London Love Series by Sophia Soames

Meet Ryan, aka, Joey Hole, disgraced former adult entertainer with more issues than he can keep track of. His boyfriend left him for an Instagram twink with 150K followers, his Mum wants him out of her spare room and then there's that idiot at college who just won't take no for an answer. Meet Luke. He was once the rich kid who'd just been gifted his first car, and now he doesn't even own a bike... moreMeet Ryan, aka, Joey Hole, disgraced former adult entertainer with more issues than he can keep track of. His boyfriend left him for an Instagram twink with 150K followers, his Mum wants him out of her spare room and then there's that idiot at college who just won't take no for an answer. Meet Luke. He was once the rich kid who'd just been gifted his first car, and now he doesn't even own a bike. He's also slumming it in a house full of ungrateful siblings and his first trip to the Food-bank gave him some goddamn emotional scars. Life is getting better though, and he's acing it at college, as well as making some brilliant new friends. Well except for that stuck up twatwaffle Ryan who won't talk to him and refuses to like his brilliant social media posts. .. . The first of Sophia Soames new London Series, BREATHE will release on May 15 2021. This series will follow the ups and downs of three couples living extraordinary ordinary London lives. Pre order for Breathe is available now, and the remaining two books will release during 2021. less

What do you do when your relationship falls apart? Well, you bury yourself in a deep hole of grief, one you have so carelessly dug for yourself. Jamie Walters needs to find a way out of the mess his life has become, but the way forward is not as straight as he thought it would have been. What's the point anyway? Women are off the menu but Jamie still wants the entire textbook fairy-tale... moreWhat do you do when your relationship falls apart? Well, you bury yourself in a deep hole of grief, one you have so carelessly dug for yourself. Jamie Walters needs to find a way out of the mess his life has become, but the way forward is not as straight as he thought it would have been. What's the point anyway? Women are off the menu but Jamie still wants the entire textbook fairy-tale. The romantic dates and the flowers and holding hands in the dark, and Grindr certainly isn't the place to find your happily ever after. .. Catch up with Jamie and the rest of the Walters family in this sweet little insta-love fairy-tale where Jamie finally gets his happily ever after, Originally published as part of the Love is All Anthology, Exhale has been reedited and extended to the quirky little fairy-tale it was always meant to be. London Love 1. 5. Exhale is a standalone novella but is best enjoyed after reading Breathe. Trigger warnings: Brief mention of pregnancy loss. less

Finn Christensen doesn’t do feelings. He doesn’t do relationships. When he has an itch to scratch, there are always clubs and hook-ups. Quick, dirty encounters in dark places that feed the need that brews in the pit in his stomach. He works every hour of the day as the front office manager for the Clouds Westminster Hotel in central London. He’s a good boss, and he knows his shit. Then Mark Quinton swans in like he owns the bloody place, and Finn’s carefully managed world starts to fall apart... moreFinn Christensen doesn’t do feelings. He doesn’t do relationships. When he has an itch to scratch, there are always clubs and hook-ups. Quick, dirty encounters in dark places that feed the need that brews in the pit in his stomach. He works every hour of the day as the front office manager for the Clouds Westminster Hotel in central London. He’s a good boss, and he knows his shit. Then Mark Quinton swans in like he owns the bloody place, and Finn’s carefully managed world starts to fall apart. Mark Quinton is impulsive and stupid and childish. He’s the last person in the world who should be allowed to run the food and beverage department at the Clouds Westminster, however many brilliant ideas he has and somehow miraculously pulls off. He needs…something. He needs Finn Christensen. It’s a match made in hell. A recipe for disaster. There will be a bloodbath one day. They both know that. Everyone knows. TASTE is the second book in the London Love series, following four extraordinary ordinary couples living real fairy-tales in the city of London. TASTE is a hurt comfort, enemy to lovers romance set behind the scenes in a busy inner city business hotel. The books are all Standalone and can be read in any order, apart from EXHALE which is best enjoyed after BREATHE. Trigger-warnings for off page mentions of domestic violence, depression, kleptomania, ADHD and culinary crimes involving cheese. HEA. less

Hugo Burrows has life under control. He has a decent job, a long-term relationship and a flat in Canary Wharf. It’s all under control. It’s just becoming a little problematic trying to hold everything together. Keeping the bruises on his skin hidden away. A smile plastered on his face. Controlling the calories he allows himself to consume. And now his boss is on his back with too many questions, and the grumpy French head chef keeps staring at him like he’s a freak or something... moreHugo Burrows has life under control. He has a decent job, a long-term relationship and a flat in Canary Wharf. It’s all under control. It’s just becoming a little problematic trying to hold everything together. Keeping the bruises on his skin hidden away. A smile plastered on his face. Controlling the calories he allows himself to consume. And now his boss is on his back with too many questions, and the grumpy French head chef keeps staring at him like he’s a freak or something. Everything is under control. It has to be. Benjamin Desjardins may be the head chef at the Clouds Hotel, but he definitely hasn’t got anything under control. His relationship with his best friend is crumbling, and simply turning up for work seems to automatically cause never-ending chaotic disasters. Yet there is something about the new concierge that has crawled straight under his prickly skin. Ben doesn’t need more complications in his life. In fact, the last thing he needs is to inconveniently, and reluctantly…fall in love. SKIN AND BONES can be read as a standalone but is best enjoyed if read after TASTE. Reader Advisory. This book deals the following topics: eating disorders, OCD, domestic violence and sexual assault, characters falling somewhere on the ace/grey spectrum. Please look yourself and take care if these topics could upset you. The book has high angst but low steam due to the above topics. less

