It’s all been so unremittingly grim recently that a deep delve into escapist feelgood fiction is a welcome retreat from the everyday world. And it doesn’t get more uplifting than the romantic comedies of Jill Mansell, the bestselling author known as the Queen of Feelgood Fiction. Jill’s latest, Promise Me, sweeps the reader into a believable, relatable world where dreams can – in the end, and after a lot of ups and downs – come gloriously true.
In person, Jill is as delightful as her books – friendly, approachable, involving, and making light of all the hard work that goes into maintaining a long career as a successful commercial author – Promise Me is her 34th book.
‘Uplit’s popular because we’ve been going through a really, really horrible time in the last few years!’ she says. ‘One
