Beat The Rain paperback cover

Goodreads Choice Awards
Semi-finalist
Best Debut Author

A triumph in its narrative style.
Female First

An unforgettable story of love and loss propelled by blockbuster twists.
Love Reading

An author with a truly compelling insight into the human condition and all its frustrating and often cruel twists and turns. Gripping storytelling from the start, this is a touching and sensitive portrayal of the interconnected mess of everyday life and love.
Siobhan Kennedy, Channel 4 News

About Beat The Rain

A tale of forbidden love, loss and lies.

After the death of her boyfriend Tom, Louise falls in love with his twin brother Adam. Can their love overcome their grief or is their relationship doomed to fail?

When the enigmatic Jarvis enters their lives, will he help them – or destroy everything they’re trying to build?

Covers for the 3 invisible lives novels, Beat The Rain, The Pursuit or Ordinary and Life, Slightly

Forbidden love, betrayal, grief, loss, redemption and second chances… and death.

Beat The Rain is part of the Invisible Lives series. The books can be read in any order. Other novels in the series include Life, Slightly and The Pursuit of Ordinary.

Awards and accolades

Best Debut Author, Semifinalist, Goodreads Choice Awards
Beat The Rain

Finalist, The People’s Book Prize for Fiction
The Pursuit of Ordinary

Longlisted, The Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize
The Pursuit of Ordinary

Call in, The Booker Prize
The Pursuit of Ordinary