Confessions of a Romance Novelist is the debut album from The Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies.

Released on 15 January 2016, the album received a favourable critique from The Guardian.

[5] The Observer called it "a blackly witty break up album...compelling", while PROG magazine described the record as "Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love updated for the 21st century".

[6] On the album, Catherine plays a variety of instruments, including piano, guitar, flute, omnichord, mellotron, wurlitzer, glockenspiel, and celeste, as well as sampling church bells, and an orchestra of typewriters.

[7] All tracks composed by Catherine Anne Davies and Paul Draper; except where noted.