Just Stab Me Now

A desperate mother. A dubious escort. And a deranged author who won't leave them alone. Caroline Lindley is determined that her new romance novel will be her best one yet. Fantasy! Formal gowns! Fencing! And, of course, a twentysomething heroine to star in an enemies-to-lovers plot with all of Caroline's favourite tropes. But Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst is a thirty-six-year-old widow. She has a war to stop and two children to get home to and flatly refuses to take the correct approach to there being Only One Bed. What's an author to do? Especially when discussions with her editor might reveal that he and Rosamund's Hot Enemy have some suspicious similarities . . . Based on her popular Fantasy Heroine YouTube Shorts series, Jill Bearup's debut novel brings us the best of worlds both meta and medieval-inspired as enemies-to-BFFs Rosamund and Caroline learn what it means to be the hero of your own story. Swords optional.

Caroline Lindley wants to write an enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance, complete with a morally ambiguous Hot Enemy, a wisecracking Hot Childhood Best Friend, and a butt-kicking nineteen-year-old waif as her Fantasy Heroine. She's got her tropes. She's got her outline. She's got her Hot Editor to critique her efforts. Turns out her actual heroine is thirty-six year old Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst. She wants to get the peace treaty signed and get home to her children, no romance necessary, and she refuses to act in accordance with the conventions of the medium. Based on the popular Fantasy Heroine YouTube shorts series, Jill Bearup brings you fights, fantasy, formal dresses, and finding out you can be the heroine of your own story. Swords optional.

Caroline Lindley wants to write an enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance, complete with a morally ambiguous Hot Enemy, a wisecracking Hot Childhood Best Friend, and a butt-kicking nineteen-year-old waif as her Fantasy Heroine. She's got her tropes. She's got her outline. She's got her Hot Editor to critique her efforts. Turns out her actual heroine is thirty-six year old Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst. She wants to get the peace treaty signed and get home to her children, no romance necessary, and she refuses to act in accordance with the conventions of the medium. Based on the popular Fantasy Heroine YouTube shorts series, Jill Bearup brings you fights, fantasy, formal dresses, and finding out you can be the heroine of your own story. Swords optional.