Lock In

THE FRESHEST AND FUNNIEST ROM-COM OF THE SUMMER!’It made me smile and laugh and cringe and inwardly cheer’ 5***** READER REVIEW’Found myself wincing and laughing with familiarity’ EMMA GANNON’Hilarious’ Evening Standard, ‘Best New Books in 2021”The year’s most original romcom’ ELLE’Funny and compelling from page one!’ LUCY VINE’I cannot recommend this book enough!’ 5***** READER REVIEW______ Ellen and Alexa have survived hangovers, dodgy landlords and most of their twenties together. But can they survive this? One Saturday morning, while nursing The Hangover from Hell, a flooded kitchen leads best mates Ellen and Alexa, and hapless housemate Jack, into their attic to turn off the water supply. But when Ben – Alexa’s date from the night before – walks in, the door slams, the handle breaks and all four of them are trapped.Cue The Worst morning-after-the-night before. As the hours tick by, Ellen nurses her sore head and watches as her best friend falls for this handsome stranger. Only for a horrifying realisation to hit. She is sure she knows Ben from somewhere. Frantically searching her memories, Ellen tries to piece together exactly how they’ve met before. When a distant memory finally comes to her, she desperately wonders: could Ben really be who she thinks he is . . .And more importantly, what on earth is she going to do about it . . .Welcome to The Lock In.This is a hilarious story of housemates and hangovers and friendship and dating as four twenty-somethings discover what The Worst morning-after-the-night-before really looks like . . .Fans of Dolly Alderton, Beth O’Leary and Mhairi McFarlane will LOVE this oh-so relatable tale of love, landlords and what can happen behind locked doors AS SEEN IN GRAZIA______’A funny, joyful hug of a book! A nostalgic, pitch perfect ode to the awkwardness and hilarity of yearning teenage years and house sharing in your twenties’ Cressida McLaughlin]]>