Chummy Chapter

Chummy Chapter
A prequel to the Book Club Babes

Some friendships start with a plan. This one starts with fate.

Mary is exhausted — not just from decluttering forty years of memories before her move to a 55+ community, but from the quiet ache of widowhood and the strange feeling of not fitting anywhere anymore. A chance encounter in a used bookstore changes that. A woman named Angela invites her to a book club — one meeting, one book, no pressure.

Except Mary isn't the only one Angela approached. Betsy, Shirley, Laura, Claire, Sylvia, and Francis all have their own version of the same story: a warm smile, an irresistible invitation, and the odd realization afterward that none of them actually know this woman at all.

What unfolds is a night at a cozy bistro that turns into so much more — old wounds, unexpected sparks, second chances, and the kind of friendship that sneaks up on you when you least expect it. Because sometimes the simplest decision really does change everything.

Chummy Chapter is the heartfelt introduction to the Book Club Babes — a found-family group of women navigating love, loss, and life after fifty. Read it first, or dive straight into any Chapter Series book — because love doesn't have an expiration date.