Madeleine Wickham Books

Madeleine Wickham, who writes the internationally bestselling Shopaholic series as Sophie Kinsella, has penned an irresistibly dishy and entertaining novel about three savvy young women and the secrets they share over monthly drinks. Roxanne: glamorous, self-confident, with a secret lover -- a married man Maggie: capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can't cope with -- motherhood Candice: honest, decent, or so she believes -- until a ghost from her past turns up At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, and Candice meet at London's swankiest bar for an evening of cocktails and gossip. Here, they chat about what's new at The Londoner , the glossy fashion magazine where they all work, and everything else that's going on in their lives. Or almost everything. Beneath the girl talk and the laughter, each of the three has a secret. And when a chance encounter at the cocktail bar sets in motion an extraordinary chain of events, each one will find their biggest secret revealed. In Cocktails for Three , Madeleine Wickham combines her trademark humor with remarkable insight to create an edgy, romantic tale of secrets, strangers, and a splash of scandal.

Chloe needs a holiday. She's sick of making wedding dresses, her partner Philip has troubles at work, the whole family wants a break. Her wealthy friend Gerard has offered the loan of his luxury villa in Spain - perfect.Hugh is not a happy man. His immaculate wife Amanda seems more interested in her new kitchen than in him, and he works so hard to pay for it, he barely has time for his children. Maybe he'll have a chance to bond with them on holiday. His old friend Gerard has lent them a luxury villa in Spain - perfect.Both families arrive at the villa and realise the awful truth - Gerard has double-booked. What no-one else realises is that Chloe and Hugh have a history, and as tensions rise within the two families, old passions resurface. It seems that Gerard's 'accidental' double booking may not be an accident after all...

Fleur is beautiful but lazy and, at forty, spends her life looking for rich men who can provide her and her teenage daughter with a glamorous and effortless existence. A daily trawl through the court pages of The Times provides her with an unusual but fertile search area - the funerals and memorial services of the great and good, where gatecrashers are so much less noticeable than they would be at a wedding or a christening. It is at one of these sad but oddly festive occasions that she meets Richard, dull but well-off, whose mousey wife has died after a lifetime of enjoyable ill-health. Before long Fleur has become an integral part of Richard's life, offending his friends, interfering in his leisure pursuits (golf bores her, so why should he spend so much time on it?) and stirring up his grown-up children to behave badly.

Madeleine Wickham is Sophie Kinsella, and The Gatecrasher is just as clever, chic, and sassy as her internationally bestselling Shopaholic series!

Financieel adviseur Rebecca Bloomwood woont samen met Luke Brandon. Als hij haar ten huwelijk vraagt, zegt ze volmondig 'ja'. Dit besluit opent nieuwe deuren voor de koopverslaafde Rebecca. Thema van het boek is echter de organisatie van de bruiloft. Rebecca's moeder organiseert een eenvoudige maar warme plechtigheid in Engeland, Luke's moeder een overdreven kostbare in New York. Beide dames denken de enige te zijn. Op originele wijze heeft de a.s. bruid uiteindelijk een oplossing voor het probleem van twee bruiloften, twee trouwjurken, twee werelddelen tegenover een bruidspaar en een trouwdatum. Vlot verhaal met humor geschreven.

Тем незабываемым оксфордским летом восемнадцатилетняя Милли была готова на любую авантюру. С появлением Руперта и его возлюбленного, американца Аллана, у Милли началась новая, увлекательная жизнь, и когда Руперт предложил ей брак с Алланом, чтобы тот мог легально остаться в Британии, Милли не колеблясь сказала "да". Чтобы все выглядело по-настоящему, она нарядилась в дешевое свадебное платье и с удовольствием позировала перед туристами, щелкавшими фотоаппаратами. Прошло десять лет. Милли очень изменилась. Теперь она помолвлена с Саймоном, серьезным молодым человеком из богатой семьи, который считает свою невесту идеалом. Однако всего за четыре дня до торжества прошлое неожиданно возвращается к Милли. Мир, который она так тщательно выстраивала, вот-вот разлетится вдребезги. Как признаться Саймону о том, что она уже замужем? Тучи сгущаются, и наружу выплывает гораздо больше секретов, чем предполагала Милли…

De huwelijksreis rond de wereld van Becky en Luke was een daverend succes. En natuurlijk heeft Becky enkele souvenirs aangeschaft. Zijden kamerjassen uit Hongkong… vijf Turkse tapijten… een tafel met tien stoelen uit Sri Lanka... de, eh, manshoge giraffebeelden uit Malawi… alles wordt netjes thuisbezorgd. Luke is ziedend. Becky mag zelfs haar 'geheime' tweede creditcard niet meer gebruiken. Er is nog meer ongelooflijk nieuws: ze blijkt een zus te hebben! Maar wanneer Becky Jessica voor het eerst ontmoet, krijgt ze de schrik van haar leven. Het kan toch niet waar zijn dat haar zus een hekel heeft aan... winkelen?

