Summer’s here and the reading is easy with a glittering
collection of romance, fun and friendship stories, all perfect sunshine reading
Bring Me Sunshine
Laura Kemp
Rom-com queen Laura Kemp is back to seduce her readers with
a fabulous story of friendship, second chances, and a big helping of love, in a
super summer sunshine story set in beautiful Mumbles on the southern coast of
Wales.
Starring a shy and reluctant 33-year-old woman, thrust out
of her London comfort zone into the coastal charms of a Welsh seaside town,
Bring Me Sunshine is like a breath of reading fresh air for all those seeking a
holiday escape.
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Kemp, who dished up a feast of feelgood reading in her tender
novel, The Year of Surprising Acts of Kindness, wins our hearts all over again
with this funny and fabulously uplifting tale of grabbing happiness wherever
you can because life is perilously short.
Charlotte Bold is nothing like her name… she is shy and
timid and just wants a quiet life. When her job doing the traffic news on the
radio in London is relocated to Sunshine FM in Mumbles, she jumps at the chance
for a new start in Wales.
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| FEELGOOD FARE: Laura Kemp |
Thrust into the limelight, she must find her voice and a way
to cope. And soon she realises that she is not the only person who finds life
hard… out there her listeners are lonely too. And her show is the one thing keeping
them going.
Can Charlotte seize the day and make the most of her new
home? And will she be able to breathe new life into the tiny radio station along
the way?
Bring Me Sunshine is a magical, funny and feelgood story
starring a deliciously lovable and caring heroine and a cast of supporting
characters who cannot help but win readers’ hearts and minds.
Warm, witty, full of joy, and set against the stunning
charms of Swansea Bay, this is the perfect companion for those hot summer
nights…
(Orion, paperback, £7.99)
All Summer with You
Beth Good
Beth Good, whose cuddly, cosy romance novels have made her
the queen of hearts, returns to the small town of Pethporro in Cornwall where
she set her enchanting novel, Winter Without You.
This time, readers are thrust into the bright sunshine of
summer as an aspiring young writer discovers that her plan to escape the
demands of the outside world have to be abandoned when she meets a troubled
heart-throb film star.
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Nursing a broken heart, and feeling lonely and depressed, Jennifer
Bolitho retreats to Pixie Cottage in Cornwall to work on her keynote speech for
the Pethporro Folklore Festival, and write the book she has long planned.
Her new landlord on the vast Porro Park estate – former
soldier turned movie pin-up boy Alex Delgardo – has grounds so large that she’s
sure the little house nestled in the woods will bring her solitude.
But Alex also has reasons to hide away. He is seeking refuge
after a tragic incident on the set of his last film turned his world upside
down and he knows that the most important thing now is to care for his ailing
family.
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| QUEEN OF HEARTS: Beth Good |
This new trip to the rural wilds of Cornwall has a
compelling twist on Winter Without You which will strike a chord with Good’s
loyal readers, but those new to this author’s gorgeous romances cannot help but
fall in love with both the star players and this beautiful story with its
powerful emotional punch.
Expect plenty of drama, tales of woe and new beginnings,
love and laughter, and heartfelt romance for the perfect summer read!
(Quercus, paperback, £8.99)
The Garden on Holly Street
Megan Attley
The neighbours of Willow Court, a block of flats in the
suburbs of Manchester, have one thing in common… they’re all lonely.
Megan Attley, the pen name of a bestselling and prolific
women’s writer who lives in South Wales, lifts our hearts, and makes us laugh,
cry and smile, in this gorgeous feelgood story about friendship, the spirit of
community, and digging a little deeper to discover what you really want out of
life.
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The Garden on Holly Street features a cast of believable
people, all in need of kindness and caring, and learning that reaching out to
others is the best place to find comfort and friendship in the most unexpected
places.
Newly single Abby Hamilton has just moved into her
two-bedroom flat in Willow Court on Holly Street in Didsbury, Manchester, after
finding an explicit message on her boyfriend Gavin’s phone that was definitely
not from her.
Then, when she thought things couldn't possibly get any
worse, she loses her job at a care home. Having been in a relationship for so
many of her thirty-six years, she feels utterly helpless and in need of
something, but she has no idea what that could be.
