Happy Place Hardcover – April 25, 2023

“The beach-read master hooks us again.”—People

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by BuzzFeed ∙ Paste Magazine ∙ Elle ∙ Southern Living ∙ SheReads ∙ Culturess ∙ Medium ∙ Her Campus ∙ Readers Digest ∙ Zibby Mag and more!

A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling creator Emily Henry.

Harriet and Wyn have been the easiest couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except for, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t.

They broke up five months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.

Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s every year getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave in the back of their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who take into account them most.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth at the same time as trying not to notice how desperately they still want every other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They may be able to’t stand to break their friends’ hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet would be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn would be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week…in front of those who know you best?