Book Spotlight: The Wake-Up Call

Last year I loved Beth O’Leary’s novel, The No-Show. And though I haven’t read any of her other books (yet!), I also really enjoyed the mini-series adaptation of her debut, The Flatshare. Now Beth O’Leary is back with a brand new novel, The Wake-Up Call. This enemies-to-lovers romance follows two hotel receptionists trying to return old wedding rings to their owners before Christmas.

As soon as I saw the cover for The Wake-Up Call, with its five golden rings on the cover, I figured it must draw from “The Twelve Days of Christmas”; the novel’s synopsis and pre-Christmas setting only confirmed that theory. Although I don’t read too many holiday romances, this is one that has captured my interest! I adore the idea of two people returning lost symbols of love to their owners… and falling in love themselves along the way. We’re still three months away from Christmas, but it’s never too early to get in the holiday spirit.

Find out more about The Wake-Up Call below, and let me know if you’re planning to pick it up. If you’ve already read it, let me know how you liked it in the comments! I’m hoping to read this book soon, so stay tuned for my review.

Official Summary

Two hotel receptionists—and arch-rivals—find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to return them to their owners, discovering their own love story along the way.

It’s the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel’s front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it through.

The hotel won’t stay afloat beyond Christmas without some sort of miracle. But when Izzy returns a guest’s lost wedding ring, the reward convinces management that this might be the way to fix everything. With four rings still sitting in the lost & found, the race is on for Izzy and Lucas to save their beloved hotel—and their jobs.

As their bitter rivalry turns into something much more complicated, Izzy and Lucas begin to wonder if there’s more at stake here than the hotel’s future. Can the two of them make it through the season with their hearts intact?

Get the Book

You can buy The Wake-Up Call here – it’s available as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook.

The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary
Audience	Adult
Genre	Romance; Women’s Fiction
Number of Pages	368
Original Publication Date	September 26, 2023

About the Author

Credit: Tom Medwell

Beth O’Leary is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. Her debut, The Flatshare, sold over half a million copies and changed her life completely. Her second novel, The Switch, has been optioned for film by Amblin Partners, Steven Spielberg’s production company. Beth writes her books in the English countryside with a very badly behaved golden retriever for company. If she’s not at her desk, you’ll usually find her curled up somewhere with a book, a cup of tea, and several woolly jumpers (whatever the weather).