Matthew Norman Books in Order

Aspiring novelist Tom Violet faces a stalled career, a troubled marriage and the shadow of his famous father’s success. Determined to change his life, he risks embarrassing mistakes as he searches for happiness beyond corporate routines and private disappointments.

After his wife leaves him and his life unravels, Andy Carter returns to Omaha to visit his dying grandfather. Old conflicts resurface, while an unconventional woman named Daisy offers help that brings new complications to his search for a second chance.

Watching their friends’ marriages collapse, Jessica and Mitch decide to protect their own by relaxing its sexual boundaries. Their carefully negotiated experiment soon creates unexpected jealousy and uncertainty, forcing them to reconsider what actually holds their relationship together.

Secretly dying at thirty-five, billionaire Robbie Malcolm gathers his oldest friends for a beach weekend and announces plans to improve their lives. Their hidden struggles and complicated relationships soon challenge his belief that wealth can secure the happiness of those he loves.

A single father’s teenage son engineers a meeting between him and the former rock drummer he has long admired. As music teacher Billy and withdrawn musician Margot connect, both must reconsider what happiness and a shared future might look like.

Facing their first holiday season after losing their spouses, Grace and Henry develop a friendship built around Christmas movies. Shared grief gradually gives way to affection, but they must decide whether their bond can become a new love.