Dangerland!

“I couldn’t put this book down. It’s so funny and vivid—and completely engaging.” —Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cherry Baby A screwball romantic comedy and big-hearted family drama set in Las Vegas, about a will-they, won’t-they couple who have spent years trying (and failing) to figure out whether to roll the dice on love—it’s When Harry Met Sally meets The Hangover. At the annual Fourth of July barbecue in Alluvian—a once-luxurious gated community in the dusty suburbs of Las Vegas—Kurt Richter has decided he’s in love with Eugenie Zepp. Well, he’s been in love with her since he was eight years old. But now he’s in his fifties, divorced twice, with four kids. The entire neighborhood is suing him, and he’s been estranged from Eugenie for a decade. It’s the perfect time to declare his love. Eugenie and Kurt were two kids raised in Vegas, always loyal to Vegas, with all its glamor and seediness, its slot machines in pharmacies and desert heat and off-the-strip tiki bars. As they built families and careers and homes, as they lived real life in a place filled with transient visitors and quicksilver hopes and dreams, they’ve made a wreckage of their own lives and the lives of their families while trying to figure out who and what they are to each other. This summer, Kurt’s adult daughter Brianna comes back to town, determined to uncover the secrets in her family and seek revenge on those who she believes have wronged her. Eugenie’s adult son Austin is back, too, trying to become a professional poker player and heal himself after a bad break-up. Bodybuilder Chad collides with the Richter family’s long-suffering, beloved nanny Nellie who has decided she’s finally quitting.