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It’s currently untitled but I was thrilled to see Matt Dunn’s next release is already on Amazon and slated for a release this autumn! Even more exciting is that it brings back the fabulous characters of Ed and Dan from Dunn’s previous releases “The Ex-Boyfriend’s Handbook” and “Ex-Girlfriends United“, one of the best male friendships written in the genre! It’s due out on 30th September 2010, and here’s the synopsis:

“Edward Middleton is ecstatic: his girlfriend Sam has asked him to marry her - and of course he’s said yes. But his plans for a lavish white wedding to declare his love to the world are scuppered when Sam announces she’d prefer a no-nonsense registry office do, and that she’ll make all the arrangements. With the wedding date fast approaching, Edward becomes somewhat uneasy at Sam’s secret meetings and private phone calls which she dismisses as ‘wedding stuff’. And when he spies her disappearing into a pub with a man he’s never seen before, all his old jealousies and insecurities threaten to re-surface. At the same time, Edward is wondering whether it was a sensible idea to ask his best friend Dan to be his best man: Dan’s proposed stag night celebrations of stripper-led debauchery in Amsterdam don’t exactly tally with Edward’s desire for a low-key affair. When a severely hungover Edward wakes up in his hotel room the morning after the night before and realizes with horror what he must have done, it looks as though the wedding might be cancelled in any case. Will Edward come clean to Sam? Who is the mystery man she’s been seeing? And will they ever make it up the aisle?”

I’ve always read books by women because generally male authors don’t tend to write the sort of books I like to read. However, that changed for me when I picked up a copy of From Here to Paternity by Matt Dunn, I loved it! I then seeked out more of his books and loved both The Ex-Boyfriend’s Handbook and Ex-Girlfriend’s United, and Leah just read and loved his latest book The Good Bride Guide. Matt’s books are funny, easy to read and very enjoyable and Leah and I would thoroughly recommend them if you haven’t already stumbled across Matt’s books! I was thrilled to find out Matt was willing to do an interview with us, so here it is… with a little gossip about his 6th book too and the possible return of Ed and Dan!

Q1. Tell us about your latest book.
It’s called The Good Bride Guide. Ben Grant is a struggling artist - and struggling to find a woman he can settle down with. With his best friend Ashif about to enter into an arranged marriage, Ben decides to enlist the help of his parents and asks them to find a bride for him. With some interesting results.

Q2. According to your website, you’ve had lots of jobs before becoming an author? What made you turn your hand to writing novels?
I always knew that I wanted to write. The other jobs were just a way of gaining a bit more life experience (and money!) until I could finally concentrate on writing.

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Ben Grant has just been dumped by his 29th girlfriend. Not only that but he is also having to face his thirtieth birthday which is rapidly approaching. Desperate to find the perfect woman, like his friend Ash who is having an arranged marriage with Priti, Ben sets out to find himself his perfect bride.

He enlists the help of his parents in his bid to find his perfect bride but soon finds out that the women his parents pick out for him just aren’t for him. His parents, however, love the idea and set about their task with gusto. After a bunch of disastrous dates, Ben calls off his search for the perfect bride.

But what will happen when Ben meets his ideal woman?

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We have 5 copies of Matt Dunn’s new book The Good Bride Guide to giveaway courtesy of the lovely people at Simon and Schuster! The book is Matt Dunn’s 5th and sounds fabulous, so if you want the chance to win your very own copy, send your name and address to [email protected] and the first five of you will get your copy in the post! We’ll make a post of the winner’s names when we’ve had the first five, and the competition is open to all UK residents. Here’s the book synopsis:

“Ben Grant is fed up with always meeting the wrong girl. Having just celebrated his 29th birthday by being dumped by his 29th girlfriend, he decides he can’t go on like this. Why can’t he be as blissfully happy as his best friend Ashif, about to marry the beautiful Priti, a bride chosen for him by his parents?

Suddenly Ben has a great idea: why not ask his own parents to do the same for him? But while Ben’s parents see this as the perfect opportunity to set their son on the right path to matrimonial bliss, it soon becomes clear that Ben’s idea of the kind of woman he wants to settle down with is quite different from that of his somewhat traditional mum and dad.

