Daddy Issues
  • Published: 17 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804998649
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $24.99
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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 doesn’t feel like she’s living the adult life she was destined to have. Rather than enjoying a thriving academic career in an exciting city, she’s working a dead-end waitressing job, navigating a situationship that’s both toxic and intoxicating in equal measure, and living in her mom’s condo. At least it isn’t her basement . . . right?

Her mom’s new neighbor, Nick, is the ultimate grown up. His nine-year-old daughter Kira is his world, her happiness his only priority, especially in the wake of his divorce. There’s nothing he wouldn’t do for her, including giving up his globe-trotting job for a more stable one. Even if it’s as the manager of a chain restaurant in Ohio.

Sam has zero interest in an ultra-dependable guy pushing forty, and frankly she’s a little afraid of kids, too. But with just one thin wall separating the condos, Nick proves difficult to avoid. Soon, Sam’s unexpected connection with Nick heats up, and before long Sam finds herself falling for a man whose life couldn’t be more different from her own…


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: 17 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804998649
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $24.99
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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