Blending wit, warmth, and rebellion, Wet Ink is a debut novel about desire and embracing ambition, set in 1970 London, in which the indomitable Mitzy Barlow builds a Tupperware empire by slipping erotic short stories in with her orders and accidentally sparks a feminist revolution among the housewives of her London suburb.

Housewife and mother of two, Mitzy Barlow is tired of the stifling monotony of her everyday life. With a husband who brushes off all affection and a routine that leaves her bored out of her mind, playing pretend is no longer enough.

To help make ends meet, she hosts Tupperware parties, selling plastic promises of the perfect home. But her true escape has always come when scribbling fantasies in her journal each night to soothe the ache of a loveless marriage.

Soon she begins typing up her own stories, rewriting the endings of classic novels with bolder and steamier scenes, much to the delight of the neighborhood mothers who start sending in requests of their own. Under the safety of her new pseudonym ‘Queen B’, Mitzy creates an air-tight system to deliver her erotica, slipping stories into Tupperware containers and taking discreet orders at her parties.

Demand is high, and as her secret career starts to blossom, Mitzy allows herself to dream of a different kind of life. But when whispers of indecent, unmotherly conduct start to spread that could put her family’s livelihood at risk, is Mitzy too naïve in thinking she can rewrite the ending of her own story before it’s too late?

Story Locale:London, England, 1970