Kiss Me Quick

by Julie Highmore

Tim’s own life is in chaos, but he’s paid for his qualifications as a life coach, and he’s going to use them. When his new, and only, client tells him she’s had a windfall, he believes he really could turn his—and, of course, her—life around. But he doesn’t know that there’s more to Debbie than the scruffy, overweight drudge she appears to be. Journalists have to find a story somewhere, and Debbie’s found hers among the eccentric residents of the little seaside town of Shelcombe.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

After having her three children, Julie became a mature student at first Westminster College, then Oxford Brookes University, where she gained a degree in English. As part of the course, she studied creative writing with Philip Pullman, who encouraged her to continue with her writing after graduation. This she did, and her published work includes nine rom-com novels, and more recently, a crime fiction series for The Book Folks. The Missing American - the first in the series - features the somewhat flawed, Oxford-based private investigator, Edie Fox; a single mother and very young grandmother who inadvertently gets her precious family caught up in her first big case. Although her recent novels have ventured into some dark places, Julie manages to inject humour into the stories without diminishing the danger of situations Edie finds herself in.

Between graduating and becoming a published author, Julie taught English as a foreign language, and for several years was a reader for Oxford University Press’s Children’s Books.

She enjoys music, binge-watching a good TV series, country strolls, doing the New York Times crossword, and hanging out with her husband and ever-expanding family. With two Edie books now in production and a third following in Spring 2023, Julie is hoping to continue with the series while also exploring other crime-fiction paths.