“Read this novella in one sitting – so raw, so real.” – Goodreads

The attraction was instant when AJ first met her friends-with-benefits (‘the FWB’) shortly after her marriage ended. Good-looking, smart and worldly, the Auckland ‘finance guy’ was about to return to his hometown, where AJ lived, to take over his father’s company.

He struggled to cope with the pressures of his new role after moving back though, and, to AJ’s disappointment, he called it off with her after a few dates. When he accepted the ‘booty-call’ arrangement she offered him, she thought they’d hook-up occasionally until things eased up and he was ready to date again.

Soon though, it became an intoxicating yet obsessive and painful cycle she’s still stuck in – coming up three years later. She knows she needs more, but every time she tries to move on, he seems to draw her back in... but then the goalposts shift again.

When she decides to write a book based on her marriage ending, AJ asks the FWB to be the test reader, hoping it will help him finally understand her, and see her as ‘enough’ for him as a divorced single mother. As she writes – and rewrites – about her past though, it brings clarity about her present in ways she never expected. Could it be the turning point she needs?

Written with the same unfiltered honesty as her debut, Not a Fairytale Ending is a raw and introspective meta-narrative exploring modern dating, attachment dynamics, and identity after divorce.

It can be read as a standalone, or as a follow-up to The Undoing of My Marriage.

(Note: If you already own the paperback edition of The Undoing of My Marriage, you can locate an exclusive download passcode printed in the back pages of your book.)