Lucy Dillon

Beth''s life, like the unfinished screenplay on her laptop, is stuck between chapters.Since her breakup with Fraser - which was not part of the script - she''s retreated into a lonely WFH world of sweatpants, disordered hours and comfort eating. The one luminous constant in her life is her love for her rescue dog, Tomsk, and his for her.When Beth''s house share falls apart, she is thrown a lifeline by the least likely person: Fraser''s mother Martine, who offers Beth and Tomsk a temporary space above her garage in which to start over. Returning to Longhampton, scene of her happiest memories with Fraser and his family, feels like a second chance: might this be a sign that she and Fraser are meant to be?But when Beth is recruited as a writer for a project called The Story of Your Life, she starts to gain more perspective on her own life. Run by the local retirement community, some of the stories she hears are heartwarming, some are heartbreaking. All of them, Beth notes, reveal a little more than the teller realises. And when she is sent an anonymous story of first love that threatens to destroy more than one family''s identity, Beth has to decide: is it sometimes better to keep a secret than reveal the truth?Your favourite authors love Lucy Dillon:''Bittersweet, lovely and ultimately redemptive; the kind of book that makes you want to live your own life better'' JOJO MOYES''This vibrant and uplifting novel has not only entertained me hugely, but made me change the way I look at life'' KATIE FFORDE''I always find Lucy Dillon''s books so overflowing with wit and wisdom'' JENNY COLGAN

''So good! Warm and funny, and I was rooting for Robyn from the very first page'' MILLY JOHNSON''Funny, perceptive and oh-so-relatable, Robyn''s reluctant mission to clean up her world is full of laughs and also some heart-twisting surprises'' ALEXANDRA POTTER''A funny, relatable read with some surprise twists'' STYLISTSisters Cleo and Robyn may be close in age but their attitudes to life could not be further apart. While Cleo''s a fully-fledged adult with a family, a business and a signature scent, Robyn is still waiting for the instruction manual to Adult Life and success is keeping her houseplant alive. But then Robyn''s fired from her job as an estate agent in the most publicly humiliating way imaginable - and her chaos catches up with her.Although Cleo steps in to give Robyn a temporary job in her cleaning firm, it comes with very firm instructions: Robyn must BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY. And that includes meeting the high standards of Jim, her enigmatic supervisor. But when Robyn learns to navigate the catastrophic kitchens and judgemental dogs of total strangers she learns some unexpected truths about her own messy world. No one''s life is spotless...Readers are loving IRRESPONSIBLE ADULT too:''Absolutely fabulous! Devoured this in one day!''''I love a good sister novel and this one hit all the right boxes''''Warm, genuinely laugh out loud funny, surprisingly emotional, and populated by wonderful, likeable characters''''Oh my goodness, I loved this book and ended up reading into the night to finish it''

Co se stane, když se ANO změní na NEVÍM? Jeannie vždy toužila po lásce a nyní konečně prožívá opravdovou romanci. Dan je úspěšný, pohledný mladý veterinář, který ji vzal do New Yorku a na Brooklynském mostě požádal o ruku. Jeannie se musí štípnout, aby uvěřila, že to není sen. Zdá se to příliš dokonalé, příliš kouzelné, než aby to mohla být pravda. Cestou na svatbu se nemůže zbavit svíravého pocitu v hrudi. Jsou to jen nervy, těsný korzet, nebo se události řítí příliš rychle? Má poslední možnost všechno zastavit – a když to udělá, zvrat osudu vyhodí její svět do povětří. To, co se dozví o Danovi, o vlastním srdci a o síle samotné lásky, navždy změní její život.

Lorna egyetlen dolgot biztosan tud: a bátorság egy pillanat alatt elillanhat. Főleg akkor, ha minden megtakarított pénzét egy kisvárosi galériába fektette, egyetlen támasza pedig egy pici és rendkívül ijedős tacskó. És ez a kutyus épp mellette remeg a galéria ajtajában. Lorna ugyanis megunta a nagyvárosi életet, és hazautazott a szülőfalujába, hogy megvalósítsa az álmát. A nő csak egy új kezdetre vágyik, de vajon Longhampton erre a megfelelő hely? Hiszen a családja itt élte át a legnagyobb veszteségeket, innen erednek a kételyei önmagában, és itt esett először szerelembe - majd itt törték a szívét ezer darabra. Ám Lorna végre nem menekül, és ha képes megnyitni a szívét a szerelem és a szeretet előtt, ki tudja, mi vár rá...

From the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of Where the Light Gets in and All I Ever Wanted'Real, heart-breaking - I loved it' Katie FfordeWhat happens when 'I do' turns into 'I don't know'?Jeannie always wanted to fall in love, and now she's finally got the whirlwind romance she dreamed of. Dan's gorgeous, he's a successful young vet, and he flew her to New York and proposed on Brooklyn Bridge. Jeannie has to remind herself this is actually her life. It seems too perfect, too magical, to be real. Yet it is. But now she's on her way to the wedding she can't shake off the tight sensation crushing her chest. Is it just nerves . . . or is this all happening a bit too fast?Jeannie has one last chance to shout, 'Stop!' But just as she grabs it, a twist of fate throws everything she knows into the air like confetti. What Jeannie learns about Dan, about her own heart, and about the power of love itself, will change her world for ever . . .

When three couples join a new ballroom class, they're all looking for some magic in their lives. Lauren and Chris are getting married, and Lauren's dreaming of a fairytale wedding with a first dance to make Cinderella proud. Not wanting to be shown up on the dancefloor, her parents Bridget and Frank have come along too. They normally never put a foot wrong, but Bridget's got a secret that could trip them up unexpectedly. Meanwhile Katie and Ross are looking for a quick-fix solution to their failing marriage even though neither is quite sure who's leading who anymore. As friendships form over the foxtrot, the rumba rocks relationships, and the tango leads to true love, all the students in the Ballroom Class are about to face the music and dance...