later life romance book ideas

Forty Days to Almost

Two widowed neighbors agree to rehearse dating each other for forty days, then discover one has accepted a job abroad.

My Ex Has Excellent Taste

A divorced bookbinder accepts a commission from her former husband's formidable new fiancée. Restoring a damaged family atlas brings the two women together, while their shared wish to stop being supporting characters becomes a thoroughly inconvenient attraction.

My First Date Was a Funeral Rehearsal

Two adult celebrants are mistakenly booked for a wealthy eccentric's rehearsal funeral. Competing to give him a meaningful farewell exposes their own unfinished lives, while the least romantic job in town becomes an unexpectedly honest place to begin again.