I put The Refusal in for as many awards as I could find, expecting that the competition would be fierce and maybe I'd win something if I was lucky. If I put in for ten awards then surely something would come from one of them, right? Little did I know that so many people in the book community would take The Refusal to heart and love my nerdy couple. I'm so thrilled with how many awards it's won. My confidence wasn't high going in to all this, so thank you all for loving it so

I am so thrilled to be a semi-finalist in the Indies Today 2021 book awards. Their book review for The Refusal is amazing too (see below). If only I could write reviews as beautifully as this . . . mine are usually "great book" or "loved it" ! Cosmopolitan meets homegrown in this flawlessly written slow-burn romance. Like a shining fairy tale with a modern twist, Jo rides in on her symbolic white horse to bail out Janus in his time of need. Janus Phillips is your run-of-the

One of the joys of being involved in the bookish community on social media is exploring fun things to post, alongside promoting my books. The every day hilarity of husbands, wives, partners and just putting up with each other day in day out, has generated some great online comments. Here are some of my favorite tweets: Here's the whole thing on Buzzfeed you want to read them all. You can find out more information about The Refusal here and buy it here. Eve .. . . #marriage #t

So I was scrolling down the page thinking . . . yeah, yeah, won't even have got placed. There's not even a romance section . . . there's no way . . . then Aaarrrgghhhhhh!! Runner up!!!! GENERAL FICTION!!!! Not *just* romance! Omg!! SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK FESTIVAL AWARDS 2022 "THE REFUSAL" EVE M. RILEY RUNNER UP GENERAL FICTION (find the awards here). 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Have I said how much I love the people in Southern California???? 🥰😍😍😍 Still can't believe this has actually h

When the first author copies arrived it was so exciting to hold The Refusal in my hands for the first time and see all my words in print (you can probably tell from this video that I've never done an unboxing video before!) With hundreds of people buying the books now, Janus and Jo feel very real with their very own typeset chapter headings and words bursting from the page. You can find out more information about The Refusal here and buy it here. #evemriley #therefusal #techn

I recently recruited an advanced reader copy (ARC) team for my debut novel, The Refusal. It's been a complete thrill getting all the team's comments on the story before it's released. If you'd like to be involved with this and other novels in the Techboys series, fill in the mailing list form here and let me know that you'd like to ARC. I am only just getting organised on ARCs (and even having readers – yikes!) but I'll be offering other things such as giveaways and merch an

I really feel that this lovely book cover design belongs to all of the people who voted for it on Instagram. This was the clear winner: 30% vs. 70%. I mean I love it, and Mark Thomas @coverness designed it, but the lovely readers and authors voted for it and gave me lots of great comments. 🎉 Being so very indecisive, it made a huge difference to the decision making. (My husband now wants all these voters to come live with us so he can rid himself of my dithering forever). C

A little sneak preview from the final editing I'm working on. This is from the first lunch my two main protagonists (Janus and Jo) have together. Check out The Refusal here #techboys #romanceauthor #contemporaryromance #eroticromance #techromance #technologyromance #booklaunch #romancenovel #indieauthor #newauthor #newromancebook #bookrelease #debutnovel #bookrecommendations #romancebook #goodreads