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Perdita Dylan, an organic vegetable gardener, has learned to cherish her independence, but the new life she has built for herself since her divorce ten years earlier is suddenly on shaky ground when her business brings her ex-husband, now a celebrity chef, back into her life.
2) Wild designs
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Althea Farraday is a thirty-eight-year-old divorced mother of three who's got a teenage son who's a Buddhist, a hypercritical sister who knows how to push all her buttons, a job on the endangered species list, and a love life to match. Just as she's settling in to a comfortable level of chaos, a near-perfect man enters her life. Equipped to steal her heart and help turn her passion for designing gardens into a new career, Patrick Donahugh may be too...
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Julia Fairfax isn't quite herself today.
It's not like Julia to quit her job just because she was over for a promotion. Or to call off her engagement just because her fiance is a bore. And it's certainly not like her to pack her bags, sublet her house, board a rattletrap hotel boat, and pass herself off as a gourmet cook. It's just not like Julia to be so recklessly--and delightfully--in control.
And she's loving every minute of it...
But Julia's...
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St. Martin's Press
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2011, c2009
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English
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Wedding planner Sarah, who does not believe in love and has taken on the responsibility of two weddings on the same day, relies on help from her two friends, dress designer Elsa and hairdresser Bron, as she tries to juggle the demands of her sister, who is one client, and the spotlight of her other bride, who is a celebrity.
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"You're not doing very much at the moment, darling. I don't suppose you'd care to house-sit for a while?"
Thus begins the irresistible story of two fixer-uppers-an old house and a young woman-and their efforts to recapture their true luster.
When Hetty Longden, freshly dumped and brokenhearted, agrees to look after her great-uncle's long-abandoned mansion in the British countryside, she's at something of a lifetime low. With no job, no lover, no...
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Grace Soudley's life is coming apart at the seams. Recently divorced, she is still living in the beautiful yet crumbling old house her godmother left her, but unless she can find a fortune, the house will disintegrate around her.
Artist Ellie Summers' life is unraveling too. She's pregnant, but her boyfriend is less than enthusiastic about parenthood, and her parents are not exactly inviting her to move back home. She has to come up with a new...
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St. Martin's Press
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2008.
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Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it's time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is and risk everything to buy a tiny but adorable cottage in desperate need of renovation.
Outside, the chocolate-box cottage is perfect, but inside, all is chaos. With a ladder for a staircase, no downstairs flooring, candles the only form of lighting, and a sleeping bag and camping mat for a bed, Anna soon wonders if she's bitten...
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In this delicious romantic comedy, a young Englishwoman gets an unexpected proposal from a dashing American, but it's not what you think
Sophie Apperly's frustratingly dismissive family has never taken her seriously, but they do take advantage of her. 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.
From the moment Sophie arrives in Manhattan,...
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Single, thritysomething Thea traded her promising career as a photographer for the quiet countryside of the English Cotswalds. But when she meets a promising, sexy Irish painter while vacationing in Provence, her creative spirit is unexpectedly reawakened.
Impressed by Rory's charm, but even more taken by his talent, Thea is determined to showcase his paintings for the art world. Resisting his sex appeal, convincing him to forgo the London art...
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Fran, eine junge Köchin aus London, erhält die Chance, in einem halben Jahr eine marode Farm auf Vordermann zu bringen. Sie gehört ihrer Großtante Amy, deren Neffe Roy kein Interesse an der Erbschaft zeigt. Fran verliebt sich schnell in das kleine Paradies mit Kühen und saftigen Weiden, und gemeinsam mit ihrem attraktiven Nachbarn Antony und anderen hilfsbereiten Dorfbewohnern gründet sie eine Käserei, die ein voller Erfolg wird. Da taucht...
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Ein Rendezvous voller bezaubernder Missverständnisse auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt. Eine winterliche Hochzeitsreise wie im Märchen. Zwei drollige Hunde als Glücksboten für einen unvergesslichen Heiligabend.
In den englischen Cotswolds, wo beim Tanz der Schneeflocken in gemütlichen Cottages knisternde Kaminfeuer Behaglichkeit verströmen, entfaltet Katie Fforde Festtagsstimmung und jede Menge herzerwärmender Romantik.