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Just Stab Me Now

By: Jill Bearup
Narrated by: Jill Bearup
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A desperate mother. A dubious escort. And a deranged author who won’t leave them alone. Caroline Lindley is determined that her new romance novel will be her best one yet. Fantasy! Formal gowns! Fencing! And, of course, a twentysomething heroine to star in an enemies-to-lovers plot with all of Caroline’s favourite tropes.

But Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst is a thirty-six-year-old widow with two children, her sole focus is facilitating a peace treaty between her adopted nation and her homeland, and she flatly refuses to take the correct approach to there being only one bed. What’s an author to do?

Based on her popular Fantasy Heroine YouTube Shorts series, Jill Bearup’s debut novel brings us the best of worlds both meta- and medieval-inspired. Terry Pratchett aficionados will enjoy the political intrigue paired with convivial, tongue-in-cheek satire. And then there's the slow-burn, fade-to-black romance too…

If you loved Stranger Than Fiction and The Princess Bride, you will soon find yourself cheering on enemies-to-BFFs Rosamund and Caroline as together they learn what it means to be the hero of your own story.

©2024 Sword Lady Ltd (P)2024 Sword Lady Ltd Fantasy Humorous Romantic Comedy Witty Funny Fiction

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has anyone seen the Watsons? a play where the playwright talks to the characters, this takes it to a whole new level. Brilliant

Jill is a Treasure

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An amusing and fast paced romantic fantasy adventure with a twist - we follow both the fantasy adventure, the author’s struggle with the story and the author’s private life. If you follow Jill Bearup’s social media clips you are familiar with the concept.

Describing it makes it sound bonkers, but the end result is an engaging and sweet story.

The fantasy story has several instances of anachronistic similes, which I usually heartily dislike - but I find myself more tolerant than usual since the fantasy story runs parallel with the contemporary one.

Very nicely read by the author.

Charming and fast paced with a twist

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Came across the author with her new online space series (look it up if you haven’t already!) and wanted to give this a go. Highly entertaining, witty and intelligent characters. I also really like the author’s voice which is a big plus. Will absolutely be something I listen to again. So glad it made it to audio book. 5 stars

Wonderfully entertaining!

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It's funny and nice and all the good things you can say about a witty romantacy

Clever story and great adaptation

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I enjoyed the video series that inspired this tale so I suppose I was predisposed to like the book. It's not outstanding or genre defining but it's a good read and enjoyable. The twist of having the author involved in the interplay of the characters is fun. I've not seen it that often but it's an easy twist to mess up. It isn't messed up here.
One key aspect of an audio book is the narrator, get a poor one or a badly cast one and it can really detract or even ruin a book. Usually, an author reading their own work is, for me, a red flag, I think it's something to do with the author's familiarity with the text there's nuance or something that just doesn't show up (or the author just isn't a performer, and reading a book aloud is firmly a performance). I'm very happy to say, for only the third time in my experience, Jill Bearup does a good job of reading her own work. Characterisation, voice, and emotional cues all come across clearly, consistently, and accurately. Well done.

A good idea in a good tale, well told.

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