That Guy

The papers are signed, the judge has declared you legally single again, but what comes next is a sea of dating apps, co-parenting, and defining yourself without the word "Mrs." attached.

After her divorce was finalized on Valentine's Day, Kara DeMeriso did what millions of newly single people do. She opened a dating app and started swiping, searching for "that guy" who would be kind, honest, loyal, and willing to grow old beside her. What followed was a parade of unforgettable characters: Thong Guy, Sweatpants Guy, Peter Pan, a man she simply calls Dahmer, and dozens more disastrous first dates that will make you laugh until you cry. But between the absurd encounters, unexpected heartbreak, and late-night second-guessing, Kara's search begins to lead her somewhere she never saw coming-and what she finds is not what she was looking for, but may be exactly what she needed.

That Guy is not a self-help manual or a roadmap to happily ever after. It is one woman's unfiltered, heartbreakingly funny story of navigating divorce, co-parenting four boys, confronting regret, and learning to say out loud the things she had kept silent for years. Kara DeMeriso writes with the honesty of someone who has lived every word on the page.

If you have ever swiped right with hope, cried in a parked car, laughed at a date so ridiculous no one would believe it, or wondered what might be waiting for you on the other side of heartbreak, That Guy is a reminder that sometimes you can spend years searching for one thing, only to discover something you never expected.