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Madeleine Wickham

    This author is celebrated for her literary exploration of the intricate relationship between material desires and personal happiness. Her works keenly capture the modern obsession with shopping and its impact on individuals, often with a humorous touch. Through her characters, the author delves into themes of financial irresponsibility and the quest for life balance. Her distinctive style blends sharp social commentary with accessible, engaging narratives.

    Wedding Night
    Shopaholic abroad
    Shopaholic & Sister
    The Gatecrasher
    Sleeping Arrangements
    The Gatecrasher
    • After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage. However, a trip to the doctor projects they will live another 68 years together and panic sets in. They never expected "until death do us part" to mean seven decades. In the name of marriage survival, they quickly concoct a plan to keep their relationship fresh and exciting. But in their pursuit to execute Project Surprise Me, mishaps arise and secrets are uncovered that start to threaten the very foundation of their unshakable bond. When a scandal from the past is revealed that question some important untold truths, they begin to wonder if they ever really knew each other after all.

      Surprise Me2018
      3.5
    • The tennis party

      • 239 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      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.

      The tennis party2013
      2.9
    • When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and reminds her of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, Lottie jumps at the chance. But not everyone is thrilled with Lottie and Ben's rushed marriage, and family and friends are determined to intervene. Will Lottie and Ben have a wedding night to remember ... or one to forget?

      Wedding Night2013
      3.6
    • Shopaholic abroad

      • 329 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      TV financial guru Becky Bloomwood has finally paid off her debts and credit card bills, until her boyfriend, Luke, invites her to accompany him when he moves to New York, and she discovers sample sales, power lunches, and Fifth Avenue.

      Shopaholic abroad2011
      3.8
    • Cocktails for three

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      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...

      Cocktails for three2010
      3.5
    • Realtor Marcus Witherstone knew the perfect tenants from London who would rent Liz and Jonathan Chambers old house: a glamorous PR girl, Ginny, and her almost-famous husband, Piers. But soon Liz is lost in blissful dreams of Marcus, Jonathan is left to run their business, and neither of them has time to notice that their teenage daughter is developing an unhealthy passion for the tenants.

      A desirable residence2010
      3.0
    • La Madone des enterrements

      • 380 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      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...

      La Madone des enterrements2009
    • The wedding girl

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      At the age of eighteen, in that first golden Oxford summer, Milly was up for anything, and that included marrying her American friend Allan, so he could stay in the country with his lover Rupert.

      The wedding girl2009
      3.5