Coming
November 2026
The Pleasures of the Other
By Sasha Arden
When a decades-old secret comes to life, three long-time friends must rethink their sexual adventures or put their friendship in peril.
Sasha Arden
Sasha Arden finds pleasure in the unexpected. She was an acquisitions editor for a Big Five publisher back when men were allowed to tell their female employees to smile more. Now she lives in the suburbs with her book-nerd husband, where she spends her free time reading, gardening, and calling her senators. Her 2020 sourdough starter is still thriving, though she doesn't like to brag about it. She may or may not have written under a pen name.
The Pleasures of the Other
Can three women of a certain age get the sex they want without blowing up their lives?Lila, a therapist with a long-buried secret, is about to join a sex club with her husband.Her friend Catherine, a divorced housewife who never understood the point of sex, is dating for the first time in decades, not realizing that a woman is going to sweep her off her feet.And Miriam, a medical actor fed up with her philandering husband, has decided to have an affair with Kevin, a much younger waiter at the three friends' favorite restaurant.Every week, the friends confide their fears, missteps, and triumphs, sharing French fries and shoulders to cry on. Can all three women get what they truly want? And when a secret from Lila's past comes back to haunt her will their friendship survive the shock?
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