Absolutely delighted to feature Sandy Barker and her new release. Tell us all about the Ever After Agency series, Sandy!

Thank you so much for having me, Georgia. I am so excited to be bringing readers a new romcom series, this one set in a London-based matchmaking agency.

This is the third series I’ve written, alongside the Holiday Romance and Christmas Romance series, but this is the first that I’ve properly planned. As a pantser, the previous two series grew organically, with me deciding after the first book to continue the story.

This time was different. After finishing up my 8^th book for One More Chapter, I had ideas for several contemporary romcoms set in a yet-to-be-decided city, but I wasn’t sure if they were standalones or a series. I thought of connecting the stories through a group of friends, which is a terrific (tried and tested) premise for a series, but as soon as the agency idea came to me, I knew that was it.

It happened during lockdown – I live in Melbourne, Australia, which has the dubious honour of being the most locked down city in the world during 2020 and 2021. I was bingeing Call My Agent, the French dramedy in which the agents at a talent agency are the main characters. (If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. I even watched the British version, Ten Percent, which is also fab.)

The show sparked the idea of a matchmaking agency, with each book following one match and the agency staff as a cast of regulars who will be part of every story.

Book 1 introduces Poppy Dean, matchmaking agent, who is tasked with finding Tristan Fellows, diehard bachelor and ‘banker wanker’, a wife before his 35^th birthday or he’ll forgo a £30 million inheritance. Poppy is plucky, smart and doesn’t suffer fools. She also loves a challenge, which Tristan delivers just by being his impossible, grumpy self. 

This is a will-they-won’t-they, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden love story, with banter for days, side trips to Greece and Edinburgh, and lots of laugh-out-loud mayhem.

In Book 2, Poppy is engaged by the main character’s sister to reunite her with her long-lost love. It’s set in the world of fashion, which was brilliant fun to write. Actually, with the series set in a matchmaking agency, it’s been a blast playing with romantic tropes, almost as a wink to the romance reader.

Book 1, Match Me If You Can, is out September 28, with Book 2 (still to be named) coming in February and 3 more to follow.

The series sounds so much fun, Sandy. Tell us more!

When Tristan Fellows walks into the Ever After Agency, Poppy Dean knows she’s in for a challenge. A typical bachelor, Tristan has no intention of falling in love, but in order to receive his 30-million-pound inheritance, he must find himself a wife before his 35th birthday.

This may be Poppy’s hardest case yet, but even the most arrogant of men can sometimes warm a woman’s heart…

Preorder: https://www.boldwoodbooks.com/book/match-me-if-you-can/

Thank you again for having me, Georgia, and readers, thank you.

Sandy xxx

Here’s more about our guest author and the linky things:

Sandy is a writer, traveller and hopeful romantic with a lengthy bucket list, and many of her travel adventures have found homes in her novels. She’s also an avid reader, a film buff, a wine lover and a coffee snob.

Sandy lives in Melbourne Australia with her partner, Ben, who she met while travelling in Greece. Their real-life love story inspired Sandy’s 2019 debut novel One Summer in Santorini, the first in the five-book Holiday Romance series. She has since published seven more destination romance titles, and has just signed a five-book deal with Boldwood, with Book 1 in the Ever After Agency, Match Me If You Can,series coming in September this year.

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Thank you so much for guesting, Sandy. It’s been great fun!