Chris Manby Books

Stupendo the dog has died. But that's just the beginning of his story.

Five years after leaving university, Lizzie Jordan considers herself one of life's failures, unlike her highflying friends. She still corresponds with Brian, a former student friend, and is overjoyed when he announces a visit.

In the quaint seaside town of Newbay, a beginner's cookery course is starting. And three very different students have signed up. Liz's husband has left her for a twenty-something clean-eating blogger, and she's determined to show the world - and her daughter - she's just as capable in the kitchen. John, newly widowed after fifty years of marriage, can't live on sympathy lasagnes forever. To thirty-year-old workaholic Bella, the course is a welcome escape from her high-pressure job. Their only common ground: between them, they can barely boil an egg! Enter talented chef Alex, who is determined to introduce his pupils to the comforts of cuisine. As Liz, John and Bella encounter various disasters in the kitchen, the unlikely trio soon form a fast friendship. Their culinary skills might be catastrophic - but could the cookery club have given them a recipe for happiness?

The perfect festive stocking-filler: a heartwarming and funny novel by bestselling author Chrissie Manby.

Hilarious, heartwarming chick lit perfect for your beach bag, by bestselling author Chrissie Manby.

The first in a laugh-out-loud, new chick lit series by bestselling author Chrissie Manby, perfect for your beach bag.

A romantic, heartwarming and funny novel full of the magic of Christmas, by bestselling author Chrissie Manby. Mince pies and mayhem guaranteed!

The hilarious new romantic comedy from the author of FLATMATES and DEEP HEAT.

Recovering in hospital from an appendix operation, Ali Harris whiles away her time by entering magazine competitions. A few weeks later, she's delighted to discover that she's won first prize in Complete Woman magazine's Most Romantic Couple of the Year competition. There's just one problem. Ali has been dumped by her fiance, and there's no way she can claim her prize - a romantic holiday for two in Antigua - on her own. Help is at hand in the unlikely form of Jeremy 'Boily' Baxter, the spotty boy next door. But Ali's troubles have only just begun.

The perils and pitfalls of flatsharing are brought vividly to life in this frank and funny first novel by an exceptionally talented new writer who possesses a wickedly accurate eye for detail and a highly infectious sense of humour.