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How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle
  • Published: 4 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781464282270
  • Imprint: Cosmo Reads
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 300
  • RRP: $28.00

How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle

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From the author of the smash hit Call it What You Want comes an honest, charming romcom about an up-and-coming romance author stifled with writer's block who decides to force meet-cutes everywhere she goes in the hopes that classic romance tropes can spark something IRL.

From the author of the smash hit Call It What You Want comes a fresh, charming romcom about the chaos of dating in your twenties, the ache of a brutal breakup, and the hilarious lengths one romance writer will go to get her spark back—including staging her own meet-cutes. Perfect for fans of Katherine Center and Emily Henry's Beach Read.

If you can't write a good meet-cute, maybe you need to live one first…

Ainsley Green writes happily-ever-afters for a rabid fanbase of hopeless romantics. In real life? Her boyfriend just broke up with her, her editor wanted a new book yesterday and she's starting to wonder if love actually exists beyond the pages of her favorite novels.

So when Lucas, Ainsley's best friend and biggest cheerleader, insists the best cure for writer's block is real-life inspiration, she's ready to try anything. Enter: the meet-cute plan, a mission to take her head out of her heartbreak and force meet-cutes IRL to spark some new ideas. But as failed missions bumping into strangers at the airport and spilling coffee on men at the cafe result in nothing but embarrassment and stained clothing, Ainsley begins to wonder if maybe the romance she's been chasing already has a leading man.

Because the truth about falling in love? It never goes according to plan.

Equal parts heartbreak, humor, and hope, How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle is a fresh, flirty send up of dating in the modern age and a reminder that love finds us when we stop performing and start living.
  • Published: 4 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781464282270
  • Imprint: Cosmo Reads
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 300
  • RRP: $28.00
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About the author

Alissa DeRogatis

Alissa DeRogatis is a self-published debut author and social media manager. Combining her passion for writing, realistic love stories, and social media expertise, she achieved remarkable success by creating a #booktok sensation through organic posting on TikTok. Alissa aspires to continue crafting authentic, relatable books that reflect the raw emotions she longed for during her own times of need.
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Praise for How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle

Wildly entertaining, poignantly heartfelt, and deeply relatable to anyone navigating dating in the 21st century. It’s an ultimately joyful, if not totally cheeky, meditation on what we can and can’t control when it comes to love, and how sometimes the thing we’re looking for the hardest has been there all along.

Cosmopolitan

How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle is the perfect remedy for a broken heart. This book was made for the hopeless romantics who spend just a little too much time stalking their ex’s Instagram profile. I absolutely loved it.

Brooke Averick, author of Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It

A delicious romantic comedy, shimmering with humor, light and hope. I loved it!

Emma Grey, bestselling author of Pictures of You

How To Find Love in the Cereal Aisle is heartfelt, hilarious, and highly devourable. You'll love Ainsley in all her realistic messiness and striving, even (and especially!) as she struggles to find love herself.

Phoebe Thompson, author of Girls Our Age

Adorable premise, heartfelt emotion, and relatable relationships—How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle has them all and then some. Ainsley’s journey to find love—and herself—make this the perfect read for people who appreciate the charm of a good meet cute

Lily Chu, author of Rich Girl Summer

A sharp, swoony take on love in the age of Instagram - where the filters are flawless, the personas are curated, and the feelings are anything but. It dives headfirst into the messy missteps, the late-night overthinking spirals, and the ‘wait, who am I really?’ moments that come with modern dating - and then reminds us that the best love stories aren’t the ones we stage for the grid. They’re the ones unfolding quietly, unexpectedly, right in front of us. Obsessed.

KJ Micciche, USA Today bestselling author of One Week Later

How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle is a swoony slow burn friends to lovers that has a refreshingly true-to-life feel. DeRogatis might break your heart with this story, but she expertly stitches it back together in the end!

Lauren Connolly, author of PS: I Hate You