If you’re reading this then you aren’t where I am, which is dead. I was delivered here a little prematurely courtesy of some mistakes that might, if I’m going to be totally honest here, have something to do with Vixen Red lipstick and the feelings that cluster around it. I’ve been told I have bad judgment but that’s ridiculous.

From Macmillan Publishers' Flatiron Books comes a new novel from critically acclaimed author Sharon Pywell. A haunting, darkly funny and compelling tale of sisterhood that deftly weaves together shades of The Lovely Bones with a pirate romance, The Romance Reader's Guide to Life proves that sometimes the guiltiest of pleasures contain some essential kernels of truth about life. And you should always be kind to dogs.

Hailed as "Smart, funny, and compulsively readable" (Kirkus Reviews) and "Deliciously entertaining" (Chevy Stevens, New York Times best-selling author), The Romance Reader's Guide to Life has been praised by the New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and more.