The Secret to Falling in Love
Lifestyle journalist and thirty-something singleton Melissa hashtags, insta's and snapchats her supposedly fabulous life on every social media platform there is.
That is until she wakes up on her birthday, another year older and still alone, wondering if for all her internet dates, love really can be found online? The challenge: go technology free for a whole month!
Forced to confront the reality of her life without its perfect filters, Melissa knows she needs to make some changes. But when she bumps into not one, but two gorgeous men, without the use of an app, she believes there could be hope for love offline.
If only there was a way to choose the right guy for her…
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Excerpt:
This is the moment that social media-addict and main character, Mel, realises what it means to go technology free. At this point, she’s worried about keeping in touch with her friends, it’s a little while later when she discovers how going back to old-fashioned ways will impact her love-life.
Becoming more frantic, I searched my drawer, under my keyboard and eventually got down on the floor to see if I’d knocked it down there without realising. As I was on all fours patting around the under-desk darkness, I was interrupted by a female voice. ‘Looking for this?’ I spun my head round so quickly I almost snapped my neck. There was my phone, in Dee’s hand.
‘Yes, I thought I’d lost it. Sorry, did I leave it in your office?’ I said apologetically, realising I might have put Dee out.
‘No, I took it,’ she said coolly, crossing her arms.
‘Could I have it back?’ I asked uncertainly. There was usually a method to her madness.
‘I’ll be keeping it until the month is out. I need this article to work, Melissa. I need to know you aren’t cheating.’ She threw the phone into her bag, whilst I was left wondering how many employment laws she’d just broken.
‘Well, may I have it until the end of the day, so I can tie up any loose ends?’ I asked, desperate to check and see who would be coming for a celebratory drink later.
‘Sorry, but no. This experiment won’t work if it’s pre-planned. We just need to rip out the plug, so to speak. We need some drama, Melissa. Journalists make sacrifices: lesson number one. Don’t worry, it’s password-protected so I can’t go snooping through your my-boss-is-a-bitch emails. I’ll keep it safe for you.’ With that, she spun on the heels of her Jimmy Choos and marched back towards her office.
My eyes widened in disbelief. What she’d done was quite possibly a criminal act, but I wasn’t sure of the crime. Theft? Did it constitute theft if the bandit promised to return your item in a month? I hit the keyboard to wake up my PC. I’d have to log on to Facebook and use Messenger instead. After that, I would give up technology.
I jabbed at the keyboard again and wiggled the mouse, but nothing happened. I bent down to check the machine was switched on. It wasn’t. Damn. It wasn’t coming on, no matter how hard I prodded the power button. Damn, damn and double damn. I became vaguely aware that a presence had appeared next to me. ‘Er hello, I’m Dean? From IT?’
‘Ah good, Dean-from-IT, could you help me? I seem to have a small issue with my PC.’
‘Yes, sorry, I’ve unplugged it. I had a request from Dee?’ he said, furrowing his brow, seemingly fearful of having done something wrong. Perhaps I’d intimidated poor Dean-from-IT.
‘Yes, I’m guessing she wants you to take it offline?’ I huffed.
‘She wants me to take it away completely. She told me to give you this.’ He handed me a notepad and a biro.
‘Great, why not just get me a quill and some papyrus,’ I snarled, snatching them from him.
Author Bio –
Victoria Cooke grew up in the city of Manchester before crossing the Pennines in pursuit of a career in education. She now lives in Huddersfield with her husband and two young daughters and when she’s not at home writing by the fire with a cup of coffee in hand, she loves working out in the gym and travelling. Victoria was first published at the tender age of eight by her classroom teacher who saw potential in a six-page story about an invisible man. Since then she’s always had a passion for reading and writing, undertaking several writers’ courses before completing her first novel, 'The Secret to Falling in Love,' in 2016.
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