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The unputdownable, brilliant new novel from the Queen of Romcom.
Bels joined the Manchester office of a big national paper from her award-winning podcast. Theres only three of them there Bel, her relentlessly ambitious colleague Aaron, and the intern. And when the new intern turns out to be a thirty-something man called Connor, shes not impressed. Shes patronising, hes hostile: its a terrible start.

Then Bel gets a sniff at a really big story, Connor gets caught in the melee, and before they know it they have to convince people theyre a couple and a couple in love. If they mess up, Bels cover is blown and the biggest story shell ever have landed will disappear, along with justice for its sources.

But as time goes on, whos double crossing whom and which feelings are real Its Mr & Mrs Smith meets The Hating Game and sparks will fly

Reviews

Shes so ridiculously talented consider this recommendation my personal gift to you and your life EMILY HENRY

'Flawed and relatable, their dialogue whipsmartRead this for the famous hero trope, but also for the grounded reality and beautiful narrative voice. McFarlane never misses' GILLIAN MCALLISTER, SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL

'14/10 on the QWJ scale (queasy with jealousy scale). I WISH I'd written it. I loved this book so much' MARIAN KEYES

Everything you want from a rom com and satisfyingly knotty with proper, recognisable characters. She just gets better and better JOJO MOYES

'Smart, sensitive, extremely funny and always so, so spot ona joy' LINDSEY KELK

No one writes such wry, emotionally complex romantic fiction as Mhairi McFarlane RED

Author Bio

Mhairi was born in Scotland in 1976 and has been explaining how to pronounce her name ever since. (With a V, not an M. Yes, thats us crazy Celts for you). She is based in Nottingham where she used to be a local journalist and now shes a freelance writer and sometime-blogger, which we all know is code for messing about on Twitter. She likes drinking wine, eating food and obtaining clothes; all the impressive hobbies. Her best anecdotes involve dislocating her elbow tripping over a briefcase and a very bad flight to New York. She lives with a man and a cat.