Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Spotlight and Giveaway: Stranger Things Have Happened

Today we are pleased to celebrate the publication of Kasie West's latest rom-com, Stranger Things Have Happened! This sounds like a fun story and even gives some Shrinking vibes. St. Martin's Publishing Group is giving away five finished copies!

Can fake dating lead to real love? In Kasie West's next sexy adult romcom two people must decide where the lie ends and the chemistry begins.

Sutton knows she needs therapy. After all, she’s managing her newly opened restaurant remotely while taking care of her ungrateful sick mother. Plus, her boyfriend of two years just dumped her over the phone. But does therapy with a handsome stranger, who she has to pretend to be engaged to, in order to help her friend’s struggling relationship count? Probably not. Then why did she just agree to go? Because she’s had a few too many drinks? Because this stranger, Elijah, is smug and annoying and really, really handsome? Because she feels guilty that she abandoned her best friend, Tara, after high school and this might just make up for it? Whatever the reason, she has committed to this unhinged plan.

What the hell is Sutton doing?

Helping Tara prove a point: a good therapist can tell the difference between real love and fake love. That’s what she’s doing. But as they attend their sessions, Sutton and Elijah only seem to be proving one thing—the lines between pretend desire and real desire are very blurry. This true connection forming between them is threatening to unravel everything Sutton thought she knew about family, friendship, and her own heart.

"There’s plenty of fun and laughter to be had along the way, and Sutton proves an endearing heroine. West’s fans will be well pleased." 
Publishers Weekly

“West’s follow-up to her adult romance debut (We Met Like This) will suit the readers who’ve grown up reading her young adult novels and...readers who enjoy Christina Lauren.” 
Library Journal

“We’re suckers for fake dating books, and Stranger Things Have Happened by Kasie West approaches the subject in a delightful (and pro-therapy) new way…a steamy adult rom-com that manages to feel fun and romantic while also juggling much headier topics.” 
Sweety High

Kasie West is the author of more than fifteen (and counting) young adult novels. Her books have been named ALA-YALSA Quick Picks, Junior Library Guild Selections, and ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Kasie is also the author of We Met Like This, her adult debut. When she’s not writing, she’s binge-watching television, devouring books, or taking care of her growing collection of houseplants. Kasie lives with her family in central California.

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Giveaway ends April 19th at midnight EST.

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5 comments:

Toni Laliberte said...

One winter morning a few years back, I opened my front door and there on my doormat in the snow were my initials TL, shaped out of snow! I don't mean carved into the snow like with a stick or something, but actually puffy and shaped into the letters. I don't know how it got there, or why, but it certainly was strange!

Jess R said...

Many years ago I picked up a hitchhiker on the highway that I traveled on for work, it was a young girl and her name was Jess Reling. We thought it was funny that at the time we had the same first name, skip to 15 years later and I got married, making my name Jess Reling. I often wonder where that young girl landed!

Mary C said...

I was on a cruise where some of the employees were constantly addressing me my another name. I learned that there was another passenger who could have been my twin - finally met her and took a picture of the two of us.

Michael Law said...

The strangest thing that has happened to me is a bird out of nowhere landed on top of my head. Scared the daylights out of me.

Christina Egan said...

The strangest thing that has happened to me was in college- I had 4 friends with my same birthday!