Standing Room Only

Lydia works in a museum, dragging kids round the Long Before Man tour. Felix has never worked anywhere and spends his days dragging on cigarettes and writing songs for Moja, his beloved rock group. When they meet, they realise that all you need in common is to be following the same dream. When Lydia offers to manage Moja, she finds four very different people: Justin, the bass player, is as aloof and stoned as the drummer Nicky is sweet and impish. Gorgeous, temperamental lead singer Amber is determined to make Lydia's life as hard as possible. And then there's Felix who, for all his beauty and charm, is as paranoid and insecure as every struggling musician before him. It's a wild journey from the beginning of a dream to making it happen in this stunning first novel that captures the aspirations and soul of a generation bonded by music.

Instantly likeable (Northern Echo)

A smart, sassy take on the music industry and the gorgeous, insecure blokes who inhabit it (Marie Claire)

Good on characters and authentic background, it's a fun, fairytale read (The Bookseller)