Emily Kerr

Emily Kerr writes contemporary romantic comedies in which travel, housing, and work create plausible obstacles to intimacy. Take a Chance on Greece sends Lydia to Kefalonia, where an embarrassing holiday mistake and the neighboring Andreas unsettle her assumptions about romance. The novel appeared from HarperCollins in 2022 and won the Jane Wenham-Jones Romantic Comedy Award at the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards the following year. Her Fixer Upper shifts the pressure to Britain’s housing market. Old friends Freya and Charlie jointly buy Oak Tree Cottage because neither can manage a home alone, then discover that renovation strains both their finances and their relationship. HarperCollins released the book in 2023, using forced proximity and second chances without losing sight of the material problem that brings the pair together. Kerr, a Yorkshire-based journalist, grounds both stories in recognizable practical decisions, giving their bright settings and humor a firm everyday base.