Annabel

&

Lydia

brooklyn-based authors


ABOUT US

Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang lived their own friends-to-lovers romance while co-writing their debut novel, Here for the Wrong Reasons. Their second novel, Creative Differences, will be released in February 2027. They are always either reading a rom-com, watching a reality dating show, or taking a little trip upstate. They hope to one day share a brownstone and a pug named Elise.

They’re getting the band back together…

Propulsive and sexy, Creative Differences is a sapphic second-chance romance for fans of Here We Go Again and Daisy Jones & The Six.

Swanboat was your favorite band's favorite band. But after one perfect record and one fraught, intimate tour, the confessional–indie rock trio—lead singer Amelia Wells, guitarist Ramona Sloane, and bassist Bea Fink—suddenly broke up.

Five years later, Amelia is a star: She's transitioned into mainstream pop music, performing sold-out shows for obsessed fans. It's everything she's convinced herself she should want . . . even though her fame has started to feel less like success and more like loneliness.

Ramona hasn't spoken to Amelia since the last night of the tour. She's content playing small crowds and avoiding Amelia's inescapable hit single, "Emergency Contact," during her slot at the local indie radio station.

When Amelia's record label suggests a Swanboat reunion tour, she and Ramona each have their own reasons for agreeing. And they'd both do anything for Bea, who still doesn't know about the kiss that broke their band apart. All Ramona and Amelia have to do is get through two months of playing the songs that made them fall in love in the first place . . . and try not to do it all over again.

Order from some of our favorite bookstores!

  • A steamy, satirical, sparkling sapphic romp of a debut!

    Alison Cochrun, author of Lambda Literary award-winning Kiss Her Once for Me and The Charm Offensive

  • A gorgeous story about identity and the beauty of being seen for who you are.

    Ashley Herring Blake, author of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care

  • Here for the Wrong Reasons is like the best kind of reality TV: messy, drama-filled, and totally addicting.

    T.J. Alexander, author of Chef’s Kiss & Chef’s Choice

  • A combined voice that is achingly tender and vulnerable, witty and whip-smart, sensual and scorching.

    Ruby Barrett, author of The Romance Recipe

  • I binge-read this book like it was a season of the best reality show!

    Camille Kellogg, author of Just As You Are

  • Juicy, dramatic, and surprisingly sweet, this romance is everything I want from a reality dating TV show and so much more.

    Susie Dumond, author of Queerly Beloved and Looking for a Sign

Order our debut novel!

Order our debut novel!