KATIE FFORDE

Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided its time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. Shes risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living.

Take one aspiring cook. When Zoe Harper wins a coveted place in a televised cookery competition, she can't wait to put her cooking skills to the test. Add a very desirable judge. But as the competition heats up, she realises she's developing an inconvenient crush on one of the judges, the truly delicious Gideon Irving. Stir in a heaped tablespoon of romance. All too soon there's more than canapes, cupcakes and cordon bleu at stake. Will Zoe win the competition, or is Gideon one temptation too far?

This is the wonderfully romantic new novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love. Three years ago Bella Castle left her home town nursing a broken heart over Dominic Thane, the man she fell in love with but couldn't have. Now she's made a new life for herself in the country, working as an estate agent. Bella loves her job and she loves her boyfriend Nevil. But recently he's been preoccupied, and she's starting to question if his future hopes and dreams are a perfect match for hers. And when Dominic turns up unexpectedly in search of his dream house, she begins to wonder if home is really where the heart is. But she's over him, isn't she?

Gina and Sally Makepiece have inherited a stall in the French House - an antiques centre nestled in the heart of the English countryside. Gina is determined to drag the French House and its grumpy owner into the twenty-first century. Bearing all the attributes of a modern-day Mr Rochester, Matthew Ballinger is less than happy with the whirlwind that has arrived on his doorstep. The last thing either of them want is to fall in love. But will a trip to France change their minds?

In spite of everything her heart lifted a little as she opened the gate to the secret gardenLorna and her friend Philly work together in the grounds of a beautiful manor house in the Cotswolds.But even though they are surrounded by family and friends, the door to true love remains resolutely closed.Could their discovery of a secret garden mean this is about to change? ''Modern-day Austen. Great fun''Red''Top-drawer romantic escapism''Daily Mail''Deliciously enjoyable''Red''Warm, brilliant and full of love''Heat

A YEAR IN THE COUNTRY. A YEAR TO FALL IN LOVE. The BRAND NEW deliciously romantic novel from the Sunday Times Number One Bestselling Author of A Summer At Sea and A Secret Garden. 'Modern Day Austen. Great fun!' Red 'Top-drawer romantic escapism' Daily Mail 'Deliciously enjoyable' Woman & Home 'Effortlessly lovable' Closer Fran has always wanted to be a farmer. And now it looks as if her childhood dream is about to come true. She has just moved in to a beautiful but very run-down farm in the Cotswolds, currently owned by an old aunt who has told Fran that if she manages to turn the place around in a year, the farm will be hers. But Fran knows nothing about farming. She might even be afraid of cows. She's going to need a lot of help from her best friend Issi, and also from her wealthy and very eligible neighbour - who might just have his own reasons for being so supportive. Is it the farm he is interested in? Or Fran herself? Warm, funny and wonderfully romantic, this is Katie Forde at her very best.

'Modern-day Austen' Red. Weddings, romance, humour and happy-ever-after endings. The deliciously romantic new novel from the Number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love, A French Affair and The Perfect Match. In a small Cotswold country town, Beth, Lindy and Rachel are looking for new beginnings. So they set up in business, organising stylish and perfectly affordable vintage weddings. Soon they are busy arranging other people's Big Days. What none of them know is that their own romances lie waiting, just around the corner...

Romance, humor y felicidad para siempre... La nueva novela deliciosamente romántica del Nº 1 Sunday Times reconocido autor de Recipe for Love, A French Affair and The Perfect Match

A vintage wedding, romance, and a happy-ever-after ending - what more could you want from the 'modern-day Jane Austen'. In a small Cotswold country town, Beth, Lindy and Rachel are looking for new beginnings. So they set up in business, organising stylish and perfectly affordable vintage weddings. Soon they are busy arranging other people's Big Days. What none of them know is that their own romances lie waiting, just around the corner...

