{"id":3884,"date":"2023-09-01T12:31:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=3884"},"modified":"2023-09-01T12:31:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:31:08","slug":"match-me-if-you-can-sandy-barker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=3884","title":{"rendered":"Match Me if You Can – Sandy Barker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Absolutely delighted to feature Sandy Barker and her new release. Tell us all about the Ever After Agency series, Sandy!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the third series I\u2019ve written, alongside the Holiday Romance and Christmas Romance series, but this is the first that I\u2019ve properly planned. As a pantser, the previous two series grew organically, with me deciding after the first book to continue the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time was different. After finishing up my 8th<\/sup> book for One More Chapter, I had ideas for several contemporary romcoms set in a yet-to-be-decided city, but I wasn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It happened during lockdown \u2013 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 Agen<\/em>t<\/em>, the French dramedy in which the agents at a talent agency are the main characters. (If you haven\u2019t seen it, I highly recommend it. I even watched the British version, Ten Percent<\/em>, which is also fab.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book 1 introduces Poppy Dean, matchmaking agent, who is tasked with finding Tristan Fellows, diehard bachelor and \u2018banker wanker\u2019, a wife before his 35th<\/sup> birthday or he\u2019ll forgo a \u00a330 million inheritance. Poppy is plucky, smart and doesn\u2019t suffer fools. She also loves a challenge, which Tristan delivers just by being his impossible, grumpy self. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a will-they-won\u2019t-they, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden love story, with banter for days, side trips to Greece and Edinburgh, and lots of laugh-out-loud mayhem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Book 2, Poppy is engaged by the main character\u2019s sister to reunite her with her long-lost love. It\u2019s set in the world of fashion, which was brilliant fun to write. Actually, with the series set in a matchmaking agency, it\u2019s been a blast playing with romantic tropes, almost as a wink to the romance reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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The series sounds so much fun, Sandy. Tell us more!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Tristan Fellows walks into the Ever After Agency, Poppy Dean knows she\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This may be Poppy\u2019s hardest case yet, but even the most arrogant of men can sometimes warm a woman\u2019s heart\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preorder: https:\/\/www.boldwoodbooks.com\/book\/match-me-if-you-can\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you again for having me, Georgia, and readers, thank you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandy xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s more about our guest author and the linky things:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s also an avid reader, a film buff, a wine lover and a coffee snob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandy lives in Melbourne Australia with her partner, Ben, who she met while travelling in Greece. Their real-life love story inspired Sandy\u2019s 2019 debut novel One Summer in Santorini<\/em>, 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<\/em>,series coming in September this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow Sandy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandybarkerauthor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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