Lissa loves her job as a nurse, but recently she's been doing a better job of looking after other people than looking after herself. After a traumatic incident at work leaves her feeling overwhelmed, she agrees to swap lives with someone in a quiet villag
Escape to the Scottish Highlands where a tiny bookshop perches on the edge of a loch! Dreams start here... Zoe, a professional child care worker, and single mother to Raffie, 4, who has selective mutism, is sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Then her ex sister-in-law suggests she move to Scotland to help run a bookshop... There her path crosses that of Ramsay Urqhuart, a widower and antiquarian bookseller, who has a band of difficult children he can't manage. Can two very damaged people help heal each other?
In a quaint seaside resort, a charming bakery holds the key to another world . . . Returning to the much loved world of the Little Beach Street Bakery, Jenny Colgan will delight existing fans of the series and entrance new readers with this spellbinding new novel. Marisa Rosso is struggling. Since the death of her beloved grandfather back home in Italy, she can''t seem to find a way out of her grief. She''s a registrar, and knows losing grandparents is a natural part of life, so why does she feel so lost? When she hears a hospital is recruiting in Mount Polbearne, a tiny and remote tidal island off the Cornish coast, Marisa thinks she has found the perfect retreat. Perhaps some solitude is just what she needs to combat her homesickness and rediscover her equilibrium. But Mount Polbearne is a far cry from the sleepy little place she was imagining. Between her noisy Russian piano-teaching neighbour and the hustle and bustle of a community determined to get back on its feet, Marisa finds solitude is not so easy to come by. Especially when finds herself somehow involved with a tiny local bakery desperately in need of some new zest to save it . . . ___________________________________ ****** ''A sheer delight'' SOPHIE KINSELLA ***** ''An evocative sweet treat'' JOJO MOYES ***** ''Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan'' Sunday Express ***** ''Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting'' MARIAN KEYES ***** ''This sweet romance will lift your spirits'' SUNDAY MIRROR ***** ''Naturally funny, warm-hearted'' LISA JEWELL
Discover Jenny Colgan''s best novel yet... Olivia and Anthony are planning A Very Extravagant Wedding at the newest hotel on the tiny Scottish island of Mure. They''re flying in chefs, musicians and something called a living flower wall... and no one is even allowed to think the word bridezilla. Flora is trying - and failing - not to let Olivia and Anthony''s wedding distract her from planning her own big day with Joel. But the couple have wildly different ideas about how to celebrate and somehow, just when their relationship should be plain sailing, everything is suddenly very hard indeed. And then there''s Lorna and Saif. The local headmistress and the GP desperately keeping their relationship a secret to protect his sons. But while they''re looking out for the boys, who''s looking out for them? Three couples. One midsummer''s night. Can everyone get their happy ever after? * Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan... ''Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside'' ''Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished'' ''There''s something so engaging about her characters and plots'' ''Her books are like a big, warm blanket'' ''Her stories are just so fabulous'' ''She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life'' ''The woman is just magic''
Don''t miss Jenny''s gorgeous new novel - FIVE HUNDRED MILES FROM YOU is available to pre-order now ''A sheer delight from start to finish'' Sophie Kinsella ___________________________________ How does an It Girl survive when she loses everything . . .? Curl up and escape with Jenny Colgan '' An evocative, sweet treat'' Jojo Moyes ''Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting'' Marian Keyes ''Irresistible'' Jill Mansell ''Just lovely'' Katie Fforde ''Naturally funny, warm-hearted'' Lisa Jewell ___________________________________ Sophie Chesterton is a girl about town - she knows all the right people, goes to all the right parties, and wears all the right clothes. But deep down she suspects that her superficial friends and lifestyle don''t amount to very much. Her father is desperate for her to make her own way in the world, and when after one shocking evening her life is turned upside down, she suddenly has no choice. Scraping a living as a ''glamour'' photographer''s assistant, living in a hovel on the Old Kent Road with four smelly boys, eating baked beans from the can, Sophie is desperate to get her life back. But does a girl really need diamonds to be happy? ___________________________________ Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan ''Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside'' ''Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished'' ''There''s something so engaging about her characters and plots'' ''Her stories are just so fabulous'' ''She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life'' ''The woman is just magic''
Flora is forced to move back to the tiny island of Mure from the bright lights of London. It's tough: even the beautiful landscapes and bright blue sea can't lift her spirits - she's too busy looking after her dad and her feckless brothers. Then she chances upon her mum's collection of recipes and begins to cook her way through it. As she she reconnects with her family, and the place she was born, might she also find herself?
