Punch-Drunk Love

The most hilarious and feel-good romantic comedy of the year!

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Pub Date 3 Aug 2018 | Archive Date 10 Sep 2019

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The knock out romantic comedy of the year!

This brilliant, funny love story is perfect for fans of Jo WatsonMhairi McFarlane and Zara Stoneley.

True love packs a punch…

‘Punchy, pacy and packed with wit and warmth’ Sunday Timesbestseller Cathy Bramley‘A fun, smart, sassy read full of likeable characters that stayed with me long after the last page’ Bestselling author Alex Brown

Tiffanie Trent is not having a great week. Gavin, her boyfriend, has dumped her unceremoniously on their tenth anniversary, leaving her heartbroken and homeless.

Frank Black, the owner of Blackie’s boxing gym and where Tiff has been book-keeper for the last decade, has dropped dead. He's not having a great week either.

And if that wasn’t enough, Mike ‘The Assassin’ Fellner, boxer of international fame and Tiff’s first love, is back in town and more gorgeous than ever. Tiff can’t seem to go anywhere without bumping into his biceps.

When she discovers Blackie has left her the gym, Tiff, with her saggy trackies and supermarket trainers, is certain she’ll fail. Can Tiff step up and roll with the punches, or will she be down and out at the first round?

The knock out romantic comedy of the year!

This brilliant, funny love story is perfect for fans of Jo WatsonMhairi McFarlane and Zara Stoneley.

True love packs a punch…

‘Punchy, pacy and packed with...

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While eating dinner on their ten year anniversary at the restaurant of their very first date, Tiffanie Trent is thrown for a loop when her longtime boyfriend breaks it off instead of proposing to her. Her week only gets worse when her boss, and close family friend, unexpectedly passes away, leaving his prize gym to her. To top it off, her handsome first love comes to town, seemingly rubbing in her face his vast success. Realising her dissatisfaction with the way her life is going, she decides to take the opportunity given to her, and make the best of it. Thus begins a wonderful tale of self-growth and mending past mistakes.

Sweatpants at Tiffanie's was one-part women's fiction, one-part romantic comedy, and all heart. Tiffanie's antics never failed to bring a smile to my face, and her story was incredibly fun to follow. She had a ridiculous amount of chemistry with Mike, and I loved the dynamic between the two. Hughes did a great job with character development, making Tiff's growth believable and compelling. Romance fans will rejoice at this fresh, emotional, and sweet novel of second-chances. I would easily recommend this novel, and am eager for more from this author!

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This novel is hilarious! I laughed so hard that I cried. It reminded me of a Sofia Kinella or Marian Keyes novel. Anything that can go wrong did. Tiffanie Trent is having a rough week--her boyfriend of ten years dumps on their anniversary at the same restaurant that they had their first date and since they lived together at his place--she's now homeless. Tiff has more bad news--her longtime friend and father figure, Frank Blackie dies. Frank was her first bookkeeping client and was a prominent figure throughout her life. To add the icing to her crap-tastic cake--her childhood boyfriend and first love Mike "The Assassin" Fellner returned for Blackie's funeral looking more gorgeous than ever while Tiff has gained a few pounds and feels worse about herself than ever.

At the will reading, Tiff finds out that Blackie has left his most precious gift to her--his boxing gym. Blackie's assistant coach, Ron makes numerous sexist remarks that Tiff isn't cut out to run the gym since she's a woman--and making a remark about her weight. Her ex-boyfriend Gavin tries to talk her into selling it because he think she doesn't have the motivation or business sense to run a business with employees. Tiff is determined to prove them both wrong. With the help of her best friend, Shelby and Natalie, a Blackie customer's wife--the three are determined to upgrade the gym into a full service experience for all genders. Tiff runs into some trouble beginning with the fact that she is secretly living in one of the gym's storage rooms. She is also receiving haunting crack calls, mail with dog poo, and the gym is vandalized. Oh and Blackie's ex-wife and step-son feel that they should have been given the gym. The more Tiff works on the gym the more she comes in contact with Mikey. Mikey keeps coming back to the gym for nostalga or so he says. All of her old feelings for Mikey are starting to resurface especially after the spend the night together. But Mikey is offered a job in LA--a once in a lifetime opportunity. Tiff doesn't want to get in his way. Gavin has returned when he sees that Tiff is turning things around with the gym. What will Tiff do? Will Mike take the offer or move back home?

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Thank you for this early copy!

I would recommend this to anyone who loves a well-written romance novel. I will be checking out more from this author in the future!

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What a great story! When Tiff starts out here, she is at a restaurant expecting to get a ring and love from her 10 year long relationship. Nope. Instead she gets dumped by the prat. Takes her a long time to get over him though, which shows her depth of feelings, although didn't see what she saw in him anyway. As a small time bookkeeper, she was working with Blackie at his boxing gym, when he had a heart attack and died. Invited to the will reading she didn't know what to expect, but getting the gym and his money (minus the boxing ring) was not what she expected. Nor seeing her ex from her teenage years, Mike, show up was not expected either. I really liked this story, and the characters. Fun read and hard to put down. Good HEA as well. Would highly recommend this book and author.

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