LAUREN HENDERSON

Food PR Juliet Cooper has never had any trouble meeting men; she just doesn't want them hanging around, asking her how she feels about her mother. But after four years of serial dating, she's discovering that men have a tendency to repeat on you. She decides to give up men for more important goals.

Rebecca broke up with Patrick five months ago. She's doing fine. Okay, so she has turned her bedroom into a sort of Patrick shrine with pictures and candles. But she's fine, honestly. She's getting over it. For some strange reason her best friend Davey doesn't agree. He thinks Rebecca needs help with her Patrick obsession. And so they set up Exes Anonymous - a self-help group for the unceremoniously chucked. The seven broken-hearted members soon become friends, meeting at each other's flats to swap stories and offer support. Rebecca begins to hope that she can beat her addiction after all. But love hasn't quite finished with Rebecca. After all, it is a hard habit to break

Sam Jones est invitée pour les fêtes de fin d'année dans le petit village anglais où vit son copain Tom. Celui-ci est devenu instituteur dans l'espoir de trouver l'âme s?ur parmi les mamans esseulées des affreux gamins dont il s'occupe. Quant à Sam, elle n'a prévu de séduire personne. Et pourtant, cette fois c'est sur un " pretty boy " de vingt-deux ans, au visage d'ange et à l'âme torturée, qu'elle flashe. Il lui est aussi difficile de résister au charme de cette timide violette qu'à celui d'une bonne bouteille de vodka. Bien vite pourtant, elle va devoir remettre les pieds sur terre. Tom est accusé de meurtre, et Sam est bien décidée à innocenter son ami. Une nouvelle enquête, pleine de rebondissements, de la pétillante Sam Jones.

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT...LOVE Katie's only just met Michael but she's already fallen for him. If only he wasn't living opposite that cow of an ex-girlfriend, things would be perfect...DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT...YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND Sally split up with Michael years ago. He broke her heart, but they're great friends now. The only problem is his new girlfriend. Sally's tried to be nice, but Katie obviously hates her. Still, she won't last, poor thing. They never do...DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT...MEDDLING Jude is Sally's best friend. Sally might say she's over Michael, but Jude knows better. Those two were made for each other! Clearly they need a bit of a nudge in the right direction. And Jude is in the perfect position to help.

Invaluable advice on how to land your own dashing Mr Darcy You magazine Jane Austen s witty perceptive and romantic novels have delighted readers for two hundred years With clear sight common sense and good judgment she observed the hits and near misses of her heroes and heroines in love Things certainly haven t got any easier since then and Lauren Henderson believes that we might just have lost touch with the fundamental rules JANE AUSTEN S GUIDE TO DATING rights that wrong and brings Austen s Regency wisdom into the twenty first century It s a fun insightful book full of concrete advice and wise strategies that illustrate how honesty self awareness and forthrightness do win you the right man in the end and weed out the losers players and toxic flirts Henderson deftly summarizes all the love stories in the books and introduces all the characters so that newcomers and devotees alike can delight in this fun fresh and audacious how to guide