{"id":76,"date":"2023-11-23T16:35:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T16:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2023-11-23T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T16:39:36","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/index.php\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friends Without Benefits.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My first novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/ninestarpress.com\/product\/friends-without-benefits\/\" title=\"Friends Without Benefits\">Friends Without Benefits<\/a>, was published by NineStar Press in March 2023. (Cover art by Jaycee DeLorenzo.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Friends_Without_Benefits-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of the front cover design of Friends Without Benefits by Evelyn Fenn.\" class=\"wp-image-20\" style=\"width:184px;height:276px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Friends_Without_Benefits-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Friends_Without_Benefits-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Friends_Without_Benefits-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Friends_Without_Benefits-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Friends_Without_Benefits-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Friends_Without_Benefits-1568x2352.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Friends_Without_Benefits-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some endings don\u2019t need romance, hearts, or flowers to be happy.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Academic Clare is in a rut. She is in her forties, her job is stressful, and she feels worn down by the personalities and politics in the university department where she works. She has also just broken up with her latest boyfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During one of their regular get-togethers, Clare\u2019s oldest friend shows Clare a newspaper article, pushing her into an exploration of what it means to be asexual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Clare figures things out, she meets homoromantic couple, Tristan and Matt, nonbinary Ollie, student Jack, aromantic Janice, and Matt\u2019s cousin, Natalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Clare and her new friends through a series of misadventures as they road trip, take part in Pride, suffer a series of misunderstandings, and forge new relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Share a Cat and Other Life Lessons.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My second novel will be published in January 2024, also by NineStar Press. (Cover art by Jaycee DeLorenzo.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/How_To_Share_A_Cat-1-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6669921875;width:173px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/How_To_Share_A_Cat-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/How_To_Share_A_Cat-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/How_To_Share_A_Cat-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/How_To_Share_A_Cat-1-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/How_To_Share_A_Cat-1-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/How_To_Share_A_Cat-1-1568x2352.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/evelynfenn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/How_To_Share_A_Cat-1-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An unlikely friendship in the present holds the key to making peace with the past.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Seventeen-year-old Nessa Clarkson is full of questions and confusion. How does she fit into the new household Dad is forging with his partner, Cindy, and Cindy\u2019s son? What will being a lesbian mean in practice? And why is their neighbour so reluctant to talk about her past?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moira Cavendish had been famous for a while, in the 1980s. Then she fled the bright lights of London, leaving only a mystery behind her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moira and Nessa shouldn\u2019t have anything in common. But when their paths cross, and they bond over their shared love of knitting and the ginger tomcat that can\u2019t decide whose home is best, they find themselves on intertwining journeys of discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends Without Benefits. My first novel, Friends Without Benefits, was published by NineStar Press in March 2023. (Cover art by Jaycee DeLorenzo.) Some endings don\u2019t need romance, hearts, or flowers to be happy. Academic Clare is in a rut. 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