Introducing the NOT ANYMORE series

Dear Reader,

You probably didn’t know I would be introducing the NOT ANYMORE series. Neither did I, until recently. But with the success of NOT MY JOB ANYMORE, I was encouraged to come up with another idea for a book featuring people my age (i.e., not remotely close to “young”) finding new ways to screw up their lives and reconstruct them, if possible. Same genre (book club fiction), same age group, and same coastal Massachusetts setting. Different characters and different season. Last time I accidentally left the summer out of my summer beach read that takes place in the dead of winter. I'm not making that mistake twice.

So here’s what you need to know.

Title: Not My Match Anymore

Author: Margie Benedict (surprise!)

Blurb:

Inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac, this witty and heartfelt novel explores later-in-life love, identity, and the dangerous consequences of hiding behind someone else’s dating profile.

Never married, Serena has made peace with being alone. At least, she's become very good at pretending she has. At sixty-seven, with white hair, a sharp wit, and more disappointments than she can count, she's convinced that romance belongs to younger women.

Then she meets Rowan.

After Serena rescues the charming sixty-five-year-old from an undignified plunge off a dock, an unexpected friendship blossoms. They share a love of words, easy conversation, and a connection Serena hasn’t felt in years. For the first time in a decade, she dares to imagine something more.

Unfortunately, she has a side gig ghostwriting dating profiles and messages for older women looking for love online. When she creates a profile for her younger neighbor, Christine, she never expects Rowan to be the man who responds.

Now Serena finds herself helping another woman win the very man she's falling for. Giving voice to her own feelings through Christine leaves her trapped between honesty and desire, loyalty and longing.

A warm, funny, and emotionally resonant story about aging, self-worth, second chances, and the courage to stop writing yourself out of your own love story.

Here’s the best part—if you’re a Kindle reader, or know someone who is, you can pre-order Not My Match Anymore right now. Then when it’s published, it will be delivered directly to your Kindle and you don’t even have to think about it. You’ll be pleasantly surprised when your summer beach read arrives on December first, just as the local ponds are starting to ice over. Hmm, clearly I’m going to have to work harder to get this summer beach read thing right.

One note about the cover: this one’s a placeholder. I plan to get another one designed—something  with more depth and a greater ability to catch the eye. Stay tuned.

❤️Margie

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