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AMY ELMAN DOESN’T FEEL SEXY
by Mary Newnham
Hodder, January 2026
(via Northbank Talent Management)

« When you’re not getting any, sex is EVERYWHERE. I’ve also developed a paranoia that people can sense that Josh and I haven’t had sex for 180 nights. There are prison sentences shorter than this. »

Amy Elman’s To Do List:
– Start wedding planning
– Buy lingerie
– Have sex again

Amy has her entire life planned out: marry her fiancé Josh, move out of their London flat and live happily ever after in the countryside.

There’s just one problem – Amy and Josh haven’t had sex in 180 days. She’s counted.

So when Josh’s family decide to throw them a surprise wedding, Amy scrambles to cross everything off her to-do list… including Josh.

With the help of a glass of red wine (or two), Amy steps out of her star-patterned pyjamas and into a world of too-tight lingerie and sex-positive affirmations.

As the big day approaches, will Amy’s luck finally turn around? Will her and Josh be one of those couples who just never have sex? Or will she start to realise that love isn’t something that can be checked off a list so easily?

Mary Newnham grew up in Didcot, South Oxfordshire with a view of the power stations. Her love for filmmaking led her to a degree in Film Production. She has worked in an advertising agency in London, as a producer in Australia, and as a tour guide in Oxford. She found her passion for writing in her early twenties, when she started blogging about Bloody Marys. In 2022, she gained an MA in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes. When she’s not writing fiction, she writes and records The Quack, which features humorous stories and muddled observations about being a millennial woman.