The Freshman Parents is going on tour and having a cover reveal with Rachel's Random Resources, if you wish to participate please contact me on rachel@rachelsrandomresources.com with your name, blog name, preferred post type and availability.
The Freshman Parents by Ko Porteous
Genre: Contemporary Later-in-Life Romance. Enemies to Lovers Romance
Cover Reveal Date: 9th July 2025
Tour Dates: 8th - 15th August 2025
Publication Date: 8th August 2025
Estimated Page Count: 290
Standalone First book in The Empty Nester Series
Author Content Warning: Not within the book, but death from a driving accident is a back story and there is a brief reference to suicidal ideologies.
Formats available: Epub
Types of post available: Cover reveal posts (on 9th July), reviews (preferred) and basic promo / spotlight posts
They're off for the time of their lives, but what about you?
Single parent Heather isn't neurotic (honest!) - she's simply dreading the day her only child leaves for university - so her meticulous checklists grow longer by the hour. When she seeks advice on a parents' forum, she clashes with Scott, a single dad whose "helpful" statistics and assertions about “helicopter parenting” leave her fuming.
Move-in day delivers the ultimate surprise: their daughters aren’t just roommates – they are self-declared best friends for life. Despite their intentions to avoid relationships at all costs, Heather and Scott are suddenly thrown into a begrudging alliance…
Temporary blurb, subject to change.
About Ko Porteous
Ko Porteous lived in a tiny fishing village in the north of Scotland before moving to Edinburgh aged 10.
Ko loves meeting people with interesting stories to tell and is constantly on the lookout for knotty story themes, particularly involving women navigating the messiness of life. She has worked as a Research Chemist, Assistant Chef, Teacher and School Leader.
As well as writing, Ko works as a Business Manager and provides listening services for a mental health charity aiming to reduce the number of deaths caused by suicide.
In her free time Ko loves to run, meditate and travel; preferably all on the same day.
Ko has been married for 23 years, has 2 children of her own and is now navigating her own empty nest.
The Freshman Parents is Ko’s debut novel and is the first in ‘The Empty Nesters’ series.
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Blog Tour Schedule
Confirmed blogs will appear here.
8th August
9th August
10th August
11th August
12th August
13th August
14th August
15th August