Anna Maxted schrijft hedendaagse fictie voor vrouwen die zich aan de hogere kant van de 'chicklit'-markt bevindt. Haar romans, rijk aan humor, duiken in de diepgaande en gecompliceerde kwesties die vrouwen tegenkomen, zoals rouw, verlating, afwijzing, moederschap en rivaliteit tussen broers en zussen. Haar werk is vaak geïnformeerd door persoonlijke ervaringen, wat haar verhalen een authentieke en resonerende diepgang geeft.
Helen Bradshaw is 26 en leidt een gelukkig bestaan met een drukke baan bij een tijdschrift, een aantrekkelijke maar egocentrische huisbaas en een uitgebreid vriendinnennetwerk. Wanneer haar vader plotseling overlijdt, stort haar wereld ineen. Terwijl ze de rots in de branding is voor haar suïcidale moeder, lijkt haar eigen leven steeds meer af te brokkelen.
De goede verstandhouding tussen twee heel verschillende zussen wordt op de proef gesteld als de een per ongeluk zwanger wordt, terwijl de ander die graag een baby wil, het niet lukt.
A witty and intelligent novel about a young woman with serious commitment issues. Ideal for fans of Marian Keyes and Jane Green.
A fabulous new novel from the bestselling author of Behaving Like Adults. Hannah thinks you have to be absolutely nuts to want to get married. She s quite content with her life thank you very much -- her job as a private investigator for Hound Dog investigations, Jason, her boyfriend of ten years standing, and her relationship with her wonderful dad (pity her mum is such a disaster). Besides which, she s tried marriage once but she and Jack ended up divorced before she was 21: it was a bit much to ask a girl to stay faithful when she s scarcely out of her teens and the world of full of wonderful men. So when the long-suffering Jason proposes, Hannah doesn t think twice about turning him down. But would she have said no if she d known that only a month later Jason would be engaged to someone else? Is she really the emotional retard that Jason thinks she is? Maybe, just maybe, there s something in his theory that being committed means first coming to terms with your past. Brimming with the warmth, perception and understanding that characterizes Anna Maxted s writing, Being Committed mixes heartache with humour and is perhaps her finest novel yet. "From the Hardcover edition.""
Holly Appleton knows that modern women don't believe in love, and yet she believes in love so much that she sets up a dating agency, Girl Meets Boy, to help others fulfil their romantic destiny and find true happiness.Holly's life is a growing success, yet her own love life is beginning to unravel. She has just become un-engaged to Nick. But Nick won't move on, he won't even move out. Holly decides Nick needs to be shocked into shifting and agrees to go on a date with one of the men who writes to her agency. And that's when the problems really start. Not only is Stuart Marshall not her type, he's deeply unpleasant and unaccustomed to taking no for an answer.Will Nick see sense? Will Holly discover what she really wants and needs? Will Girl Meet Boy survive? Maybe they will, when they stop acting like children and start behaving like adults.
"To say that Babs has been my closest friend for sixteen years is rather like saying that Einstein was good at sums. We were blood sisters from the age of eleven (before my mother prized the razor out of Babs's hand)." But now Babs, noisy and as fun as a day at the beach, is getting married. And Natalie Miller, twenty-seven, senior press officer for the London Ballet, panics. What happens when your best friend pledges everlasting love to someone else? It doesn't help that Nat is dating a guy named Saul Bowcock. As the confetti flutters, her good-girl veneer cracks, and she falls into an alluringly unsuitable affair that spins her crazily out of control. Nat is on the rebound and allergic to the truth—about Babs's relationship, her boyfriend's ambition, her parents' divorce, and her golden-boy brother's little Australian secret. Her mother's lasagna and her roommate Andy's fuzzy slippers are also monstrous affronts. But what Nat really needs to face is the mirror—and herself . . . . Wickedly witty and refreshingly honest, Running in Heels is a hilarious look at the lies we tell ourselves—and the unwanted truths that only our best friends can tell us.
The story revolves around a character enjoying a lavish lifestyle filled with designer goods and a private Caribbean island, while navigating the complexities of aristocratic connections. However, beneath the glamour lies a darker threat—a cunning and malicious stalker that complicates their seemingly perfect life. The contrast between luxury and danger creates a gripping narrative filled with suspense and intrigue.
Chcete-li prožít nejvášnivější sex svého života, máte nyní jedinečnou šanci.Anna Maxtedová představuje stovku osvědčených hravých milostných technik - lépe řečeno šikovných triků - které dostanou vašeho drahouška zcela jistě na kolena.Autorka také zasvěceně radí, jak jednotlivé techniky přizpůsobit různým typům mužů.Z pohodlného flegmatika se v mžiku stane žhavý, nenasytný milenec, který se nebude zdráhat dožadovat se ještě víc a ještě chvíli...
100 rad, jak přimět toho pravého k poslušnosti. Pamatujte si, že někde po světě chodí ten šťastný, který o vás sní. Některým mužům stačí, když za nimi stojíte ve frontě, a už si myslí, že vzbudili Váš zájem. Někteří však potřebují trochu více povzbuzení. Anna Maxtedová pro vás sestavila stovku báječných rad, jak donutit jakéhokoli muže, aby se k vám přiblížil… Autorka vás naučí: - Jak vypadat neodolatelně a sexy, aniž byste vzbuzovaly dojem, že vám jde o výdělek. - Jak praktikovat jemné umění flirtu a oční kontakt. - Jak přivábit muže - od těch stydlivých až po nafoukance. - Kde se s partnerem nejlépe seznámit (žádné místo není zapovězeno). - O čem se bavit, jaké jsou zásady chování na schůzkách, jakou taktiku zvolit při telefonování, atd.
