Double Booked

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'A laugh-out-loud romcom about what it means to come out... A must-read' Red 'The queer rom com I've been waiting for' Laura Kay 'Literary crack. I am so on board it hurts' Leena Norms Georgina has a strict routine: 1) teach piano to bored children 2) schedule dates with long-term boyfriend 3) repeat until dead Perfect. But then, one wild night, she auditions for a lesbian pop band and realises: 1) she longs to play her own music 2) she wants to be just like them 3) she has a huge crush on their female drummer... Realising she might like girls as well as boys, Georgina and her schedule are in chaos. Torn between the safety of her old life, and the freedom of a new one, she does what any rational person would do. She splits herself in two. After all, two lives are twice the fun... right Praise for Double Booked: 'A laugh-out-loud romcom about what it means to come out, not just to those around you but ultimately to yourself... A must-read' Red Magazine 'The queer rom com I've been waiting for. A fresh and fun take on finding yourself stuck between two worlds, I challenge anyone not to fly through this novel, rooting for Georgina Green the entire time' Laura Kay, author of Tell Me Everything 'So fun and steaming hot' Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, authors of The View Was Exhausting 'Warm and witty, smart and sassy, this bi romcom is a big-hearted and beautifully fresh story of love and self-discovery' Emylia Hall, author of The Book of Summers 'Sweet, charming, and has left me feeling hopeful about the future' Matt Cain, author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle 'The bisexual romcom of your wildest dreams' DIVA Magazine 'I loved and adored this it's absolutely hilarious' Emma Hughes, author of No Such Thing as Perfect

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The queer romcom I've been waiting for. A fresh and fun take on finding yourself stuck between two worlds -- Laura Kay
A laugh-out-loud romcom about what it means to come out, not just to those around you but ultimately to yourself... A must-read * Red *
Lily Lindon has a real funny bone that comes through in every page -- Abigail Mann
Brilliant. Whip-smart, horribly relatable and so perceptive. You will love it -- Hannah Tovey
This is right up my street hook it up to my veins immediately, please -- Laura Jane Williams
Joyous romantic comedy * Red *
The hilarious bi romcom you've been waiting for * Diva *
Lily Lindon's debut is a fresh and funny romantic comedy about a young woman rediscovering her identity and finding her place in the LBGTQ+ community * CultureFly *
A fun, fresh book to get into this summer * Attitude *
A light-hearted rom-com about bisexuality and self-discovery * Sunday Business Post *
A laugh-out-loud debut rom com * Get It *

Author Bio

Lily Lindon is a writer and editor living in London. She studied English at Cambridge, where she wrote, directed, and performed in theatre and comedy shows with the Footlights, at the Edinburgh Fringe, and across the US. She then worked at Penguin Random House, where she published the Vintage Classics' Love Letters of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. Currently, she's an Editor on creative writing courses at The Novelry and hosts Wit Lit, an interview podcast about funny books. She won a Comedy Women in Print Prize for 'funniest sex scene', an award she is still hiding from her mother. Double Booked is her debut novel, which she wrote during lockdown in a doomed attempt to stay sane.