Mabel Donovan has spent their entire life playing second best. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. The ex. The one that got rejected… The one that was cheated…with. But now it’s make or break, because Mabel has to do something. Maybe it’s time to break free and actually start to learn how to live. Although decisions aren’t actually Mabel’s forte, since they can’t even decide what gender they want to be when they get up in the morning... moreMabel Donovan has spent their entire life playing second best. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. The ex. The one that got rejected… The one that was cheated…with. But now it’s make or break, because Mabel has to do something. Maybe it’s time to break free and actually start to learn how to live. Although decisions aren’t actually Mabel’s forte, since they can’t even decide what gender they want to be when they get up in the morning. Jonathan Templar may be one of the most eligible bachelors in London, with his cover of Time Magazine and millions in the bank. He should probably just let his society mother pick him someone from one of her magazines. Introduce him to some highly ambitious person from his parents’ social club. It’s just…not quite what Jonny wants. Since he can’t even sleep in a bed like normal people. Struggles to get a decent meal inside of him. He just wants…peace. Solitude. Silence. And love. Maybe he just needs someone to…. No. Nothing. He doesn’t need anything. Mabel needs to finally be the one. And Jonny? He’s not actually into…the tall, beautiful creature that…obviously has a giant piece of equipment hiding under that stunning tailored suit. It’s just a friendship. A relationship…of sorts…and love? Jonny just needs a good night sleep. Period. less

Reuben Schiller is just who he is. He may have finally had his diagnosis of something with far too many capital letters, but he takes his meds like clockwork and goes to work and…he’s fine. Honestly. He’s fine with the insane shifts, he’s fine with living with his dad, and he’s even fine with driving his trusty old rust bucket of a car around the fine city of London. It’s all bought and paid for, the car. And Reuben is finally growing up. And feeling it... moreReuben Schiller is just who he is. He may have finally had his diagnosis of something with far too many capital letters, but he takes his meds like clockwork and goes to work and…he’s fine. Honestly. He’s fine with the insane shifts, he’s fine with living with his dad, and he’s even fine with driving his trusty old rust bucket of a car around the fine city of London. It’s all bought and paid for, the car. And Reuben is finally growing up. And feeling it. Graham Smith may have once been an ordinary teenager, but these days, he goes by The Dieter, the biggest pop star on the planet, and he’s honestly lost the will to actually…live. He’s guarded by a team of ever-changing security guards twenty-four seven in a house he bought on a whim. He hates it. Almost as much as he hates his mobile phone, his bandmates and the goddamn awful vegan grain salad he keeps getting fed for lunch. His life is supposed to be all sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. Instead, it’s…some kind of unhinged circus. Reuben’s life is about as rock ’n’ roll as a bacon sandwich. And Graham? Graham just wants everything to stop. Even if it means giving up everything he’s spent the past ten years working for…for a single bed in a council bedsit somewhere in the dodgy part of Peckham. TRUST is a full-length, low-angst, steamy romance between the biggest pop star in the world…and a guy who can’t even trust himself. Book 5 in the London Love series, this book is a standalone, even though the book still takes place at The Clouds hotel. less

Stewart Schiller never thought this would be the way his life turned out. Instead he was imagining a dignified retirement, pottering around in his small garden. The grandchildren playing happily as a background soundtrack. He never thought he would be made redundant, and end up alone in a big house… obsessing over his new neighbour. Stewart is more mature than that. Old enough to know better. Oh, for God’s sake. Dylan Scotland was once the happiest house husband alive... moreStewart Schiller never thought this would be the way his life turned out. Instead he was imagining a dignified retirement, pottering around in his small garden. The grandchildren playing happily as a background soundtrack. He never thought he would be made redundant, and end up alone in a big house… obsessing over his new neighbour. Stewart is more mature than that. Old enough to know better. Oh, for God’s sake. Dylan Scotland was once the happiest house husband alive. Well, that’s what he thought, until his wife took his kids back to Miami, and left him alone with nothing but despair. Now he’s stuck in the grotty basement flat, with a bad case of depression and bank account that's draining faster than Dylan’s sanity. He’s tried meditation. Mindfulness. Bloody yoga. Manifesting solutions in his head that hurt as much as his attempts at walking barefoot on the grass outside his patio doors. Not that he’s going to do that again. Crying in the garden whilst wearing nothing but a bathrobe is not a good look for meeting the hot silver fox next door. Dylan shouldn’t go outside, ever again. His life will never be the same. And people really need to learn to mind their own business. Silver Lining is the sixth and final book in the London Love series. This book can be read as a standalone but could be better enjoyed after reading Trust. . Please read content warnings. This book deals with certain subjects that could be triggering to some readers. less