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Sex in the Shires

Journalist and single mum, Rebecca Pearce is clever, sexy and sharp and on the lookout for a man. But there’s a snag. Life in the shires is dullsville.com with no decent guys in sight. On offer is Charles Smythe-Bothum Wethem. He’s loaded, but a complete DUD – as in dull, ugly and desperate. Or Mervin Purvis. He’s an amorous, overweight “spam man” she meets on a blind date as a decoy for her married friend Delia who’s bedding his cousin, Toy Boy. “He’s got nice eyes,” says Delia. “Yes,” replies Rebecca, “for a walrus.” Life revs up when she goes speed dating and meets Tor, but there’s a hitch as she clocks her ex, Jake, drooling over her friend Konnie. Meanwhile, hunky Australian, Scott Henderson, walks into her office and invites her to cover a juicy scandal, arousing more than her journalistic instincts. Rebecca is set on a course to create emotional havoc and social upheaval as she tries to decide which man is ‘the one’ – or if she really needs a man at all.

Rachel Attewell

Rachel married at nineteen and went to university in her thirties where she gained a first-class degree in English Literature. She penned her debut novel Sex in the Shires as she juggled her time as a single mum with a career in media and celebrity recruitment in the charity sector.

Austin Macauley Publishers