Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Zoe Allison!
Writes:
Romantic comedy featuring strong, relatable heroines who you’ll root for and also want to be BFFs with. Plus hot, swoon worthy, emotionally intelligent heroes who are deserving of these awesome women.
My new book—THE EX-MAS HOLIDAYS—features a mixed-race heroine, Maya Bashir. People pleaser Maya is travelling home to the Scottish Highlands for Christmas, dreading having to tell her driven father that she’s lost her job, boyfriend, and apartment in one fell swoop. But when Maya stops off at a friend’s festive party, the last person she expects to encounter is her old flame and heart breaker, Sam Holland, who is serving drinks at the party—naked except for a tiny apron adorned with tinsel!
Maya and Sam are forced together when she joins him as a fellow instructor at their local ski resort. However, working with your first love can be a slippery slope…
About:
Mixed-race Yorkshire woman living in Scotland. Author who does a bit of doctoring on the side. My past times include: drinking coffee, walking into rooms and then not being able to remember why I walked into them, reading romance by my author heroes such as Ali Hazelwood and Tessa Bailey, and binge watching my favorite shows such as Ted Lasso and Bridgerton.
What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match:
- Romance lover who likes to laugh out loud
- Loves strong, relatable heroines to root for
- Adores hot, emotionally intelligent men
- Enjoys diversity
- Likes slow burn romance with plenty of heat
- Into a bit of flirty banter
What to expect if we’re compatible:
- British humor
- Men in kilts
- Characters who drink lots of tea
- Jane Austen references
- Travel to the Scottish Highlands
- Diverse cast of characters
- All the best romance tropes (enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, slow burn, forced proximity, THERE’S ONLY ONE BED…and more)
THE EX-MAS HOLIDAYS by Zoe Allison
It’s hard to escape your ex when you’re working together over Christmas in the Scottish Highlands, but being stuck together might be the best possible present in this sparkling new contemporary romance.
Maya Bashir is dreading her drive home for Christmas and having to explain that she’s just left her high-paying job and a long-term relationship, so a brief detour to her friend’s festive party doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. Until Maya walks in to find the last person she wants to see. Sam, the boy who broke her heart eight years ago. And he’s serving drinks. Naked.
Sam Holland is working an extra job on the sly to help his friend get by. But little did he expect Maya Bashir to come barrelling back into his life, learning about his secret side-hustle and taking back her old job alongside him at his daytime role as a ski instructor on the slopes of the Scottish Highlands.
As both Sam and Maya realize that their reason for heartbreak so many years ago wasn’t entirely as it seemed, they must learn to stand up for what they want the most…or else miss their second chance at love.
Romance Holiday | Multicultural [Berkley, On Sale: September 26, 2023, Trade Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780593550076 / eISBN: 9780593550083]
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About Zoe Allison
Zoe lives in Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband and two children. A medic by day, she started writing in her spare time as a means to counter burn out and found that this was a balm for the soul.
She is a fan of the romantic genre and it’s ‘happily ever after’ ethos. A sharp contrast to what she can, at times, see in her day job. Zoe is keen for the female lead in romantic fiction to disabuse stereotypes and walk on an equal footing with her male counterparts. She prefers male leads who do not display signs of toxic masculinity and believes and that positive masculinity is much more attractive to women and healthier for men.
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