From Alexandra Potter, author of the bestselling Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up, dreams come true in Me and Mr Darcy – a fun, feel-good fairy tale about life, love and dating literature's most eligible bachelor!

Every girl is looking for her Mr Darcy. Imagine if you found the real one.

After a string of nightmare relationships, Emily's had it with modern-day men. She'd rather pour herself a glass of wine and curl up with Pride and Prejudice and her beloved Mr Darcy. So what if he’s a fictional hero?

Faced with spending New Year’s at yet another singles party, she books herself on a coach tour of Jane Austen country, but quickly realises she won't find her dream man here - just a coach full of pensioners and one particularly aggravating (if handsome) journalist, Spike.

That's until she enters a room and finds herself face-to-face with none other than Darcy himself. The actual, real Mr Darcy. From the book. And, suddenly, every woman's fantasy becomes one woman's reality . . .

Praise for Alexandra Potter:

'Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're 20, 40 or 80' – Heat

'Brilliant! Laughing out loud' – Emma Gannon, author of Olive

'Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep, this is a perfect and inspiring new year read' – Red


Praise for So, I Met This Guy – your next favourite novel, coming January 2026:

'THE mega hit of 2026!' – Matt Cain

'A thrilling, witty, twisty, turny wonderful adventure with a grand splosh of self-discovery' – Milly Johnson

‘A rollercoaster ride of riotous humour, self-discovery, twists, turns’ – Alex Brown

'A moving tribute to the transformative power of female friendship' – Freya North

'I could not love this book more' – Lindsey Kelk

The new Bridget Jones -- Telegraph on Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up
A dream of a book - warm, insightful and absolutely hilarious . . . I laughed, I cried, I texted all my forty-something friends -- Lindsey Kelk, bestselling author of Love Me Do
Brilliant! Laughing out loud -- Emma Gannon, bestselling author of Olive, on Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up
A warm, very funny read -- Bella on Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up

Alexandra Potter is the bestselling author of numerous romantic comedy fiction novels in the UK, including One Good Thing, Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up - one of the bestselling books of recent years and the basis of a major TV series - and More Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up. These titles have sold in twenty-three territories and have achieved worldwide sales of approaching two million copies, making the bestseller charts across the world.

Yorkshire-born and raised, Alexandra lived for several years in LA before settling in London with her Californian husband and their Bosnian rescue dog. When she’s not writing or travelling, she’s getting out into nature, trying not to look at her phone and navigating this thing called mid-life.