My first novel Confessions of a Reluctant Embalmer is coming out on Kindle Publishing/Amazon very, very soon. The book is a rom-com set in a funeral home, so think Six Feet Under meets Simon Doonan and they go out to lunch with As Good As it Gets or Forgetting Sarah Marshall - I can't decide, something romantic and funny.
Read the blurb...
Anna Patel styles dead people.
(But they don't know that they're dead....Just kidding. They probably know...)
Trapped between her histrionic family, and her own troublesome desires, she tells people the truth on a strictly need-to-know basis. Now all she needs to do to get away from it all is marry her persistent boyfriend - and keep it all together till the wedding. Easy, right?
During a memorial service in her family's funeral home, a dead cat appears in a casket. There's a Pet Slasher on the loose, the Patel family’s livelihood is hanging by a thread, and on top of it all, their chief embalmer keeps telling her that she's his soul-mate. With her heart and happiness at stake, Anna must confront who she is, and ask herself if trying to be normal and dependable is all it's cracked up to be.
Publishers Weekly says, "A randy and light tone infuses this funny novel about a family who run a funeral home in present day London. The author intersperses fascinating tales about the
family’s clients, rendered with matter of fact good humour, as the family
dramas spiral out of control. The book is a perfectly charming blend of macabre
detail and the social dynamics of a multi-cultural family in the U.K., without
ever resorting to cliché, except to comic effect."
Stephanie Tkach is working on a book cover, and I can't wait to share it with you.
The book will be available as an e-edition and paperback.
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