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How (Not) To Live Happily Ever After - in 10 Easy Steps!
A darkly comic tale of obsession and delusion.
Yup, I really should have known I was spiralling away from my happy-ever-after not closer to it. I should have That my marriage to Victor was edging into dangerous territory.That my cunning plan to run off into the sunset with my lover was unravelling as fast as I was.That my own parents’ marriage was not the bed of roses I believed it to be.That my daughter was quietly slipping away from me.And that my picture-perfect village was hiding dark secrets behind its lace curtains.But I didn’t.
Because sometimes the biggest lies are the ones we tell ourselves.
Which is why I’ve ended up on trial for murder.
Bridget Jones meets Crazy Ex-Girlfriend in this darkly comic village tale of obsession and delusion.
230 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 28, 2026
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I think your erotic novel is hilarious, but, perhaps more importantly, so well constructed, very professional and refrehingly honest and self deprecating . I think it will have a very positive reaction from women readers.
It's got a really great balance, and I think will get an excellent response from a lot of women, particularly middle-aged, who perhaps missed out on the sexual liberation, and for whom sex in marriage has been a dreadful let down. So Maddie's story of sexual re education/ enlightenment will resonate with a lot of women. But, it's not just an erotic novel - it captures a certain middle England scene so well, and with delightful humour throughout. Plus, of course, there's the poignancy of her dad's illness and her tortuous relations with both husband and 21stC daughter. I'm really captivated by the whole package. It's not high literature, of course, but it has its place as an intelligent, funny, well observed focus on the protagonist's development as a more whole person. I really did like Maddie as a protagonist too; self deprecating, as I said earlier, but also gaining strength from her enhanced self awareness as the story unfolds.”
It's got a really great balance, and I think will get an excellent response from a lot of women, particularly middle-aged, who perhaps missed out on the sexual liberation, and for whom sex in marriage has been a dreadful let down. So Maddie's story of sexual re education/ enlightenment will resonate with a lot of women. But, it's not just an erotic novel - it captures a certain middle England scene so well, and with delightful humour throughout. Plus, of course, there's the poignancy of her dad's illness and her tortuous relations with both husband and 21stC daughter. I'm really captivated by the whole package. It's not high literature, of course, but it has its place as an intelligent, funny, well observed focus on the protagonist's development as a more whole person. I really did like Maddie as a protagonist too; self deprecating, as I said earlier, but also gaining strength from her enhanced self awareness as the story unfolds.”
February 22, 2026
Obsessed!
This series just keeps getting better! I'm flying through the pages like a woman who can't be stopped. I fear at these. I will be more "good for her" than thinking it's a tragic end. As a woman who has only been scorned by men, I truly feel for Maddie even though I've lived as Lavs. Seeing it from both sides has me hating men even more.
This series just keeps getting better! I'm flying through the pages like a woman who can't be stopped. I fear at these. I will be more "good for her" than thinking it's a tragic end. As a woman who has only been scorned by men, I truly feel for Maddie even though I've lived as Lavs. Seeing it from both sides has me hating men even more.
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