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What Happens Now?

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One first date. One not-so-little mistake. What happens now?

'Completely hilarious' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Hugely funny, refreshingly honest, a total joy!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'You'll cry with laughter, but real tears too' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘No question about it, there are two little purple lines. I’m pregnant.’

After eight years together, Lil Bailey thought she’d already found ‘the one’ – that is, until he dumped her for a blonde twenty-something colleague. So she does what any self-respecting singleton would do: swipes right, puts on her best bra and finds herself on a first date with a handsome mountaineer called Max. What’s the worst that can happen?

Well it’s pretty bad actually. First Max ghosts her and then, after weeing on a stick (but mostly her hands), a few weeks later Lil discovers she’s pregnant. She’s single, thirty-one and living in a thimble-sized flat in London, it’s hardly the happily-ever-after she was looking for.

Lil’s ready to do the baby-thing on her own – it can’t be that hard, right? But she should probably tell Max, if she can track him down. Surely he’s not that Max, the highly eligible, headline-grabbing son of Lord and Lady Rushbrooke, currently trekking up a mountain in South Asia? Oh, maybe he wasn’t ignoring Lil after all…

Your favourite authors LOVE Sophia Money-Coutts

‘So funny. And the sex is amazing – makes me feel like a nun!’ Jilly Cooper

‘Light, fizzy and as snort-inducing as a pint of Prosecco.’ Evening Standard Magazine

‘Hilarious and compelling.’ Daily Mail

‘Perfect summer reading for fans of Jilly Cooper and Bridget Jones.’ HELLO!

‘Bridget Jones trapped inside a Jilly Cooper novel. A beach cocktail in book form.’ METRO

‘Gloriously cheering.’ Red Magazine

‘Howlingly funny.’ India Knight, Sunday Times Magazine

‘This saucy read is great sun-lounger fodder.’ Heat

‘Sexy and very funny…perfect for fans of Jilly Cooper.’ Closer

‘Cheerful, saucy and fun!’ Sunday Mirror

‘As fun and fizzy as a chilled glass of prosecco…this is the perfect read for your holiday.’ Daily Express

‘This book has it all – love, romance, sadness and sex – a rare find that is funny at times and moving at others.’ Marie Claire

Critics Review

Praise for Sophia Money-Coutts:

'So funny. And the sex is amazing!' Jilly Cooper

'Howlingly funny' Sunday Times

'Another wonderful - and wonderfully rude - romcom' Red

'Surprisingly saucy and distractingly funny' Grazia

'A laugh-a-minute page-turner, perfect for poolside reading' HELLO!

'A beach cocktail in book form' Metro

'Hilarious and uplifting' Woman & Home

'A thoroughly modern love story' Woman's Weekly

'Perfect light summer reading' Evening Standard

'Fast and furious, funny and fresh' Daily Mail

'This saucy read is great sun-lounger fodder' Heat

'Sexy and very funny...perfect for fans of Jilly Cooper' Closer

'Cheerful, saucy and fun!' The Sunday Mirror

'As fun and fizzy as a chilled glass of prosecco...this is the perfect read for your holiday' The Daily Express

'Does it earn its place in your beach bag? Absolutely' Evening Standard

'Fizzes with joy' Metro

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