Evvie Drake Starts Over

I love Linda Holmes, I love Pop Culture Happy Hour, and I love that this is a romance featuring characters who are in their 30s and imperfect and are not interested in playing relationship games. There's still misunderstandings and secrets to work through, but seeing people behave like, well, people in a relationship was quite refreshing. I thought this book was sweet and lovely, with great friendships.

CW: spousal death (not a spoiler, it's in the prologue), emotional abuse (past tense, with some elements that could be considered moving toward physical abuse).