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  • Published: 7 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529969412
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
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Every Version of You

  • Natalie Messier



The Love of My Afterlife meets 13 Going on 30 in this charming, hilarious and heart-stopping debut from a Reese’s Book Club LitUp fellow.

Joey Vasquez’s life is the definition of good on paper. At thirty-three, she’s a Los Angeles lawyer on the cusp of making partner, she owns real estate, and she almost keeps pace with her doctor sister in her parents’ eyes. It isn’t quite what she dreamed of when she was younger—but really, whose life is?

When she reluctantly arrives at the very couple-y dinner party hosted by Elijah Aarons, the best friend she’s secretly pined after for fifteen years, she’s dismayed to find that the last person on earth she’d ever want to see again is also there: Alex Aquino. Your basic rich Silicon Beach bro asshole. And the married man Joey once had an affair with.

The night couldn’t possibly get worse– and then she dies.

When Joey is given a second chance at life, she finds herself eighteen again, the year she first met both Elijah and Alex.

Armed with memories from her first life, Joey is certain she's come back to finally convince Elijah to see her as more than just a friend, but he doesn’t text. He doesn’t call. He’s weirded out when she transfers into his class—is she stalking him?

Then there’s Alex, who’s different than Joey remembers: Charming. Sweet. Considerate. He pursues her, and she can’t deny the chemistry between them . . . but is knowing a person becomes something you hate in the future a reason to stop loving them in the present?

  • Published: 7 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529969412
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
Categories:

Praise for Every Version of You

Wonderfully weird! An intriguing thought experiment that feels like reading a romantic puzzle, Messier’s writing kept me turning the pages to discover what the next piece would reveal. Full of surprises and sneakily perceptive: a story that demands to be flipped back to the beginning once you’ve finished.

YULIN KUANG, author of How to End a Love Story

A stunning debut. I can’t wait to watch this one soar.

VICTORIA BENTON FRANK, author of My Magnolia Summer

A terrific new voice . . . Natalie Messier delivers a novel that’s thoughtful, fast-paced, and thoroughly entertaining

SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS, New York Times bestselling author

Every Version of You is a remarkable, thought-provoking, and riveting debut that demands to be read in one sitting. It is a genuinely special story and my favorite thing I've read this year. Natalie Messier has a fan in me forevermore.

TARAH DeWITT, bestselling author of Savor It and Funny Feelings

If you like your love stories messy (and I really do), then you must read Natalie Messier’s debut, Every Version of You. The characters are complicated, their decisions questionable, and their chemistry palpable. Natalie Messier is one of romance’s rising stars.

CARLEY FORTUNE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Golden Summer

Gripping and emotional, Every Version of You is a stellar debut. I couldn’t put this book down and when I had to, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I’ll read anything Natalie Messier writes

KATIE HOLT, author of Not in My Book and The Last Page

Messier’s outstanding debut novel is a captivating romance with depth and complexity that folds in elements of SF and contemporary fiction. This superbly crafted mixture results in a novel that is both fresh and timeless, centered around this question: What would you do if you had a second chance? Fans of Sophie Cousens will appreciate this multi-layered romance. . . this will be an excellent selection for book clubs.

BOOKLIST, starred review

Gorgeously written and compulsively readable, EVERY VERSION OF YOU is a romantic, mind-bending experience you won’t want to miss! . . . With heartfelt drama, perfectly imperfect characters, and brilliant twists, Messier’s debut is unforgettable.

JESSICA JAMES, author of FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

An incredibly magical debut that plays with the age-old question: if asshole, why hot? EVERY VERSION OF YOU is an ode to all the chances we didn’t take—and the ones we’d chose every time. Insatiably bingeable!

ASHLEY POSTON, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip

Every Version of You is beautiful, messy, and intriguing. I absolutely couldn't put it down. Natalie Messier curated a wonderfully complex story that will leave you thinking about what's important in life.

JOSS RICHARD, International bestselling author of It's Different This Time

Wildly, wonderfully, incandescently romantic.

SARAH MACLEAN

I devoured this book! Every Version of You is a one-of-a-kind love story yet deeply nostalgic, like rewatching a favourite romantic comedy you've seen a dozen times. I loved it!

HANNAH BONAM-YOUNG, New York Times bestselling author of People Watching