Daddy Issues
  • Published: 20 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529974393
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352
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Daddy Issues

  • Kate Goldbeck
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17 Feb 2026
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20 Nov 2025
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A swoony and spicy opposites attract age-gap romance, perfect for fans of Hannah Bonam-Young and Elissa Sussman.

Sometimes love shows up where you least expect it - right next door.

At 26, Sam Pulaski expected to be thriving in her academic career, living on her own in some exciting city. Expectations, meet reality. She has massive student loans from studying art history, a dead-end service industry job, a situationship that’s equal parts intoxicating and toxic. And she’s been crashing in her mom’s condo—at least it’s not a basement?—for the last five years. If she can finally get accepted into a PhD program and get out of Ohio, the adult life that’s been on hold for half her twenties will finally begin.

Her mom’s new neighbor, Nick, is the ultimate grownup. His adult life began the moment his nine-year-old daughter, Kira, was born. Her happiness is Nick’s only priority, especially in the wake of divorce. There’s nothing he won’t do for Kira–including giving up his globetrotting career for something more stable…like managing a chain restaurant.

Sam has zero interest in an ultra-dependable guy pushing forty; frankly, she’s a little afraid of kids. But with just one thin wall separating the two condos, Nick proves difficult to avoid. His quiet confidence forces Sam to grapple with the other men in her life: her emotionally derelict friend-with-benefits and her actually-derelict father. As her unexpected connection with Nick heats up (and steams up his minivan windows), Sam finds herself falling fast for a man whose life is steady and settled–while hers is anything but.

Praise for Kate Goldbeck:
'Fresh, witty, and utterly romantic' Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

'This is a romance sung in perfect pitch!' Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners

'Every character is as sexy as they are gloriously messy... a masterclass in banter' Rosie Danan, The Roommate
  • Published: 20 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529974393
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352
Categories:

Praise for Daddy Issues

Smart, sexy, relatable and hilarious, Daddy Issues isn't just one of my favorite books of the year, it's one of my favorite books period. . . Utterly moreish, tender and delicious with exactly the right amount of spice. I adored it.

Lindsey Kelk, author of LOVE STORY

Daddy Issues is the kind of book I wish I could experience for the first time over and over again: it's honest and deeply romantic and almost voyeuristically real . . . This book and its writer are absolute favorites of mine.

Jessica Joyce, author of THE EX VOWS

Clever, honest, sexy, funny, emotional, unique, and deeply romantic. Kate Goldbeck is in a class by herself—no one does it as beautifully as her!

Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS

This book is a romance writing masterclass– I laughed, cried, and ached for their happily ever after. Sam and Nick’s love story is complex, tender, and painfully real, and I would’ve happily gobbled up another thousand pages of their journey together.

Ava Wilder, author of HOW TO FAKE IT IN HOLLYWOOD

Goldbeck’s sharp wit shines in a perfect story of individuals growing separately and growing together

Julie Soto, bestselling author of ROSE IN CHAINS

I adored this . . . raw and lovingly realistic, downright hilarious, achingly vulnerable, deliciously clever, witty, and smoking hot. An absolute knockout!

Chloe Liese, author of ONLY WHEN IT'S US