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Jane Costello

    1 gennaio 1974

    Questa autrice è celebrata per i suoi romanzi che approfondiscono le complessità delle relazioni e delle emozioni umane. Il suo stile di scrittura è noto per essere coinvolgente e accessibile, permettendo ai lettori di connettersi profondamente con i suoi personaggi e i loro percorsi. Dopo un decennio dedicato alla creazione di commedie romantiche spensierate, il suo lavoro si è evoluto per esplorare temi più profondi, esaminando le complessità dell'amore, della famiglia e delle svolte inaspettate della vita. Questo cambiamento artistico ha portato a un significativo plauso internazionale, consolidando la sua reputazione come voce di spicco nella narrativa contemporanea.

    Jane Costello
    Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel
    My Single Friend
    It's Getting Hot in Here
    Girl on the Run
    Oscar bestsellers emozioni - 1987: La damigella d'onore
    Tre amiche e tanti guai
    • The Time of Our Lives

      'Funny, sexy and moving - a hilarious holiday romp with a heart. I loved it' SOPHIE KINSELLA

      • 496pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      Set against the backdrop of a luxurious five-star hotel, three best friends embark on a holiday filled with excitement and challenges. As they navigate personal dilemmas and the complexities of their friendship, they discover what truly matters in life. This journey promises laughter, heartfelt moments, and the potential for transformation, making it a memorable getaway that could change their lives forever.

      The Time of Our Lives2025
    • It's Getting Hot in Here

      a laugh-out-loud love story for the Menopausing audience

      • 320pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      The story introduces Lisa Darling, a humorous and relatable character navigating the challenges of perimenopause. With a delightful blend of wit and spice, her experiences resonate with women facing similar life changes. The narrative promises laughter and connection, making it a must-read for those in this stage of life.

      It's Getting Hot in Here2024
      3,9
    • Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel

      • 464pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR Learn to dance at The Moonlight Hotel, in the most romantic place in Britain ... Beginners and singles welcome. The Moonlight Hotel sits on the shore of England's best-loved lake, Windermere, exuding vintage glamour. Lauren loves the hotel, for hidden inside its faded walls is the key to her most precious memories. So, along with her best friends, Cate and Emily, she signs up to a new dance class in its gorgeous ballroom. They aren't going for the men, they're going for a laugh - although a little romance wouldn't hurt . . . But then a chain of events off the dance floor puts their friendship to the ultimate test, and makes Lauren question everything she holds dear. 'As entertaining as Strictly, but with a lot more romance' KATIE FFORDE 'Hilarious and romantic - Jane Costello's best book yet' BELLA

      Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel2016
      3,9
    • Life's great when you're 29 years old with a gorgeous girlfriend and fulfilling job. Until you have to move back in with your mum . . . Dan and Gemma have found their dream first home, but the asking price is the stuff of nightmares. The only way they'll ever save enough for the deposit is by moving in, rent-free, with Dan's mum. It's a desperate solution, but it's only for six months. And Gemma's determined to make it work, no matter how bad things get. But between Dan's mum's kitchen karaoke, her constant innuendos, irrepressible argumentative streak and - worst of all - her ham and pineapple curries, life back at home would test the patience of two saints. Which Dan and Gemma most definitely are not. Then, as they're trying to convince themselves it will all be worth it, Gemma's past comes back to haunt her. And suddenly the foundations of their entire relationship are shaken to their core…

      The Love Shack2015
      3,6
    • Tre amiche e tanti guai

      • 52pagine
      • 2 ore di lettura

      Imogen e le sue amiche Meredith e Nicola hanno avuto il loro bel numero di vacanze low-budget, voli in quarta classe e assalti all’alba per conquistarsi un posto a bordo piscina. Quando una di loro vince una vacanza a cinque stelle in uno degli hotel più alla moda di Barcellona, programmano una specie di ultima vacanza all’insegna del divertimento e del lusso più sfrenato, prima che Meredith, la più festaiola del gruppo, sforni il suo bambino. Ma nonostante la location perfetta, la spiaggia, la cultura di cui la città straripa e un aitante fustaccio di nome Harry, le cose sembrano mettersi al peggio. Tanto peggio, che peggio non si può. Imogen non riesce a staccarsi da quel maledetto telefono, per risolvere a distanza un problema di lavoro, durante la sua prima vacanza da secoli; le gaffe con il bollente Harry si susseguono come gli elementi della tavola periodica di Mendeleev; e ogni passeggiata sulle Ramblas si trasforma in un inseguimento degno di un film d’azione. Ma non tutto il male viene per nuocere. Forse.

      Tre amiche e tanti guai2014
      3,9
    • The Wish List

      • 496pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      There are six months left of Emma Reiss's twenties. . . and she has some unfinished business. Emma and her friends are about to turn thirty, and for Emma it's a defining moment. Defined, that is, by her having achieved none of the things she'd imagined she would.Her career is all wrong, her love life is a desert and that penthouse apartment she pictured herself in simply never materialised. Moreover, she's never jumped out of a plane, hasn't met the man she's going to marry, has never slept under the stars, or snogged anyone famous - just some of the aspirations on a list she and her friends compiled fifteen years ago.As an endless round of birthday parties sees Emma hurtle towards her own thirtieth, she sets about addressing these issues. But, as she discovers with hilarious consequences, some of them are trickier to tick off than she'd thought...

