Diese Autorin ist bekannt für ihre Romane, die sich mit den Feinheiten menschlicher Beziehungen und Emotionen befassen. Ihr Schreibstil gilt als fesselnd und zugänglich, sodass sich die Leser tief in ihre Charaktere und deren Entwicklungen hineinversetzen können. Nach einem Jahrzehnt des Schreibens leichter romantischer Komödien entwickelte sich ihr Werk weiter und widmete sich tieferen Themen, die die Komplexität von Liebe, Familie und den Wendungen des Lebens untersuchen. Diese künstlerische Veränderung hat zu bedeutenden internationalen Erfolgen geführt und ihren Ruf als bemerkenswerte Stimme in der zeitgenössischen Belletristik gefestigt.
Evie, 27, hat noch nie richtig verliebt und fragt sich, ob mit ihr etwas nicht stimmt, während ihre Freundinnen heiraten. Als sie endlich einen Mann trifft, der ihr Herz höherschlagen lässt, merkt sie, dass Verlieben nur der erste Schritt ist. Eine charmante Komödie über einen chaotischen Tag im Leben einer Frau.
Sport ist Mord, davon ist Abby Rogers fest überzeugt. Doch was tun, wenn ein Charity Run die einzige Möglichkeit ist, für eine Freundin in Not Geld aufzutreiben? Immerhin, in so einer Laufgruppe gibt’s ja schon recht gut aussehende Typen – Oliver, zum Beispiel, oder auch Tom. Blöd nur, wenn man absolut keine Kondition hat und sich in seinen alten Leggings beim ersten Training gleich bis auf die Knochen blamiert … aber davon darf man sich nicht entmutigen lassen! Mr. Right zu kriegen war noch nie einfach – schon gar nicht, wenn er auch noch rennt wie der Teufel.
Es sind noch sechs Monate bis zu Emma Reiss’ 30. Geburtstag. Prinzipiell hätte sie damit ja kein allzu großes Problem – doch sie hat gerade eine Liste gefunden, die sie, ihre Schwester und zwei Freundinnen als Teenager geschrieben haben und die bis zu ihrem Geburtstag abgearbeitet sein soll ...
a laugh-out-loud love story for the Menopausing audience
The story introduces Lisa Darling, a humorous and relatable character navigating the challenges of perimenopause. With a delightful blend of wit and spice, her experiences resonate with women facing similar life changes. The narrative promises laughter and connection, making it a must-read for those in this stage of life.
At 28, Lucy is doing well for herself. She's got a great job in PR, her boss loves her, and her best girlfriends Dominique and Erin think she's great. More important than anyone's opinion is that of her flatmate, and oldest friend in the world, Henry. For twenty years they've been inseparable: beauty and the geek. Henry thinks the world of Lucy. So why does she feel the need to lie outrageously on dates? From rock-climbing to Chekov: when it comes to prospective boyfriends, Lucy is compelled to embellish her C.V. with unlikely porkies that always backfire - with hilarious results. Henry can't understand it. Lucy is so loveable: why can't she just be herself? But when Lucy turns the spotlight on Henry, he wishes he'd never brought it up. With a penchant for jumpers and NHS-style specs, Lucy decides that Henry is in need of a makeover - big time. Enlisting the help of Dom and Erin, it's not long before the girls have Henry out of the flat, and into the Topman changing rooms. A new haircut, contact lenses, a flirting master-class from Dom ...poor Henry doesn't know what's hit him. But nothing can prepare them for the surprise results! Before long, Lucy realises that their lives will never be the same again
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR Learn to dance at The Moonlight Hotel, in the most romantic place in Britain ... Beginners and singles welcome. The Moonlight Hotel sits on the shore of England's best-loved lake, Windermere, exuding vintage glamour. Lauren loves the hotel, for hidden inside its faded walls is the key to her most precious memories. So, along with her best friends, Cate and Emily, she signs up to a new dance class in its gorgeous ballroom. They aren't going for the men, they're going for a laugh - although a little romance wouldn't hurt . . . But then a chain of events off the dance floor puts their friendship to the ultimate test, and makes Lauren question everything she holds dear. 'As entertaining as Strictly, but with a lot more romance' KATIE FFORDE 'Hilarious and romantic - Jane Costello's best book yet' BELLA
What’s the worst thing that could happen to a blushing bride?After Zoe is jilted by her fiancé Jason, she’s unable to face the pitying looks of her friends and family any longer.Fleeing to America, she is employed as a nanny by the moody, difficult, but devastatingly sexy, single dad Ryan.She quickly wins over his children, but her boss is more of a challenge. Things aren’t helped, of course, by her inadvertently displaying her knickers to his colleagues or nearly hospitalising him with a toy bow and arrow.Thank God she’s got her colourful circle of friends to keep her sane: fun-loving Trudie, hippy Amber and chilly, tight-lipped Felicity.It is only over time that Zoe and Ryan begin to understand each other and their apparently ill-fated relationship takes on a new dimension.There’s just one problem, as Zoe soon discovers: that the past isn’t always easy to escape, no matter how far away you go.
'Thoroughly enjoyable and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Oh, and there's a nice twist that you so won't see coming' Heat Samantha Brooks' boyfriend has made a mistake. One his friends, family, and Sam herself know he'll live to regret. Jamie has announced he's leaving, out of the blue. Jamie is loving, intelligent and, while he isn't perfect, he's perfect for her- in every way except one: he's a free spirit. And after six years in one place, doing a job he despises, he is compelled to do something that will tear apart his relationship with Sam: book a one-way flight to South America. But Sam isn't giving up without a fight. With Jamie still totally in love with her, and torn about whether to stay or go, she has three months to persuade him to do the right thing. So with the help of her friends Ellie and Jen, she hatches a plan to make him realise what he's giving up. A plan that involves dirty tricks, plotting, and a single aim: to win him back. But by the time the tortured Jamie finally wakes up to what he's lost, soneone else has entered Sam's life. Which begs the question . . . does she still want him back? A sparkling romantic comedy from the Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling author of Bridesmaids and Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel.
Four weddings. Three disgruntled ex-boyfriends. Two very effective chicken fillet boob-enhancers. And one gorgeous man. It's tough being a bridesmaidWith less than an hour to go before her best friend, Grace, is to walk down the aisle, Evie is attempting to fulfil her most important bridesmaid role: to deposit the bride at the start-line at the appointed time. But with a bride famed for her chaotic sense of time, and the bride's daughter busy mashing Molton Brown into the expensive hotel carpet, minus underwear, the odds are stacked against her . . . At least she has her new 'chicken fillet' boob-enhancers to make her feel special. That is, until these are spotted poking over the top of her dress. So spotted by Jack - the most ruggedly attractive man Evie has ever laid eyes on. Evie is twenty-seven; a sparkly, down-to-earth journalist. She has never been in love and has started to fret that she never will be. Small wonder, then, that the prospect of being bridesmaid at no less than three impending weddings is one that fills her with trepidation. Things get worse when Evie learns that Jack is her friend Valentina's date. Valentina is beautiful, shallow and self-obsessed. Her dates tend to be mirror-images. Which can mean only one thing: Jack can't possibly be as good as he seems. But as they sit together talking late into the night, Evie finds herself yearning to believe he's all real.
Photography After Conceptual Art presents a series of original essays that address substantive theoretical, historical, and aesthetic issues raised by post-1960s photography as a mainstream artistic medium. It explores the relation between recent art, theory and aesthetics, for which photography serves as an important test case.