Lou is making up for lost time. She’s a newly single mother in her early thirties. She’s never really dated and the apps didn’t really exist last time she was single. Her ex has her daughter every Thursday night so she’s free one night a week to work her way through every dating archetype she missed out on in her twenties.
There’s the Gentleman for dinner dates. The Poet for deep conversation. And someone her friends are calling the Hummingbird (he’s full of energy) but who Lou quietly thinks of as more of a Labrador…
Dom starts out as the no strings attached guy. He’s not looking for a girlfriend and he’s tired of disappointing women who want him to settle down so he’s completely up front about it. But Lou doesn’t jump into bed with him and Dom soon becomes the friend instead.
Lou is so busy not looking for love on Thursday nights, that she’s at risk of missing love when it comes knocking on another day of the week…
Four Dates to Mend a Broken Heart
By Rebecca Reid
The Gentleman, who gets the chair for her at dinner and calls her a cab at the end of the night.
The Poet, she can have deep moving conversations with him, and admire the beauty of the world with.
The Hummingbird is full of energy, she can let her hair down around him and snog in a pub without a second thought.
The No Strings Attached. He's here for a good time but doesn't to meet her family. Or does he?
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Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) | Pub date: July 2026 | Format: 234 x 153mm | Extent: 368 pages
About the Author
Rebecca Reid is a writer and former digital editor of Grazia who is obsessed with how people relate to each other. In addition to writing for outlets including Daily Telegraph, Glamour, and Stylist, and regularly contributing to Good Morning Britain, Jeremy Vine and BBC Radio, she is currently adapting 90s cult film Single White Female for the stage and is working on various TV pilots. Rebecca has previously written five books (four thrillers, one non-fiction) but after almost a decade of journalism about sex and relationships, not to mention the demise of her own marriage, she finally felt ready to pen a love story. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway and lives in South West London with her toddler.
