About
A workaholic lawyer forgets to update her emergency contact information and finds herself reluctantly reunited with her ex-husband on calamity-filled road trip … just as he’s getting ready to propose to someone else.
Katherine & Tom
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Rom-Com
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Katherine & Tom · Rom-Com ·
Some Details
Vibe
This one starts out with classic Lauren Layne Manhattan vibes, and takes a detour along with the characters as they find themselves in a planes, trains, and automobiles situation.
Heat Level
This one is PG-ish. There’s the occasional F-bomb, but no sex scenes.
POV
First person, alternating.
Tone
Witty and sarcastic, with plenty of sharp banter and just the right amount of Christmas spirit and stomach-flip emotion.
Author Note
This one has quite the back story! For starters, Emergency Contact actually began as a screenplay! My husband and I planned it and wrote it on a mini writing retreat in Lake Placid.
Our agent immediately began shopping it to some enthusiastic response, and she suggested we adapt it into a book in the mean time.
It was probably the easiest book I’ve ever written, because that screenplay was a fool-proof outline (plus, I had a writing partner!).
As much as I can’t wait to see the movie version, I’m really proud of the book, particularly Katherine whose edges we refused to soften until she was good and ready.
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"Rom-com perfection. Laugh-out-loud witty banter is perfectly balanced with achingly tender moments."
—Jennifer Probst, New York Times bestselling author
Taylor Swift Song Pairing
The Way I Loved You
Tropes & Vibes
Enemies-to-Lovers ∙ Second Chance ∙ Road Trip ∙ Holiday
A Little Excerpt
And yet, the way she’s looking at me, I don’t think she wants to hurt me. It’s almost as though—
Our almost-not-quite-a-moment is interrupted by a new face, and judging by the confident stride, a doctor. “Hi there, how are we. I’m Doctor Palmer.”
The doctor looks my way. “Ah, he made it! You must be the husband.”
I pinch the bridge of my nose. “Only in my nightmares.”
on Book Covers
I’ve made the unusual decision not to show the official book covers on my official author website for a variety of reasons:
Most of my books have multiple cover versions depending on language/country; the US English version is only one of many.
Several of my cover designs were spot-on when they released, but are now quite dated even though the love stories within are timeless.
I have an unwavering love for neutral colors, and elegantly minimalist design. The current rom-com cover trend towards candy colored cartoons is not my jam.