NEW RELEASE
Two For Joy - Helen Chandler (2013)
Julia and Toby are best friends and see each other as nothing more. So when Toby proposes to his new girlfriend, Ruby, why does Julia feel jealous? Luckily for Julia, Ruby rejects Toby's proposal and Toby comes back into Julia's life and they confess their feelings for each other. Their blissful relationship doesn't last for long though as Ruby makes the shock announcement that she's pregnant and wants to marry Toby. Julia is devastated as Toby does the right thing and promises to look after the mother of his child. Can Julia ever accept that Toby is no longer hers? Is the saying three's a crowd really true? This was a really impressive debut. The writing keeps you on edge and has you wanting to read more and more and more! Helen is definitely an author to watch out for. (LL)
Two for Joy, the debut novel by Helen Chandler, is about two friends having to rethink their relationship. The summary says: "Julia and Toby have been friends for years, but apart from a couple of drunken snogs in their university days, there's never been anything more than friendship between them. It's only when Toby goes through a dramatic break-up with his gorgeous ballerina girlfriend Ruby, that he and Julia realise they're meant to be together. Then Ruby drops a bombshell - she's pregnant - and though he feels torn in two, Toby feels he has to give their relationship another chance. Heartbroken Julia is left to lick her wounds in her little Walthamstow home, thinking she has lost Toby forever. But things soon become much more complicated . . ." Two for Joy is out in June 2013.