Welcome back to Mount Polbearne! The new book from Top Ten bestseller Jenny Colgan is full of festive joy, warmth and the best hot chocolate you can imagine... It's Christmas in the Cornish coastal village of Mount Polbearne - a time for family, friends and feasting. Polly Waterford loves running the Little Beach Street Bakery. She's at her happiest when she's creating delicious treats and the festive season always inspires her to bake and knead something extra special for the village residents. In fact, the only thing she loves more than her bakery is curling up with her gorgeous boyfriend, Huckle. She's determined that this Christmas is going to be their best one yet, but life doesn't always work out as planned... When Polly's best friend Kerensa turns up with a secret that threatens the life Polly and Huckle have built together, the future begins to look uncertain. And then a face from Polly's past reappears and things become even more complicated. Polly can usually find solace in baking but she has a feeling that's not going to be enough this time. Can she get things back on track so that everyone has a merry Christmas?
''MALORY TOWERS FOR GROWN-UPS'' SOPHIE KINSELLA Jenny Colgan returns with all her signature charm in this fourth installment of her Maggie Adair series. The Little School by the Sea is a magical place of friendship, striving, excitement and plenty of mischief.
These are the perfect novels for anyone who ever dreamed of gong to boarding school.
''A BRILLIANT BOARDING SCHOOL BOOK, STUFFED FULL OF UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS AND THRILLING ADVENTURES'' LISA JEWELL
Christmas on the remote Scottish island of Mure is bleak, stark - and incredibly beautiful. It's a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram with the people you love - unless, of course, you're accidentally pregnant to your ex-boss, and don't know how to tell him. In what should be the season of peace and goodwill on earth, will Joel think Flora is a bearer of glad tidings? Meanwhile Saif, the doctor and refugee from war-torn Syria is trying to enjoy his first western Christmas with his sons - but without his missing wife. Can the little family possibly find comfort and joy? Travel to the beautiful northern edge of the world and join the welcoming community of Mure for an unforgettable Christmas.
Dreams start here... 'Charming, made me long to escape to Mure. Total joy.' - Sophie Kinsella On the quayside next to the Endless Beach sits the Summer Seaside Kitchen. It's a haven for tourists and locals alike, who all come to eat the freshest local produce on the island and catch up with the gossip. Flora, who runs the cafe, feels safe and content - unless she thinks too hard about her relationship with Joel, her gorgeous but emotionally (and physically) distant boyfriend. While Flora is in turmoil about her relationship. her best friend Lorna is pining after the local doctor. Saif came to the island as a refugee, having lost all of his family. But he's about to get some shocking news which will change everything for him. As cold winter nights shift to long summer days, can Flora find her happy-ever-after with Joel?
"Funny, page-turning and addictive... just like Malory Towers for grown-ups" - Sophie Kinsella For the first time, the girls caught sight of the turreted, castle-like building that would be home for the next nine months, the four towers of the main houses nestled in the hills, with the cliffs behind, leading down to the still turquoise sea. Maggie loves teaching English at beautiful Downey House but she is less keen on planning her wedding to dependable Stan. Instead, she's working on ignoring her crush on David McDonald, who teaches English at the local boys' school. Just as Simone and Fliss have become friends, Zelda arrives to upset everything. Zelda is loudly, glamorously American, and she's full of ways to improve life at boring school. Soon, quiet, mousy Simone is undergoing a makeover. And Fliss is about to jeopardise everything to impress a boy. In a new year at school, the girls of Downey House will be breaking all the rules - and not all of them will escape unscathed. "A brilliant boarding school book, stuffed full of unforgettable characters, thrilling adventures and angst..." - Lisa Jewell
' Funny, page-turning and addictive . . . just like Malory Towers for grown-ups' Sophie Kinsella Class is the first novel in Jenny Colgan's beloved Maggie Adair series. The first part of the brand new instalment Lessons is coming this September! Pre-order now! ************** Maggie went to the window and opened it wide, inhaling the lovely, ozoney air off the sea. Why had she never lived by the sea before? Why had she always looked out on housing estates and not the little white hulls of trawlers bobbing off in the distance? It's gloriously sunny in Cornwall as the school year starts at the little boarding school by the sea. Maggie , the newest teacher at Downey House, is determined to make her mark - but will it be at the expense of her relationship with safe, dependable Stan? Simone has won a scholarship and wants to make her parents proud. Forced to share a room with the glossy, pretty, clever girls of Downey House, she needs to find a friend, fast. Fliss is furious at being sent away from her home. As Simone tries desperately to fit in, Fliss tries desperately to get out. Over the course of one year, friendships will bloom and lives will be changed forever. "A brilliant boarding school book, stuffed full of unforgettable characters, thrilling adventures and angst..." - Lisa Jewell
On the tiny Scottish island of Mure, Christmas preparations are even more hectic than usual . . . Flora Mackenzie is worried about her brother. Fintan hasn't got over the death of his partner, Coltan, and Flora thinks he needs a project. Queen of Christma
« Luke est plutôt... renfermé comme on dit. Il n'est pas... il est simplement dans son monde. Un peu distrait. Un peu bizarre. Mais pour un mathématicien, pas tant que ça, en fait. » Mathématicienne excellant dans un domaine masculin, Connie a toujours été considérée comme un peu bizarre. Mais jamais autant que Luke, recruté pour travailler à ses côtés sur un projet de décryptage top secret.
