You Deserve Each Other

Sarah Hogle is an American author of romantic comedies, both contemporary and paranormal. Her debut novel, You Deserve Each Other, introduces readers to her signature narrative voice and tone that marries humor and emotional depth. Rather than strictly adhering to tropes or established romance genre conventions, Hogle combines elements of romance and comedy, writing books she’d want to read. She never shies away from exploring heightened situations or moments of physical comedy with her characters, as exemplified by the pranks Naomi and Nicholas play on each other in You Deserve Each Other. Scenes like those in which Nicholas drives over Naomi’s self-proclaimed favorite plant or Naomi puts hot sauce in Nicholas’s shaving cream epitomize Hogle’s lighthearted, comedic tone that she anchors with moments of emotional vulnerability and gravitas.

Whether strictly contemporary or paranormal, Hogle’s blend of romance and comedy elements permeates her other books as well. In Twice Shy, Hogle utilizes her signature wit as she explores the effects of anxiety and the stress of stepping out of one’s comfort zone. As in You Deserve Each Other, Twice Shy features a heroine struggling to understand herself and a romance between two people who don’t get along at first but who eventually find that their goals are not so different.