“Who knew flirting with your husband who doesn’t know he’s your husband could be this romantic.” ―Mindy Kaling
“A fascinating and compelling look at one couple’s chance to fall in love again after life has pushed them apart. You’ll be reevaluating your own relationships when you turn the last page.” ―Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Lauren Ho has the rare gift of being hilarious and devastating on the same page. TWO LIVES WITH YOU is a smart, unflinching, deeply human look at love, resentment, desire, and the quiet choices that shape a life. It’s messy, insightful, and wildly entertaining―proof that Ho is operating at the absolute top of her game. Read this if you like your fiction sharp, honest, and just a little bit dangerous.” ―Justinian Huang, bestselling author of Lucky Seed and The Emperor and the Endless Palace
For fans of Rebecca Serle, this sharp, funny, and emotionally resonant novel asks: if you could do it all over again, would you? In Lauren Ho’s poignantly relatable and witty new novel, TWO LIVES WITH YOU she brilliantly explores the consequences when a what-if wish actually comes true.
Critics have lauded Lauren Ho’s previous novels, Last Tang Standing and Lucie Yi is Not a Romantic, as “a mix of laugh-out-loud humor and surprisingly sharp insight.” (-Star Tribune); “voicy and funny, her commentary on-point and her stories a wild ride” (-Ali Hazelwood, The Washington Post); and “vibrant characters and a lovable leading lady readers will root for” (-Kirkus Reviews). So, it’s not surprising that Ho’s latest novel TWO LIVES WITH YOU was selected by actor, writer, producer, and director Mindy Kaling for her Mindy’s Book Studio imprint. Says Kaling, “when a book comes along that lets me explore parallel realities with zero real-world consequences, I’m immediately in.”
Lauren Ho explains the genesis of her engrossing new novel, “I set my mind to explore what happens after the happily-ever-after, or at least the promise of it—in the context of an ordinary millennial couple. Any long-term couple will tell you: Love is a journey, not a fairy tale. I wanted to dig into the raw, unvarnished reality that comes after the storybook ending, when the afterglow fades and real life—the drudgery, the doubts, the distance—starts to seep in, especially when life gets rough. How do we keep love alive while trying not to fall apart ourselves? Where does love go when we are lost? What happens when we can’t even connect with ourselves, let alone our loved ones? I hope that you will find this story an inherently hopeful one, as I intended it to be.”
Lauren Ho artfully explores this question through a marriage on the rocks that gets a second chance when the couple is transported to an alternate future, and they must decide which reality to choose: the one with their long history or the one without it.
To launch the release of TWO LIVES WITH YOU, we’re hosting this exciting virtual book tour from June 1 – June 30th. We hope you’ll follow along as these beloved influencers share reviews, spotlight features, and giveaways!
06/01/26: BRIANA’S BEST READS
06/01/26: THE UNWINED
06/01/26: SPEEDREADSTAGRAM
06/02/26: BIBLIO LAU 19
06/02/26: READING IS MY REMEDY
06/02/26: BOOKS AND CHINOOKS
06/03/26: PURRFECTLY BOOKED
06/03/26: THE BOOK CLUB MOM
06/03/26: READING ON THE BRINK
06/04/26: STOREYBOOK REVIEWS
06/04/26: KATIE NEEDS A BIGGER BOOKSHELF
06/04/26: SECRET READING LIFE
06/05/26: 2 MANY BOOKS 2 LITTLE TIME
06/05/26: PURRFECT PAGES
06/05/26: WUTHERING VINES
06/08/26: BOOKS AND COFFEE MX
06/08/26: SONI READS
06/09/26: BOOK PRINCESS OF CALI
06/09/26: PAGES AND HOOPS
06/09/26: MEGHAN READS BOOKS
06/10/26: NURSE BOOKIE
06/10/26: LEFT ON READ REVIEWS
06/11/26: DANISH MUSTARD READS
06/11/26: LOST IN A BOOK 35
06/12/26: BOOKS LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
06/12/26: BBECCA MARIE
06/15/26: SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF
06/15/26: DEA’S BOOKSHELF
06/16/26: BOOK RECS BY CELESTE
06/16/26: LEXIJAVA
06/17/26: NISSA THE BOOKWORM
06/17/26: SARAH AND HER BOOKSHELVES
06/18/26: LOVE MY BOOKS 2020
06/18/26: A NOVEL ACCOUNT
06/19/26: TAMMY READS 62
06/19/26: SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS
06/20/26: TRAVELISFERS
06/21/26: BOOKPHILE BELLE
06/22/26: BOOKS ABOUND WITH A HOUND
06/22/26: LVNDRGMS3
06/23/26: CAROL DOSCHER READER
06/23/26: BOOKALONG
06/24/26: STEPH ON A SHELF
06/24/26: ARMED WITH A BOOK
06/25/26: SARAH’S BOOKISH REVIEWS
06/25/26: BOOKS AND BIEWERS
06/26/26: WE BREAK FOR BOOKS
06/26/26: MEG’S BOOK CLUB
06/29/26: KIM READS AND READS
06/29/26: JUST ANOTHER MOTHER WITH BOOKS
06/30/26: GLORIANA WONG
06/30/26: JEN’S TOWERING TBR
06/30/26: ATE MARCELA READS
