Please Move Your Elbow

About this book

Celia Verran can turn an ordinary afternoon into a treasure hunt. Unfortunately, she cannot turn her new office key into an office that does not already contain a man. Emmett Rill writes instructions for a living, has opinions about her paper labyrinth and would like her elbow removed from his appointment book. A booking mistake at Ternroof Hall leaves them sharing the window desk until their separate rooms are ready. Then the hall invites both of them to propose a welcome project. Celia promises surprise. Emmett promises that visitors will find the bathroom. Neither expects the other to have a point. Their trial routes become a joint venture, their arguments acquire suspiciously affectionate footnotes, and a dinner with very clear directions leads somewhere neither planned. Beneath the jokes, though, Celia is afraid people will stop choosing her when she stops entertaining them. Emmett has spent too long being the useful person whose name disappears from the finished work. When Celia gets an audience and Emmett gets left out of the story, a charming apology will not mend what she has broken. With the hall opening approaching, they must finish the job they promised and decide whether they can make space for each other without giving themselves away. Please Move Your Elbow is a romantic comedy about rival talents, terrible clues, excellent arguments and the surprisingly difficult business of saying exactly what you mean.