Tia Langley – wife, independent, in love with her handsome hero husband (and the idea of happily ever after) but raised by a feminist mother who tells her she must rely on no man. Tia is a university lecturer in feminist fantasy fiction, and she travels from the mountain village where she was raised, and is now married to her childhood sweetheart, to her city university Mondays thru Fridays. Max Langley – loving husband, loyal son, having taken over the family building business when his father died, and currently taking time out to build his and Tia’s dream home just outside the village where they grew up, nicknamed the castle on the hill by his wife. They were supposed to live happily ever after; childhood sweethearts, married young, with their happily-ever-after plans all mapped out. Until their dream home is finished, and they both must face the reality of their dreams. Tia isn’t sure she’s ready to give up her career and raise a gaggle of children to fill their castle, and Max realises that he has been living the life planned out for him, not the life he really wants. He gives her an ultimatum. She offers him a negotiation of terms. And the ultimatum games begin. He walks out of strip poker. She makes things worse when they play ‘never have I ever’ at the pub. Phone Scrabble turns into more than they both bargained for (although it does spice up their phone sex). And their final game, hide-and-seek, takes place at the Annual Village Fair on the village green with the whole village rooting for them to find their way back to each other. Think War of the Roses, except she won’t put his dog in the mincer and feed it to him for dinner… THIS BOOK WILL BE DELIVERED INSTANTLY BY EMAIL by BOOKFUNNEL ON 15 DECEMBER, 2025
