<p><i><b>''This was a fun, fast read. I really enjoyed it! A sweet childhood-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers British romantic comedy.''</b> - </i>Abby Jimenez, author of <i>The Friend Zone</i><br><br><i><b>''</b></i><i><b>The feminist rom-com of the year! ... Lauren Forsythe is a bright new talent.'' </b>- Laura Jane Williams</i><br>______________<br><br><font><b>An astonishingly relevant, funny and heartfelt romantic comedy about a universal experience that is yet to be explored in fiction: the emotional labour of dating men.</b></font><br><br>Ever since she can remember, Aly has tried fixing things: her parents'' marriage, colleagues'' work problems, and all her friends'' love lives. But when she bumps into her ex - who has gone from a living in his parents'' basement to a happily-married success - she realises she''s been fixing her boyfriends, too . . .<br><br>Her best friends call it ''<b>The Aly Effect</b>.''<br><br>When an in-joke with her friends at the office spirals ou