A combination of overwork and jet-leg propels Julia Fairfax into becoming engaged to a golf-playing wine buff called Oscar. But when she realises that she has fonder feelings for his adorable Labrador than for Oscar himself, she is forced to confront the fact that there is something drastically wron[...]

Thea is fed up with being mother to a houseful of students and accepts an invitation from her bossy friend Molly to go on an art appreciation holiday in Provence. There she meets the gorgeous Rory, and decides to visit his house in Ireland, where she discovers a studio full of wonderful paintings.[...]

Nel's pastoral world is under threat but can she trust those around her - like sensible boyfriend Simon, or Jake, an infuriating and attractive stranger who kissed her once under the mistletoe? Maybe she's been a celibate widow for far too long. By the author of "Thyme Out" and "Artistic Licence".[...]

Polly Cameron is happy being thirty-five and celibate, living in a small Gloucestershire town. After all, a relationship would only complicate things... But Polly's life is already complicated. In addition to her job in the Whole Nut cafe and her part in the 'Save Our High Street' campaign, there's [...]

Althea is the mother of three strong-minded children - one of whom is a Buddhist - and owner of a finicky dog named Bozo. Saddled with too large a house (albeit in a Cotswold village), worrisome mortgage payments, a bossy younger sister and irksome ex-husband, Althea still manages to muddle through [...]

Flora Stanza has sub-let her London life in a bid to join the family antiques business. Her knowledge extends only to the information she has crammed from daytime TV, but what she lacks in experience she makes up for in blind enthusiasm. So she is more than a little put out when she doesn't receive [...]

Jo Edwards never planned to live on a barge. But when her husband trades her in for a younger model, she finds her options alarmingly limited. Dora Hamilton never planned to run out on her own wedding. As Jo and Dora embark on reorganising their muddled lives, they realise they both need a practical[...]

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 deep in the heart of the English countryside. But her initial excitement is rapidly followed by a mounting sens[...]

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 she's had enough.So when an old friend offers her the chance of a lifetime, she decides to swap Little England for the Big Apple[...]

The wonderful new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Perfect Proposal.

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 o[...]

Country cottages, romance, humour and making dreams come true. This is the wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love, A French Affair and The Perfect Match. Three years ago Bella Castle left her home town nursing a broken heart over Dominic Thane, t[...]