The New Mrs D: An Amazon No1 Best Seller."After The Midnight Library, The 5th Woman, and Olive, Again... Meet The New Mrs D – The Sharp, Heartfelt and Uplifting Reinvention of a Woman Breaking Free.'Wine-spittingly, chocolate-chokingly brilliant! Hill is the Tom Sharpe of her era! Genuinely laugh out loud funny with great writing and a plot to keep you hooked. Buy it, read it - but if like me you are of a certain age, do so with an empty bladder." – Amanda Prowse, author of The No Greater Love series.Four days into her Greek honeymoon, Bernice Dando wakes up to a devastating reality. Her new husband has an online porn addiction that has numbed him to real-world intimacy. Refusing to be gaslit, labelled as "frigid," or told she is overreacting, Bernice chooses a bold path. She sends her new husband packing.Left with a two-week romantic itinerary meant for a happy couple, Bernice decides to tackle it all alone. What follows is a chaotic, brilliant and riotous reclamation of independence. From triggering a Greek fish explosion to spontaneous nude karaoke, Bernice's holiday devolves into a series of farcical, larger-than-life misadventures. Beneath the laugh-out-loud chaos, Bernice quickly remembers exactly who she is outside of trying to fix a broken man.But when he tracks her down begging for a second chance, Bernice faces a life-altering choice: does she return to the comfortable numbness of her old life, or continue to embrace a bold, authentic and entirely new adventure?A riotous, laugh-out-loud non-romantic comedy for fans of women’s fiction, midlife reinvention and that unapologetic, escapist romp your inner child's been missing. It's a irreverent, fast-paced, British farce packed with double-entendres and camp, chaotic energy.The Vibe: Shirley Valentine meets Absolutely Fabulous with a modern, empowering twist.It is a story about one woman's midlife awakening... on her honeymoon alone."The New Mrs D is a refreshing, sharp-witted and empowering romp that reflects real life, delves into unspoken about subjects and slaps the reader in the face with honesty." Fleur Ferris, author??? Praise For The New Mrs D"Ms Hill whisks off to the Greek Islands for a colourful adventure. She takes us on a sensory journey where we soak up the hot sun, drink in the fragrant wine and cradle our temples as Binnie flings her flip flop at us from a speeding scooter" ”" Talesfromabruceeyeview"The perfect setting for a hilarious update to Eat Pray Love" - Tara Gladden, Cornerstones'This book would do well on your Kindle as a fairly light summer read with a little discussion of more serious issues. You can’t call this “chick lit” – it’s way better than that. Take a look.' - AMAZON VINE VOICE REVIEWInternational Praise For The New Mrs D'Watch out Jane Green and Helen Fielding! There's a new novelist from your side of the pond.' - Annie McDonnell, Chick Lit Plus'The New Mrs D by Heather Hill had me laughing from page one. The book is so engaging that I stayed up all night to read it - I downloaded it at 10.30 pm and just kept reading. To say it grabbed me by the short and curlies is an understatement! I totally identified with Binnie and so "got it". Heather's light, chatty writing style is refreshingly "real" and she has all the hallmarks of a truly great story teller.This is a woman's story. It's hysterically funny, empowering and truthful.I hope we see more excellent stories from Heather Hill - anyone who can make me laugh in the opening paragraph and maintain it, has my undivided attention. She's a gifted author.This book could so easily become a box office smash. I hope someone decides to make The New Mrs D into that film.'Claire Smith - 1st Assistant Director @ GFox Productions

