Warm, funny, and deeply satisfying women's fiction — set in the places summer was made for.
an Upper west side story
In Manhattan, the right apartment can change your life. The right roommates can change everything else.
It's 2004, and on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, real estate isn't just real estate — it's the driving force behind almost every relationship decision. Strangers become roommates. Roommates become friends. And sometimes, friends become something more.
Robin has lucked into a rent-controlled classic-six she absolutely cannot afford to lose. Her best friend is moving out, her career is stalling, and her attempts at online dating have left her with nothing but amusing stories. She needs a roommate. Fast.
Jessica had a plan — move in with her boyfriend, build her life in New York, eventually open the photography gallery she's always dreamed of. Then she walks in on him with someone else and loses her apartment, her relationship, and her plan all in the same afternoon.
Tory is determined to escape her parents' $50 million Upper East Side brownstone, even if that means learning to cook, take the subway, and support herself for the first time in her life. Some leaps are scarier than others.
Zach never planned on renting out his spare bedroom. But a chance encounter leads to an impulsive offer — and a decision that will change his life in ways he never saw coming.
Set against the backdrop of early-2000s Manhattan, where a dive bar and good friends could solve almost anything, An Upper West Side Story is a love letter to that particular moment in life when your friends are your family and the city feels like it belongs to you.
An Upper West Side Story is a warm, funny, and irresistible novel about the apartments we fight for, the friendships we stumble into, and the city that makes it all possible.