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Her recent career as a full-time writer of light-hearted, romantic fiction has come as somewhat of a lovely surprise after spending eighteen years running her own marketing agency. However, she has been always an avid reader, never without a book on the go and now thinks she may have found her dream job!
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Have you read the other funny, feel-good novels by Cathy Bramley?
Settle down with one now – they are sure to put a smile on your face …
Ivy Lane
Tilly Parker needs a fresh start, fresh air and a fresh attitude if she is ever to leave the past behind and move on with her life. As she seeks out peace and quiet in a new town, taking on a plot at Ivy Lane allotments seems like the perfect solution. But the friendly Ivy Lane community has other ideas and gradually draw Tilly in to their cosy, comforting world of planting seedlings, organizing bake sales and planning seasonal parties. As the seasons pass, will Tilly learn to stop hiding amongst the sweetpeas and let people back into her life – and her heart?
Appleby Farm
Freya Moorcroft has been happy working at the café round the corner from Ivy Lane allotments, but a part of her still misses the beautiful rolling hills of her Cumbrian childhood home: Appleby Farm. Then a phone call out of the blue and a desperate plea for help change everything, and Freya heads home to lend a hand. As Freya summons up all her creativity and determination to turn things at the farm around, Freya is surprised as her own dreams for the future begin to take shape …
NB. Appleby Farm follows the story of one character from Ivy Lane who has gone off to have her own adventure. It’s a completely different story, though some of the Ivy Lane characters pop in. So if you like to meet up with old friends in books, read Ivy Lane first.
Conditional Love
A takeaway, TV and tea with two sugars is about as exciting as it gets for thirty-something Sophie Stone – until a mysterious benefactor leaves her an inheritance. There’s just one catch: in order to inherit, Sophie must agree to meet the father she has never known. Saying ‘yes’ means the chance to build her own dream home, but she’ll also have to face the past and hear some uncomfortable truths …
Wickham Hall
Holly Swift has just landed the job of her dreams: events co-ordinator at Wickham Hall, a beautiful manor house sitting proudly in the heart of the village where she grew up. The new job puts some much-needed distance between Holly and her problems at home, and she loves the busy world of the hall, from family weddings to summer festivals, fireworks displays to Christmas grottos. But her own life isn’t as easily organised … Can Holly learn to just let go and live in the moment? After all, that’s when the magic happens …
The Plumberry School of Comfort Food
Verity Bloom hasn’t been interested in cooking anything more complicated than the perfect fish finger sandwich, ever since she lost her best friend and baking companion two years ago. But an opportunity to help a friend lands her right back in the heart of the kitchen. The Plumberry School of Comfort Food is due to open in a few weeks’ time and needs the kind of great ideas that only Verity could cook up. Can Verity find the magic ingredient for Plumberry while still writing her own recipe for happiness?
White Lies and Wishes
What happens when what you wish for is only half the story …? Jo Gold, Sarah Hudson and Carrie Radley are an unlikely trio, but meeting by chance one winter’s day, they share a moment of ‘Carpe Diem’ madness and embark on a mission to make their wishes come true by September. Easy. At least it would be, if they hadn’t been just the teensiest bit stingy with the truth… With hidden issues, hidden talents, and hidden demons to overcome, the new friends must admit to what they really, really want, if they are ever to get their happy endings.
The Lemon Tree Café
When Rosie Featherstone finds herself unexpectedly jobless, the offer to help her beloved grandmother out at the Lemon Tree Café feels like the perfect way to keep busy. Surrounded by the rich scent of espresso, delicious biscotti and juicy village gossip, Rosie soon finds herself falling for her new way of life. But then disaster looms and the cafe’s fortunes are threatened … With surprises, betrayal and more than one secret brewing, can she find a way to save the Lemon Tree Café and help both herself and Nonna achieve the happy endings they deserve?
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First published in Great Britain as four separate ebooks in 2018 by Transworld Digital
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First published as one edition in 2018 by Corgi Books
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Copyright © Cathy Bramley 2018
Cover illustration by Sarah Tanat-Jones
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