Author Annie Cathryn lives by the motto: Creating is living. She was thrilled when her debut novel, The Friendship Breakup, was selected as a Zibby’s pick for 2023, and received several accolades, including The BookFest® Award, the Best Midwest Regional Fiction IPPY Award, the National Indie Excellence Award, and the Book Excellence Award. Her sophomore novel, Eat the Cake, will be released on July 21, 2026.

Eat the Cake

Leah Wright tells people how to live for a living. Too bad she’s forgotten how to do it herself. When the widow and podcast host loses her cool on-air, her only hope for redemption is a surprise scavenger hunt in Florence designed by her late husband. Amidst the irises and ancient stone, Leah must follow a trail of clues—and mysterious deliveries—to find the one thing Elliot wanted her to have: a future without him.