16 Ways to Break a Heart

Unfolding through letters, texts, and chats, Lauren Strasnick’s smart, sexy, page-turning new novel is the ultimate he said/she said breakdown of a relationship gone wrong.

Natalie and Dan were electric from the moment they met. Witty banter and sizzling chemistry made falling in love easy—even inevitable. He was in awe of her subversive art and contagious zest for life; she was drawn to his good-guy charm and drive to succeed as a documentary filmmaker.

But that was before. Before hot tempers turned to blowout fights. Before a few little lies turned to broken trust. Before a hundred tiny slights broke them open and exposed the ugly truth of their relationship.

And now Natalie wants Dan to know just how much he broke her.

Over the course of one fateful day, Dan reads sixteen letters that Natalie has secretly, brilliantly hidden in places only he will find. And as he pieces together her version of their love story, he realizes that she has one final message for him. One that might just send his carefully constructed life tumbling down.

• Dual POV: Sixteen letters tell her side of the story. His narration reveals the secrets she never knew.
• First Love, First Heartbreak: From an electric first meeting between an ambitious artist and a good-guy filmmaker to the ugly truth of their epic collapse.
• Secrets and Lies: Witty banter and sizzling chemistry can’t hide the small deceptions that grow into devastating, trust-shattering betrayals.
• Angsty Teen Romance: Full of witty banter, blowout fights, and the emotionally charged fallout of a relationship that was supposed to be forever.

“With razor sharp writing and deeply realized characters, Lauren Strasnick’s new novel is a breathtaking exploration of love gone wrong. Stunning, smart, bold, wholly unique…there are so many more than 16 ways that I love this book.” - Corey Ann Haydu, author of The Careful Undressing of Love and Life by Committee

“This book features so many of favorite things: a seductive portrait of my beloved Los Angeles, a dark love story, an exploration of a young, beautiful, brilliant and troubled girl, and a look at the graces and dangers of female passion.” - Francesca Lia Block, author of Weetzie Bat

“16 Ways to Break a Heart is a sharp, inventive tale of exhilarating first love that proves it’s always worth hearing both sides of the story.” - Brandy Colbert, author of Pointe