Questions about Same Time Friday

Read the Same Time Friday books in this order: 1. Back to Square One, 2. No Regrets, 3. Still Here, 4. Objection, 5. Just Looking. Each love story stands alone, but the friendship story and the mystery of who is reading build across all five, and Book 5 reveals the secret.

There are five books in the Same Time Friday series by Bea Jayne, one for each of the five best friends. All five will be out by 15 December 2026, and a prequel novella is planned.

The Same Time Friday books are closed door with very mild language. The romance is warm and the kisses are real, but the door closes before anything explicit.

The Same Time Friday heroines are aged 47 to 54: Priya is 47, Bec is 49, Fran is 50, Claire is 51 and Mel is 54. Each book is a later-in-life love story.

The series is set over one year in Sydney, Australia, mostly on the northern beaches, in Mosman and in Kirribilli. Expect ocean pools, ferries, a Friday booth at the pub and a summer Christmas on the beach.

No. Hear Me, Kindred, the Engine Room, Fig & Anchor and The Potting Shed are all invented for the books. Any resemblance to a real app you confide in at one in the morning is a coincidence.

They will be. Each Same Time Friday book will be in Kindle Unlimited from its release day, and all five will be there by 15 December 2026, so members can read the whole series free. Back to Square One will be 99 cents at launch.

Yes. Every Same Time Friday book will be available as a paperback on Amazon as well as on Kindle from its release day, with all five out by 15 December 2026. You can also ask your local library to order them.

Yes, audiobooks of the Same Time Friday series are on the way. Join Friday Drinks to hear the moment each one is available.

Bea Jayne is an Australian author of warm, funny, closed-door women's fiction and romantic comedy, including the five-book Same Time Friday series set in Sydney. She writes in the gaps between work and family, with Benji the cavaspoodle supervising.

Yes. It is a series about a group of friends who meet every week, made for groups of friends who meet every month. The Book Clubs page has a hosting kit for your Same Time Friday night. Discussion guides for each book are coming soon. Join the book club list to get them first.

Yes. It's a series about five best friends, so it makes a natural gift for a friend, a sister, a mum or a book club. Book 1, Back to Square One, stands alone and is the best place to start.

Yes. A prequel novella about the five friends is planned. Newsletter subscribers will hear about it first.

If you love Liane Moriarty, Marian Keyes or Mary Kay Andrews, the Same Time Friday series is written for you: warm, funny women's fiction about female friendship, with heroines aged 47 to 54 and a mystery running underneath.

Most Same Time Friday readers are in the United States, so the books use American spelling. The setting, the slang and the summer Christmas are all still Sydney.