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| SEEDS OF LOVE: Megan Attley |
Lucky for them both, Ernie and Abby are about to become good
friends, but only after they have run-ins with Arthur. The old man likes his
quiet and is a stickler for routine. He has been that way since his treasured
wife, Julia, died a year ago.
Although Arthur isn’t aware of it, he has slowly pulled away
from life and everything he ever loved about it, believing there is no point
now without Julia by his side. And that eyesore of a garden reminds him every
day of losing her.
Meeting her intriguing new neighbours helps push Abby out of
her comfort zone. Then she finds an overgrown patch of garden in desperate need
of love and time… something Abby has in spades. Throwing herself into bringing
the garden back to life, Abby discovers that new beginnings can come from the
most surprising places...
Attley’s wonderfully heartwarming and inspirational story is
the perfect read to cuddle up with this summer as a neglected garden becomes
the metaphor for sowing the seeds of love, and finding that friendships can
flourish in the stoniest of ground.
Imbued with tenderness, and written with a keen eye for
human frailties, The Garden on Holly Street is a blooming delight!
(Orion, paperback, £8.99)
Four Weddings and a Festival
Annie Robertson
If Four Weddings and a Funeral floated your boat, then set
sail with Annie Robertson’s sassy, sunshine twist on the smash hit movie
classic.
Summer rom-coms don’t get much more fun and funny than this
tasty tale of four friends who made a teenage pact to all marry in the same
year and create their very own Four Weddings Summer… only to discover that one
of them could well be a party pooper.
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Lifelong friends and rom-com fans Bea, Lizzie, Hannah and
Kat have curled up with Bridget Jones, sobbed at Love, Actually and memorised
the script to Notting Hill. And since they were thirteen, they have joked about
all getting married in one summer to create their own Four Weddings.
And now it seems like this might just be the year. Lizzie is
marrying scruffy band member Jack, the man she absolutely adores, Hannah is
about to tie the knot with her French yoga instructor girlfriend Remy and
easy-going Kat is planning a wedding to South African psychiatrist Henry.
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| HEADY ROMANCE: Annie Robertson |
Could Bea’s own Hugh Grant be waiting for her amid the
champagne and confetti of her pals’ weddings, and can real-life romance ever
live up to those rom-com movies? As the wedding – and festival – season gets
into full swing, will all four of the friends find their happy ever after?
Robertson, who trained in London as a classical musician
before discovering her true passion for writing, delivers the perfect beach
read as the Richard Curtis film references flutter through the pages like a
shower of colourful confetti.
Add on a big helping of laugh-out-loud, champagne comedy,
lots of heady romance, some unexpected twists and turns, a cast of vibrant,
huggable characters – not least Bea’s flamboyant and feisty Aunt Jane – and the
scene is set for an enchanting summer wedding feast!
(Orion, paperback, £8.99)
Meet Me on the Riviera
Fliss Chester
And for those who fancy a trip to the glittering Côte d’Azur,
why not jet down to glamorous Monte Carlo for a summer of super-rich
shenanigans?
Co-owner of an independent wine merchant based in the Surrey
Hills, Fliss Chester adores combining her love of wine with her passion for
writing so meet her on the Riviera for a fizzy, fun-filled concoction of champagne,
shady dealings and showdowns.
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A summer of millionaires, martinis and mega-yachts is on the
horizon as Jenna Jenkins begins her new job as a party planner in glamorous
Monte Carlo. And while the champers flows on deck – and rumours swirl below –
Jenna finds she has a real knack for helping the super-rich go overboard at
their glittering events.
But behind Jenna’s San Tropez-tanned back, there’s a tussle
going on for her affections. While her darling boyfriend, Angus Linklater, is
embroiled in his own Hong Kong high jinks, Jenna has caught the eye of a
mysterious and oh-so-gorgeous ‘crazy rich’ billionaire TG Wilkinson who is used
to getting whatever – and whomever – he wants.
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| ROM-COM GLITZ: Fliss Chester |
Chester turns up the heat in more ways than one in this
sexy, sizzling, romantic comedy brimming with glitz and glamour, and best
enjoyed with a glass in hand on a garden sun lounger… or anywhere close to an
azure blue sea!
(Orion, paperback, £8.99)
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