When Laurel Everett stumbles upon an engagement ring hidden in her boyfriend Ollie’s drawer, she is overwhelmed and not with joy. As questions swirl about the future she’s chosen, her mind drifts back to a pivotal moment five years ago: the night her former colleague, Drew, asked her out, and she said no. But what if she had said yes?
Thanks to AltR, a groundbreaking tech project at her company, Laurel doesn’t have to wonder. She can actually step into a fully immersive simulation of the life she might have lived with Drew.
As Laurel toggles between two versions of her future, with Drew in the simulation and Ollie in ‘real’ life, her journey becomes far more complex than choosing the right man. She explores a deeper question of identity: what does she truly want with life?
WHAT IF IT’S YOU is a captivating sci-fi romance that seamlessly weaves together elements of speculative science, heartfelt emotion, and personal growth.
Author Jilly Gagnon introduces complex ideas like quantum superposition but grounds them in clear, accessible language that never overwhelms the story.
At its heart, the novel thrives on the chemistry between its characters. Laurel’s emotional journey—her love, confusion, and aching vulnerability—feels palpable on every page, drawing readers deep into her inner conflict as she navigates parallel possibilities and her own evolving sense of self.
Everyone wonders about the one that got away . . . and thanks to an alternate reality tech project, one woman will get the chance to actually find out.
When Laurel Everett finds a ring in her longtime boyfriend Ollie's sock drawer, she should be thrilled . . . so why is she left wondering "what if?" Specifically, what if she'd taken up her work crush, Drew, on his offer of a date just after she and Ollie got together? Thanks to her job at tech giant Pixel, she might have a way to answer that question through the AltR project, which promises users a glimpse of alternate realities. Or it will, once the quantum computers it relies on get more powerful.
When the program actually works and Laurel wakes up five years into her life with Drew, she's fascinated . . . then increasingly horrified as she continues to slip between that world and her "real" life seemingly at random. As she moves back and forth between the two worlds, Laurel realizes choosing the right life might not be as simple as deciding between two men and the different visions of happiness they offer. And if she doesn't find a way to untangle herself from the quantum mess she's unleashed, she might wind up stuck in the wrong life, or worse, deleted entirely like a faulty line of code. . . .
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