Frost Magazine loves this week’s book of the week from Joffe Books, Let’s just be Friends which is, quite frankly, the perfect summer romance, from RNA Joan Hessayon Award 2023 contender Katy Turner which is out now from £0.99/$0/99 (*for a limited time only)
Holly has a five-year plan. But moving out of London to the Scottish highlands and falling in love is definitely not part of it . . . Then she comes face-to-face with Greg Dunbar, the owner of the Scottish family farm she’s just moved in to. Neither of them are looking for romance, so they should just be friends . . . right? Yeah, yeah… if you say so.
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So what else is on the agenda? Perhaps try:
The West Wales Murder Mysteries Books 1-3 by P F Ford
Fabulous value box set: Detective Norman is out of retirement and back on the beat in a rainy Welsh seaside town. Llangwelli might be short on sunshine, but it’s certainly not short on murders . ..
The Playing Fields A Cotswold Murder Mystery by Stella Cameron
Frost Magazine’s cup of tea: A body is found sprawled across the stage of the playing fields barn. Then another is discovered at the local cricket grounds. Village sleuth and pub owner Alex Duggins is itching to help. But it’s only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.
Both £0/99/$0.99
For those with a more romantic streak Choc Lit has a great line-up. Look at a couple and then go and check out the website
If you loved Poldark…
The Complete Cornish Tales (1-6) by Victoria Cornwall
FOR £0.99/$0.99 CONSIDER THIS BOX SET OF 6 UPLIFTING ROMANCES SET ON THE CORNISH COAST.
Travel through the eras of stunning Cornwall as you enjoy SIX novels packed with dashing heroes, gutsy heroines and unforgettable romance.
After which read Escape to the Art Cafe by Sue McDonagh
A feel good read FULL OF FRIENDSHIP AND FRESH STARTS.
When Flora Bexton is dumped on the eve of her birthday, she takes off on her now-ex’s motorbike to the Welsh coast. Then Aussie lifeguard Jake comes to the rescue. Is Flora willing to risk getting her heart broken again.
But back to the book of the week: let’s hear from author Katy Turner as she tells us about her journey from agent to author :
I worked at a literary agency in my 20s, and while I was reading widely while looking for clients, I always found myself coming back to romances. And secretly, I wanted to be writing them. In my lunch breaks, I would occasionally jot a few things down, plot out stories. Eventually, I decided that I wanted to write more, so I made a career shift to teaching, thinking I would write in holidays. Only that didn’t work, because training to be a teacher takes up all your holidays, and then — about a month after qualifying — I had my first child. Hardly a break, but I wrote during naps and after bedtime, joined the RNA’s New Writer’s Scheme (which is brilliant) and kept going and going.
What are you currently reading? I always have more than one book on the go. I’m scaring myself reading Ultra-Processed People (Chris van Tulleken) and crying over Cesca Major’s Maybe This Time. I just finished Cressida McLaughlin’s lovely from Cornwall with Love and next up is CJ Connolly’s newest.
If you could have dinner with one of your characters, who would it be and why? Can I not have all three? I love Holly, my lead — she’s quite a character, but I might go for Paolo. He’d cook something Italian, with plenty of carbs and some good wine, and would be very easy company.
Are you working on anything right now? I am (when I’m not herding children). I’m a terrible procrastinator, but I’m about a quarter of the way through it. Which isn’t to say I might not change my mind and start again.
So, that’s it for now, but plenty more books obtainable from Joffe Books. It’s summer, there’s a heat wave, cool down with a good book: Joffe Books