Love & Mishaps Series | Rachel's Random Resources

Love & Pollination, Love in the Cupboard and Love & Misdirection by Mari Jane Law are the first three standalone books in the Love & Mishaps series. Rachel's Random Resources is organising a blog tour, where each stop on the tour will feature one or more books, and its up to you whether to post on one or up to three dates.

If you wish to participate please contact me on rachel@rachelsrandomresources.com with your name, blog name, availability and which book(s), and how many dates you would like.

Love & Pollination by Mari Jane Law

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Blog Tour Dates: 17th February - 2nd March 2025

Publication Date: 16th April 2020

Estimated Page Count: 325

Standalone First book in the Love & Mishaps series

Formats Available - UK Paperbacks Only

Type of Post Available - Review only

Convent girl seeks love. But there are one or two hiccups…

Perdita Riley is facing the greatest dilemma of her life. Why had she taken Violet Freestone's advice on how to make herself look more alluring? It led her into the arms of a womaniser. And now Perdita has to deal with a huge setback.

Actually, Setback Number One isn't huge yet, but it won't be long before it is.

To cheer herself up, Perdita goes shopping, where an extraordinary encounter deposits her, literally, into the lap of Saul Hadley. She would like to stay there, but Setback Number One is going to get in the way.

Will she find a way to deal with what has happened? Can she manage the complications of her growing attraction to Saul?

This hilarious situational romantic comedy will keep you gripped until the very end.

Love & Pollination is Book 1 of the Love & Mishaps Quirky Romantic Comedy Standalone Series

Love & Pollination: A charming and sweet love story set in the Bristol area, UK.
Heat level: mild - sometimes described as ‘fade to black’ - and comedic.
Language: mild.

Love in the Cupboard by Mari Jane Law

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Blog Tour Dates: 17th February - 2nd March 2025

Publication Date: 1st March 2023

Estimated Page Count: 394

Standalone Second book in the Love & Mishaps series

Formats Available - Epub

Type of Post Available - Review only

A Catholic priest seeks a wife. A betrayed woman needs an honest man. What could possibly go wrong?

When Father Thomas Sheridan encounters Faith in a dark cupboard, he believes he’s found his future wife. But Tom isn’t brave enough to reveal his true identity...

When Faith meets Tom in the office kitchenette, she can’t stand him. No matter, she’s fallen for the mysterious man she met in the cupboard and can’t wait to meet him again. Oh, and she’s got a new rule: one lie and he’s out. She’s not getting duped again!

But everyone loves Tom. Her best friend, her chronically ill sister—who’s on the lookout for a man herself. Even gay neighbours Luke and Gavin—who’ve fallen out over Luke wanting a baby. They urge Faith to give Tom a chance. But how can she have strong feelings for two men?

Even worse, how will she react when she discovers that Tom is the man in the cupboard—and, heaven forbid, a Catholic priest?

Love in the Cupboard: A charming, sweet, forbidden love story set in Bristol, UK.
Heat level: mild - sometimes described as ‘fade to black’ - and comedic.
Language: mild.

Love & Misdirection by Mari Jane Law

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Blog Tour Dates: 17th February - 2nd March 2025

Publication Date: 1st December 2024

Estimated Page Count: 344

Standalone Third book in the Love & Mishaps series

Formats Available - Epub

Type of Post Available - Review only

Author Content Warnings: Loss of pregnancy, childlessness from past cancer and serious childhood issues.

Two people. Two personal tragedies. Can an outrageous lie bring them together?

Harmony Payne is at breaking point. She’s survived being dumped, losing her musical career and a lifesaving operation that rendered her childless. But when she discovers an abandoned newborn, the door to her agonising past re-opens. Hope and longing for motherhood grow—but can she keep the baby? Being engaged might increase her chances of adopting the foundling, but the only eligible man she knows is her judgemental new neighbour…

James Traffurth is still grieving for his wife and younger child. Moving into a cottage opposite the children’s home where Harmony lives and works, the fresh start he wishes for with his wayward older son becomes complicated. The last thing James needs is a fake engagement. Yet...

Life is never simple with troubled youngsters, a clueless employee and mums with adorable babies. While Harmony’s yearning to build a family, James is valiantly trying to rescue what’s left of his.

Will Harmony ever become a mother—and will she and James find happiness together?

Love & Misdirection: A thought-provoking, fake engagement romantic comedy set near Bristol, UK.

Heat level: mild - sometimes described as ‘fade to black’ - and comedic.
Language: mild.
Themes include loss of pregnancy, childlessness from past cancer and serious childhood issues.

About Mari Jane Law

Mari Jane Law lives in the UK and loves cats and chocolate – and books, TV series and films that make her laugh. Through her writing, she discovered she could make other people laugh too.

Her Catholic upbringing gave her ideas for some great fictional characters in the Love & Mishaps Quirky Romantic Comedy Standalone Series. Although there is a new story in each book, the world in which the characters live remains the same and there are major sub-plots involving characters from previous books. So it is better – although not essential – to read them in order to maximise enjoyment.

She hopes those who buy or borrow her work have as much fun reading it as she had in writing it.

She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers’ Scheme and The Society of Authors.

Follow Mari Jane Law

Twitter/X Handle: https://x.com/MariJaneLaw1

Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/marijanelaw/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@marijanelaw

Facebook Handle: https://www.facebook.com/marijane.law/

Author’s Website: https://marijanelaw.com/