Our Last Summer: The Playlist

I like to create playlists for my books and the playlist for Our Last Summer is full of summery hits, plus a couple that relate to the book itself.

There are 32 songs, which you can listen to on Spotify below or you can save it to your own account to listen to whenever you want to!

Our Last Summer Playlist:

Kids In America

Kim Wilde

Summertime

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Rio

Duran Duran

Bring It All Back

S Club 7

Parklife

Blur

The Only Way Is Up

Yazz

One Week

Bare Naked Ladies

In The Summertime

Shaggy, Rayvon

C'est La Vie

B*Witched

The Boys of Summer

Don Henley

Country House

Blur

Walking On Sunshine

Katrina & The Waves

Friday I'm In Love

The Cure

Mambo No. 5 (a Little Bit of...)

Lou Bega

Club Tropicana

Wham!

Venus

Bananarama

Africa

TOTO

Summer of '69

Bryan Adams

In The Summertime

Mungo Jerry

Life Is A Rollercoaster

Ronan Keating

Hey Ya!

Outkast

Bootylicious

Destiny's Child

Miami

Will Smith

All That She Wants

Ace of Base

Whenever, Wherever

Shakira

MMMBop

Hanson

Two Princes

Spin Doctors

Dancing In The Moonlight

Toploader

Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

Spiller, Sophie Ellis-Bexter

Brimful of Asha - Norman Cook Remix

Cornershop, Norman Cook

Cruel Summer

Bananarama

Our Last Summer

ABBA

Our Last Summer: What Inspired The Book?

It was actually a previous book of mine that inspired the story of Our Last Summer.

I was walking my dog, Luna in 2021 when I started to think about a summer-themed time-travel book, along the lines of my festive time-travel rom com, The 12 Christmases of You & Me. Instead of woolly hats and turkey with all the trimmings, there'd be sunshine and beer in pub gardens. Elodie would travel back to 12 summers of her past. It would be called The 12 Summers of You & Me and while in the festive time-travel rom com it is a photo being taken that sends the protagonist back home to the present, there would be a trigger that sent Elodie to the past: the bong! of the assistance button on a plane.

I didn't know why she was on a plane yet. I didn't know what lessons she'd learn from visiting her past self, but the seed of the idea was there. The seed grew. Things changed. Elodie wouldn't be travelling back 12 times (which made my title unusable) but that initial trip on the plane with the bongs! remained and I love the story that emerged.

I wonder if there's a autumn-themed time-travel story to be told. The 12 Halloweens of You & Me, for example...

A summer that changed everything. A second chance to put things right.

Four years ago, Elodie Parker left the village of Little Heaton where she’d lived for her entire life. She hasn’t been back since.

Now, with her little sister’s wedding looming, she’s going home again. It should be a time for celebration, but there are things Elodie left behind she’s not ready to face. Not least the love of her life, Tomasz. The man who, if Elodie is really honest, she still loves.

But something magical happens on the flight. As turbulence hits, Elodie is thrown back into the past. It’s eight years ago, the day she met Tomasz for the very first time. Before everything went wrong and Elodie ran away forever.

Can Elodie find a way to change the past – and get the happy ever after she longs for?

Amazon UK | Amazon US | Kobo

Our Last Summer Publication Day

I'm so excited that Our Last Summer is now available as an ebook. If you've already pre-ordered a copy, it should be waiting for you on your e-reader. If you prefer a paperback, this will be following in September.

I hope you enjoy Elodie's story. Travelling back in time with her was a lot of fun and I hope you have as much fun reading the book as I did writing it! If you read and enjoy the book, I'd love to hear what you think. You can leave a review (they really do make a writer's day) or you can give me a shout on social media (links on the right-hand side of the blog).

I'll be posting book extras here on the blog and on social media, including the playlist and behind-the-scenes fun facts (there's an early on in today's newsletter) so do keep an eye out for those.

A summer that changed everything. A second chance to put things right.

Four years ago, Elodie Parker left the village of Little Heaton where she’d lived for her entire life. She hasn’t been back since.

Now, with her little sister’s wedding looming, she’s going home again. It should be a time for celebration, but there are things Elodie left behind she’s not ready to face. Not least the love of her life, Tomasz. The man who, if Elodie is really honest, she still loves.

But something magical happens on the flight. As turbulence hits, Elodie is thrown back into the past. It’s eight years ago, the day she met Tomasz for the very first time. Before everything went wrong and Elodie ran away forever.

Can Elodie find a way to change the past – and get the happy ever after she longs for?

Amazon UK | Amazon US | Kobo