Sarra Manning Books

Money makes the world go round, that's what Grace Reeves thinks. Stuck in a grind where everyone's ahead apart from her, she's partied out, cynical and in debt to the tune of five figures. If she's dumped by one more rock-band wannabe, squashed by anyone else at the cut-throat magazine where she works, or chased by any more bailiffs, Grace knows she'll fall apart. Welcome to being a twenty-something in twenty-first century London. So when Vaughn, older, suave, and above all wealthy, appears she can't help but be intrigued. She could handle being a sugar daddy's arm candy, couldn't she? But there's no such thing as a free lunch, and Grace is startled to find herself catapulted into the role of Vaughn's mistress. She's at his beck and call in return for thousands of pounds a month in gifts, clothes and cash. Where do you draw the line between acting the trophy girlfriend and selling yourself for money? And more importantly, does it matter?

In a city of nine million people, why do they keep finding each other?

From the author of the outstanding Guitar Girl, and Let's Get Lost, comes a new teenage novel all about love, loss and identity.

<b>Sweet, bookish Neve Slater always plays by the rules. </b>And the number one rule is that good-natured fat girls like her don't get guys like gorgeous, handsome William, heir to Neve's heart since university. But William's been in LA for three years, and Neve's been slimming down and re-inventing herself so that when he returns, he'll fall head over heels in love with the new, improved her. So she's not that interested in other men. Until her sister Celia points out that if Neve wants William to think she's an experienced love-goddess and not the fumbling, awkward girl he left behind, then she'd better get some, well, experience. What Neve needs is someone to show her the ropes, someone like Celia's colleague Max. Wicked, shallow, <i>sexy</i> Max. And since he's such a man-slut, and so not Neve's type, she certainly won't fall for him. Because William is the man for her... right? <b>Somewhere between losing weight and losing her inhibitions, Neve's lost her heart - but to who?</b>

'Deeply satisfying and impossible to put down' Santa Montefiore on After the Last Dance Every home has a story to tell . . . An ordinary house on an ordinary street, built in 1936 and never lived in. Its rooms might be empty, but this house is full of secrets. When Zoe and Win, raw and reeling from a recent tragedy, move into their new home it's meant to be a fresh start and a way to mend the holes in their relationship. But pushed to the back of a cupboard is a suitcase that's been gathering dust for eighty years. Inside is a wedding dress, letters and a diary all belonging to a woman called Libby. And there's something else in the suitcase, something that echoes Zoe's own pain. Zoe follows Libby's trail from Paris to Spain on the brink of Civil War to secret trysts in London, and as Libby finds the courage to live and love again, Zoe begins to let go of her own grief. But when Libby's story takes a darker turn, Zoe becomes increasingly obsessed with discovering what really happened all those years ago. Because if Libby managed to get her happy ever after then maybe Zoe and Win can too . . .

Two women separated by time, connected by fate ...1943, King's Cross station: Rose arrives in London and swaps the drudgery of wartime for romance, glamour and jiving with GIs at Rainbow Corner, the famous dance hall in Piccadilly Circus. As the bombs drop, Rose loses her heart to a pilot, but never imagines that she has much more to lose. Present day, Las Vegas: A beautiful woman in a wedding dress walks into a seedy bar and asks the first man she sees to marry her. When Leo slips that ring onto Jane's finger it sets off a chain of events that brings her crashing into Rose's world. Two very different women. Two very different lives. With time running out, can Rose and Jane finally make peace with the secrets that have threatened to destroy them? The past and present collide in After the Last Dance, a beautiful story about the redemptive power of unexpected love.

When Molly's all girl band, The Hormones, is hijacked by Dean and T, they're suddenly a serious band with proper instruments, and heading for the big time...But life as a teenage rock star has its downside, and Molly's fast learning that fame doesn't come for free. schovat popis

The 'Queen Bitch' at her school, Isabel likes to keep everyone very much at arms length. But when she meets the enigmatic Atticus Smith, she begins to question her very identity - maybe she wasn't born to be bad after all.

Edie and Dylan have been dreaming about their road trip across America for ever. But nine weeks in a car together is going to be a huge test for them. They're crazy in love, but what if that's not enough? Trailer parks, diners, motels and glitzy casinos are the backdrop for an adventure that threatens the whole future of their relationship. Will Edie and Dylan be able to go the distance?

Even when you've given up on love, it will still rescue you...