Exciting News: Revealing My Next Book – The Car Share 🚗❤️ #MondayBlogs

Lucy Mitchell

March 4

Welcome to this glorious Monday where I reveal my next book to you, my lovely blog followers.

Following on from the success of 'I'll Miss You This Christmas' and 'Instructions for Falling in Love Again,' here's my next romance novel - The Car Share.

Embark on a heart-warming journey that proves, it doesn't matter where you're going, it's who you have beside you on the way.

Behind the Scenes:

Ideas for my romance novels never come fully formed. Parts of this one came to me in 2018, in 2020 and in 2022. It was like the universe sent me a book idea via three cosmic downloads.
In 2022 I wrote the first draft but I didn't feel like it was the right time for this story to come to life. I am a huge believer in timing. I started working with my publisher, Bloodhound Books, in 2023 and whilst I was busy launching my other two books this story began to take shape. I played around with a few ideas and did a few more drafts. However, it wasn't until I started working with their editor that I got that tingling feeling which told me...it was time.
Inspiration for the book came from all the commuting I used to do, to and from the office. I used to travel by car and train. Travelling with friends to and from work was always the best way to commute. Even better was making new friends on a damp platform or sandwiched together on a packed train. I always loved the conversations we had.
Inspiration also came from watching the Lionesses football team and loving women's football. In the book, my main character Lia used to play for her local football team, The Tigresses, but she gave it up after the death of her fiancé. Over the course of the book and the time she spends car sharing to work, she begins to realise how important football still is to her.

Things I love about this book:

Stella is the woman who runs the car share. She drives a bright pink mini, has bright red hair, is unable to control her teenage children who are put on speakerphone in the car and likes to give her worldly wisdom on things. She's a larger than life character and she made my editor laugh (a lot).
Every car share chapter includes Stella switching on the radio and tuning into DJ Rick Carter's Breaking Commuter News. This is where commuters phone or text DJ Rick Carter about the highs and lows of their journey to work. Expect funny, sad and heartwarming commuter shout outs on the radio.

Meet the Characters/Themes:

Lia and Mateo are my main characters. Through Stella's car share they both embark on a journey of self discovery...and maybe fall in love??
Stella has some car share rules. The main one being - no romance is allowed between car sharers as it can make an uncomfortable journey for others.
Will Lia and Mateo keep their strong feelings and emotions to themselves?

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