Published by HarperCollins, One More Chapter
Publication Date: 30th August 2022
Genre: Rom Com
My thanks to Sara Roberts at One More Chapter for the opportunity to review this book ahead of publication via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own and unbiased.
Book Description:
Millie loves her city life, her city friends and writing her true(ish) confessions column – but she’s starting to wonder if the grass really is greener on the other side, or if her heart really belongs back in Northumberland, with her mum who is struggling after the death of Millie’s dad.
Since leaving home Joe’s lived believing that looking back means you’ve failed, and life is about taking chances and seeing the world.
So when the two meet up surely it can never work, their lives are moving in opposite directions. On different tracks…
My Thoughts:
Headline: Cupid strikes Capital commuters!
Joe & Millie are relative newbies to living and working in London, still making the regular trek back home to see their families back "up North". Millie is off to see her mum on the second anniversary of her dad's death when Joe accidentally showers her in water off his umbrella during a downpour as they both make their way to the platform. Neither of them is prepared for the connection they feel when their eyes meet and they each spend the journey home plus the following days thinking about their encounter.
Millie is a journalist whose writing is falling short of the mark and whose boss is just waiting for an excuse to let her go. Her mind is so totally consumed by her experience at the station that she feels compelled to write an article about whether she could ever bump into her handsome stranger again.
Joe is an IT geek who has had a bad experience with his ex-girlfriend and, whilst smitten with thoughts of the pretty girl at the station, tells himself that the chances of ever meeting her again are slim and she'd probably not be as wonderful as he was imagining her to be anyway. We follow the couple as they make their journeys up and down the country, each looking out for the other along the way. Will they or won't they meet up again - and will Millie's ramblings about her commute be enough save her job?
I very much enjoyed learning more about each of the characters and their families and while maybe there were a few too many coincidences, this is fiction after all and we all need a good love story to escape from the drudgery of daily life. A fun read especially if you have a long train journey on the cards.
As a follow up to Zara's previous book Hot Desk - which I loved - this certainly didn't disappoint.
About the Author:
USA Today bestselling author Zara Stoneley was born in a small village in the UK. She wanted to be a female James Herriot, a spy, or an author when she grew up.
After many (many) years, and many different jobs, her dream of writing a bestseller came true, and more than half a million copies of her books have now been sold worldwide.
She writes about friendship, dreams, love, and happy ever afters, and hopes that her tales make you laugh a lot, cry a little, and occasionally say 'ahhh'.
Zara now lives in a Cheshire village with her family, a lively cockapoo and a cocker spaniel. Her bestselling novels include 'Bridesmaids', 'No One Cancels Christmas', 'The Wedding Date', 'The Holiday Swap', 'Summer with the Country Village Vet', 'Blackberry Picking at Jasmine Cottage' and the popular Tippermere series - 'Stable Mates', 'Country Affairs' and 'Country Rivals'.
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