer schrullig-liebenswerten Freunde, einem Job, der ihr Spaß macht und ohne bessere Hälfte. Tatsächlich ist sie so zufrieden mit ihrem Alleinsein, dass sie genau darüber einen Blog ins Leben ruft: Deshalb liebe ich mein Singleleben.