In an excellent plot twist, my brand new book, This Is Who I Am, will be out 3 weeks earlier than planned! 🎉
This Is Who I Am is my 44th book and, as far as I can remember (although I just turned 47 and my memory is not as sharp as it used to be 😍), this has never happened before.
But, sometimes, everything goes so smoothly, I can deliver early! (This is so out of character, my Mrs—who has me on ‘Blissey time’—had to have several lie-downs to process.)
Before we delve into what this book is about, let’s feast our eyes on the gorgeousness of this cover:
We worked with a new designer and she’s so talented, she drew Cass and Estelle perfectly (middle-aged). And those vivid colours. Frankly, I can’t stop staring at it… 😊
A while ago I started pitching this book as ‘a menopausal woman meets an asexual woman but it’s still somehow sexy’ (you will have to read it to believe it…) and that pretty much hits the nail on the head, but (thankfully!) I do also have a full blurb:
Love doesn’t always follow the recipe…
Cass Little has built a life defined by two passions: food and control. As head chef she’s used to perfection—except when it comes to her own body.
Menopause has taken its toll, leaving Cass struggling to accept a body she barely recognizes. She’s convinced that love, like her libido, has long left the building.
Estelle Raymond is back in Clearwater Bay to grieve her father—and escape a lifetime of expectations.
A brilliant mathematician, she’s comfortable being asexual, but wary of the way love so often demands she be someone she’s not.
But something about Cass—a woman who loves fiercely but fears she’s not enough—awakens a desire for connection Estelle thought she’d buried.
And something about Estelle—a woman who refuses to compromise her truth—makes Cass question everything she thought she knew about passion.
When old wounds and new desires collide, Cass and Estelle must learn that love isn’t always about reciprocity—it’s about trust, acceptance, and finding comfort in the unexpected.
Set in the small coastal town of Clearwater Bay, This Is Who I Am is a heartwarming sapphic romance about queer identity, self-acceptance, and the messy, beautiful ways we learn to love again.
📖 The ebook and paperback will be available from The Bliss Shop on 25 June 2025
👉 It will be available from Amazon and other retailers on 16 July 2025
🎧 The audiobook (read by Abby Craden) will follow after the summer…
I’ll share the first chapter with you very soon.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
