Handbags and Halos
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Introducing a charming new protagonist from the author of the bestselling debut, THE RELUCTANT LANDLADY.
Bernadette Strachan Books
Bernadette Strachan crafts narratives that uniquely blend romantic themes with comedic elements, leaving readers to ponder whether they are reading romantic books with funny bits or funny books with romantic bits. Her diverse background, encompassing experiences from running a wool shop to producing radio commercials and managing voice-over talent, infuses her writing with a rich and varied perspective. Strachan's work is celebrated for its engaging storytelling that deftly balances heartfelt emotion with witty observations, creating a distinctive reading experience.
A wonderfully engaging and romantic comedy about Evie Crump and the residents of 18 Kemp Street...When struggling actress Evie Crump inherits a sprawling Victorian pile from an old family friend in Camden, it would seem to be a dream ticket for Evie and best-friend Bing to escape from the leaky-flat-from-hell. Except it comes with a proviso: she may not evict the existing tenants under any circumstances. There's Bernard, a recluse, who doesn't know how to boil an egg; unforthcoming single-mum Caroline; and the mysterious A P Warne of whom there is no sight. And try as she might to focus on reviving her acting career and her love life (without falling for the charms of her leading man), Evie simply can't resist getting involved in the lives of her new family...
Little White Lies
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Jilted bride Billie Baskerville is summoned by her Aunt Barbara to remotest Sussex. Aunt Babs is going to Australia on a OAP-GAP year, and needs Billie to take over running her shop...her wedding dress shop. Putting a cynical, groom-hating, wedding-loathing, bride-detesting girl in charge of such a shop might seem a little hasty, but before long Billie can't help but get swept away with the romance of the whole thing, and with village life. She gives the shop a much-needed makeover, reunites lovers, not to mention long-lost relatives, and also starts rebuilding her own life again.It's all starting to look up - even if her family is crazy, her gay best friend is converting every man in the village, and Billie is still emailing her ex.But then, enter stage left, a very handsome firefighter...
Ruby Gallagher has the perfect life, though she sometimes wonders if she's really happy. Until she finds that her husband has been cheating on her and everything in her life falls apart. For the first time, Ruby has to rely on herself.
Diamonds and Daisies
- 340 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Novelist Sunny Parkinson might write scorching romances, but her own life is decidedly lacking in passion. A knicker-snatcher is at large in her block of flats. Her best friend's marriage is crumbling over a luncheon meat scandal. She lives with a spherical couch potato and a workaholic virgin. And an Irish nun has just moved in to their spare room. But one night at the launderette she meets Count Fabio Carelli -- a man so traffic-stoppingly sexy he could have stepped straight from the pages of her latest novel ... Candlelit dinners, luxury spa dates and weekends in Paris are a far cry from the weekly pint and pork scratchings with her ex-turned-TV-gardener. Sunny is understandably dazzled. But is this the happy ending she's always craved or is it too good to be true?
Every woman has thought it. Cat O'Connor is no different.
