Author: Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: December 1, 2025
I’m not crying, you’re crying!
Although this book is categorized as women’s fiction rather than romance, it incorporates elements of mystery, fantasy, and trauma. It’s centered around Thea’s inability to write a new book after her first book seemed to foretell her husband’s tragic death. Now she thinks she can “manifest reality” through her writing. Her psychologist calls it “magical thinking”. After deciding to write a “happily ever after” story to change her fate, she can’t believe it when coincidences start happening after it’s published. But just like in the book, she’s met someone. To celebrate her newfound relationship, she leaves her friend’s apartment “carrying a Ziploc filled with a shocking assortment of condoms”.
What Thea doesn’t count on is the social media backlash, which sends her into a tailspin. Even though she doesn’t realize it, her mother-in-law’s ultimatum to seek therapy winds up being the best thing to happen to her. Because what she thought was true, and what really happened were two very different things.
This was the third book I read as an ambassador for BookSparks’ #FRC2025 and my first book by the author team of Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman. It was totally readable, full of humor, drama, and even…dare I say it…romance! Yay for #PracticalBookMagic!
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