After Wimbledon

A British chick lit romantic comedy novel about tennis, romance, family and having the guts to move on to a new phase of your life.

If you're a fan of Sophie Kinsella, Marian Keyes, Jane Costello or tennis romance, you'll love this!

'I loved this book... I was able to get inside the main character's head and sympathize with her thoughts and feelings. I kept wanting to read and see what was going to happen next. I don't know much about tennis, but even I got into the tennis action.'
-- Alexx, Goodreads

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After 12 years on the pro. tennis tour and four years with her sort-of boyfriend, Lucy Bennett has had enough. She wants real life... and real love.

Her life, her decision. Right? Well, no one else seems to think so. With opinions on all sides, Lucy's head is spinning. And she's stumbling right into the arms of long-term crush and fellow player Sam. Shame her boyfriend - his arch-rival - would sooner smash a racquet over their heads than agree to a simple change of partners.

As the Wimbledon Championships play out, Lucy fights for her life on and off the courts. The question is: what will she be left with after Wimbledon?

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Praise for Jennifer Gilby Roberts:

'The writing was excellent, the plot was very engaging and the characters became friends you hated to leave behind.'
-- Elisabeth Bennett, Amazon

'This author has a fantastic way with words and knows how to engage the reader.'
-- Nicola Smith, What Nikki Read

'Jennifer Gilby Roberts has a wicked sense of humour that helps to convey a brilliant story.'
-- Farmerchave, Amazon

'It takes heart and soul to write, but it also takes a laundry basket of other talents to write a truly readable and enjoyable book. Ms Roberts appears to have the basketful at her disposal. I am anxiously awaiting the next offering from her.'
-- Bobbye Hudspeth, Amazon

'You may well suffer a longterm adoration of author Jennifer Gilby Roberts.'
-- Best Chick Lit

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After Wimbledon is a sports romance / chicklit book, set around the Wimbledon tennis Championships.

Novel (approx. 70,000 words), suitable for age 16+ (sexual references, some sexy scenes - no graphic sex - and some mild profanity). Written in UK English.

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Posted to my blog 10 Oct 13

How After Wimbledon Came to Be

Having finished my degree, I celebrated by taking six months off to backpack round Australia.  At some point -  I think it was in Sydney - I decided it was time to tackle a second novel.  Unlike with The Dr Pepper Prophecies, this time I knew I could do it.

I was very into tennis at the time (I still enjoy it, but don't follow it as much as I did then) and had been in Melbourne for the second week of the Australian Open.  For the first time I actually went to Centre Court (the Rod Laver Arena there) and I saw Venus Williams and Roger Federer play.  I know there was a third match, but I can't remember now who was playing.  Obviously, it wasn't that good!  I spent much of the rest of the week hanging out in Federation Square, where they had a huge screen set up.  It was beautiful weather and the atmosphere was wonderful - definitely one of the highlights of my trip.

It was also one of the low points, because while I was there I broke up with my boyfriend.  We'd been together several years and I had agonised for months over whether I should break it off.  I hadn't expected to meet 'the one' at that point in my life (I was 23 when we started dating) and consequently had managed to convince myself that he wasn't it.  At 27 I married him, which just goes to show how much I know.

I sat on my dorm bunk bed (deeply luxurious this trip was) and wrote.  I can't actually remember how long it took me - I shall have to dig out my travel diary - but I wrote quite intensively so I don't think it was much over a month.  I had a cold during some of it, which helped since I didn't want to go anywhere anyway.

The first draft of what I then called 30 Love was a lot different to the version that will be published.  A good chunk of it was more like therapy, with Lucy doing much agonizing over her decisions. Good for me, but quite boring to read!  I also felt it had got a bit too dark in places.  Someday maybe I'll type up some of it, so you can see what I mean.  The basic plot, however, remains the same.

Unlike with The Dr Pepper Prophecies, which I took out and edited several times over the years, After Wimbledon sat in a drawer until after I published TDPP.  When I started typing it up I became eager to find out what would happen next (I couldn't remember after all that time!).  I hope you feel the same when you read it.