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Mhairi McFarlane | Feeling Exposed and Finding Some Unexpected Support
Author Guest / August 8, 2023

1–What is the title of your latest release? BETWEEN US   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A woman’s screenwriter partner’s new show depicts a man cheating, relentlessly. She always thought he was faithful but when she recognizes a real secret from her past on the television show…could the infidelity be taken from his?   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I have a huge crush on Manchester in England – it was my university city – and I love it as setting for romantic comedies. It’s big, exciting, atmospheric but distinctly northern and less cliched than London. Give me imposing Victorian buildings, rain, and bars that serve good Negronis, and I am happy.   4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Oh definitely. I love Roisin. She’s sparky but not intimidatingly so, and as they say in the book, got a lot of presence about her in a non ego ridden way.   5–What are three words that describe your hero? Ooooh…. Lighthearted. Secretive. Warm.   6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That if you’re writing a Did He Didn’t He (or indeed any story with…