Double Booked

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Hilarious and heartwarming, Double Booked is perfect for fans of Beth OLeary and Sophie Cousens, or anyone whos wished to try another life. Georgina Green thinks she has it all sorted: steady boyfriend, steady job, steady calendar. Then she meets Kit. Mysterious and sexy, Kit is the drummer in a queer pop band who astonishingly invite Georgina to be their new pianist. Georgina can't waste this chance, but she doesn't want to lose her lovely safe life. So she splits herself in two: by day, she'll be the same old Gina, and by night, she'll find new freedom as George. But double lives are complicated. When things spiral out of control, will Georgina choose a side, or find a way to belong to both 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 'The bisexual romcom of your wildest dreams' DIVA Magazine

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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.