Publication Date: September 8, 2026
The Wish List Trip is an unputdownable story of sisterhood, self-discovery and how not to smuggle your friend’s ashes through French border control… Addictive, escapist and bittersweet, perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand, Emily Giffin and Jojo Moyes.
Dear Holly and Anna,
I knew it would take drastic measures to bring you together, so, ta da, one drastic measure! I’m sorry I died. And I know you guys haven’t spoken in five years. But here’s the plan: over fourteen days, you are going to scatter my ashes in every place we vacationed together in our twenties.
I wish I could have fixed your friendship before I passed away. But dying comes with one perk—you can’t say no to me now.
You’re going to have the best time. I’ve planned rum cocktails in Cabo and café hopping in Paris. And along the way, I’ll keep sending you letters. Because there’s a secret I wasn’t brave enough to share when I was alive… and if I know the three of us, I suspect we’ve all been hiding something from each other.
The times we spent together were the best days of my life. Nobody made me laugh like you did, Anna. And Holly, promise you’ll let your hair down one last time for me.
I hope by the end of this trip, there’s nothing left we’re afraid to say…
xo, Zoe
Zoe’s last wish is for her two best friends to revisit every vacation spot, plus an extra one, over the course of two weeks.
The problem is that Holly and Anna haven’t spoken since an ill-fated trip five years ago. Authors Kerry Lonsdale and Orly Konig serve up a heart-tugging story about the bonds of friendship and untold secrets in The Wish List Trip.
Emotions run high as loyalty to their late friend competes with Holly’s refusal to have anything to do with Anna. Without Zoe’s intervention, the gloves are off—forcing the two women to confront the past.
Scattering Zoe’s ashes in the places that created such happy memories features plenty of forced togetherness amid an uncomfortable grudge. Just as they reach the breaking point, something important happens.
Getting the scoop on what happened in Greece to upset Holly happens later in the story, which fosters a sense of curiosity. After all, what could be so bad that it would tank a long-term friendship? Hint: It’s big!
The Wish List Trip celebrates the bonds of friendship and the struggles that accompany forgiveness.
Kerry Lonsdale is the Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and #1 Kindle bestselling author of the Everything series, No More trilogy, and multiple standalone romantic women’s fiction and domestic drama novels. Her books have sold more than two million copies and have been translated into twenty-seven languages. She is the mother of two twenty-somethings and minion to three rescue cats where she resides in Northern California with her husband.
After years of pushing the creativity boundary in corporate communications, Orly Konig made the switch to fiction. She is the author of The Distance Home, Carousel Beach, The Arrangements, and with her best friend and co-author — The Wish Trip List (coming September 8, 2026). She also writes about living an unapologetically imperfect life on Substack. She’s a co-founder and past president of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association.