She has a career as a midwife that she loves . She enjoys living on her own as a single woman. But shes also feels its time for a change and a spot of some sea air.So when her best friend Rebecca asks whether shed like to spend the summer cooking on a puffer boat just off the Scottish coast, she jumps at the chance.But she barely has time to get to grips with the galley before she finds herself with a lot on her plate.Rebecca is heavily pregnant and is thrilled to have her friend on board doing most of the work. Then theres Emilys competitive and jealous kitchen assistant who thinks she should be head-cook, not Emily.And theres Alasdair, the handsome local doctor who Emily is desperately trying not to notice.Because if she falls in love with him, as he appears to be falling for her, will she ever want her old life back again?

Lorna is a talented gardener and Philly is a plantswoman. Together they work in the grounds of a beautiful manor house in the CotswoldsThey enjoy their work and are surrounded by family and friends. But for them both the door to true love remains resolutely closed.So when Lorna is introduced to Jack at a dinner party and Lucien catches Phillys eye at the local farmers market, it seems that dreams really can come true and happy endings lie just around the corner.But do they?Troublesome parents, the unexpected arrival of someone from Lorna''s past, and the discovery of an old and secret garden mean their lives are about to become a lot more complicated..

Sarah is a wedding planner who doesn’t believe in love. Or, not for herself anyway. And now with all her working hours spent planning the wedding of the year, she certainly doesn’t have time to even

Katie FordeWith the bookshop where she works about to close, Laura Horsley, in a moment of uncharacteristic recklessness, finds herself agreeing to help organize a literary festival deep in the heart of the English countryside. But her initial excitement is rapidly followed by a mounting sense of panic when reality sinks in and she realizes just how much work is involved - especially when an innocent mistake leads the festival committee to mistakenly believe that Laura is a personal friend of the author at the top of their wish-list. Laura might have been secretly infatuated with the infamous Dermot Flynn ever since she studied him at university, but traveling to Ireland to persuade the notorious recluse to come out of hiding is another matter. Determined to rise to the challenge she sets off to meet her literary hero. But all too soon she's confronted with more than she bargained for - Dermot the man is maddening, temperamental and up to his ears in a nasty case of writer's block. But he's also infuriatingly attractive - and, apparently, out to add Laura to his list of conquests...

p A tale of friendship courage and romance the latest novel from bestselling author Katie Fforde is here br br b The queen of uplifting feel good romance b AJ PEARCE br b Top drawer romantic escapism b i DAILY MAIL i br b Warm brilliant and full of love b i HEAT i br br br b When Cass is asked by her father to take on an unusual photography project in the Caribbean Island of Dominica she really can t see a reason to say no b br br But the remote island has just been hit be a severe hurricane leaving destruction in its wake Cass is travelling with Ranulph who is searching for the rare stone carvings her father wants her to photograph br br Their hunt leads Cass down a path of bravery and self discovery and she soon falls for Ranulph who has been by her side every step of the way br br b But does he feel the same way about her b p

Sophie Apperly has spent her whole life pleasing others - but when she realises her family see her less as indispensable treasure and more as general dogsbody, she decides shes had enough. So when an old friend offers her the chance of a lifetime, she decides to swap Little England for the Big Apple, and heads off to the land of opportunity.

Polly Cameron is happy being thirty-five and celibate, living in a small Gloucestershire town with a possessive cat for company and a Rayburn for comfort. After all, a relationship would only complicate things... But Pollys life is already complicated.

Gina and Sally Makepiece have inherited a stall in the French House - an antiques centre nestled in the heart of the English countryside. Gina is determined to drag the French House and its grumpy owner into the twenty-first century. The last thing either of them want is to fall in love. But will a trip to France change their minds?

With the bookshop where she works about to close, hopeless romantic Laura Horsley, in a moment of uncharacteristic recklessness, finds herself agreeing to help organise a literary festival in the heart of the English countryside. But her initial excitement is followed by a mounting sense of panic when she realises just how much work is involved.