Esther’s love life isn’t living up to expectations and the apps just aren’t. She feels unhinged and like she’s bumbling into her 30s. Her friends – one happily single, the other solidly involved -- think her disastrous love life is funny. But Esther is starting to feel desperate. So when she comes across an old woman’s mag article she can’t help but take note. It claims every woman has seven exes and one of those will be the one…Esther is appalled because she has dated all these people… The Missed Chance, The Bastard, The First Love…

There’s no escaping it. Esther knows what she has to do… delving into her past, she decides to revisit them all in hopes of finding the one that got away.

Lucy Vine is a writer, editor and the bestselling author of Hot Mess, What Fresh Hell, Are We Nearly There Yet? and Bad Choices. Her books have been translated into sixteen languages around the world, with Hot Mess optioned for a TV series. She has been nominated twice for the Comedy Women In Print Award and hosts the podcast and live event series Hot Mess Clubhouse, celebrating funny women.