      The Wish List2013
      3,9
    • 'Thoroughly enjoyable and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Oh, and there's a nice twist that you so won't see coming' Heat Samantha Brooks' boyfriend has made a mistake. One his friends, family, and Sam herself know he'll live to regret. Jamie has announced he's leaving, out of the blue. Jamie is loving, intelligent and, while he isn't perfect, he's perfect for her- in every way except one: he's a free spirit. And after six years in one place, doing a job he despises, he is compelled to do something that will tear apart his relationship with Sam: book a one-way flight to South America. But Sam isn't giving up without a fight. With Jamie still totally in love with her, and torn about whether to stay or go, she has three months to persuade him to do the right thing. So with the help of her friends Ellie and Jen, she hatches a plan to make him realise what he's giving up. A plan that involves dirty tricks, plotting, and a single aim: to win him back. But by the time the tortured Jamie finally wakes up to what he's lost, soneone else has entered Sam's life. Which begs the question . . . does she still want him back? A sparkling romantic comedy from the Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling author of Bridesmaids and Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel.

      All the Single Ladies2012
      3,8
    • LACE UP YOUR RUNNING SHOES AND CATCH THIS FUN ROMANTIC COMEDY FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR He's a real catch . . . if only she could catch him up. Abby Rogers has been on health kicks before - they involve eating one blueberry muffin for breakfast instead of two. But since starting her own business, after watching one too many episodes of The Apprentice, the 28-year-old's waistline has taken even more of a back seat than her long-neglected love life. When Abby is encouraged to join her sporty best friend's running club - by none other than its gorgeous new captain - she finds a mysterious compulsion to exercise. Sadly, her first session doesn't go to plan. Between the obscenely unflattering pink leggings, and the fact that her lungs feel as though they've been set on fire, she vows never to return. Then her colleague Heidi turns up at work and makes a devastating announcement, one that will change her life - and Abby's - forever. Full of warmth, friendship, fun and laughter, Girl on the Run is a novel to devour! One for anyone who feels inspired to run, or who wants to run, but sometimes curling up on the couch with a good book feels like a better idea than Couch to 5k...!

      Girl on the Run2011
      3,9
    • At 28, Lucy is doing well for herself. She's got a great job in PR, her boss loves her, and her best girlfriends Dominique and Erin think she's great. More important than anyone's opinion is that of her flatmate, and oldest friend in the world, Henry. For twenty years they've been inseparable: beauty and the geek. Henry thinks the world of Lucy. So why does she feel the need to lie outrageously on dates? From rock-climbing to Chekov: when it comes to prospective boyfriends, Lucy is compelled to embellish her C.V. with unlikely porkies that always backfire - with hilarious results. Henry can't understand it. Lucy is so loveable: why can't she just be herself? But when Lucy turns the spotlight on Henry, he wishes he'd never brought it up. With a penchant for jumpers and NHS-style specs, Lucy decides that Henry is in need of a makeover - big time. Enlisting the help of Dom and Erin, it's not long before the girls have Henry out of the flat, and into the Topman changing rooms. A new haircut, contact lenses, a flirting master-class from Dom ...poor Henry doesn't know what's hit him. But nothing can prepare them for the surprise results! Before long, Lucy realises that their lives will never be the same again

      My Single Friend2010
      3,9
    • The Nearly-Weds

      • 419pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      What’s the worst thing that could happen to a blushing bride?After Zoe is jilted by her fiancé Jason, she’s unable to face the pitying looks of her friends and family any longer.Fleeing to America, she is employed as a nanny by the moody, difficult, but devastatingly sexy, single dad Ryan.She quickly wins over his children, but her boss is more of a challenge. Things aren’t helped, of course, by her inadvertently displaying her knickers to his colleagues or nearly hospitalising him with a toy bow and arrow.Thank God she’s got her colourful circle of friends to keep her sane: fun-loving Trudie, hippy Amber and chilly, tight-lipped Felicity.It is only over time that Zoe and Ryan begin to understand each other and their apparently ill-fated relationship takes on a new dimension.There’s just one problem, as Zoe soon discovers: that the past isn’t always easy to escape, no matter how far away you go.

      The Nearly-Weds2009
      3,9
    • A volte è dura fare la damigella d'onore. A forza di partecipare alle cerimonie nuziali altrui senza mai recitare il ruolo della sposa, ma anzi facendole sempre da spalla, si rischia di sviluppare una vera e propria avversione al matrimonio... Ne sa qualcosa Evie, giornalista ventisettenne che, allergica alle relazioni durature, non ha ancora incontrato la persona giusta e si ritrova regolarmente a fare da damigella all'amica di turno, molto più fortunata di lei in amore. Cerimonia dopo cerimonia, Evie inizia a convincersi di non essere destinata alle gioie della vita coniugale. Le cose sembrano cambiare quando tra gli invitati compare Jack, l'uomo più attraente e affascinante che abbia mai visto. Peccato che lui esca con una delle sue più care amiche, Valentina, bella, egocentrica e abituata a frequentare uomini molto simili a lei.... Jack è un bel tipo, certo, ma è davvero la persona speciale che sembra oppure Evie ha preso l'ennesimo abbaglio? Chissà, forse stavolta toccherà a lei indossare l'abito bianco e interpretare la parte della protagonista...

      Oscar bestsellers emozioni - 1987: La damigella d'onore2008
      3,8