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Melissa Nathan

    June 13, 1968 – April 7, 2006

    Melissa Nathan emerged as a British author celebrated for her popular 'chick lit' novels, embodying a fresh and witty perspective on life. Her writing is distinguished by its skillful interweaving of humor with deeper life themes, offering readers both entertainment and food for thought. Nathan approached even serious subjects with a sense of humor, cultivating a distinctive style that garnered widespread appeal. Her works champion resilience and the ability to find joy amidst adversity.

    Melissa Nathan
    Acting Up
    Persuading Nathan
    Persuading Annie
    The waitress
    The Nanny
    The Learning Curve
    • 2008

      Acting Up

      • 344 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.4(346)Add rating

      It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large ego must be in want of a woman to cut him down to size... As the lights dim, the audience hush and Jazz awaits her cue, she realises two very important things, one: she can't remember her lines, and two: Harry Noble looks amazing in breeches...

      Acting Up
    • 2007

      From the bestselling author of The NannyMeet Annie Markham. Gentle, sweet and kind. Except for her dark side. A dark side called Jake Mead. Seven years ago he’d been her entire world, even though her godmother had tried to persuade her to dump him. But when the going got tough, Annie’s tough got going. Jake’s hasty departure from her life proved that a) godmothers are cleverer than they look and b) the only thing reliable about men is that they’re totally unreliable.Now Jake is back in her life. And he’s the one man who may just save her family’s ailing company. But what Annie doesn’t know is that Jake has an Achilles heel. An Achilles heel called Annie Markham. He’s never quite got over her treatment of him all those years ago. This is the perfect opportunity for what some may call closure. But what Jake calls, revenge.

      Persuading Nathan
    • 2006

      The Learning Curve

      • 452 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.9(3509)Add rating

      From the bestselling author of The Nanny, comes this captivating new novel about a teacher who is idolized by her class, particularly ten-year-old Oscar. Oscar’s father is a frazzled single-parent workaholic who resents any interference from his son’s teacher.

      The Learning Curve
    • 2004

      The waitress

      • 510 pages
      • 18 hours of reading
      3.8(2408)Add rating

      Katie wants to be a film director. Last week she wanted to be a writer, the week before that an educational psychologist, and the week before that a florist. One thing Katie isn't short of is ambition, but she knows that none of her ambitions are to be a waitress. Unfortunately, Katie is a waitress

      The waitress
    • 2003

      When Jo Green takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend Shaun, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children - glittery warrior pixie Cassandra, bloodthirsty Zak and shy little Tallulah - are downright mystifying. Suddenly village life seems terribly appealing. Then, just as Jo's getting the hang of their designer lifestyle, the Fitzgeralds acquire a new lodger and suddenly she's sharing her nanny flat with the distractingly good-looking but inexplicably moody Josh. So when Shaun turns up, things get even trickier... A heartwarming, laugh out loud romantic novel with a fantastically dysfunctional family and complicated love triangle to amuse every reader.

      The Nanny
    • 2000

      Persuading Annie

      • 376 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.6(3040)Add rating

      Meet Annie Markham - gentle, sweet and kind. Except for her dark side called Jake Mead. He was her entire life seven years ago. Now Jake is back in her life and he's the one man who may be able to save her family's ailing company.

      Persuading Annie