Before long, a high-profile Instagram star hires them to fix-up her app developer boyfriend. There's just one catch - he's also Aly's childhood best friend and first love. As Aly tackles her biggest 'fixer upper' yet, she'll have to come to terms with their complicated history and figure out how much to change someone she'd always thought was perfect as he is. I really enjoyed it! A sweet childhood-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers British romantic comedy.' - Abby Jimenez, author of The Friend Zone Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.'This was a fun, fast read. Lauren Forsythe is a bright new talent.' - Laura Jane WilliamsĪn astonishingly relevant, funny and heartfelt romantic comedy about a universal experience that is yet to be explored in fiction: the emotional labour of dating men.Įver since she can remember, Aly has tried fixing things: her parents' marriage, colleagues' work problems, and all her friends' love lives.

Visit megaphone.Her best friends call it ' The Aly Effect.' But when she bumps into her ex - who has gone from a living in his parents' basement to a happily-married success - she realises she's been fixing her boyfriends, too.

If you have not done so already, please rate and review Uncorking a Story on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like this episode, please share it with a friend. Why we should stop wasting time on fear and doubt when it comes to writing and simply write what we love to read regardless of what other people tell us.How being silly and joyful are great ways of feeding one’s inner child and (fueling one’s creativity).How the imbalance of labor she noticed between men and women working from home during the pandemic inspired the ideas behind her debut.The path to publishing her debut novel, including collaborating with her agent.She recently joined me on Uncorking a Story to discuss her career and latest book, the Fixer Upper. Lauren writes books about strong women, men with pretty eyelashes, and friends that save your life. Lauren Forsythe calls this catching a wave, and I’m totally stealing that metaphor.īy day, Lauren is a content marketing manager, finding ways to get writing into people’s eagerly waiting eye-holes, and by night…well it’s the same thing, but with more wine. Sometimes when I’m writing I get into what I call “the zone.” Time seems to stop and I’m only pulled out of it when my presence is missed, which is a nice way of saying someone is yelling at me to rejoin the family.

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