Following a series of disastrous dates, Ben starts to realize that he wouldn’t let his parents pick him out a shirt to wear, let alone a woman to marry. But when Ben finally meets the girl he thinks might be ‘the one’, he realizes that maybe he does have something to learn from his mum and dad after all. Can he learn the art of romance from his parents and land the girl of his dreams?”

Good luck!

The lovely people at Simon & Schuster have emailed us the approved cover of Matt Dunn’s newest book The Good Bride Guide. It’s due for release on 5th October and the cover is beautiful. Not only that but the book’s really funny (currently reading it - again, thanks S&S!). The synopsis for The Good Bride Guide reads:

Ben Grant is fed up with always meeting the wrong girl. Having just celebrated his 29th birthday by being dumped by his 29th girlfriend, he decides he can’t go on like this. Why can’t he be as blissfully happy as his best friend Ashif, about to marry the beautiful Priti, a bride chosen for him by his parents?

Suddenly Ben has a great idea: why not ask his own parents to do the same for him? But while Ben’s parents see this as the perfect opportunity to set their son on the right path to matrimonial bliss, it soon becomes clear that Ben’s idea of the kind of woman he wants to settle down with is quite different from that of his somewhat traditional mum and dad.

Following a series of disastrous dates, Ben starts to realize that he wouldn’t let his parents pick him out a shirt to wear, let alone a woman to marry. But when Ben finally meets the girl he thinks might be ‘the one’, he realizes that maybe he does have something to learn from his mum and dad after all. Can he learn the art of romance from his parents and land the girl of his dreams?

Author Matt Dunn first came to my attention when I read his hilarious novel “From Here to Paternity” on holiday in Mauritius a few years ago. Since then, I’ve also read “The Ex-Boyfriend’s Handbook” and its sequel “Ex-Girlfriends United” which were both absolutely brilliant! Matt writes books centred around male characters, and the stories are packed with humour and brilliant characters. Here’s a bit about the man himself taken from his website:

“I was born in Margate, but escaped to London and then Málaga (which is in Spain, for those of you who didn’t pay attention in geography class), where I worked as a newspaper columnist and played a lot of tennis. I now live back in London, but spend a lot of time in Spain, where I’m writing my fifth novel and still playing a lot of tennis (although not at the same time, obviously).

Previously I’ve worked as a professional lifeguard, fitness-equipment salesman, and lastly an I.T. headhunter, where my success in re-writing other peoples’ CVs made me think I might have a talent for fiction.”

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Author Matt Dunn is back this autumn with his latest book, The Good Bride Guide. I have read 3 of Matt’s previous books - The Ex-Boyfriends Handbook and Ex-Girlfriends United - as well as From Here to Paternity and each were brilliant and hilarious. His newest book looks to follow suit, and here’s the synopsis:

“Ben Grant is fed up with always meeting the wrong girl. Having just celebrated his 29th birthday by being dumped by his 29th girlfriend, he decides he can’t go on like this. Why can’t he be as blissfully happy as his best friend Ashif, about to marry the beautiful Prithi, a bride chosen for him by his parents? Suddenly Ben has a great idea: why not ask his own parents to do the same for him? But while Ben’s parents see this as the perfect opportunity to set their son on the right path to matrimonial bliss, it soon becomes clear that Ben’s idea of the kind of woman he wants to settle down with is quite different from that of his somewhat traditional mum and dad. Following a series of disastrous dates, Ben starts to realize that he wouldn’t let his parents pick him out a shirt to wear, let alone a woman to marry. But when Ben finally meets the girl he thinks might be ‘the one’, he realizes that maybe he does have something to learn from his mum and dad after all. Can he learn the art of romance from his parents and land the girl of his dreams?”

The book is released through Pocket Books on 5th October. Look out for it then!

Being a sequel to previous best seller ‘The Ex-Boyfriends Handbook’, the book picks up again with main character Dan Davis and Ed Middleton and their escapades with the women of Brighton.

Ed is still happy with personal trainer girlfriend Sam, but Dan is suffering a bit of a woman drought. He quickly finds out that all of his ex-girlfriends have been rating him on website SlateYourDate.com. Dan’s determined to rectify these poor ratings, and Ed decides to help him change his caddish ways.

But just as Ed is finally settling down, a blast from the past makes their way back into Ed’s life to disrupt everything…

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