Daphné Bernard Books

Chick Lit. Lara has always had an overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don't get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara's great aunt Sadie - in the form of a bold, demanding Charleston-dancing girl - has appeared to make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie simply can't rest without. Lara's got enough problems of her own. Her start-up company is floundering, her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, and she's just been dumped by the love of her life. But as Lara spends time with Sadie, life becomes more glamorous and their treasure hunt turns into something intriguing and romantic. Could Sadie's ghost be the answer to Lara's problems and can two girls from different times end up learning something special from each other?

Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking it's 2004 and she's a twenty-five-year old with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life.But, to her disbelief, she learns it's actually 2007 - she's twenty-eight, her teeth are straight, she's the boss of her department - and she's married! To a good-looking millionaire! How on earth did she land the dream life?! She can't believe her luck - especially when she sees her stunning new home. She's sure she'll have a fantastic marriage once she gets to know her husband again. He's drawn up a 'manual of our marriage', which should help. But as she learns more about her new self, chinks start to appear in the perfect life. All her old colleagues hate her. A rival is after her job. Then a dishevelled, sexy guy turns up... and lands a new bombshell. What the **** happened to her? Will she ever remember? And what will happen if she does? Everybody loves Sophie Kinsella: "I almost cried with laughter" Daily Mail "Hilarious . . . you'll laugh and gasp on every page" Jenny Colgan "Properly mood-altering . . . funny, fast and farcical. I loved it" Jojo Moyes "A superb tale. Five stars!" Heat

When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident—in a Mercedes no less—Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she’s about to find out just how much things have changed. Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old working girl to a corporate big shot with a sleek new loft, a personal assistant, a carb-free diet, and a set of glamorous new friends. And who is this gorgeous husband—who also happens to be a multimillionaire? With her mind still stuck three years in reverse, Lexi greets this brave new world determined to be the person she…well, seems to be. That is, until an adorably disheveled architect drops the biggest bombshell of all. Suddenly Lexi is scrambling to catch her balance. Her new life, it turns out, comes complete with secrets, schemes, and intrigue. How on earth did all this happen? Will she ever remember? And what will happen when she does? With the same wicked humor and delicious charm that have won her millions of devoted fans, Sophie Kinsella, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shopaholic & Baby, returns with an irresistible new novel and a fresh new heroine who finds herself in a life-changing and utterly hilarious predicament…

À trente-cinq ans, Clare Lancaster vient tout juste d'apprendre qu'elle est la fille d'un des plus puissants hommes d'affaires d'Arizona. Et la volonté de son père de l'intégrer à l'empire familial n'est pas du goût de tout le monde... Lorsque l'hostilité latente se transforme en agressions ouvertes, Clare comprend qu'elle fait plus que déranger : on cherche à l'éliminer. Vengeance personnelle ou complot ? Pour quels sombres projets représente-t-elle un danger ? Déterminée à élucider toute cette affaire, elle ne va pouvoir compter que sur son intuition hors du commun pour découvrir la vérité...

Ni soirées, ni week-ends, ni vacances, ni amoureux : Samantha, la trentaine, ne vit que pour son job d'avocate d'affaires et pour la promotion dont elle devrait bientôt bénéficier. Hélas, en une journée, elle fait perdre à son meilleur client plus de cinquante millions de livres. Désespérée, elle prend la fuite et se retrouve à la campagne où, sur un malentendu, elle se fait embaucher comme gouvernante chez un couple de charmants excentriques. Micro-ondes, fer à repasser, aspirateur : Samantha découvre un monde inconnu peuplé d'objets étranges. Et ce n'est pas parce qu'on a 168 de Q.I. qu'on sait faire marcher une machine à laver ! Le bonheur est-il vraiment dans le pré ?