Celebrate Christmas with the ultimate Shopaholic! Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is back in a new adventure for 2019 - Christmas Shopaholic. A brilliant laugh-out-loud festive novel from the Number One bestselling author. AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW ***** EVERYBODY LOVES SOPHIE KINSELLA- ***** 'A gem of a novel' JODI PICOULT 'Funny, fast and farcical. I loved it' JOJO MOYES 'Life doesn't get much better than a new Sophie Kinsella novel' RED

The hilarious romantic comedy from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella . . . I loved it' JOJO MOYES'I couldn't put it down.' LOUISE PENTLAND (SprinkleofGlitter)'I almost cried with laughter' DAILY MAIL'Life doesn't get much better than a new Sophie Kinsella novel' RED'Hilarious . . . schovat popis

For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is peachy. She has a job on morning TV, telling people how to manage their money - a subject on which she is an expert. Her bank manager is actually being nice to her, despite being just a tad overdrawn. And the icing on the brioche is that her boyfriend is moving to New York ...and has asked her to go with him.New York! The Museum of Modern Art! The Guggenheim! The Metropolitan Opera House! And Becky does mean to go to all these. Honestly. It's just that it seems silly not to check out a few other places first. Like Bloomingdales. And Saks. And that amusing little place she's been told about where you can sometimes get a Prada dress for $10. Or was it $100? Anyway, it's full of fantastic bargains.Shopaholic Abroad - because there just aren't enough shops in Britain.

Financial journalist Rebecca Bloomwood seeks solace from the boredom and pressures in life with her shopping, a solution that brings her close to financial disaster, until she encounters a story that will change her life.

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?

Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose, but then his big question involves a trip abroad — not a trip down the aisle. Completely crushed, Lottie reconnects with an old flame, and they decide to take drastic action. No dates, no moving in together, they’ll just get married . . . right now. Her sister, Fliss, thinks Lottie is making a terrible mistake, and will do anything to stop her. But Lottie is determined to say “I do,” for better, or for worse.

You do a friend a favour - and then, years later, the past catches up with you...

Three women, smart and successful, working in the fast and furious world of magazines, meet for cocktails and gossip once a month. Roxanne: glamorous, self-confident, with a secret lover - and hoping that one day he will leave his wife and marry her. Maggie:capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can't cope with - motherhood. Candice:honest, decent, or so she believes - until a ghost from her past turns up, and almost ruins her life. A chance encounter in the cocktail bar sets in train an extraordinary set of events which upsets all their lives and almost destroys their friendship...

NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella's emotionally charged, witty new standalone novel about love and long-term relationship survival - and how those we think we know best can sometimes surprise us the most . . .After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have a comfortable home, fulfilling jobs, beautiful twin girls, and communicate so seamlessly, they finish each other's sentences. They have a happy marriage and believe they know everything there is to know about each other. Until it's casually mentioned to them that they could be together for another sixty-eight years... and panic sets in.They quickly decide to create little surprises for each other, to keep their relationship fresh and fun. But in their pursuit of Project Surprise Me - anything from unexpected gifts to restaurant dates to photo shoots - mishaps arise with disastrous and comical results. Gradually, the surprises turn to shocking discoveries. And when a scandal from the past is uncovered, they begin to wonder if they ever really knew each other after all...***** EVERYBODY LOVES SOPHIE KINSELLA- *****'Left me giddy with laughter. I loved it' JOJO MOYES'One of the most relatable books I've read in a long time, I couldn?t put it down.' LOUISE PENTLAND (SprinkleofGlitter)'Life doesn't get much better than a new Sophie Kinsella novel' RED

On a shimmeringly hot Sunday in May, the Delaneys opened their pool to all the village for charity. The day seemed perfect. But, suddenly the perfect day was shattered, as tragedy struck. And the consequences of a terrible accident developed into a drama of recriminations, jealousy and legal power-play.

La quarantaine resplendissante, Fleur Daxeny s'est fait une spécialité de séduire de riches veufs. Sa technique ? Repérage des victimes dans la rubrique nécrologique du Times et première approche le jour même de l'enterrement de l'épouse... Le charme et l'aplomb extraordinaire de la jeune femme font alors le reste... Ainsi, lorsque Fleur jette son dévolu sur l'austère Richard Favour, elle ne doute pas d'arriver très vite à ses fins. Mais elle a pourtant un rival de poids dans la course aux millions, car, si Richard Favour a perdu sa femme, il n'a pas perdu son encombrante famille... Au sein de cette respectable bourgeoisie, les arnaqueurs - à l'argent comme aux sentiments - ne sont pas forcément ceux qu'on croit...

Liz and Jonathan are in trouble. They can't sell their old house.Here they are, stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter who hadn't wanted to move anyway. Then it seems Marcus Witherstone will solve all their problems. He knows the perfect tenants from London who will rent their old house - glamorous PR girl Ginny and almost-famous Piers. Everything is going to be OK. Or is it? As Marcus starts to become involved with Liz, while her teenage daughter develops a passion for the lodgers, it seems that some deceptions are too close to home... 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

Thanks to a mutual friends' invitation, two families meet in a luxury villa in Spain and discover their room is overbooked, igniting old passions and tensions.

A weekend tennis party becomes study of modern marriage for four very different couples of varying economic, social, and interest levels as together they encounter two days of anger, shock, revelations, and romance.