Don't Sweat It
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Funny, frank and optimistic - a refreshing and up-to-the-minute guide to menopause and perimenopause for the modern woman.
Nicky Pellegrino Books
This author crafts compelling novels that often delve into the complexities of human connection and the search for belonging. Her narrative style is known for its warmth and keen eye for detail, allowing readers to become fully immersed in the worlds she creates. Through her stories, the author frequently explores themes of identity, community, and personal growth. Her fictional landscapes are often informed by her own life experiences, which have guided her from England to New Zealand, where she now finds inspiration.
A stunning new love story about food, family, friendship and fresh starts from number one international bestselling author, Nicky Pellegrino. Perfect for fans of Rosanna Ley, Isabelle Broom and Jo Thomas.
A Dream of Italy
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Live your dream of Italy... Here is your chance to buy your own home in southern Italy for less than the price of a cup of coffee. The picturesque mountain town of Montenello is selling off some of its historic buildings for just ONE EURO each. The only conditions are that purchasers must renovate their new home within the next three years and that they plan to contribute in a meaningful way to this small community. To be considered as a future resident of Montenello contact the town's mayor, Augusto Rossi. Live your dream of Italy for just one euro. When the Mayor of a picturesque Italian town launches a new scheme to rejuvenate the community, his advertisement is read with interest and excitement by many. Zara is in her thirties and desperate to get on the property ladder. Tim and Lynda are retiring and need a project. Some are looking for a peaceful bolthole. Others hope to make a profit, start a business, escape a dull life or an unhappy relationship. And there is someone who just might be hiding their true motivation... Their lives are about to change forever - but can they make their dream of Italy into a reality? A deliciously escapist summer read.
'An uplifting and delicious taste of Italy' ERICA JAMES Love happens when you least expect it... Assunta has given up on love. She might run her little trattoria in the most romantic mountain town in Italy, but love just seems to have passed her by. Sarah-Jane is finished with love. She's hiring an old convertible and driving around Italy this summer - it's the perfect way to forget all about her hot celebrity ex-boyfriend! But when Sarah-Jane's car breaks down in Montenello, she has to stay longer than she intended! And the trouble is, love is everywhere...
The Italian Wedding
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Two feuding families, two love stories - and a lot of delicious Italian food.
Tiny Pieces of Us
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Heartbreakingly romantic and deeply moving, Tiny Pieces of Us explores the wholly unexpected ways our lives can become entangled. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Jodi Picoult.
Four friends, a sun-drenched escape, and a holiday that will change everything...
The Food of Love Cookery School
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
In the sun-drenched Sicilian hills, four women learn the lessons of a lifetime at the Food of Love Cookery School.
When in Rome
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
A city of love, food, music and passion - this is a novel for anyone who fell in love with LA DOLCE VITA. Rome in the 1950s, there's nowhere quite like it. The narrow stone streets, the fountains and piazzas full of life in the heat of the day, the cafes and bars full of music and desire by night...This is where Serafina calls home. Having grown up with her sisters in a tiny apartment tucked in the top of a tumbledown building, she has watched her mother get by on next to nothing, and turn herself beautiful with a sweep of eyeliner and a hand-sewn dress. When her mother goes out, Serafina and her sisters go singing in the nearest piazza, busking for spare change and cinema tickets. The girls long to meet their matinee idols and Serafina daydreams of Mario Lanza and his spellbinding voice. But the sisters will grow up quickly and for Serafina, a choice opens between the world she knows and the life she dreams of.
A Year at Hotel Gondola
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
'Lyrical, heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES on Recipe for Life Kat is an adventurer, a food writer who travels the world visiting far-flung places and eating unusual things. Now she is about to embark on her biggest adventure yet - a relationship. She has fallen in love with an Italian man and is moving to live with him in Venice where she will help him run his small guesthouse, Hotel Gondola. Kat has lined up a book deal and will write about the first year of her new adventure, the food she eats, the recipes she collects, the people she meets, the man she doesn't really know all that well but is going to make a life with. But as Kat ought to know by now, the thing about adventures is that they never go exactly the way you expect them to... ****** 'Warm, engaging and truly delicious' Rosanna Ley, author of The Little Theatre by the Sea 'A delicious and sensual adventure' Fiona Gibson, author of The Woman Who Met Her Match 'Wonderfully evocative' Pamela Hartshorne, author of The Cursed Wife
