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This week things look a little different at the Cosy Cup — Rosie is poorly, Katy is running on no sleep whatsoever, and Rosie is also on holiday so she's missing out twice over. We soldier on regardless because that is the Cosy Cup way.

Katy is joined by the wonderful Hope Bytheway — pen name of English teacher, editor and saxophone player Lorraine Watson — to chat about her debut novel Wandering Strong, book one of the Coeur Legacy series. Farran Armstrong has always felt that her story is part of something bigger, and she's right — this is a dual timeline historical fiction where hidden truths, magical forces and quiet rebellion weave together across time. It is atmospheric, emotional, and full of the kind of forgotten voices that stay with you long after the last page. We had a brilliant chat about bringing it to life.

Plus Rosie's Bit on the Side this week features a sentient ampersand. Yes, the punctuation. We are not elaborating further. You simply have to listen.

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This week Katy has once again surprised Rosie with a game she was absolutely not prepared for and we are not sorry about it. Rosie's reaction speaks for itself. Katy's smugness also speaks for itself.

We also dive into the first ten chapters of A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon — book one of the Tempting Monsters series and an absolute BookTok institution. Esther is a young Victorian maid on the brink of losing her position and with very few respectable options left — so naturally she ends up at Rooksgrave Manor, a house of decidedly ill and unusual repute, full of gentlemen who are not quite what they seem and a daily level of decadence that would make your granny faint. It is spicy, it is atmospheric, it has monsters, and we are already feral about it. Ten chapters in and we have opinions.

☕ Grab your cuppa. Victorian monster romance and an unprepared Rosie. We are thriving.

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This week Katy and Rosie are joined by the brilliant Lee Adam to chat about his debut novel The Onus — a gritty, high octane crime thriller set in the mean streets of Glasgow. Amos Fisher is a broken man with a fractured relationship with his estranged daughter Mary — and when she is kidnapped by her crime lord boyfriend, Amos will tear through an entire city's worth of underworld to get her back. Fast paced, emotionally gutting, and absolutely relentless from the first page. We had a brilliant chat with Lee about bringing this one to life and we may or may not have got a little emotional about it.

Plus Rosie's Bit on the Side this week features a sentient cleaning sponge that becomes a man and turns out to be surprisingly good company. Katy had feelings. The sponge had more.

☕ Grab your cuppa. Glasgow crime and a very clean romance. We contain multitudes.

⚠️ Trigger warnings: violence, kidnapping, crime themes.

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