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Cressida McLaughlin

    This author is a devoted bibliophile whose early years in London were steeped in a book-rich environment. Her writing is deeply rooted in classic literary traditions, evident from her studies in English Literature. She approaches her craft with a passion for themes that resonate with her enthusiasm for fictional heroes and the allure of the unknown. Readers will appreciate her engaging style, which reflects a lifelong love affair with storytelling.

    The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop
    Christmas Carols and a Cornish Cream Tea
    The Cornish cream tea bus
    The Cornish Cream Tea Christmas
    The Cornish Cream Tea Summer
    The Cornish Cream Tea Holiday
    • 2025

      A Cornish Love Story

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Escape to Cornwall in a brand-new standalone novel from the author of The Happy Hour and From Cornwall with Love... 'Bursting with warmth' Kirsty Greenwood 'Cressida's characters are wonderful' Sarah Morgan ___________________________________ The most romantic house in Cornwall has got a new owner... From her window in a little bungalow on the Cornish coast, local reporter Georgie Monroe has watched as one of the most beautiful houses in Cornwall has been transformed into a high-tech glass palace. Once home to a celebrated romance writer, it's now been sold to a mystery buyer, and Georgie is wondering who that might be. When she is invited to report on an open house event at the new house, she's flustered to find that it's been bought by her ex, architect Ethan Sparks. But when the event goes wrong, Georgie and Ethan find themselves trapped inside. Unable to escape each other for a night, they discover that the house is still keeping a few secrets of its own, and the end to their own story hasn't been written yet...

      A Cornish Love Story
    • 2024

      Can they fall in love, sixty minutes at a time?The deliciously captivating new standalone from the bestselling author of The Staycation and The Cornish Cream Tea series.Can they fall in love, sixty minutes at a time?Jess is perfectly happy working in Greenwich market with her job in a cramped gift shop that sells trinkets to well-heeled locals and excitable tourists. She is also perfectly happy being single, and with her small circle of friends who don’t ask her too many awkward questions. Jess is less delighted with her cramped bedsit, but as long as she’s able to duck under the radar at work —and in life — she thinks she’s doing just fine.Then one Sunday, Jess is thrown together with handsome, funny Ash, as they chase a pickpocket through the market, and before long they are making a habit of running into each other once a week. Jess starts to realize that their ‘Happy Hour’ is the brightest part of her life and being perfectly happy doesn’t seem like enough anymore.But is one hour a week really enough time to fall in Iove …?

      The Happy Hour
    • 2023

      Warm and escapist fiction from the bestselling author of the Cornish Cream Tea series Praise for Cressida McLaughlin: 'Gorgeous!' Phillipa Ashley 'Perfect' Cathy Bramley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Sunshine awaits in the beautiful Cornish coastal town of Port Karadow where a romance and a Cornish cream tea are always on the menu ... There's no place like home. There's no place like Cornwall... Maisie Winters has everything she could ever want. She lives in the idyllic Cornish town of Port Karadow, has a jammy job in her dad's shop, adores her rescue mutt, and has time to take the landscape photos she loves. While her best friend and sister left the town to chase big dreams in London and New York, Maisie stayed - she wouldn't leave her favourite place for anything ... or anyone. When her long-time crush, Colm Caffrey, returns from a decade abroad, old feelings start to resurface. Maisie begins to ask herself if there might be one big thing missing after all?

      From Cornwall with Love (The Cornish Cream Tea series, Book 8)
    • 2022
    • 2022

      Deliciously escapist fiction from the bestselling author of the Cornish Cream Tea series.

      The Staycation
    • 2022
    • 2021

      'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain

      The Cornish Cream Tea Wedding
    • 2021

      Christmas Carols and a Cornish Cream Tea

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.1(153)Add rating

      Can she spread Christmas cheer in Cornwall this year?All Meredith Verren has ever wanted is to escape the holiday season without having to wear a Christmas jumper. Her new job at the cosy gift shop in a picturesque Cornish tourist spot is making it impossible for her to maintain her scrooge-like manner.With their seasonal hampers on everyone’s wish list, Meredith must paste on a smile and fake some holiday cheer. Then she meets handsome new arrival, Finn, who wishes it could be Christmas every day and wants her to feel the same way too.Can she embrace the holly and the ivy before the decorations are packed away for another year?

      Christmas Carols and a Cornish Cream Tea
    • 2020

      The Cornish Cream Tea Summer

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.2(164)Add rating

      'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain

      The Cornish Cream Tea Summer
    • 2020

      The Cornish Cream Tea Christmas

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.2(977)Add rating

      Praise for Cressida McLaughlin: 'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain

      The Cornish Cream Tea Christmas