American Fantasy by Emma Straub

Below Deck meets Romantic Comedy in this irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy comes true in your adult years by the bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow.

Annie is-

On a cruise with her one-time favourite boyband and a thousand female super-fans
Still reeling from her divorce
Being replaced at work by her intern

Keith is-

Fifty years old and in a band that performs dance routines with hip thrusts
Suffering from sea sickness
Certain his wife doesn’t love him anymore

When a meet-and-greet throws them together, Annie develops a crush on Keith, and Keith starts to wonder if life might have a few surprises in store for him.

But are Keith and Annie just living a fantasy? And what happens when they get back to shore?

About the Author: Emma Straub is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, All Adults Here and the short story collection Other People We Married. Her books have been published in twenty countries. She and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.

14 May 2026
 

American Fantasy by Emma Straub ISBN 9780241453490