What is the title of your latest release?
SECRET NIGHTS AND NORTHERN LIGHTS
What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
A travel writer finally gets her shot to cover an international assignment in Iceland, only to find out the freelance photographer accompanying her is the guy who broke her heart in high school.
How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I was lucky enough to travel to Iceland and take the exact road trip that the characters take in the book. I instantly fell in love with the country and knew it was the perfect place for an angsty second-chance romance.
Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
I’m very similar to my protagonist in a lot of ways so I would hope so, although we both have a lot of anxiety and overthink everything so perhaps we would stress each other out more.
What are three words that describe your protagonist?
People-pleaser, anxious, well-intentioned.
What’s something you learned while writing this book?
I did so much research about Iceland both before and after my trip that I feel like I could be a travel agent and plan itineraries for others now.
Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
Typically, I edit a few times as I go. I’m not a strict plotter so if something changes as I draft that’s going to affect the rest of the story substantially, I’ll go back and edit. If it’s smaller changes, I can usually hold off until I’ve finished the draft.
What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
Cake. I love cake so much. Cake makes me happy.
Describe your writing space/office!
I have a dedicated office space with a lovely desk and bookshelves and artwork, but if I’m honest, I do most of my writing at my kitchen table with a cup of coffee.
Who is an author you admire?
If I have to name only one, it would be Jodi Picoult. I read my first Jodi Picoult novel probably twenty years ago and have read every new release since then. I have the utmost admiration and respect for Jodi.
Is there a book that changed your life?
I sobbed for three entire days while reading Jodi Picoult’s The Book of Two Ways. Jodi’s books are always beautifully written and thought-provoking, but yeah, that one did a number on me. I was a mess.
Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
I had actually had a really terrible day and was finishing up a few things so I could go spend the rest of the evening on the couch. Then my phone started buzzing and it was my agent calling. With a book out on sub, I knew if she was calling it must be something important. I answered tentatively, not wanting to get my hopes up, but she quickly told me that we had editor interest, and she was setting up a call. I think I went into a state of shock at that point because we were on the phone for probably a half hour and I can’t recall a single other thing that was said.
What’s your favorite genre to read?
Romance! I need the angst and the yearning and the happily ever after!
What’s your favorite movie?
Can I just say Sandra Bullock? Sandra Bullock in Hope Floats. Sandra Bullock in Speed. Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality. Just Sandra Bullock in anything really.
What is your favorite season?
Fall. It used to be summer, but I can’t take the heat anymore.
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
I appreciate a nice dinner out and (of course) cake. Then I want to be in my pajamas on the couch by nine.
What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
The last show I watched that I became obsessed with was Severance. That whole cast is phenomenal, but especially Adam Scott and Tramell Tillman. Admittedly, I don’t always fully understand what’s going on, but it captivates me anyway.
What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Probably Italian. I traveled to Italy for the first time last year and I’m still dreaming of all the pizza, pasta, and gelato I had there.
What do you do when you have free time?
I love to travel so I’m usually planning my next trip!
What can readers expect from you next?
I’m so excited about my next book, which I can’t say the title of just yet, but I can say that it’s about a tour guide who has to team up with her pub crawl owner rival to create an overnight murder mystery tour in the former mansion of her favorite childhood author.
Narrator: Brittany Pressley
Childhood best friends and first loves are reunited on a make-or-break work trip to Iceland, with old feelings coming to the surface in this charming romance from debut author Megan Oliver.
Mona Miller lives her life by platitudes: she’s just fine, thanks; all good; not a problem! Everything is right as rain—even if it’s all a lie. Everyone at the travel magazine where she works knows her as a team player (in other words, the one who won’t complain about the endless fluff pieces pushed her way). But, feeling snubbed after being passed over for a promotion, Mona jumps at an international assignment to Iceland, even though she’s woefully unprepared.
She’s determined to prove her worth, though, and her can-do attitude will scale any glacier. But the freelance photographer paired with her is none other than Benjamin Carter. Ben, her childhood best friend who understood her even when her family didn’t. Ben, her first love—first everything. And Ben, the boy who ghosted her fourteen years ago and left her brokenhearted.
There is a decade’s worth of resentment Mona needs to ignore if she wants to make it through this trip. She’ll put on her “No worries!” façade and hold Ben at a distance. But the more time they spend together, the more the ice around her heart melts. And as those old feelings spark back to life, Mona must decide if she’s willing to go on the biggest adventure of all.
Romance | Action [ Berkley, On Sale: November 18, 2025, Trade Paperback / e-Book / audiobook, ISBN: 9780593952405 / eISBN: 9780593952412 ]
Megan Oliver is a writer, an avid romance reader, and a travel enthusiast whose vacation mishaps provide plenty of inspiration for her characters on page. She lives with her husband, two dogs who refuse to cuddle as much as she’d prefer, and a cat who barely tolerates the presence of any and all above.
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