This is a signed preorder of 'The Meat Cute' by Tobie Carter.

Release date: Nov 20, 2025

Estimated shipping: End of Dec 2025 (earlier if possible)

If you order other items with this book, ALL ITEMS will ship together. If you want the other items earlier, please make a separate purchase. 

Blurb:

After her tumultuous marriage ended, the only thing Cozy Cordella wants to do is rebuild her life and save up enough money to buy her own food truck. With a mobile charcuterie cart, she spends her time slinging sausage and cheese to the feral soccer moms down at the park. Everything is going great until her cart is knocked over by the man she deems responsible for her bad luck—her ex-husband’s enemy.

Introvert Malik Orion is the league’s most sought-after basketball coach. With a near miss at the NCAA championship game, he’s more determined than ever to win the title. His attention should be on recruiting new players, but a mishap at the basketball court sends his focus—and his body—barreling towards the one woman who’s always been off-limits.

When his athletic director suffers a heart attack and needs him to attend booster events in his place, Malik enlists Cozy’s help, promising to buy her the food truck she’s always wanted if she’ll attend the events with him. Haunted by an ex bent on ruin and truths buried deep, Cozy and Malik learn that nothing is ever as it seems, and as they wine and dine alumni, they find that sometimes love is found between salami and slam dunks.

What To Expect:

• Found family
  
• Hurt/comfort
  
• Chronic pain rep
• Fake dating
  
• College friends
  
• Basketball coach
  
• Charcuterie cart owner
  
• Ex husbands enemy

Content Warnings:

• Domestic Violence/Sexual Abuse(mentioned in the past)
  
• Physical Violence(on-page)
  
• Chronic pain rep
  
• Abandonment issues
  
• Explicit Sexual Content
  
• Dialogue surrounding religious beliefs/traumas