Nearly Almost Somebody by Caroline Batten
Publication date: March 26th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
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When Patrick’s caught in flagrante with a local beauty queen, his father delivers an ultimatum: one more newspaper scandal and Patrick will be out on his ear. Desperate not to lose his job at the family veterinary practice,
Patrick needs to avoid trouble – and girls like Libby.
The Broken Ballerina’s a headline waiting to happen, but mourning her short-lived career as a dancer, Libby casts a Wiccan spell to summon a new love: Good-looking, honest, non-brown eyes, English, good with animals… in a nutshell, she summons Patrick.
But fighting Libby’s love spell will be the least of Patrick’s problems when an old lady dies from a ketamine overdose – ketamine stole from his surgery.
Witchcraft, Scandal, Murder...
Will anyone find their perfect Somebody?
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Caroline Batten - The Interview
Caroline is the author of #Forfeit and Nearly Almost Somebody, contemporary romances she likes to call
“Chick Lit with Edge” – forget shoe-shopping and cupcakes, expect binge
drinking, eating disorders and Class A drug-taking.
#Forfeit
is the sordid tale of five friends who play a game of increasingly dangerous
dares. Nearly Almost Somebody is filled with Wiccan love spells, murder and
local scandal. Where do you get your inspiration from?
Anywhere I can. Music, films, the
Antiques Roadshow.
Really?
Totes. It’s where I saw the antique
forfeit ball that Daisy rolls in the book.
Tell
us your usual writing routine.
I work full-time, we have a 6 year-old daughter
and we’re renovating an old farmhouse - writing routine, you say? Lol. There
isn’t one. When I’m in the zone, I’ll write whenever and wherever I can, but
when I’m not... life does get in the way.
Life?
How much time do you spend procrastinating on Facebook?
Yeah. That.
Do
you have a favourite snack when you are in your writing zone?
Does Prosecco with a sliced strawberry
in count as a snack?
What
was the first book you remember reading and enjoying?
Without a doubt, Jill’s Gymkhana by Ruby Ferguson.
Did
you have a favourite literary hero/heroine as a child?
That would be the Jill with the
gymkhana. The girl was a superstar. Practical, witty, sharp, utterly dismissive
of all things soppy - including her own mother’s nauseating Enid Blyton style
books. She dreamed of becoming the first female MFH and so introduced me at the
tender age of nine to equality and sex discrimination. And she beats the rich
girl in the gymkhana. Hurrah.
What's
the wine in that glass?
Er... Prosecco. Obvs.
Have
you ever given up on a manuscript because it just wasn't working?
No. A few times people told me to put
Forfeit in a drawer and move on, but I couldn’t. I loved Daisy and Xander too
much to give up on them and the story.
Do
your sex scenes make you horny?
*Blushes* A wise friend once told me to
write books that I wanted to read because chances are someone else would want
to read them too. Another wise friend, Kitty French told me to write sex scenes
as though no one would ever read them. Put the two together...
Zoe’s
a bit of a loose-moralled minx–
She’s great, right? I loved writing her
scenes.
Will
we see more of her in your next book?
You’re not the first person to ask that.
And?
No. Sorry.
What
can your readers look forward to?
Afterglow
should be out later this year. It’s about
backpackers getting up to no good in Bondi
Beach.
You
said, ‘should be.’ Does that mean you’re not in the zone yet?
*Is watching cat videos on Facebook*
Sorry, what?
You
went to a Book Signing earlier this year. Are you planning any more?
Yes. Dublin and Birmingham this July,
then Aberdeen in August. Oh, and Dublin again in 2016.
Is
there any of that Prosecco left?
Yes. But I’m not sharing. :p
Any
advice for aspiring authors?
Drink less.
Caroline lives in the Lake District with her husband, small child and two Kune Kune pigs.She daydreams of one day owning a pair of Louboutin's and having somewhere fabulous to wear them. Until then, she'll be found plodding up a mountain in her trusty hiking boots.
#forfeit is Caroline's debut novel. Her follow up, Nearly Almost Somebody is also available from Amazon.
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