Deze auteur is diep ondergedompeld in de wereld van de literatuur, waarbij hij zijn dagen wijdt aan het creëren van zijn eigen literaire meesterwerken en zich tegelijkertijd verliest in de werken van anderen. Zijn schrijven is een gepassioneerde verkenning van de menselijke conditie, duidelijk in zijn onderscheidende stijl en diepe karakterinzichten. Zijn kosmopolitische bestaan, dat zich uitstrekt over zowel het VK als Frankrijk, doordrenkt zijn verhalen vaak met een rijke schakering van culturele perspectieven. Hij is een verhalenverteller wiens werk lezers die op zoek zijn naar een boeiende literaire reis zeker zal bekoren.
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.