After months of anticipation, nervous energy and excitement, my new book – Every Time We Touch was published yesterday 🎉🎉
This is my first book published with Boldwood Books and my SIXTH book overall. 🙌🏻📚
I thought I would come on here and tell you about how I spent my publication day.
The day started very early for the dog and me. We needed to get outside and calm ourselves before our little world went crazy. Early mornings are special.
Then it was back for coffee and Morning Pages. I was nervous, and my mind was chattering. So I scribbled three pages of book-launch worries.
I like to enjoy myself with a fountain pen (decent black ink) and a Midori notebook, as the paper quality is *chef’s kiss.* If you are going to do Morning Pages – do it with style!
The postman delivered me some book biscuits from my publisher, Boldwood Books, and a lovely note.
You have to reward yourself on publication day. Writing a book is an achievement. I like to celebrate all my books with coffee and cake.
I carried on enjoying myself. At lunch, my husband and I had a celebratory lunch at our favourite pub, The Nag’s Head, Usk. I had scampi, and it was delicious. If you are ever in Monmouthshire, Wales, make sure you book yourself a table.
Throughout the day, my social media was busy. So many lovely people shared and posted my celebratory posts. This message really touched me.
Then the dog did some book modelling for me. My husband allegedly took him to the vets to have his claws cut but looking at this photo I am now doubting this – lol!
There’s no rest for the wicked, as book 3 was calling out to me in the evening.
I also got some time to spend with my haunted Gothic writing bureau, which gave me the idea for this book.
It was a lovely publication day. Not too stressful and packed full of nice things.
Bookseller Nelly Blake has a secret. When she touches someone, she sees exactly how their love story will end. The cheating, the ghosting, the awkward letdowns in coffee shops — it’s all laid bare in vivid, unwanted visions. She’s seen every kind of romantic disaster and has concluded the safest option is to stay single forever. No touching. No dating. No love.
But after a brutal rent hike and her beloved Aunt Polly’s cancer diagnosis, Nelly is forced to take on a flatmate to make ends meet. Enter Oliver James — bestselling romance author and recently heartbroken man hiding more than just his actual name.
Then Nelly accidentally touches him… and sees nothing. No ending. No heartbreak. No clue. And that terrifies her more than anything.
As Oliver begins to believe in love again, Nelly must decide whether to keep hiding behind endings — or risk everything for a story she can’t predict.
Lucy Mitchell Author 