?A sparkling debut about grief love family and the road not taken. Neely Tubati Alexander
asks readers to consider what happens when you open closed doors and step through to the
adventure on the other side. I can't wait to read whatever she writes next.? ?Allison Winn
Scotch New York Times bestselling author of The Rewind and Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing In
this spectacularly enjoyable and serendipitous adventure a chance romantic encounter during a
wild night at a Mardi Gras bachelorette party sends strait-laced Serena Khan's carefully
constructed life into chaos. A wretched maid of honor. A hangover from hell. Raucous Mardi Gras
crowds. There isn't much Serena Khan is enjoying about this four-day New Orleans destination
bachelorette party for her semi-estranged cousin the bride-to-be. UNTIL sparks fly with a
handsome stranger who?like her?is also from Seattle at the ladies' last stop of the evening
a Bourbon Street bar. After their conversation is cut short Serena is overwhelmed by the
desire to find the charming man with the brooding eyebrows but her list of clues is pretty
short: His name is Julian He lives on Chamber Hill He works at a tech company He loves Lil
Wayne and Nirvana The need to find him is for Serena both irresistible and totally
irrational. In a few short weeks her college alumni magazine is featuring her in a ?Life at
Thirty? feature cementing her as a success story. She will have officially achieved the safe
stable life her late mother insisted upon. Julian is not part of the plan. As she combs Seattle
for her New Orleans flame stripping away the perfectly curated life that would have made her
mother proud Serena must decide if the pursuit of real passion is worth it and fast before
she destroys the life she always thought she wanted. In a sharply funny thoughtful and
romantic debut combining the wistfulness of Rebecca Serle with the witty sizzle of Emily Henry
Neely Tubati Alexander prompts us all to ask if the life we're living is a life worth loving.
