The Books
A romantic comedy for anyone who is, has been, or is ever likely to be a grown up.
Being a thirtysomething man isn't easy (especially when you still yearn to be a twentysomething man). Meet Harry Spencer. History teacher, lover of snack food and terrified of growing up. However, when his wife Emily drops the P-Bomb, Harry is suddenly thrust into the role of expectant father.
When he's tempted by the greener grass of an ex-girlfriend past, Harry has to make the most important decision of his life. Does he have what it takes to become a man, or will he succumb to the lure of adolescent fantasy?
This is a love story about what happens after we've fallen in love, when we've swapped frolicking in the bed for cigarettes in the shed and Match of the Day for Mothercare. Brutally honest, laugh-out-loud funny and heartwarming, this is a diary about one man's bumbling journey on the road to adulthood.
A novel about people just like us. Four people. Two couples. Six months that will change their lives forever.
Kate wants to go travelling before she reaches the big Three-O, while her long-term boyfriend Ed just wants to settle down. Jack is desperate to be a novelist for many reasons, but mainly to save his relationship with fiancee Emma. Emma wants to be an actress more than anything in the world, or at least that's what she thinks...
Told from each of their perspectives, this is a story about love, growing up and, of course, the search for a happy ending.
The hilarious sequel to the top ten kindle bestseller THIS THIRTYSOMETHING LIFE.
Things that might happen during your first year of parenthood:
1. You’ll get covered in a nuclear poo
2. You’ll be convinced your son is talking with a Japanese accent
3. You’ll worry that when your son waves, it looks like a Nazi salute
Of course, this might just be Harry Spencer.
Taking up where THIS THIRTYSOMETHING LIFE left off, Harry Spencer and his wife Emily are back and trying to survive their first year of parenthood. It has its ups and downs (and a few bits in the middle), but along the way, they begin to understand the true meaning of family and what it takes to be a parent.
Featuring a hilarious cast of extras including Harry’s father-in-law Derek, who has a unique problem with Scotch, Steve and Fiona, the parents from children’s entertainment hell, and a yoga instructor with a prominent camel toe. THIS FAMILY LIFE is the ultimate comedy for anyone who is a parent, has a parent, or is thinking about becoming one.
Creating a happy family is one thing. Staying that way is an entirely different story.
The Wilde family has always had a roast dinner on Sundays. Greg, his wife Lizzy, and their three children around the table; for years it was the glue that held them together.
But now with the children all grown up, and Greg and Lizzy’s marriage facing an uncertain future, their lives are becoming increasingly unstuck. Greg soon begins to realise that creating a happy family is one thing, but staying that way is an entirely different story.
Told from each of the family's perspectives at their monthly Sunday roast dinners, this is a comedy about parenthood, marriage, love, life, and roast dinners. For fans of Mike Gayle, Beth O'Leary, and television shows like Outnumbered and Friday Night Dinners.
Marriage can be difficult. Especially when you've only just met.
Meet Dan Fox, a marketing manager from Clapham, who was jilted at the altar two years ago by the love of his life and hasn’t dated since. Nat Howard is living back at home with her parents after her perfect boyfriend dumped her and she had to move out of his bespoke flat.
On separate stag and hen weekends in Las Vegas, Dan and Nat wake up married. Both too drunk to remember what happened, they return to England and try to get on with their lives. But there was something about Nat that makes the usually cautious Dan think they should give their marriage a go. Nat’s still in love with her ex-boyfriend, but maybe Dan can help mend her broken heart.
Can marriage between two relative strangers work? And when Nat's ex-boyfriend - the gorgeous Charlie - comes back into her life, she must decide. Something old or something new?
It's about life. It's about love. It's about us.
Rosie Willis isn’t happy. Her once-perfect marriage to her husband Pete is falling apart, her mother is dying, and her three children are starting to feel like strangers. At forty she feels like she’s stuck, but then she meets handsome widower, Mark Hornby, at the school gates and he makes her feel alive again.
As she drifts further from Pete, she gets closer to Mark, but approaching Christmas she realises she needs to save her marriage. Despite her feelings for Mark, she can’t have an affair. Unfortunately, Pete has news of his own that throws everything into doubt.
