Ruth Saberton has penned the sequel to her 2010 novel, Katy Carter Wants a Hero. The summary of Katy Carter Keeps a Secret says: "There are some things a girl has to keep to herself...
Hopeless romantic Katy Carter still dreams of becoming a bestselling novelist. A ghostwriter by trade, Katy knows she's no Booker Prize winner but has fun penning sizzling scenes and hot heroes for celebrity novels. Writing aside, Katy no longer fantasises about a hero of her own - she's found him in teacher boyfriend, Ollie. After five years together their own happy ever after is just around the corner and if she can only rescue the couple's ailing finances, Katy knows all will be well.
But with Ollie becoming increasingly career minded and teaching at a very strict school, Katy's saucy writing soon causes difficulties. When she secretly signs a contract with steamy publisher Throb, tensions mount. A surprise trip across the pond brings things to a head and sparks a chain of events which set Katy on a collision course with family, friends and, most of all, her one true hero..." It's out in June 2016.
High school teacher Katy dreams of being a bestselling novelist, working on her historical romance about a highwayman whenever she can. But her own romantic happily ever after comes to a grinding halt when she is forced to play host to her ambitious fiance James' colleagues. The resulting dinner party fiasco makes Bridget Jones' blue soup incident look quite tame. After James dumps her, Katy heads to stay with her friend, the vicar's wife, in Cornwall. There she bumps into a famous romantic hero, Gabriel Winters, who's in town to shoot a movie. When the dreamy actor makes Katy an offer she can hardly refuse, Katy's life becomes more dramatic than even her imagination could have dreamt up. Definitely one of 2010's funniest stories, with Katy Carter the sort of chick lit heroine we've all been waiting for.
From Ruth Saberton (the woman behind Jessica Fox's The Hen Night Prophecies series) comes a story about a woman holding out for a hero. The summary of Katy Carter Wants a Hero says: "Katy knows she's no domestic goddess: she's scatterbrained, she needs a fire extinguisher at the ready when she's cooking, and she daily falls off the diet wagon. But that doesn't stop her fantasising about a hero to call her own.
And Katy thinks she's found him in fiance James, a charming, high-flying city banker. So why, then, does Katy find herself scribbling steamy historical romances every spare moment she gets, and daydreaming about becoming a published author when she ought to be paying attention in staff meetings?
As her wedding day looms, Katy determines to become a wife James can be proud of, and employs the help of her best friend Oliver to impress his colleagues and his family. But despite best-laid plans, the pair set off a hilarious train of events that leads Katy on a crazy journey through celebrity, chaos, makeovers and, finally, into the arms of her hero."