It's Getting Hot in Here

It's Getting Hot in Here

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Coming February 4, 2025

Are they hot flashes? Or is it just getting hot in here?

Lisa Darling, a high-flying TV executive and twice-divorced mother of two, is navigating life with an opinionated teenager and a pet-obsessed grade schooler, organizing PTA events, and supporting her best friend through breast cancer treatment, all while in the throes of perimenopause. It’s no wonder her to-do list is on overdrive and she never has time for pilates or that DIY interior design project she keeps setting aside. 

But when LA-based media hotshot Zach Russo swoops in as a temporary stand-in for her best friend’s job, Lisa starts feeling overheated and flustered. But that’s just the menopause, right? She chooses to believe her hormone replacement therapy needs some adjusting, until she finds herself in a sexy—and seriously ill-advised—cinch with him. As things snowball, Lisa has to confront these long-forgotten feelings and ask herself what it is she wants and what it is she’s ready for. 

Hilarious, relatable, and delightfully swoon-worthy, It’s Getting Hot in Here is the laugh-out-loud, coming-of-middle-age, rom-com meets mom-com readers have been waiting for.

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Coming February 4, 2025

Are they hot flashes? Or is it just getting hot in here?

Lisa Darling, a high-flying TV executive and twice-divorced mother of two, is navigating life with an opinionated teenager and a pet-obsessed grade schooler, organizing PTA events, and supporting her best friend through breast cancer treatment, all while in the throes of perimenopause. It’s no wonder her to-do list is on overdrive and she never has time for pilates or that DIY interior design project she keeps setting aside. 

But when LA-based media hotshot Zach Russo swoops in as a temporary stand-in for her best friend’s job, Lisa starts feeling overheated and flustered. But that’s just the menopause, right? She chooses to believe her hormone replacement therapy needs some adjusting, until she finds herself in a sexy—and seriously ill-advised—cinch with him. As things snowball, Lisa has to confront these long-forgotten feelings and ask herself what it is she wants and what it is she’s ready for. 

Hilarious, relatable, and delightfully swoon-worthy, It’s Getting Hot in Here is the laugh-out-loud, coming-of-middle-age, rom-com meets mom-com readers have been waiting for.

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It's Getting Hot in Here

Jane Costello

What people are saying...

“Warm, funny, and so very relatable!”

Paige Toon

author of Seven Summers

“Oh how I laughed! A funny and fabulous mid-life romcom that needs to be added to every woman's to do list!”

Alexandra Potter

author of Confessions of a Forty-something F**k Up

“Hot? It’s positively steamy! A timely, touching, and laugh-out-loud read from Jane Costello. Thoroughly recommend!”

Clare Mackintosh

author of I Let You Go

“Jane Costello's heroine finds herself in perimenopause, attracted to the new hot guy at work, and trying to juggle the sandwich life of being a single mother and good daughter while helping a sick friend. When the office attraction turns into more, she finds herself in an impossible situation. A very fun read!”

Laurie Gelman

author of Class Mom

“Jane Costello writes the perfect combination of unflinching honesty about middle age and delectable man candy fantasy. From the opening page of It’s Getting Hot in Here, you know you’re going to push everything off your own to-do list.”

Ali Rosen

author of Recipe for Second Chances

"A story of love, lust, and never-ending to-do lists, It’s Getting Hot in Here reminds us that, even in our lowest moments, a spark is just waiting to be ignited. Jane Costello paints a raw, funny, and honest picture of how the female experience—of aging, of mothering, of making out with a blisteringly hot coworker in torrential rain—ultimately hinges on us trusting and choosing ourselves. Across the pond and beyond, our happy ending begins with us saying no—and then, finally, a thousand times, yes.”

Nora Dahlia

author of Pick-Up

“Fabulous, fun, and hot!”

Milly Johnson

author of The Happiest Ever After

"A celebration of midlife and all its marvelous messiness. You'll see yourself every time you turn the page.”

Tracey Cox

author of Great Sex Starts at 50