Rosie must choose a new life. There’s Pete, Mark, or going it alone. It isn’t easy when you’re forty, when you have three kids, when your mother is dying, but life isn’t meant to be easy. This is the story of Rosie and Pete. From the beginning until the end.
Two parents. Three children. One senile grandad. Six weeks. How bad could it possibly be?
For teacher, Ben Robinson, the school summer holidays mean one thing - spending six weeks with his kids. This year, however, he also has his father and one very angry wife to contend with. The name of the game is simple: survive.
Ben embarks on a summer of self-discovery that includes becoming besotted by a beautiful Australian backpacker, an accidental Brexit march, and a road rage attack. There's also the matter of saving his marriage, which is proving harder than he imagined, mainly due to an unfortunate pyramid scheme and one quite large bottom. But when Ben learns his father has a secret, it takes the whole family on a trip to Scotland that will make or break their summer ... and perhaps Ben's life.
THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS SURVIVAL GUIDE is a comedy about one man, one family, trying to survive the hardest six weeks of the year the only way they know how - together.
Two strangers. Two deaths. One unlikely friendship that will change everything.
Holly Moon has it all. The perfect husband, the dream career, then at age twenty-six her husband dies and her world comes crashing down around her. Black cab driver, Phil Turner, is sixty when his wife dies of cancer. They've been married for forty years. He doesn't know any different.
When Holly and Phil meet at Good Grief support group, they strike up an unlikely friendship. Two strangers with nothing in common except they don't know how to move on. Perhaps together and with the aid of their 'definitely not a bucket list' they'll find a way. But it's not as easy as just ticking things off a list and soon their happiness and lives hinge on one thing ... each other.
GOOD GRIEF is a love letter to the healing power of friendship and learning that even in the depths of grief the most magical things can happen. For fans of Mike Gayle and Beth O'Leary.
Imagine meeting the right person at completely the wrong time.
Meg is trying to navigate a broken heart, her parents' separation, and her Bridezilla sister's upcoming wedding. She just wants to get away and go travelling. Nick's a junior doctor coming to terms with his father's death, and his mother's attempts to move on with the mysterious man who lives upstairs. If only he had time for love himself.
Nick and Meg live in the same building, and when Nick comes to her rescue, and she sends him a notecard of thanks, they realise that love may not be as far away as they think.
Perfect for fans of Beth O'Leary and Mhairi McFarlane, THE NOTECARD is an honest and uncompromising comedy about two people trying to navigate life, love, and heartbreak in London that asks the question: Is true love really written in the stars or can it be derailed by broken hearts, dead parents, Bridezilla sisters, Eighties pop stars, and just some really awful timing?
When you have a perfect life, it's hard to imagine that one lie can take it all away.
Alexander Burke and his wife Olivia are happy. Middle-class and middle-aged, they have everything they ever wanted. A nice house in London and a beautiful teenage daughter. That's until Alexander makes a decision with catastrophic consequences.
That was ten years ago.
Now Alexander lives unhappily alone and hasn't seen his daughter since The Incident. One morning, on his way to work, Alexander saves a woman's life. Perhaps redemption is possible after all. But then again ... maybe not.
ONE LIE is a gripping family drama about the choices we make, the secrets we keep hidden, and how one decision can destroy everything we hold dear.
He's madly in love with her. She's marrying his best friend. For fans of BETH O'LEARY and MIKE GAYLE.
Ollie Clarkson is in big trouble. His best friend Dan has just got engaged to his girlfriend, Lucy, and he wants Ollie to be his best man. This would normally be good news, but to Ollie – who is madly in love with Lucy – it’s the worst news in the world.
With drastic action needed, there seems to be only one thing left to do - stop the wedding.
But when Ollie’s flatmate Wilf sets him up on a blind date, things take a turn for the better. Perhaps there is life after Lucy. That is until the unthinkable happens and Ollie and Lucy find themselves in a sticky situation. With the wedding fast approaching, will Ollie be able to stop himself from becoming the worst best man?
With an eclectic cast of extras including a posh flatmate with commitment issues, a nudist Bingo caller, and a mum who vanished, THE WORST MAN is a painfully funny and heart-warming romantic comedy for anyone who has loved and lost at the hands of unrequited love.