The Ten Year Affair

*The Ten Year Affair* by Erin Somers is a sharply funny contemporary literary novel about desire, marriage and the unruly inner life that sits alongside everyday family routines.

Cora meets Sam at a baby group in a small town and the pull between them is immediate. They’re both settled, devoted parents, and neither intends to cross a line. So Cora does something stranger: she conducts the affair in her imagination, letting fantasy take up the space real life won’t. As her days fill with domestic irritations and odd little fixations, that private narrative starts to change how she sees her husband, her child, and herself—and the line between restraint and risk begins to thin.

Perfect for readers who love smart, acerbic humour, incisive relationship fiction, and honest takes on parenthood, fidelity and “what if?” thinking.

Add this one to your basket if you enjoy books that feel a little too relatable in the best way.