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Welcome to the official website of Kristen Bailey, author. Here you'll find details about me, my writing and my novels. Please follow me on social media to learn more about my misadventures in writing and motherhood (warning: it's a bit sweary....sorry!) and always feel free to get in touch - I'd love to hear from you. For now, happy reading and thanks for your support.
New Release
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The vacation ended. The heat didn’t…
Meet Suzie Callaghan: French teacher, newly single, newly heartbroken. After an awful break-up, she heads to Mallorca for a much-needed holiday with her cousins, expecting sun, sangria, and siestas.
She isn’t expecting to fall in love – especially not with the handsome Spaniard who rescues her when she gets separated from her group during an ill-judged midnight skinny dip.
But what starts as a steamy holiday romance built on white lies and mistaken identities turns into something more complicated when “Carlos” shows up at the school she works at.
Except his name isn’t Carlos. It’s Charlie Shaw, and he’s the new Spanish teacher. Now they’re stuck in department meetings pretending they haven’t seen each other naked, both feeling thoroughly duped, both wondering if that hot holiday fling can exist in real life? But when they’re thrown together again on a school trip to Seville, the heat between them proves impossible to resist.
If you’ve ever wondered if that holiday romance could turn into something more, you’ll love this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy sizzling with summer vibes.
What readers are saying about Hot to Go:
“HILARIOUS FROM START TO FINISH! I wish I could give this more than 5 stars. Easily one of my top reads of the year. You’ll be laughing so hard that I suggest you don’t read this anywhere outside your home… Just don’t read it at the beach. You'll embarrass yourself.”
“Cozy and hilarious, the banter had me in absolute stitches. I haven’t laughed so hard in ages! … One of the best romances I’ve ever had the absolute pleasure of reading. I DEVOURED this book and simultaneously savoured every word.”
“I have never read a romance novel that I finished and thought: no amount of this could ever truly be enough. The most magical, heartwarming and genuine love story I’ve had the pleasure of reading in years. I have no notes, this was utter perfection. Five stars!”
“I laughed out loud and swooned so many times!! This is the perfect summer rom-com!”
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Kristen's first books were published in 2016. Most readers found her through the Callaghan Series which follows Meg, Emma, Beth, Grace & Lucy as they navigate their way through life, love, parenthood, sex and relationships. She's not sure if they belong to a genre but she'd put them in women's-romantic-comedy-family fiction with a fair few knob jokes. Each book in the series follows the adventures of a different sister but all can be read as standalone novels. The first of the series, Has Anyone Seen My Sex Life? spent 4 weeks in the Most Sold Fiction Charts in Amazon UK and was a Top 10 Kindle Bestseller. All five books have over 12K reviews on Amazon UK. All available on e-book, paperback and audio. More recently, she's been dipping her toe in the world of the romcom. It's going OK. Great Sexpectations was nominated at the 2023 RNAs. She's even started writing Christmas books even though her husband hates Christmas. Click on each book to take you to Amazon UK and learn more.
"I was crying laughing all the way through it. Literally. From start to finish this book is hilarious."
"I found myself snorting with giggles on the train. Easy to read and topical... with loveable and realistic characters."
"..The everyday is treated with great wit and the touching minutiae of family life is described just perfectly.."
"FUN & UPLIFTING!"
"FANTASTIC, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD..."