Imagine if, for one afternoon or evening, you could be in the company of the hero or heroine from your favourite book? Welcome to The Love Library…
I adored Sarra Manning’s ‘The Last Days of Summer’ and this is a huge deviation style and genre wise, from the familiar. But it works, it really does, and Sarra handles the switch in her usual way. Sprinklings of humour, a bit of spice, a brilliant heroine and a great concept and storyline.
Add in a blend of philosophical life lessons from a slightly uptight professor turned-into-library owner and what else could we possibly need?
Sarra Manning has entered her magical realism era and it’s simply the best.
About the Book
What if you could date your favourite book boyfriend?
“All loans are at the borrower’s own risk…”
After a series of dating disasters, Tess Hardy wonders if she’ll ever find the man of her dreams – or if he only exists on the pages of her favourite novels. So when she’s invited to visit The Love Library, a 200-hundred-year-old institution which promises dates with her favourite romantic heroes in real life, Tess can’t resist!
But handsome head librarian Gabe Sharma seems grumpily determined to keep the library under lock and key. And as soon as Tess steps into the beautiful building crammed full of books, she realises why – it’s not just dust in the air… it’s magic. Here she really can grab drinks with Heathcliff, dine with Rochester and cosy up to her one true literary love, Darcy.
There’s just one problem: Gabe. He’s determined to sabotage all of Tess’s dates! And why is it that she has more fun fighting with Gabe than flirting with any of her book-bound suitors…?
About The Author
Sarra Manning has been a voracious reader for over forty years and a prolific author and journalist for thirty.
Her novels, which have been translated into numerous languages, include Rescue Me and London, With Love. Sarra has also written a number of YA novels, and several lighthearted romantic comedies under a pseudonym.
She started her writing career on Melody Maker and Just Seventeen and has written for the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Telegraph, ELLE, Grazia, Stylist, You Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar. She is currently the Literary Editor of Red Magazine.
Sarra lives in London surrounded by piles and piles of books.
Purchase the Book
This book can be purchased in our store either on its own or in a cosy Book Box.
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