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Freya Vallen writes adult fiction about ordinary people — with jobs, marriages and sensible intentions — who find themselves in rather less ordinary situations.

She likes writing about sex, but believes it needs to mean something. Not necessarily something profound or life-changing every time — sometimes it means love, discovery, friendship, trust, curiosity or freedom, and sometimes it simply means two people having an extraordinarily good time together. What matters is that it belongs to the people experiencing it and to the story around them.

Just as importantly, Freya wants those experiences to feel lived rather than narrated from a distance. She writes close to her characters, trying to put the reader beside them — watching something tha Freya Vallen writes adult fiction about ordinary people — with jobs, marriages and sensible intentions — who find themselves in rather less ordinary situations.

She likes writing about sex, but believes it needs to mean something. Not necessarily something profound or life-changing every time — sometimes it means love, discovery, friendship, trust, curiosity or freedom, and sometimes it simply means two people having an extraordinarily good time together. What matters is that it belongs to the people experiencing it and to the story around them.

Just as importantly, Freya wants those experiences to feel lived rather than narrated from a distance. She writes close to her characters, trying to put the reader beside them — watching something that feels as though it could really be happening or, better still, experiencing the moment with them. Bodies, thoughts, awkwardness, attraction, laughter, uncertainty and consequences all belong to the same experience.

Her stories range from English villages and secluded coves to wilderness rivers, sailing boats and adventures further from home, but they share a fascination with people: friendships that change shape, relationships that acquire unexpected possibilities, small communities that develop their own rules, and the considerable gap between what sensible adults intend to do and what actually happens.

Her characters have jobs, marriages, children, responsibilities, insecurities and histories. They make questionable decisions, occasionally excellent ones, and frequently discover that other people — and sometimes they themselves — are more complicated than expected.

Freya writes for adult readers who enjoy character-led stories that are warm, explicit, playful and unconventional, where intimacy is part of life rather than something that happens when the rest of the story stops.

She is the author of The Cove, Torvesby Undressed, The River and Sailing with the Neighbours series. A fourth Cove book, Having It All, is coming soon. ...more

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Average rating: 4.66 · 35 ratings · 18 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Overnight Train 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sailing with the Neighbours: Fifteen days beyond ordinary rules. (Sailing With Neighbours Book 1) 4.69 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Studio Upstairs it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atlantic Crossing: Sailing With The Neighbours (Sailing With Neighbours Book 2) 4.83 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River (Uni-Adventures Book 1) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stripped Lake it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cove: Choosing More it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Torvesby Undressed: After hours it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River, Rapids (Uni-Adventures Book 2) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stranded at The Drover's rest: A Steamy British Standalone it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Back to the Cove: Why There's a Fourth Summer Coming

The Cove was supposed to be a trilogy. It says so in the back of every book I've published: The Cove trilogy, three volumes, a beginning, a middle and an end.

Then a reader wrote to me, and now there is a fourth book on my desk.

This post is about how the Cove grew from one secluded beach into the place where I learned how I like to write, and why a single message persuaded me that its people weren' Read more of this blog post »

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Freya Vallen made a comment on Hank’s review of Atlantic Crossing: Sailing With The Neighbours (Sailing With Neighbours Book 2) " Thank you very much Hank, the third book in that series, set in the Mediterranean, is now forthcoming, this is one has a guy ALL the women want as a b ...more "
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Freya Vallen answered Hank's question: Ok, you said we could ask about characters and such, so here goes. I liked both River books, but by the end of book2 I found myself liking Liv a little less. At the end she talked with and confessed to Cara, and was concerned about how she felt but never showed any concern for her husband. ....continued.??... See my answer with the other half of your question.
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