
Wants and Needs - Roxy Dunn
Roxy Dunn
- Pages · 304 pages
- Publication Date · 06/08/2026
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
A novel about love, pain, big life choices and unconventional relationships, perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Coco Mellors and Gillian Anderson'A razor-sharp tale of what happens when life doesn't work out the way you hoped it would' ELLE
'Funny, witty and fast paced ... I tore through it' INDEPENDENTIndependence seems to be drifting away from Misty. Just months ago, she was living with her fianc� and planning their life together. Now she's single, back in her childhood bedroom, on crutches from knee surgery, and relying on her mother to help her with the smallest of tasks. This isn't how thirty-two was meant to look. When Misty turns to dating apps, she's immediately intrigued by charismatic, handsome Christopher - so intrigued that she doesn't doesn't even notice the acronym `ENM' on his profile. By the time she discovers that it stands for `ethical non-monogamy' - and that he's in a long-term open relationship - she already feels such undeniable, dizzying chemistry that she decides to give things a go. And so Misty makes a pact with herself to date Christopher for the next six weeks while his partner is away. It's all part of her plan: she wants to learn to become less attached, and to prepare herself for her next `real' relationship. But is what she wants really what she needs?'So wryly funny ... Roxy Dunn writes so smoothly about the limitations - and liberations - of adult love with such delicacy and honesty' CLAIRE DAVERLEY, author of Talking at Night'A thoroughly amusing coming of age (in your thirties) novel written with wit, honesty and tenderness' CLAIRE POWELL, author of At the Table
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