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The Reunion a new multi-pov, spicy adult romcom novel Out now waterstones welsh book of the month june 2024 SIX OLD FRIENDS. TEN YEARS LATER. IS IT TOO LATE TO LEARN A LESSON IN LOVE? Ten years after graduating, the class of 2014 are back at Tisdale Comprehensive for the reunion, packed into a school gym full of familiar faces - and plenty of new secrets. MOST LIKELY TO END UP TOGETHER: Shaun and Steph were each other's first love. Now, they're settled and planning the perfect wedding - to other people. Could reconnecting spark a new romance? MOST LIKELY TO BECOME FAMOUS: Bryony was supposed to travel the world, rule the West End, have a dazzling career as a TV actress... Now, she's a drama teacher who's exaggerated her whole life on Instagram, and is desperate to save face. MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED: Hayden was told he'd achieve great things, like be on the cover of TIME, win a Nobel prize... or, the accolade his daughters just awarded him: World's Best Dad. Is it too late for him to turn things around, and more importantly, does he even want to? MOST LIKELY TO KILL EACH OTHER: Ashleigh was an A* student, and Ryan the star of the school rugby team. After years of putting each other down, they left school each convinced they would have the better life. Now, that old rivalry finds them drawn back together in a new, intoxicating way - one they're both determined to hide. With an evening of power cuts, fire alarms, sneaking off to explore classrooms in the dark, stolen kisses and heated fights - it's like they never left at all. With enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity and second-chance romance, THE REUNION is the ultimate romantic read. Amazon Waterstones Foyles I'm a sucker for a good enemies-to-lovers romance with som heated banter, and that's exactly what's in store for you in THE REUNION! A night of nostalgia, second chance romance, forced proximity, and growing up... even in your late twenties! This one was a lot of fun to write - a big cast and a condensed setting and timeline made for a great challenge, and I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing! a note from the author most likely to... be writing a new book Beth

Contact form not working? No problem - you can always get in touch at authorbethreekles@gmail.com Get in touch First Name Last Name Email What's your message about? Write a message Submit Thanks for your message! school visits Available for either writing workshop sessions (1hr) or talks to students (1hr) about my journey from writing a book online as a teenager to published author with Netflix adaptations. Able to do half/full-day visits to cover different classes/year groups. Fees begin at £350 plus expenses for in-person visits. Online talks available at reduced rate of £200 for 1hr. events For participation in panels, online events, book signings, and more please get in touch to discuss further. Rates negotiable. business enquiries Rates for sponsored posts begin at £250 for Instagram (1 grid post + 2 Stories) or £350 for a TikTok/Reel ​ For brand partnership work or larger projects please get in touch to discuss. Rates negotiable. press enquiries Please use the contact form above to get in touch regarding interviews/other. Alternatively, please contact my agent Clare Wallace at Darley Anderson Literary Agency. ​ Please note I am unable to help with individual interviews for school projects. fanmail Firstly - thank you very much for taking the time to message! I'm unable to respond to the majority of emails about my books (but always read and appreciate them nonetheless) and you can always reach out to me on social media. Something else? No problem! Please make sure you provide any relevant contact details in your message so I can get back to you.

Out of Tune Ashley Bennett is a straight-A student in her junior year of high school, and life is looking good: she's got a boyfriend whom she loves, a group of friends who love to party... But really, Ashley loves to curl up at home with a good book, misses her old friends, and she can't wait to go to college. When junior year starts, the life Ashley's settled into is turned upside down - the empty house next door has finally been sold, and moving in is Todd O'Connor. When Ashley first meets Todd, he seems aloof and cocky - and absolutely the last guy on earth she wants to carpool with to school. As the two get to know each other, though, Ashley comes to realise that there's more to him than the mysterious, brooding guy the girls at school are swooning over. As her friendship with Todd grows, Ashley begins to question if her relationship with boyfriend Josh is making her happy - and if it was really worth giving up her old friends for. Will Ashley find the courage to forge her own path? Amazon Waterstones Audible The Book Depository Striking a chord The prequel novella to OUT OF TUNE, exclusively on Wattpad! Ashley Bennett is a nobody at high school, and it totally sucks. So when Josh, the cute guy she sits next to in English, asks her on a date, she can hardly believe it - and she's totally over the moon! She and her best friend, Allie, have been waiting for an opportunity to move up the social foodchain, and this may just be their chance - but as Ashley and Josh grow closer, she starts to think her best friend isn't as happy about it as she should be. Can their friendship withstand it? Read for free on Wattpad a note from the author Out of Tune is my third published novel - but the first that made it to bookshelves without being posted on story-sharing platform Wattpad first, which was a weirdly terrifying experience for me at the time. A special shout-out to my mum here, too, for coming up with this book's title! While there's a romance storyline, this one also focuses a lot on one of my other favourite themes to write about: friendships. The old, the new, and the unexpected. forever actually singing out of tune, Beth