An Amazon #1 Absurdist Comedy from the bestselling author of Words on Candy Hearts"This book had me laughing out loud from start to finish. The characters are brilliantly quirky and feel so real, each with their own hilarious quirks and heart. The absurd humor is perfectly balanced with moments of genuine warmth, making it more than just a comedy — it’s a story about friendship, found family, and embracing life’s chaos. Augusta Reilly’s sharp wit and unique setting in Moab create a wildly entertaining and unforgettable read." - Drew, Netgalley Reviewer"This book is without a doubt one of the funniest books I have read in years, or maybe ever." - Olivia L., Netgalley Reviewer"Phallus in Nature is easily the most hilarious reading experience I have ever embarked on . . . Reilly is a comic mastermind and I found myself highlighting something that made me LOL on every other page." - Bakedbookie"This had me laughing out loud, marveling at the incisive skewering of different cultural groups, and really invested in the outcome for the characters. Who dreamed Moab Utah in summer could muster such excitement? I'd compare this to The Wedding People in terms of so many disparate characters, all at crucial turning points in their lives, being thrust together and learning from each other in uproariously funny and heartwarming ways." - Maria M, Librarian"I can confidently say this is the hardest I’ve laughed while reading a book." - Miriam D., Netgalley Reviewer"If you have even a hint of a funny bone that needs tickling and love the absurd, give this a read." - Blake B., Netgalley ReviewerWelcome to Moab, Utah. Home to two national parks, nine varieties of scorpions, and over three hundred search and rescue missions a year, Moab is more than just a great place to suffer a death that will become family folklore – it's the perfect setting for the tragicomedy that is Matthew Gorman’s life.Matthew thought his plan was foolproof: use his meager inheritance to build a 'tiny' duplex in Moab's desert outskirts, live and study on one side, rent out the other to tourists, then sit back and watch the money roll in. But when Moab's oppressive summer heat kicks in, his lodgers – and his fiancé – abandon him for cooler climes. Broke and friendless, he rents out the right half of the duplex to Piper Lawless, the happy-go-lucky author of the bestselling photo collection of all time, The Phallus in Nature. With the pathologically friendly penis aficionada now an inextricable part of his existence, Matthew's life becomes entangled with those of his eccentric Tinytown neighbors, including Mormon-turned-hippie, Mahatma Randy, and seven-foot-tall Bruno Axworthy, the reptile dealer who falls madly in love with Piper and imagines Matthew to be his romantic rival. Meanwhile, across the country, Piper’s conservative parents and pretentious brother are having problems of their own – problems that can only be solved by dipping into Piper’s deep pockets. Unbeknownst to Piper – and each other – they are all headed to Moab for a disastrous family reunion. Will Piper and Matthew ever find a way to navigate the never-ending sideshow of neighbors and family that is taking over their lives?

TV skeptic and paranormal debunker Dr. Newton Barlow thought he knew everything. Now, he knows BETTER.????? “Laugh a lot, shake a lot — thoroughly enjoyable.”????? “Hilariously clever… a rollicking paranormal adventure.”????? “Funny as hell… brilliant characters and situations.”Over 100,000 readers worldwide • 4.2 stars from 3,700+ Amazon reviewsBook 1 of The Unhappy Medium series — a darkly funny supernatural journey through life, death, and the complicated bit in the middle.Dr. Newton Barlow built his career exposing frauds, debunking ghosts, and proving the supernatural didn’t exist.Then his newly dead mentor turns up with a job offer.Dragged into a hidden world of ghosts, ancient conspiracies, sinister developers, heavily armed vicars, and things that refuse to stay buried, Barlow is forced into a battle between the living and the dead. To save this world and the next, Barlow must abandon everything he thought he knew about everything.No wonder he’s unhappy.Perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett, Good Omens, Ben Aaronovitch and The Dresden Files — blending supernatural chaos, dark humour, eccentric characters and sharp British wit.

There have been many courtroom dramas that glorified the great American legal system. This is not one of them. "My Cousin Vinny" has been voted the most re-watchable movie of all time. It’s a story about two wrongly accused young men and the wildly inappropriate attorney who must defend them in an Alabama murder trial.Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothstein, two friends from Brooklyn, are on their way cross-country to UCLA. Taking a southern route through Alabama, they stop at a local convenience store. No sooner do they leave the store when they are arrested, presumably for inadvertently shoplifting a can of tuna. The two unfortunate youts (youths) wind up facing trial for the murder of a store clerk and face possible death sentences. They have no money for an attorney. The good news is that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his Cousin Vinny. The bad news is that Vinny is an inexperienced attorney who has never been to trial.Aided by his savvy, firebrand fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito, Vinny must prevail over some very tough opposition in order to prove his clients’ innocence. He must overcome the testimony of three eyewitnesses, a bulldog sheriff, an FBI forensics expert, a very competent district attorney, and an uncompromising judge who’s just aching to prove Vinny a fraud.If you thought Vinny and Lisa were funny on the big screen, just wait until you start turning pages. Updated with added scenes and even more laughs, this literary version of My Cousin Vinny will have you rolling on the floor. Are we sure? Yeah, we’re pos-i-tive!

