The Mutual Appreciation Society

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For readers of Nora Ephron, Nora McInerny, Dolly Alderton, and Helen Fielding — a warm, funny, fiercely honest novella about grief, female friendship, and the surprising shape of a second act.

Nicole is 43, widowed, and convinced her window for love is closing.

A Jane Austen devotee who believes calling cards just became dating profiles, she pitches a weekly column for a local newspaper exploring modern romance through a Regency-era lens — then realizes she's actually going to have to date to write it.

What follows is messier, funnier, and far more surprising than she planned. There are bad dates and worse scammers. There's a tarot reader who sees too much. There's a man who might actually be worth knowing — if Nicole can get out of her own way long enough to let him in.

But the real love story, it turns out, isn't the one she's chasing. 

The Mutual Appreciation Society is for anyone who's downloaded a dating app while questioning their sanity, who treasures her friendships, and who is still — bravely — figuring out who she is after someone she loved is gone.

Set in Nashville and filtered through a Jane Austen meets Bridget Jones lens, this is a novella written by a woman who looked for this book, couldn't find it, and decided the rom-com template could use a revision.

Perfect for book clubs Includes discussion questions, a note from the author, and enough to talk about for at least two bottles of wine. 

Group orders welcome — contact carabakerdavis@gmail.com for bulk pricing.