Win a copy of How to Change a Life, the latest novel by Chicago author Stacey Ballis. Stacey is the author of ten foodie novels, and her first cookbook, Big Delicious Life, is out now in a digital edition. Her nonfiction cooking pieces can be read at ExtraCrispy.com and Bake From Scratch Magazine.

About How to Change a Life (which includes recipes at the end):

A dare between friends leads to startling revelations and simmering tensions in the latest novel from the author of Wedding Girl.

Eloise is happy with her life as a successful private chef. She has her clients, her corgi, and a recipe for the world’s most perfect chocolate cream pie. What more could she need? But when her long-lost trio of high school friends reunites, Eloise realizes how lonely she really is.

Eloise, Lynne, and Teresa revamp their senior-class assignment and dare one another to create a list of things to accomplish by the time they each turn forty in a few months. Control freak Lynne has to get a dog, Teresa has to spice up her marriage, and Eloise has to start dating again.

Enter Shawn, a hunky ex-athlete and the first man Eloise could see herself falling for. Suddenly forty doesn’t seem so lonely—until a chance encounter threatens the budding romance and reveals the true colors of her friends. Will the bucket listers make it to forty still speaking to one another? Or do some friendships come with an expiration date?

For more information about How to Change a Life and Stacey's other books, go to www.staceyballis.com.