70s Coming-of-Age Romantic Adventure
Ugly Duckling, Goldilocks and Reluctant Rock Star
Fun retro romance, perfect holiday reading. If you remember dancing round your handbags at the local disco and 70s teenage angst, this will help to take you right back there.
Muddy Paws – Amazon Reader
Tina’s Torment
This fun, retro romance explores the angst of being an ugly duckling amid so many beautiful people. And the fun after the swan transformation.
Click the button to pick up your copy and experience the awkwardness of first crush and danger of falling for a bad-boy in 1970s England.
“Oh, this was a step back in time! Very evocative, and I loved the story, keeping my fingers crossed in the hope Tina would make the “right” decisions! Delighted to see book 2 is out already, will move straight on to that!”
KTBooklover, Amazon Reader
Would you tell your best friend?
Tina and Chloe are unlikely best friends, but they share the kudos of the only successful “Pipkin Scrump.”
Their bond is threatened with the advent of boys: built like a Greek God, Justin is the kind of heart-throb every girl dreams about. So when he favours her best friend, Tina hides her feelings, enduring his nasty words and deeds.
High school turns Tina from a frumpy swot into a svelte high-achiever, and revenge is sweet when her inner disco diva attracts his attention – and Chloe’s jealousy. Her hard work brings rewards as a blast from the past reappears, teaching her far more than how to sail and skate. But he has a dark secret, and danger ensues.
Years later, on Chloe’s hen night, Tina is faced with a choice – does she tell her ex-best friend what a rat her fiancé is and ruin what should be the happiest day of her life? Or does she stay schtum and let him ruin the rest of Chloe’s life?
Chloe’s Chaos
This fun, retro romance explores the consequences of being easily led by people who should know better and the repercussions of making poor life choices in 1970s England.
Click the button to pick up your copy and experience some mean-girl fun and the danger of spurning a psychopath.
“Chloe’s Chaos is a lovely romp through seventies life and times, and I was biting my nails over some of the situations Chloe found herself in. The female friendships are beautifully depicted, and the romance had some glorious twists and turns.
KT, Amazon Reader
Loved it!”
Disappointment, Despair, Betrayal
Chloe’s checkered past is coming back to bite her. After years as a people pleaser, easily swayed by strong personalities, she’s looking back at her poor life choices, resulting in what could be the biggest mistake of her life.
Mean girl? Slag? Blob? All accurate labels as she navigates a dating minefield, leaving behind a trail of guys who she’d (unwittingly) turned into monsters. But she learns something from every one – mostly about what she doesn’t want in a partner. And how looks can be deceptive – being the spitting image of Stevie Nicks isn’t always an advantage.
Then she does something no true friend would ever do, with the potential to hurt people who’d stuck by her through all her troubles, going out of their way to help and support her.
Was there even a shred of honour or decency left inside her?
Just because Tina was no longer her best friend, did that give Chloe the right to kiss her fiancé? Danny was the only one to get a perfect score on her Rate-a-Mate checklist, and the heart must do what the heart must do – apparently.
This cheeky piece of British nostalgia features a Goldilocks choice, some radical transformations, plenty of girl-power, a couple of unlikely heroes and the nastiest of villains. Feel free to boo and hiss.
Linda’s Lament
This fun, retro romance explores the delights of touring with a rock band and the horrors of a strict convent school.
Click the button to pick up your copy and experience the demands of male predators and danger of pulling pints for a Hell’s Angels chapter.
“I have to confess, this isn’t a genre I’d normally pick. But the book was recommended to me and I enjoyed it! I grew up in the 70s/80s, so the story brought back memories. Well written, easy to read, with interesting characters that made you want to find out what happens.”
debsyn, Amazon Reader
Almost Famous meets 10 Things I Hate About You with elements of Queen’s Gambit.
When Jack corners Lin in the playground, she knows exactly what he wants, but she has her own reasons for agreeing. She’s pretty sure Uncle Teddy’s daughter never gave those kind of squeezy hugs when she was alive, but if Lin tells anyone, her dad could lose his job. When she finally gets to high school, Jack’s back – even more gorgeous and happy to play her leading man in several productions. But the powerful chemistry between Shakespeare’s Benedick and Beatrice never makes it off the stage.
By the time she gets to uni, Lin’s experienced more sexual awakening than any teenage girl ought to have done, courtesy of touring with her dad’s rock band, a stint at a strict convent school, and an enlightening Spanish holiday. But her biggest education comes from a Hell’s Angel Chapter and a Battle of the Bands contest. Despite kissing a lot of frogs, her prince charming is nowhere in sight, but she can’t imagine finding him on a tough engineering degree course.
This cheeky piece of British nostalgia features plucky girls escaping from hairy situations, several handsome hunks, a whole lot of rock bands, and a couple of nasty villains. Feel free to boo and hiss.
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