MY FAIR LADY meets PRETTY WOMAN in his thoroughly modern romantic comedy. Rosy Thornton's most engaging novel to date is sure to delight her increasing number of fans.

This is the story of Mina, a girl at a Sheffield call centre whose next customer in the queue is Peter, a Cambridge geography don who has crashed his car into a tree stump when swerving to avoid a cat.

Despite their obvious differences, they've got a lot in common - both single, both parents, both looking for love. Could it be that they've just found it?

CROSSED WIRES is an old-fashioned fairy tale. It is about the small joys and tribulations of parenthood; about one-ness and two-ness; about symmetry and coincidence; about the things that separate us and the things that bring us together.

"Praise for Rosy Thornton: 'This first novel from Rosy Thornton is something of an achievement" - Daily Telegraph

"Thornton's debut is charming and funny" - Glasgow Evening Times

"A charming well-written book, full of sweet anecdotes and humorous stories" - Belfast Sunday Life

"Funny, original and clever - I loved it" - Penny Vincenzi