“Life-affirming and straight-up beautiful. Will stoke the good fire in your chest. I absolutely loved it. A must-read.” —Matthew Quick, New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook

“A big-hearted, comforting novel about second chances—at love, at recovery, at forgiveness and redemption. Butler treats all his characters with dignity and affection. When we die, we’d all be lucky to come back as a character in a Nickolas Butler novel.” —Ash Davidson, author of Damnation Spring

“Nick Butler only writes good books, but this is the one that sticks most tightly in my brain and heart... It’s a book for the midnight optimist that is waiting inside us all.” —Leif Enger, bestselling author of I Cheerfully Refuse

“Nick Butler is at the top of his game with A Forty-Year Kiss. The characters are so real, I feel like they are family. The story is absolute perfection and a romance for the ages. From the first sentences, the reader is placed right into the pages, and I didn’t want it to end. I have been waiting a long time to read a book like this, and Nick’s writing will forever live in my heart.” —Mary O’Malley, Skylark Bookshop

“Nickolas Butler sets the page on fire in A Forty-Year Kiss. This is not an out-of-control wildfire of a love story—it is, instead, the slow burn of mature people who know love. A Forty-Year Kiss understands the peaks and dives of a lifelong romance and illuminates them gloriously on the page. Charlie and Vivian are complex, fallible, and very real. Let yourself fall head over heels for the new novel by this remarkable author.” —Pamela Klinger-Horn, Valley Bookseller

“An unforgettable love story that transcends time. Nickolas Butler has crafted a stunning portrayal of new beginnings that is raw, honest, and deeply moving. A Forty-Year Kiss inspires hope and proves that it is never too late for a second chance at love. I couldn’t put it down!” —Maxwell Gregory, Madison Street Books