Lily Lindon’s My Own Worst Enemy (Aria, out now) may be for you. Emmy Clooney is a recent drama school graduate and excels at overthinking. Emmy, when she meets fellow rising star Mae Jones, realises they’ll both always be fighting for the same parts. But Mae is not just Emmy’s casting type, but also her romantic type. Cue a competition to win the best roles but will both act nicely?
A flurry of debut novels are always heavily pushed by publicists during this time of year, but only a handful will make the bestseller list. In 2022, one of tho.