BOOK NEWS: Love in Row 27 by Eithne Shortall

Love in Row 27 is the debut novel from Irish author Eithne Shortall, in which newly-single Cora decides to play matchmaker, using row 27 as the perfect venue for a date for unknowing passengers. The novel will be released in June.

What happens when Cupid plays co-pilot?

Still reeling from a break-up, Cora Hendricks has given up on ever finding love. For herself, that is. To pass the time while working the Aer Lingus check-in desk at Heathrow, Cora begins to play cupid with high-flying singles.

Using only her intuition, the internet, and glamorous flight attendant accomplice Nancy, Row 27 becomes Cora's laboratory of love. Instead of being seated randomly, two unwitting passengers on each flight find themselves next to the person of their dreams - or not.

Cora swears Row 27 is just a bit of fun, but while she's busy making sparks fly at cruising altitude, the love she'd given up on for herself just might have landed right in front of her...