Title: The Truth about Love and Dogs
Author: Lilly Bartlett
Genre: Adult rom-com
Release Date: March14th, 2019 (originally under different title 2016)
Synopsis:
Four little words, uttered by her
husband…
‘Oh my god,’ he gasped into her shoulder. ‘Shannon!’
There’s just one problem: her name isn’t Shannon.
Rewind six months and Scarlett and Rufus aren’t in the honeymoon stage anymore so much as the honey-should-we-bother phase. Desperate to get their sparkle back, Scarlett has plotted, planned and waxed more than any woman should have to, but none of it is working. Which makes it very hard to start the family they want.
At least her business is going strong, even if her marriage isn’t. She and her best friend spend their days tangled up in dog leads and covered in fur. Scarlett/ is the fairy dogmother, training hopeless pets like compulsive eater Barkley, impulsive Romeo Murphy and bossy Biscuit. Meanwhile, her best friend walks the dogs and pines for the man who doesn’t know she exists. Thank goodness the women have each other.
If only Scarlett could work out how to get her marriage back on track. But Rufus isn’t sharing his feelings with her. He is, though, sharing with her best friend. Her best friend, Shannon.
‘Oh my god,’ he gasped into her shoulder. ‘Shannon!’
There’s just one problem: her name isn’t Shannon.
Rewind six months and Scarlett and Rufus aren’t in the honeymoon stage anymore so much as the honey-should-we-bother phase. Desperate to get their sparkle back, Scarlett has plotted, planned and waxed more than any woman should have to, but none of it is working. Which makes it very hard to start the family they want.
At least her business is going strong, even if her marriage isn’t. She and her best friend spend their days tangled up in dog leads and covered in fur. Scarlett/ is the fairy dogmother, training hopeless pets like compulsive eater Barkley, impulsive Romeo Murphy and bossy Biscuit. Meanwhile, her best friend walks the dogs and pines for the man who doesn’t know she exists. Thank goodness the women have each other.
If only Scarlett could work out how to get her marriage back on track. But Rufus isn’t sharing his feelings with her. He is, though, sharing with her best friend. Her best friend, Shannon.
Guest Post:
How
often do you pick up a book because of the cover? I do it all the time. It’s
what makes me take the time to look at the description, read the first few
paragraphs, and, if I like all that I see, decide to buy it.
So, is
it any wonder that covers cause us authors so much angst? They might even make
us more nervous than writing the book itself. That’s because writing is an
evolutionary process. It takes months to do, plus there are many rounds of
editing. But the cover is the instant, one-and-only first impression your book
will make. It’s like getting ready for a first date with someone that you
really really want to impress! You’ve only got one chance.
Every
single author I know holds her breath when that email comes through from the publisher
saying “Here’s the cover art and we hope you’ll love it as much as we do.”
So
here it is: my one chance. These are the two covers we’ve chosen to make a
first impression for The Truth About
Love and Dogs.
UK Cover
|
US Cover
|
What do you think? They’re very different from one another,
aren’t they? That’s because tastes in rom-com covers in the UK are so different
from preferences in the US.
I
always ask my Facebook friends and newsletter followers for their feedback
about my proposed covers, and the US readers mostly go for a photographic cover
while UK readers love the illustrated ones. Does that hold true for you? Which
do you like better?
Whichever
cover grabs you most, I hope you’ll love the story inside!
Happy
reading!
Lilly
xo
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About the Author:
Michele
writes books packed with heart and humour, best friends and girl power. Call
them beach books, summer reads, romantic comedy or chick lit... readers and
reviewers call them "feel good", "thought-provoking" and
"laugh out loud". She is both a Sunday Times and a USA Today
bestselling author, raised in the US and living in London with her husband. She
is very fond of naps, ice cream and Richard Curtis films.
Michele also writes cosy chick lit under the pen-name Lilly Bartlett. Lilly’s books are full of warmth, romance, quirky characters and guaranteed happily-ever-afters.
Michele also writes cosy chick lit under the pen-name Lilly Bartlett. Lilly’s books are full of warmth, romance, quirky characters and guaranteed happily-ever-afters.
