Corsair signs 'irresistible' second novel from Watson

Corsair has signed Cleavage, the second "irresistible" Westminster novel from Cleo Watson.

Publisher James Gurbutt acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Caroline Michel at PFD. The novel will be published on 6th June 2024.

Cleavage follows prime minister Eric Courteney who "realises he has his work cut out when the Labour offensive kicks off with the charismatic Vicky Tennyson and handsome Christian Eccles at the helm, both dead set on an end to Conservative rule.

"The desperate Tories resort to hiring maverick strategist Callum Gallagher to get them out of a fix. Gallagher’s methods are unusual in the extreme and kept from his employers. As he and his data geeks travel deep into the data, sieving the red-hot web searches of the unsuspecting electorate, it becomes clear that sex sells. Everyone’s at it, but the question is whose fantasy will win the big role play?"

Watson’s debut Whips was also published with Corsair. She is also the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 series "How to Win a Campaign" and has worked as Theresa May’s political advisor, Boris Johnson’s co-deputy chief of staff and on Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012 and the 2017 and 2019 UK general elections.