Real Love

Reality-TV love may look tempting, but real love could change everything in the debut novel from theBachelorettestar and author ofMiss Me with That.

Maya Johnson lives her life according to The Plan: to become the youngest-ever female director of her company, marry her college sweetheart, and build a fabulous life in Miami. Seeing as she’s almost near checking every last one of those items off her list, she doesn’t feel the need to go on the nationally beloved reality dating showReal Love.So when she’s offered the chance, she turns it down and tells the producers that her best friend, Delilah, should take part instead.

But as she watches Delilah become the lead, fall in love, and change her life, Maya begins to wonder if she’s as happy as she thought–she doesn’t have much in the way of a work-life balance, her relationship isn’tquitewhere she thinks it should be, and very little in her life is sparking joy.

When Maya’s free-spirited whirlwind of a little sister, Ella, blows into town for a surprise visit, Maya finds herself newly intrigued by Ella’s unrooted existence–and she’s equally intrigued by Ella’s gorgeous friend and fellow world traveler, Kai.

At a crossroads with both her professional and personal happiness, Maya will have to decide which path to choose: The Plan she’s worked so hard for, or something new entirely.

Rachel Lindsayis an attorney, media personality, author, speaker, and podcaster. Rachel Lindsay is the author ofMiss Me With That, an on-air correspondent withExtra andco-host’s The Ringer’sHigher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsaypodcast highlighting Black culture, and is the host of The Ringer’sMorally Corrupt Show. Rachel is known for making history as the first Black lead in the franchise’s history on the thirteenth season of ABC’sThe Bachelorette, and as a contestant on the twenty-first season of ABC’sThe Bachelor.

Rachel obtained an undergraduate degree at The University of Texas at Austin in sports management, then went on to receive a law degree from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee with a concentration in sports law.

Rachel is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a member of the Advisory Council for the University of Texas at Austin College of Education, an ambassador for the College Football Playoff Foundation, and a supporter of Paw Works and Project Angel Food.

Rachel is an avid sports fan, enjoys music, meditation, dancing, exercising, reading, and spending time with her family, her dog Copper and husband Bryan. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

• Publisher: Dell (March 7, 2023)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 320 pages
• ISBN-10: 0593357124
• ISBN-13: 9780593357125
• Item Weight: 8.7 ounces
• Dimensions: 5.19 x 0.63 x 8 inches