What Happens in Amsterdam updates, tour dates, and a giveaway! 🌷

Feb 27, 2025

My book cover is ready for spring and so am I! If you’re in the mood for something bright and floral…how about a little marriage of convenience with a dash of second-chance romance?

Signed copies & special editions

What Happens in Amsterdam, a romance inspired by my expat journey (but far more scandalous), hits shelves on May 6! You can preorder a signed copy through The Ripped Bodice, which will come with an adorable sticker sheet. If you think the “mijn” Post-it note looks innocent…just wait until you read the scene it comes from. 🤭

There’s also a Barnes & Noble exclusive edition that includes gorgeous interior character art and my guide to Amsterdam as an expat. I am OBSESSED with this artwork — Dani and Wouter look too precious. These are limited, so I highly recommend preordering if you know you want one.

A choose-your-own adventure, if you will.

Hitting the road

Going on a book tour is both thrilling and nerve-wracking—will all these stickers fit in my suitcase? will I finished my tulip-embroidered denim jacket in time? All year I look forward to this opportunity to meet readers, and I’d love to see you if you’re near any of these cities!

The Ripped Bodice - Brooklyn, NY
Monday, May 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM (note that this is the day before the book releases!)
Tickets required - get yours here!

East City Bookshop - Washington, DC
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Blue Willow Bookshop - Houston, TX
Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM

The Novel Neighbor - St. Louis, MO
Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Event hosted at The Lobby by Union Studio
Tickets required - get yours here!

Grand Gesture Bookshop - Portland, OR
Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Barnes & Noble Northgate - Seattle, WA
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tickets required - get yours here!

Boekhandel Scheltema - Amsterdam, NL
Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ticket info coming soon

ARC giveaway

I still have some advance copies of WHIA left, and I’m giving away two to newsletter subscribers. Open internationally — enter here! Winners will be notified by email.

Reading…

I just finished the audiobook of Katie Naymon’s debut, You Between the Lines, and let me just say that the narrator doing Will’s voice got me pregnant with triplets. One of the best enemies-to-lovers/rivals-to-lovers books I’ve read in a while. The tension. The yearning. THE POETRY!!

Watching…

I’m on season 3 of my first Gilmore Girls rewatch in 10 years. (I know it’s not fall…don’t cancel me.) It’s also the first time I’ve been older than Lorelai, and maybe that’s the reason I’m now wondering if she’s actually the villain of the show? I read Kelly Bishop’s memoir (excellent, I cried several times) right before I started the rewatch and it made me love her even more.

Also very immersed in the current seasons of Severance (already planning a Helly R. costume for Halloween, as I feel is my legal duty as a redhead) and The White Lotus.