The healthcare worker turned novelist after blogging about her often bizarre dating experiences for 18 months.

I guess, in the end she makes the right choice, but this took her 99% of the book to figure out. And she didn't even know that she had to figure this out until literally the last second. I'll never forget a friend telling me a guy who tried to sniff her underwear when they met up." Read More Related Articles I created a spider diagram of all the ridiculous things that had happened throughout the years. Now, a couple of hours a night I write. Most books about Glasgow tend to be quite dour, based around poverty. I wanted to bring fun to Glasgow with my book. Read More Related ArticlesFilthy, hilarious and painfully relatable, Zara Smith is Bridget Jones for the millennial generation, from the writer of the Sex in the Glasgow City blog. Fans of Fleabag, Girls and Lucy Vine will love A Glasgow Kiss.

Unfortunately this wasn’t a great book for me. Don’t get me wrong it’s a short, fast and easy book to read but there was also a lot wrong with it. It’ll be fun and I’ll be signing copies of my book too – it’s the perfect Christmas present for your girlfriends.” A novel based on a young woman's Glasgow's dating disasters has beaten Shades of Grey on the erotic fiction charts. Sophie was egged on to share dating experiences online while on holiday with friends 18 months ago.Rarely have I read a book about a more frustrating heroine than this one. Imagine every negative stereotype women have, cumulated into one character. She is insecure about everything concerning her body. The amount of comments about her body from herself and everyone around her were so annoying. She is a size 12 ffs! But when Dr Tom Adams, aka Sugar Daddy, shows interest, it’s a game-changing moment. Zara has had a crush on Tom since her very first day at the aesthetics clinic she works at part-time. As things heat up between them, Zara can’t help but wonder: is this it? Or is it another disaster waiting to happen? Meet Zara Smith: 29, single and muddling her way through life as a trainee nurse in Glasgow. With 30 fast approaching, she’s determined to do whatever it takes to find love – or at least someone to sext! Cheered on by best friends Ashley and Raj, Zara embarks on a string of dating escapades that are as hilarious as they are disastrous. From online dating to blind dates, hometown hook-ups to flirty bartenders, nothing is off limits. A group of us are all reading this at the moment as part of our newly formed and made up book club and honestly we couldn’t have chosen a better book to start with… this is serious belly laugh, snort out loud material… we can’t put it down!!! EVERY GIRL NEEDS TO READ THIS!!!’

As her healthcare job got 'more intense' amid the coronavirus pandemic, the budding author wrote in between gruelling shifts. Glasgow Lives: Willie, Southside, bar operator and event producer and Josh, 29, Southside, head of drinks and experience at The Drink Cabinet After a holiday, sharing wonky Tinder date stories among friends, joking that I should blog about them and breaking my hand, resulting in my being off work for weeks, with nothing to do, I started my anonymous blog, ‘Sex in the Glasgow City’. Immediately, people started sharing it - I studied performing arts and always remember the script writing coach telling us, ‘sex sells.’The whole thing has completely taken me in a new direction. This time last year, writing the book, I took out a loan to pay for Christmas presents. Now, I’ve bought a new car, paid off all my debts and bought a new house. It’s been life changing. I use Scottish humour throughout the book and I think Glasgwegians in particular will relate to it. Her blog exposes bizarre, questionable and downright unforgettable dating experiences, both from Sophie and followers.