OVERDUE
Is it time to renew love or start a new chapter?
Ingrid Dahl, a cheerful twenty-nine-year-old librarian in the cozy mountain town of Ridgetop, North Carolina, has been happily dating her college boyfriend, Cory, for eleven years without ever discussing marriage. But when Ingrid’s sister announces her engagement to a woman she’s only been dating for two years, Ingrid and Cory feel pressured to consider their future. Neither has ever been with anybody else, so they make an unconventional decision. They'll take a one-month break to date other people, then they'll reunite and move toward marriage. Ingrid even has someone in mind: her charmingly grumpy coworker, Macon Nowakowski, on whom she’s secretly crushed for years. But plans go awry, and when the month ends, Ingrid and Cory realize they’re not ready to resume their relationship―and Ingrid’s harmless crush on Macon has turned into something much more complicated.
Overdue is a beautiful, slow-burn romance full of lust and longing about new beginnings and finding your way.
Published by Saturday Books in 2025.
ISBN: 9781250313461
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PRAISE & ACCOLADES
♥ USA Today bestseller
♥ Indie Next pick, October 2025
♥ Recommended on The Today Show
♥ B&N Best Romance Books of 2025 list
♥ LibraryReads: Top Pick, October 2025
♥ Junior Library Guild Selection
“Joyful and exuberant, Overdue is achingly romantic! It will melt your heart and keep you turning pages long into the night.”
―LAUREN BLAKELY, #1 NYT bestselling author of My Favorite Holidate
“Stephanie Perkins is the reason we write romance, and Overdue is the book her readers have been waiting for―voicy, immersive, and deeply romantic. Steph Perkins is an absolute icon!”
―CHRISTINA LAUREN, NYT bestselling authors of The Paradise Problem
“In her adult debut, YA author Perkins delivers a slow-burn romance that captivates to the last page.”
―LIBRARY JOURNAL
“Bestseller Perkins delivers a touching novel about self-discovery and growth . . . the tantalizing, slow-burning romance leads to a delicious payoff. This really works.”
―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Overdue is a beautifully human love story―my favorite Stephanie Perkins book yet.”
―RAINBOW ROWELL, #1 NYT bestselling author of Slow Dance
“Delightful and totally bookish.”
―SHE READS
“Overdue will be a delight to anyone who loves Perkins’ YA novels. A true valentine to bookstores and book lovers, and the most agonizingly slow burn romance that finally blazes beautifully hot.”
—CRISTIN STICKLES for the INDIE NEXT list, Strand Bookstore, New York, NY
"Perkins crafts a thoughtful and refreshingly honest coming-of-age story that acknowledges adulthood doesn’t magically arrive right after college . . . Ultimately, Overdue is a deeply relatable story of finding love after you’ve figured out who you are."
—WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS