Abby Douglas grew up with a distant dad and a desperate hot mess of a mom. Now she's got a thing for bad boys, a weakness for fad diets, and ironically, a job as an advice columnist. When she accidentally cheats on her supposed boyfriend with a mysterious older man, Abby's already confusing world gets turned upside down. As she struggles to find her footing, Abby discovers that sometimes a lost cat, a furious friend, and a bag of Doritos can change everything.

Jenna McCarthy is an internationally published writer, TED speaker, former radio personality, and the author of several books including If It Was Easy They'd Call the Whole Damn Thing a Honeymoon: Living with and Loving the TV-Addicted, Sex-Obsessed, Not-so-handy Man You Married and the forthcoming I've Still Got It, I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It: Awkwardly True Tales from the Far Side of Forty. (What? She likes long titles. It's not a crime.) Her first coauthored middle grade fiction series Maggie Malone and the Mostly Magical Boots debuts in May 2014 and will be followed by two children's picture book series. Her work has appeared in more than 60 magazines, on dozens of Web sites, and in several anthologies including the popular Chicken Soup series. Jenna likes it when you like her on Facebook.com/JennaMcCarthyWrites and follow her on Twitter @JennaWrites. You can read about the time she was escorted out of her office by a cop and see her in the bathtub on www.jennamccarthy.com.