The Twenty Dates is going on tour 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 Twenty Dates by Ko Porteous
Genre: Commercial women’s fiction / later-in-life romance
Tour Dates: 11th - 20th October 2026
Publication Date: 8th October 2026
Estimated Page Count: 350
Standalone Second book in The Empty Nester Series
Formats available: Epub and limited UK paperbacks
Types of post available: Reviews (preferred) and basic promo / spotlight posts
Pre-order Link: https://amzn.eu/d/05uy353d
The kids have left, assuming love endures. But can yours?
Book #2 in The Empty Nesters Series
Claire’s marriage is in (total!) crisis. Her husband, Mark, is distracted, presumptuous, and utterly clueless - smart scales for their 19th wedding anniversary? Really? Perhaps she'd be better off alone. At least there'd be less laundry.
When Claire suggests separating, Mark panics. He asks for one last chance: twenty dates, one for each year of their marriage, to prove they're better off together than apart.
What follows is a series of adventures Claire never saw coming - some mortifying, some exhilarating, and some that make her question everything she thought she knew. About Mark. About marriage. And about the woman she's quietly become while she wasn't paying attention.
As the dates tick down, Claire must decide: is the spark still there - or has their marriage simply run its course?
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 mid-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 a Funeral Celebrant.
In her free time Ko loves to run, meditate and travel; preferably all on the same day.
Ko has been married for 25 years, has 2 children of her own and is now navigating her own empty nest.
The Twenty Dates is Ko’s second novel and the second book in ‘The Empty Nesters’ series.
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Blog Tour Schedule
Confirmed blogs will appear here.
11th October
Splashes Into Books
@mrse2017
Sammlxlibrary
12th October
TBHonest
@lornabookfan
@5mins_forme
13th October
Stacey-Ann Says
@kbooks29
SarahReads
14th October
The Intrepid Reader
hazel_andthe_bookmountain
@plumbobmummy
15th October
Books, Life and Everything
turningpagesturningheads
@book.lover1486
16th October
Pen and Paper
@emmas_books_and_more
17th October
Eatwell2015
Bookworm86
18th October
Littlemissbooklover87
Christian Bookaholic
19th October
redhead_reviews1
A Mother’s Musings 🌹
20th October
But I Smile Anyway
BookescapeswithBabsW67
@bookishllly