Praise for Bernadette Strachan…


‘It's official: the drought of fresh new chick-lit is over…the sparkling language and hilarious scenes should keep you enthralled from the very first page’
HEAT


‘With a cast of quirky, adorable and ever-surprising characters, this cracking novel will win its way into your heart ... and your handbag!’
BOL.COM


‘No-nonsense sharp, dry wit with larger then life characters…a mosaic of sparkling fun’
WOMAN


‘Delightful and refreshingly different…a truly lovely read’
THE BOOKSELLER


‘Fresh, funny and full of romance’
COMPANY


‘Affectionately humorous at times, tongue-in-cheek, and then poignantly astute…highly recommended’ LOVE READING.CO.UK


‘Wonderfully written…kept me laughing throughout’ FIONA WALKER on Handbags and Halos.


‘The Reluctant Landlady is a rare gem: commercial women’s fiction it may be but it’s certainly not a hot-pink Jones clone. Strachan is the freshest and funniest writer to enter this genre since Lisa Jewell wrote Ralph’s Party and this is full of laugh out loud moments’
THE BOOKSELLER


‘This is, quite simply, great fiction and the launch of a talented new author’
THE BOOKSELLER


‘A gem. The plot is clever and original: aunt leaves crumbling Victorian house to unemployed niece, but house still contains assortment of strange tenants, whom Evie must take on as a condition of her legacy…well-drawn characters and many quirky plot twists’
GLASGOW HERALD


‘For the romantic of heart’
ELLE


‘Fresh, sensitive, fun, addictive and well written’
THE BOOKSELLER