Questo autore è profondamente immerso nel mondo della letteratura, dedicando le sue giornate alla creazione dei propri capolavori letterari, mentre si perde anche nelle opere altrui. La sua scrittura è una ricerca appassionata della condizione umana, evidente nel suo stile distintivo e nelle sue profonde intuizioni sui personaggi. La sua esistenza cosmopolita, che abbraccia sia il Regno Unito che la Francia, spesso infonde le sue narrazioni con un ricco arazzo di prospettive culturali. È un narratore la cui opera promette di catturare i lettori in cerca di un viaggio letterario accattivante.
At eight-months pregnant, Tracey Parkes has everything she wants in life, but her husband is keeping a long-held secret she's desperate to uncover. The unfortunate death of his old friend, Malcolm, provides her with just the opportunity she's been waiting for--an opportunity she soon wishes she hadn't taken.
Lydia Livingston, a nineties child, rejects the idea of being a superwoman and focuses on finding love instead of climbing the corporate ladder. At nearly thirty and single, she seeks a new direction, leading to a series of misunderstandings and complications when she lies about being a chef to impress the unsuitable Sam.
Holly has been planning Christmas in the Caribbean with her boyfriend Jeremy for the last few months and welcomes the chance to do something different for the festive season. But when Holly catches Jeremy in bed with another woman her hopes are shattered. Faced with no other option, it appears Holly is going to have to spend Christmas with her eccentric parents. Something she was keen to avoid. After a night out, drowning her sorrows with her friend, she has a chance encounter with a handsome stranger, Fin, who provides her with an opportunity to have a Christmas staycation away from her parents. But when it turns out that there is more to Fin than meets the eye, and the attraction between him and Holly grows, it looks like she is on the cusp of happiness again. Will Holly get the Christmas she craved and the man of her dreams? Holly's Christmas Countdown is a feel-good romantic comedy, perfect to curl up with on those cold winter nights.
The story follows Ronnie, whose life unravels after her husband, Nick, leaves her for their neighbor, Gaye. Struggling with heartbreak and unwanted intervention from her daughter and mother-in-law, Ronnie resorts to increasingly cunning tactics to drive Nick and Gaye away. As she navigates her emotional turmoil, the narrative humorously explores the lengths one woman will go to reclaim her happiness and the complexities of moving on from a shattered marriage.
Hannah se po odjezdu dětí k bývalému manželovi těší na několik týdnů skvostného volna. Brzy však její plány naruší nejlepší kamarádky, které Hannu přemluví k účasti na benefičním běhu, takže musí začít trénovat. Do toho k ní máma ubytuje tetu Dorothy, protože jí se návštěvanehodí. Jediným světlým bodem se zdá být pohledný osobní trenér, který však něco skrývá.