Can We Skip to the Good Part?

Ella Baker’s carefully arranged future collapses when her fiancé leaves days before their wedding. With her family away and her job gone too, she needs something that belongs to her alone. Joining a book club becomes a tentative step toward a different life, supported by her best friend Rachel. Then Ella meets Max Wyler, a divorce mediator whose doubts about lasting love should make her an unlikely romantic prospect. Their connection proves harder to dismiss than their differences. There is one complication Ella cannot treat lightly: Max is the ex who broke Rachel’s heart. Starting over suddenly means deciding what she owes her closest friend, what she can trust about Max, and whether happiness must follow the plans she once made.