(courtesy Beth O’Leary newsletter)
A fresh start is waiting for Charlie Jones.
But another Charlie Jones wants it too…The Isle of Ormer: population 500, soon to be 501.
Charlie Jones has landed on the island to embark on her brand new life. As the manager at Ormer’s only farm shop, this job will be her perfect next chapter. Good riddance to the mainland, this is it – fresh air, and a clean slate.
Except there is one small issue …
Charlie Jones has also just arrived on the Isle of Ormer, to embark on his brand new life. His job at the farm shop feels like fate, and could not have come at a better moment. On Ormer, Charlie has promised himself he’ll escape old friends, bad habits and heartbreak.
This second chance is the best thing that could have happened to Charlie . . . and Charlie.
That is, until they are introduced . . .
The Name Game is the brand new love story from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Flatshare and Swept Away, about second chances becoming new beginnings and about love finding us in the most secluded of places. (courtesy Hachette Australia)
I love the book of Beth O’Leary.
Having read The Flatshare, The Road Trip, The No-Show and The Wake-Up Call, and with Swept Away the next in my queue to read, I’ve come to appreciate that she is a romcom author who knows how to elevate her stories well above the average.
Her characters are fully-formed and the sort of people you want to spend an entire novel with, the narrative is funny and sweet and full of snappy, clever dialogue and her wordplay is smart and keeps things moving along nicely without rushing key moments in the storyline.
You reach the end of her books and feel like you have really got to know the characters in them, and that is a real gift because beyond escapism, what we really want from any book is some sense of real emotional connection and you get that every time.
Her books are a joy and a gift and that’s why I’m excited that a new one,The Name Game is on its way with the latest O’Leary must-read hitting the shelves on 7 April in UK and Australia.