Finalist for Humor - 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year AwardsIn suburban Wells Port, things are not what they seem: wild animals appear unexpectedly in backyards, raised garden beds produce fruit in days, not weeks, and a mysterious figure lurks across sidewalks late at night.The stories in Starman After Midnight weave an often hilarious and sometimes melancholy spell. Four young boys are terrorized by a wiener dog on their walk to school, but strategize for a safer route. A beer-loving man befriends a likeminded neighbor, only to discover his jovial new acquaintance is a registered sex offender. An elderly Uber driver suspects a young rider is being lured by a night stalker and debates whether he should help her or mind his own business.Connecting these stories are two next-door neighbors—Seff and Big Dave—who couldn't be more different: one a progressive-minded writer, the other a conservative plumber. Their love of beer drinking, backyard philosophizing, and gossiping brings them together. When several pets in the neighborhood wind up missing or worse—dead—Seff and Big Dave monitor their security cameras for the culprit. When they discover a naked man roaming their street late at night, suspicions are raised while hysteria spreads through the neighborhood social media app. What is the connection between the missing pets and this naked man? Seff and Big Dave form a posse of neighbors to find out.Moving between humor and surrealism, friendship and grief, Starman After Midnight is a novel told in stories, a collection that adds up to something greater than the sum of its parts. From the quirky imagination of Scott Semegran, Starman After Midnight packs a comedic punch and uncovers the magic that seems possible in ordinary places.

Review "An encouraging tale of neighborliness and camaraderie in the face of the unknown. A big-hearted, often amusing tale of the weirdness of suburbia." — Kirkus Review"Darkly funny... Semegran has a knack for drawing colorful characters. This waggish slice of life is worth a look." — Publishers Weekly"Starman After Midnight is effortlessly funny, likably odd, surprisingly moving, and imminently relatable—a genuine pleasure to read." — BlueInk Review"Darkly comic and sometimes surreal... smooth and clear prose offers refreshing and absorbing reading." — Lone Star Literary Life"The book intersperses named stories with the novel's ten chapters, creating a fun reading experience that incorporates Seff's prose into Semegran's writing... Starman After Midnight offers laugh-a-minute reading with wise guy observations." — Readers' Favorite Book Reviews ? ? ? ? ?"A great story... as unique as it was a pleasure to read." — Reedsy Discovery ? ? ? ?"The tale is, quite simply, utterly compelling, fun, and attractive. Starman After Midnight will reach audiences interested in humor, puzzles, interpersonal relationship quandaries, and community challenge. It will also delight libraries looking for accessible, modern literary works that sizzle with originality and delightful surprises." — D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review"A wonderful kaleidoscope that turns through a variety of characters' points of view while maintaining a humorous throughline about a mysterious naked man who is wandering the after-midnight streets, menacing the locals... Starman After Midnight is packed full of goodies that will charm every reader." - Kerri Schlottman, award-winning author of Tell Me One Thing"Starman After Midnight is an absorbing, immersive, and intriguing collection. [Semegran] brings a uniquely quirky and often surrealistic quality to the interconnected tales full of mystery and suspense." — The BookLife Prize ? ? ? ? About the Author Scott Semegran is an award-winning writer of ten books. BlueInk Review described him best as "a gifted writer, with a wry sense of humor." His latest book, Starman After Midnight, is a quirky novel-in-stories about two beer-drinking neighbors who team-up to track down a mysterious late-night interloper terrorizing their middle-class neighborhood. His nine previous books include The Codger and the Sparrow, The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island (first-place winner for Middle-Grade/Young Adult fiction in the 2021 Writer's Digest Book Awards), and To Squeeze a Prairie Dog (winner of the 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal for Humor and winner of the 2019 Texas Author Project for Adult Fiction). He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English.

Rule #1 - Only be where flip-flops can be worn.Former deputy Sam Strait lives his life by a particular set of rules. They provide him freedom to do the things he wants where he wants with whom he wants. For a single man in his mid-thirties, things couldn’t get any better. Then why isn’t he happier?When Sam returns home for the summer, he discovers a stranger dead in his boat. With cops and reporters crawling over his property, gone are the usual plans of soaking up the sun and whiling away the days in the arms of a beautiful woman. Instead, Sam embarks on journey to solve the mysterious death.Soon, he’s being followed, harassed, and assaulted by figures demanding the return of something he had no idea he possessed. Sam would have been better to stay away for the summer, but he couldn’t have. He had to return home. The rules demanded it.Strait Over Tackle is the first book in an exciting new series from the author of the 509 Crime Stories and the co-author of the Charlie-316 series.If you like your crime fiction with a dose of humor, then pick up this book today!(NOTE: The Flip-Flop Detective occurs in the same world as the 509 Crime Stories. The first book in that series is The Side Hustle.)