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Best Woman
  • Published: 25 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529961171
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $34.99
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Best Woman

  • Rose Dommu
Formats & editions
Tr. Paperback
28 Jan 2026
EBook
25 Sept 2025
Audiobook
25 Sept 2025
Hardback
22 Feb 2026
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A feel-good queer romcom, perfect for fans of Queenie and Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband.

Julia’s beloved younger brother is getting married, meaning she has to leave her hard-won New York City life behind for a week, and trade drag brunches for the strip malls and golf courses of Florida.

Since coming out as a trans woman a few years ago, her family have been supportive – seamlessly (well, almost) getting the hang of her new pronouns. But wedding-induced pressures – including an uptight bride-to-be and her vicious cronies, a hometown hookup buddy who Julia can’t seem to resist, and tricky dynamics with her divorced parents – force Julia to confront the complications that have been bubbling underneath the surface of her closest relationships, all while she tries to fulfill her sisterly duties as Best Woman.

To top it all off: Kim Cameron is the maid of honor. Kim – the gorgeous, self-assured girl that Julia had crushed on hard back in high school. When the two women reconnect ahead of the wedding festivities, Julia is so overwhelmed she tells a teeny tiny little lie in order to gain Kim’s sympathy – a lie that quickly snowballs out of control and threatens to undermine the blossoming attraction between them. As Julia and Kim grow closer, finding solace in each other amidst a sea of Floridian wedding guests, Julia struggles to distinguish between truth and lies, questions the intentions of those she thought she knew, and must ask herself: what does she deserve, and what is she willing to do to get it? And more importantly… what does she deserve from herself?
  • Published: 25 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529961171
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $34.99
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Praise for Best Woman

BEST WOMAN absolutely sparkles with all the wit, charm, and drama of the best 90’s rom-coms, and does it in pitch perfect prose

Torrey Peters, bestselling author of DETRANSITION, BABY

Irresistibly fresh, bright, funny, and bursting with singular voice, this is the kind of romance I’ve been waiting for

Casey McQuiston, bestselling author of Red, White and Royal Blue

A deliciously clever and relentlessly hilarious firecracker of a debut . . . smart, sexy, and endlessly entertaining

Kristen Arnett

Irreverently funny and tear-jerkingly tender, Best Woman takes the wedding cake as my favorite debut of the year

JP Brammer

Part romance, part lit-fic, all wedding bells, Rose Dommu’s debut novel contains nostalgic nods to quintessential Nineties romcoms all while managing to revel in the joys of family and the messiness of a brand new life.

Rolling Stone

Full of snappy pop culture references, Dommu is an especially tender writer of our awkward little yearnings.

W

[The] near-universal contours of trans experience have rarely been articulated with such specificity in published fiction

them

Destined to be optioned . . . [Best Woman] feel[s] deeply cinematic without ever sacrificing laughs or hewing to the audience’s expectations. (After all, who says a leading lady can’t sow a little pre-nuptial tumult in the estimable company of hot people of all genders?)

Vogue

Devourable and quippy . . . an exploration of trans identity through a troublemaking lens. Just like the romantic comedies it takes inspiration from, it’s a romp full of painfully true moments.

Xtra

Dommu knows how to capture an audience. And she brings that in full force with her delightful . . . debut novel. . . . It’s engrossing, at times stressful—in the best possible way—and is easily one of those books that you accidentally read in one sitting because you just couldn’t put it down.

E! Online

Hilarious and poignant . . . a sparkling debut.

Hey Alma

A wild romp . . . Best Woman is a campy, comedic romcom reminiscent of Fleabag.

Lesbrary

[A] very queer and very charming story of love and family . . . Perfect for fans of Alexis Hall and TJ Alexander.

Booklist, starred review

Heartwarming . . . Dommu supplements the slapstick rom-com plot with Julia’s strong voice and lucid self-reflections

Publisher's Weekly
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