Is She Really Going Out With Him?
On sale
10th April 2025
Price: £9.99
From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year, a hilarious love story about a disillusioned divorcée who agrees to let her children play matchmaker…
Columnist Anna Appleby has left her love life behind after a painful divorce. Who needs a man when she has two kids, a cat, and uncontested control of the TV remote? Besides, she’d rather be single than subject herself to the hell of online dating. But her office rival is vying for her column, and no column means no stable source of income. So, in a desperate attempt to keep her job, Anna finds herself pitching a unique angle: seven dates, all found offline, chosen by her children.
From awkward encounters to unexpected connections, Anna gamely begins to put herself out there, asking out waiters, the mailman, even her celebrity crush. But when a romantic connection appears where she least expected it, will she be brave enough to take another chance on love?
Fall head over heels with Sophie Cousens in this witty, smart take on dating after divorce.
Columnist Anna Appleby has left her love life behind after a painful divorce. Who needs a man when she has two kids, a cat, and uncontested control of the TV remote? Besides, she’d rather be single than subject herself to the hell of online dating. But her office rival is vying for her column, and no column means no stable source of income. So, in a desperate attempt to keep her job, Anna finds herself pitching a unique angle: seven dates, all found offline, chosen by her children.
From awkward encounters to unexpected connections, Anna gamely begins to put herself out there, asking out waiters, the mailman, even her celebrity crush. But when a romantic connection appears where she least expected it, will she be brave enough to take another chance on love?
Fall head over heels with Sophie Cousens in this witty, smart take on dating after divorce.
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Reviews
PRAISE FOR SOPHIE COUSENS . . .
A fresh, heartwarming work of art, The Good Part left me buried under an avalanche of emotions and with a new appreciation for the life's small, beautiful moments. This is a book to read twice - once to feverishly tear through the pages and a second time to savour
A fun loving romp, The Good Part is a delight to read . . . I couldn't put it down!
Cousens has a well-earned reputation for writing delightful love stories, and this one more than delivers. The enemies-to-lovers chemistry between Anna and Will is both believable and steamy, and Cousens deftly plays with rom-com tropes while crafting a journey of self-discovery in the wake of divorce. It's also refreshing to read a slightly older heroine . . . A supremely satisfying love story with all the charm readers have come to expect from Cousens
Sophie Cousens masterfully slips another gorgeous life lesson between page after page of pitch perfect jokes and a romance that builds just right. This one might be her most touching yet - that the path back to ourselves is always through the eyes of the people that love us most
A funny love story. I love a story about second chances and this one had heart in spades. Zippy dialogue, hilarious google searches, a great cast and a delicious enemies to lovers plot made me want to turn my phone off and read in one sitting. In a wood. With a man building an actual fire. Charming, with so much heart and Cousens' trademark wit - a fab read!
Is She Really Going Out with Him has all the ingredients to become your next favorite read: a protagonist you can root for, a mysterious love interest you'll (eventually) swoon over, iconic dating scenes that will leave you in stitches, and a path to love that's sweet, fun, and uplifting. Cousens is a master at writing enchanting, laugh-out-loud stories that tug at your heartstrings. You will be charmed!
Sophie Cousens has been one of my favorite writers for years now, and with IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM? proves that she is only getting better and better with each book. This book has it all: heart, humor, and buckets of charm. Anna's journey was completely captivating and yet entirely relatable, while Will is a deliciously swoony hero. Cousens has done it again!
Three words: rivals-to-lovers, and I'm obsessed! IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM? is a love letter to us messy readers who obsess over gossip columns and all the piping hot tea. It's HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN TEN DAYS meets HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU with all the sizzling chemistry of an Emily Henry novel, and Sophie Cousens does it best!
In this appealing enemies-to-lovers romance, bestseller Cousens pairs a stressed-out, recently divorced mother of two with her hot new coworker...While the happily ever after is never in doubt, Cousens fills the path there with laughter and surprises, and strikes a good balance between romance and family life. This is a charmer
Another bright and gratifying love story from Cousens . . . She tackles the enemies-to-lovers trope with characteristic humour and thoughtfulness, while injecting it with complex characters and realistic situations
I laughed, I sobbed, and I enjoyed every word
A truly magical read! This book has it all, laughs, tears and a whole lot of heart
Swoonworthy, laugh-out-loud funny and beautifully tender. Sophie's best yet!
This fun and emotional read (we def sobbed!) is a total treat
PRAISE FOR IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM?