Christina Jones Boeken

GOING THE DISTANCE: Maddy Beckett and her sister Suzy live in Milton St John, where horses, trainers and jockeys outnumber the rest of the inhabitants. Recovering from rejection by her boyfriend, Maddy meets Drew and falls instantly in love. But then Drew's wife appears, determined to bring him to heel. RUNNING THE RISK: Is Rory the best thing that's ever happened to Georgia, or is he bent on sabotaging her business? And dare she risk finding out which?

When city-girl Amber arrives to spend the summer in a small village, the only stars she recognises are the ones she reads about in her glossy celeb magazines. So she is stunned to find herself surrounded by a new neighbours who organise their entire lives around constellation customs and the astral calendar. More scarily, Amber finds that the villagers actually believe that the stars and moon can work magic. Amber remains loudly sceptical, but as she's grown very fond of her new friends - especially the gorgeously enigmatic Lewis - and assuming that it's all a bit of harmless fun, she hurls herself into the star-ceremonies and moon-myths on the grounds that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em and any excuse for a party. But when, as result of one of Amber's half-hearted celestial incantations, something totally inexplicable happens, she begins to wonder if maybe, just maybe, there's more to magic than meets the eye...

Clemmie Coddle has a problem - she's had almost as many jobs as she's had birthdays and her love life is on the critical list. She's determined to transform herself from unemployed singleton to loved-up success. Trouble is Clemmie's dream job would be working for local entrepreneur Guy Devlin, owner of the famous pyrotechnics company, The Gunpowder Plot.

Frankie Meredith - immersed in her fledgling business and happy to be single - watches Dexter Valentine's philanderings with amusement. However, Frankie has other things to occupy her mind when village medium, Maisie Fairbrother, insists that the shop is haunted and offers to hold a seance."

When aromatherapist Sukie Ambrose starts using her cottage garden as inspiration - and raw ingredients - for her products, she thinks she's just hit on a good way of saving money while offering her clients a way of de-stressing and relaxation. However, Sukie lives in a village where strange things have been known to happen. She discovers that her new improved lotions and potions are making her massages distinctly magical - and producing more star-crossed lovers than Shakespeare could ever dream of...

'Hubble bubble, toil and trouble, Casserole burn and intrigues double 'Mitzi Blessing is on the forced into a very early retirement, a lifetime of organising the church flower rota and making cricket teas seems to loom gloomily ahead of her. With her two daughters seemingly happily settled, Mitzi is determined not to dwindle quietly into serene old age and sets about organising and revitalising Hazy Hassocks, the small rural community she has lived in all her life. However, with the discovery of her grandmother's cookery book in the attic,life for Mitzi and her friends and family starts to get very interesting. Full of old-fashioned recipes with enchanting names like Wishes Come True Pie, Mischief Night Cake, and Powers of Persuasion Pudding - Granny's dishes provide a nourishing meal, but they also seem to have some very surprising side effects indeed.

Phoebe is a big believer in astrology. But however much she loves reading the stars, she just can't seem to get her life on track and this week is no exception. First she's jilted at the altar by Ben. Then, sitting alone and forlorn in her home in Hazy Hassocks, she discovers that the flat above is owned by an ex-convict!

With a father bankrupted by gambling, Jemima is determined to build a new, horse-free life in the Berkshire village of Milton St John; however, she soon discovers that not only do her new neighbours live, breathe and dream racing, but also that they are all determined to make her do the same.

Georgia Drummond and her energetic grandmother Cecilia run their own successful business. Georgia loves her work, enjoys her friends ¿ all that's missing is a Suitable Man. But when tall, fair, gorgeous Rory Faulkner walks into her life, things start to go wrong with a vengeance. Not only does her business start to lose clients, but a series of increasingly dangerous accidents begins to look more and more suspicious. Soon Georgia has to ask herself whether there is any connection between Rory, who is simply the best thing that's ever happened to her, and her business problems. And whether she's prepared to run the risk to find out ...

A large village somewhere in Britain, with church, pub, shop, school and bus shelter for the young to hang about in, its people coming to terms with life and work in the new century, and three maverick characters give Christina Jones the opportunity to create a vivid, frequently hilarious, sometime poignant picture of unusual partnerships and changing small town life.Posy Nightingale, Lola Wentworth and Flynn Malone are strangers to each other and all seem to be in losing situations, but their chance coming together in a struggling B&B gives each of them an unlikely opportunity Will they have the guts to take it?

On the death of her grandfather, Jasmine inherits his bookie's pitch at a greyhound stadium. April, a single mother, has been doing any work she can get to survive. Until one day, in lieu of payment, she is given Cair Paravel - a champion greyhound.

Kaum hat Maddy Drew getroffen, erkennt sie in ihm den Mann ihres Lebens. Er ist schön, intelligent, freundlich. Er hat alles, einschließlich einer reizenden, sympathischen und wohlhabenden Frau. Mit ihren etwas zu runden Formen und ihrer roten Mähne, wie könnte Maddy ihm gefallen? Sie denkt nicht einmal daran. Ein Paar zu zerstören, ist nicht ihr Stil. Schade, das Glück ist nicht für sie bestimmt. Und doch schaut er sie auch an, lächelt sie an, sucht ihre Nähe. Und als er sie schließlich küsst, spürt sie, dass er es ernst meint. Was tun? Auf die Liebe verzichten, die man nur einmal trifft und die man ergreifen muss, aus Angst, bis ans Ende seiner Tage unglücklich zu sein? Oder hoffen, dass ein wohlwollendes Schicksal dieses Durcheinander ohne Drama löst?

Liebeszauber im Mondschein. Als Cleo Moon in das beschauliche Dorf Lovers Knot zieht, hat sie von den Männern genug. Doch schon beim ersten Schritt vor die Tür stolpert sie über ein besonders attraktives Exemplar. Und das im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes, denn Dylan Maguire hatte es sich auf ihrer Türschwelle bequem gemacht. Kein Wunder, dass die überrumpelte Cleo spontan ihre Mülltüte als Waffe einsetzt. Doch schon bald entdeckt sie Dylans Traummann-Potenzial. Wäre doch gelacht, wenn im zauberhaften Lovers Knot nicht auch Wunder geschehen könnten …

Was braucht eine Frau um glücklich zu sein? Liebe, Landluft und eine Prise Magie! Lovers Knot, Fiddlesticks, Hideaway Farm ... Mit dem pulsierenden Treiben in der Metropole London kam Ella Maloney ja prima zurecht, aber an das Landleben mit all seinen Eigenheiten und skurrilen Originalen muss sie sich erst noch gewöhnen. Trotzdem bereut sie ihren Entschluss, sich einen Sommer lang als Kindermädchen um den dreijährigen George zu kümmern, keine Sekunde. Denn neben der Stadt braucht Ella vor allem eine Auszeit von den Männern. Doch wie es der Zufall will – oder sollte da ein Trupp Elfen die Hand im Spiel gehabt haben? –, liegt bald schon Liebe in der Landluft ...