The Lock In: The Laugh-Out-Loud Romcom Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

SHORTLISTED for the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction SHORTLISTED for the Comedy Women in Print Prize AN OLD LOVE. A STUCK DOOR. AND THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE . . . THE FUNNIEST ROM COM OF THE YEAR! COSMOPOLITAN'S BEST NEW GOOD BOOK TO READ 'Joyful' STYLIST 'Hilarious' WOMAN 'The year's most original romcom' ELLE 'Proper laugh-out-loud stuff' FABULOUS MAGAZINE 'Stuffed full of belly laughs and nostalgia' RED 'A dream read' i _______ They'd like to be going out. Instead they're stuck in . . . Best friends Ellen and Alexa have always been close. Until one fateful morning when they get locked in their attic with hapless housemate Jack and Alexa's date from the night before, Ben. With no way out, hangovers and the hours crawling by, it seems best friends can get too close for comfort. Especially when Ellen realises she already knows Ben - perhaps rather better than Alexa does . . . Fans of Dolly Alderton, Beth O'Leary and Mhairi McFarlane will LOVE this oh-so relatable tale of love, landlords and what can happen behind locked doors _______ AS SEEN IN GRAZIA SEE WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT THE LOCK IN: 'This will have you both cringing and crying with laughter' WOMAN'S WEEKLY 'A funny, joyful hug of a book! ' Cressida McLaughlin 'An immaculately plotted romcom' i 'A hilarious debut' EVENING STANDARD 'I LOVED this book . . . I highly recommend The Lock In ' CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER 'Funny and compelling from page one' LUCY VINE, author of Hot Mess 'Beautifully written, warm and fun' Laura Kay, author of The Split 'I cannot recommend this book enough!' 5***** READER REVIEW 'Made me smile, laugh, cringe and inwardly cheer' 5***** READER REVIEW The Freshest And Funniest Rom-com Of The Summer! 'it Made Me Smile And Laugh And Cringe And Inwardly Cheer' 5***** Reader Review 'found Myself Wincing And Laughing With Familiarity' Emma Gannon 'hilarious' Evening Standard, 'best New Books In 2021' 'the Year's Most Original Romcom' Elle 'funny And Compelling From Page One!' Lucy Vine 'i Cannot Recommend This Book Enough!' 5***** Reader Review ______ Ellen And Alexa Have Survived Hangovers, Dodgy Landlords And Most Of Their Twenties Together. But Can They Survive This? One Saturday Morning A Flooded Kitchen Leads Best Mates Ellen And Alexa Into Their Attic. But When Ben - Alexa's Date From The Night Before - Walks In, The Handle Breaks, And All Are Trapped. While Ellen Nurses Her Hangover, She Watches Her Best Friend Fall For This Gorgeous Stranger. Only To Come To The Horrifying Realisation That She Knows Him From Somewhere. Frantically Searching Her Memories, Ellen Wonders: Is Ben Really Who She Thinks He Is? And More Importantly, What On Earth Is She Going To Do About It . . ? ______ Fans Of Beth O'leary, Mhairi Mcfarlane And Dolly Alderton Will Love This Oh-so Relatable Tale Of Friendship, Love, House-shares And What Can Happen Behind Locked Doors . . . As Seen In Grazia 'a Funny, Joyful Hug Of A Book! A Nostalgic, Pitch Perfect Ode To The Awkwardness And Hilarity Of Yearning Teenage Years And House Sharing In Your Twenties' Cressida Mclaughlin "Ellen and Alexa have survived hangovers, dodgy landlords and most of their twenties together. But can they survive this? One Saturday morning a flooded kitchen leads best friends Ellen and Alexa into their attic. But when Ben - Alexa's date from the night before - walks in, the handle breaks, and all are trapped. While Ellen nurses her hangover, she watches her best friend fall for this gorgeous stranger. Only to come to the horrifying realisation that she knows him from somewhere. Frantically searching her memories, Ellen wonders: is Ben really who she thinks he is? And more importantly, what on earth is she going to do about it?"--Distributor description