Beth O' Leary In Conversation With Mike Gayle

Join us in welcoming Beth O’Leary to Waterstones Nottingham to celebrate the release of her new novel, Swept Away.

Lexi is looking for no-strings-attached fun with a stranger. She deserves one night for herself, doesn't she? Zeke is looking for love. But for one night with a woman like Lexi, he'll break his rules.

Sparks fly at the pub - one passionate kiss leads to another, and they soon end up stumbling home to the marina together. But the next morning, they're unable to part ways as planned.

The houseboat they stayed on last night has been swept out to sea. How long can Zeke and Lexi survive on a drifting houseboat? Will search and rescue find them? And who will they have become if they both make it back to dry land?

Beth will talk about her new book before an audience Q&A and book signing.

Beth O’Leary is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 30 languages. She wrote her debut novel, The Flatshare, on her train journey to and from her job at a children’s publisher. She now lives in the Hampshire countryside and writes full time.

 Mike Gayle was born and raised in Birmingham. Mike has written for a variety of publications including The Sunday Times, The Guardian and Cosmopolitan. Mike became a full time novelist in 1997 following the publication of his Sunday Times top ten bestseller My Legendary Girlfriend, which was hailed by The Independent as 'Full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations.

To date Mike is the author of twelve novels including Mr Commitment, Turning Thirty and Wish You Were Here. After stints in Manchester and London Mike now lives in Birmingham with his wife, kids, two sheds and a rabbit.

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