Lost Souls
Will be published approx. on 28. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-83574-464-2 (ISBN)
Description
How could the scuzziest man in the world and the kindest woman alive ever fall in love?
Arnie Garth has it all. An LA porn empire, a gorgeous pornstar mistress and a legendary wife. Unfortunately, he has the morals of a sewer rat. And when he finds himself on his premature deathbed, he receives some unexpected news: he has no soul.
According to the Keeper of Souls, he was born without one. A heavenly clerical error. His was mistakenly given to the baby girl behind him in the queue - a sweet, selfless Englishwoman named Noreen Milburn, who now has two.
To avoid a fate worse than death, Arnie has just one week to find Noreen, fall genuinely in love with her, and make her fall for him too. No explanations. No shortcuts. Just real love. The problem? Noreen is a sheep-loving Lake District shepherdess who prefers charity work to men, while Arnie's world is full of porn stars, a furious wife and a hired hitman.
The route to true love runs from LA to Cumbria to Las Vegas. But will it find its way home?
Arnie Garth has it all. An LA porn empire, a gorgeous pornstar mistress and a legendary wife. Unfortunately, he has the morals of a sewer rat. And when he finds himself on his premature deathbed, he receives some unexpected news: he has no soul.
According to the Keeper of Souls, he was born without one. A heavenly clerical error. His was mistakenly given to the baby girl behind him in the queue - a sweet, selfless Englishwoman named Noreen Milburn, who now has two.
To avoid a fate worse than death, Arnie has just one week to find Noreen, fall genuinely in love with her, and make her fall for him too. No explanations. No shortcuts. Just real love. The problem? Noreen is a sheep-loving Lake District shepherdess who prefers charity work to men, while Arnie's world is full of porn stars, a furious wife and a hired hitman.
The route to true love runs from LA to Cumbria to Las Vegas. But will it find its way home?
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kibworth
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83574-464-2 (9781835744642)
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Paul A. Mendelson is a BAFTA-nominated screenwriter and novelist. He created some of BBC's most successful sit-coms, shown in the US and over 70 countries, and acclaimed British drama. He now writes screenplays and novels, for adults and middle-grade. Paul scripts his novels, three have been optioned for movies, including his latest 'Seville'. His novel Must Have GSOH was the only UK Finalist in the 2023 Screencraft LA Cinematic Book Contest.