Mais Luke semble en savoir plus que Connie et ses confrères sur le mystérieux code. Pendant que tout le monde s'interroge sur ses liens avec ce message crypté aux origines non identifiées, leur employeur est tué d'une manière... singulière, et les services secrets s'en mêlent. Connie découvre que Luke n'est sans doute pas celui qu'il prétend être, mais leur confinement fait naître quelque chose en elle... Il n'aurait pu y avoir plus mauvais timing, maintenant que les deux scientifiques sont embarqués dans une course effrénée pour sauver... la Terre.
« Je n'aurais jamais pensé que je pourrais apprécier un livre sur les maths, les amphibiens et la fin du monde. C'est original, drôle et romantique. Et vous n'avez même pas besoin d'être calés en fractales. » Sophie Kinsella, auteure de L'Accro du shopping « Il est très rare que je tombe à ce point amoureuse d'un livre... Brillant, charmant, intelligent, drôle et émouvant. » Rowan Coleman, auteure d'Avant de t'oublier « Un cocktail détonnant d'action, de geeks matheux et de baisers passionnés. J'ai savouré chaque page de ce livre. » Matt Haig, auteur de Humains « De la science-fiction avec des personnages féminins dignes de ce nom ! » MadmoiZelle Mot de l'éditeur :
Parsemé de références geeks, ce roman hybride entre science-fiction et chick lit, le genre qui a rendu Jenny Colgan célèbre, fait la part belle à des personnages aussi colorés qu'attachants. L'autodérision est bien présente, ainsi que les clichés sur les scientifiques, démontés les uns après les autres. Le ton est déjanté et résolument original : humour cynique, romance légère et mathématiques abordables, l'addition parfaite pour un roman audacieux, haletant et à mourir de rire.
Roman «Ecoute, pourquoi est-ce que tu ne lui parles pas franchement ? Dis-lui, "Fraser, n'épouse pas cette fille, c'est une chieuse. Une chieuse de chez Chieuse, avec un petit cul et des cheveux décolorés. C'est une chieuse totale. Une chieuse irrécupérable."» Il y a des filles à qui tout semble réussir. C'est le cas d'Amanda. Elle est riche, jolie, et va épouser Fraser, un lord avec château en Ecosse. Et pourtant, tout le monde s'accorde à penser que c'est une pimbêche insupportable ! En particulier Fran et Mélanie, ses deux amies d'enfance, qu'elle s'amuse à humilier régulièrement. Avec Angus, le jeune frère de Fraser qui, lui aussi, déteste Amanda, elles vont tout imaginer pour faire échouer ce mariage...
Where have all the men gone? Faced with 25, 000 more women than men in London, and gleeful media reports that it's statistically more likely for single women to be murdered than get married, Katie is reached an all-time low. But all is not lost. Another romantic comedy from Jenny Colgan.
Life doesn't have a rewind button. Ever wished it did? Flora's wish is about to come true, this novel about the ultimate second chance, from the author of 'WORKING WONDERS' and 'AMANDA'S WEDDING'.
Après La petite boulangerie du bout du monde, partez en Écosse avec ce roman de Jenny Colgan.
Lorsque la bibliothèque de quartier où elle travaille ferme ses portes, la timide Nina se retrouve sur le carreau. Austérité budgétaire , ont-ils tranché là-haut : on regroupe tout en centre-ville, avec zone multimédia et pôle d'activités .
Tout l'inverse de sa vocation, en somme, qui est d'aimer les livres et de les conseiller. Alors pour la première fois en 29 années d'existence, Nina prend une décision : tout plaquer. Acheter un gros van et, munie d'un stock de vieux bouquins, conduire sa propre librairie itinérante. Direction les Highlands où l'attendent, peut-être, les jours heureux...
