Dust off your dancing shoes, put on your sequins and get ready to trip the light fantastic with the second wonderful novel from rising star Julia Williams: Strictly Love. A must-read for fans of Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars, Julia’s second novel is a rip-roaring tale of friendship, family and romance!

          By becoming a lawyer, Emily had thought that she could make a difference in the world and atone for her father’s death at the hands of greedy capitalists who had robbed him of his life and family. However, Emily’s principles and ideals soon fall by the wayside as she spends her working days defending Z-list celebrities who get caught with her trousers down by avaricious tabloids and down-market newspapers. Emily longs to escape from this quagmire she has found herself trapped in, but with her mother depending on her to pay off her debts, Emily realizes that the only option open to her is to grin and bear it.

          Her best friend, Katie, appears to have it all: a gorgeous husband, adorable children and plenty of money in the bank. However, since the birth for daughter, her husband has grown more and more distant, her children are driving her round the bend and she’s become consumed by a desperate need to get out of the house. When she spots an advert promoting dancing classes, Katie realizes that this is the outlet she so desperately needs to get rid of some of her frustrations, so she drags a reluctant Emily along with her, in hope that learning the cha cha and the rumba might deflect her from thinking about the indigent nature of her marriage.

          Best friends Rob and Mark have their own problems to deal with. Rob might appear to be a happy-go-lucky playboy whose world revolves solely around bedding anything with a pulse, but his Jack-the-Lad exterior hides a broken-hearted man desperate to escape past tragedies. Rob, on the other hand, would much rather be anywhere else than at Isabella’s dancing classes. Having just got divorced from his wife, Rob is juggling a busy career as a dentist with raising a petulant teenager and coping with the outrageous demands of his former wife. A dancing class is not his idea of relaxation. But when he spots Emily lurking in the shadows of the dancefloor, looking as out of her depth as him, Rob realizes that maybe dancing lessons weren’t such a bad idea after all…

          As the weeks begin to go by and their lives begin to intertwine, Emily, Katie, Rob and Mark begin to find themselves having to face up to some home truths about themselves, their lives and each other.

          You will not be able to stop yourself from turning the pages of Julia Williams’ beguiling tale! Funny, heartwarming, poignant and a joy from start to finish, Strictly Love is strictly irresistible!