As of October 2021, I had officially given up my day job. If you think being an author sounds super-glamorous, try being a B2B IT Service Manager for an energy company. Seriously, though, I did like my job - a lot. The problem was that it didn't challenge me the way I needed it to anymore, and the general lacklustre morale at the company wasn't exactly a great motivator day-to-day. I liked my job a lot, until that point. My writing career has always been secondary - to school, to university, to my 9-5 'normal' job. It was something I did on weekends and in the evenings, or used up precious annual leave for. When I first got my book deal at 17, it was a week after sending off my university applications to study Physics - a route I still wanted to pursue. When I graduated, I still wanted to get an office job. Not just because it was the sensible thing (income can be wildly unpredictable as an author) but for myself, too. Last year, it felt like it was finally time for a change. By then, I had a house; I'd moved back home to Wales, nearer family, and wasn't going into the office for work anyway. Work was a drag, and there were very few chances to get stuck into something new. On the book front, however, there was plenty to get stuck into. Last summer I had a couple of books in the pipeline (primarily LOVE, LOCKED DOWN - currently on 99p on Kindle, for the record - and my upcoming adult rom-com, FAKING IT), as well as others I wanted to work on. I was also, without any more covid lockdowns looming, kind of sick of not doing stuff. Covid had made me think: How many family holidays had I spent by the pool with my laptop, trying to make the most of time away from the office to catch up on writing? How many trips with friends had I missed out on because I was saving my annual leave in case another book event came up? How many opportunities in my authoring career had passed me by, because my 'regular' career needed to be prioritised? It was time, I decided, to hand in my notice. (Another major factor in deciding to pack in the day job was finances. I'd just bought a house, so there was no more saving up every book advance towards a deposit, and I could step back and get a clearer look at my finances to really understand if being a full-time author was a viable option. It was. Plus - I finally had that home office I'd been dreaming of for years. That was bound to guarantee a boost in productivity.) This month marks a whole year as a full-time author, completely self-employed - and I've loved it. Obviously, there are highlights like setting my own schedule (as a night owl who used to hit a horrible slump in the afternoons, this has been a big help) and the novelty of taking time off as I want or need to has definitely not worn off yet. Neither has the novelty of being able to sit down on any given day and write for nine or ten hours straight. I LOVE being able to do that. As a binge-writer, I procrastinate so much less now that I can write whenever I want to. (And for the record: the home office has turned out to be a big help when it comes to being more productive.) There were, of course, plenty of things I thought I'd do with my new-found time that I haven't done. Vlogs planned but never filmed, the cheesy Christmas movie script I toyed with as an idea but nothing more... But I have used the time in other ways, equally rewarding. To see friends. To go on holiday (sans laptop, for the first time ever! Can you believe it!?) and spend time with my family. Learning Italian. Working through my TBR pile that's been accumulating for years. Actually knitting that blanket I started working on, and trying out the slow cooker for the first time. Actually having last Christmas off, instead of squashing as much book-work into the holidays as I could. And writing. So. Much. Writing. In the last year, I published my novel LOVE, LOCKED DOWN, I've written the entire first draft of two books and edited two more. I got to go to LA for YALLWEST and spent the weekend at YALC, and took a mid-week trip to London to see my book on a billboard at Leicester Square. I started writing yet another new book, just last month. (I've also written a fair bit of fanfiction, but we're not counting that here.) This is also the point where I plug my upcoming adult rom-com, FAKING IT, all about singleton Sophie and a year of engagement parties, housewarmings and weddings... and the very charming Harry, who she recruits from a dating app to be her fake-boyfriend for these events. It comes out next June, and pre-orders are a huge help! You can find it at Waterstones here, or on Amazon here. Anyway. I told myself I'd check in at the one-year mark to see if this new chapter (ha) in my career was working out. If I had enough to keep me busy and motivated, if it was still financially viable - or sensible. If I was using all this time effectively, or wasting it. And while that check-in will be an ongoing thing, I'm so excited to have reached this little 'anniversary' of one year and be able to say that yes, it's working out. So, for the foreseeable, I'll carry on as a full-time writer. I will try to film those vlogs and write that script, but I'll set myself new goals, too. And I'll definitely continue to enjoy the days spent writing non-stop, and the days relaxing with a book and taking a breather. And who knows? Maybe I'll have some more publishing deals and pre-order links to share with you all soon. Fingers crossed, and watch this space. xo, Beth

Hey folks, Less of a blog post and more of a 'hello' message - welcome to my new website! For the last several years I've been using Blogger as my main site. This is where I posted my series of writing advice blogs (Writing Wednesdays), more lifestyle-themed posts (The Twenty-Something Series) and plenty of content about The Kissing Booth series and my other books. Don't worry - you can still access all those posts via the link to 'The Archive' - and the way I've designed this website will allow me to share blog posts and updates, too, but the idea is that they will be a bit less rigid in theme, schedule, etc, and allow me a bit more creative freedom. It felt like time for a change and an update. Here, you'll find clearer details about all my books compared to the old site, as well as contact details and more. Stay tuned for more updates from me on Twitter @Reekles or on Instagram @authorbethreekles. And until next time, xo