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For Real This time

For Real This Time Beth Reekles

Love, rivarly...orcs?

Misfit and hardcore fangirl Anissa is finally coming out of her shell. She’s leading a tabletop role-play game with friends, is officially part of the group chat with the girls from college, and she’s managed to bag work experience on the set of her favourite TV show, ‘Of Wrath and Rune’. Things couldn’t be going better. . .

That’s until she meets Callum, the hot new actor behind her favourite character on OWAR, and gets totally starstruck. Only Callum writes her off as an obsessive fangirl and now working on set is about to be very awkward. So much for meet your heroes - now he’s her worst enemy.

Battling her newfound friendships, her rivalry-turned-maybe-something-more with Callum, and the occasional fictional orc, Anissa’s about to realise that sometimes getting lost in the fantasy isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be...

For Real This Time is a heartfelt, enemies to lovers romcom about opening yourself up to new possibilities and falling in love with what’s real, perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Holly Bourne and Lynn Painter.

THAT FEELING WHEN

FOR REAL THIS TIME is coming to North America with a new title and cover as THAT FEELING WHEN - out December 8th, 2026 and available for pre-order now!

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A return to my purpose-made fandom world of Of Wrath And Rune, AND a dose of enemies to lovers? I simply couldn't resist. 

This one's a follow-on from Do You Ship It? so plenty of familiar faces (and fandom references!) returning, but it's not a sequel so don't worry if you haven't read DYSI just yet. Although... you might as well, right?

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a note from the author

Be ye a rascal?
Beth

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