Could you spend two weeks at sea with your family?

Thanks to an unexpected windfall, the Bensons are treating themselves to a luxury cruise. With stop-offs in Barcelona, Rome and Marseilles, plus constant entertainment onboard, it's a dream come true . . . Or is it? Last time Chelsea Benson went on holiday with this lot she nearly went crazy.

Her mum and sister are convinced Chelsea's boyfriend Adam will propose on the ship. Chelsea's sure he won't, but she can't help feeling butterflies as they set sail. Is Adam going to pop the question, or will the only thing to pop be Chelsea's ego?

Onboard dramas, family upheavals, memories and sunshine . . . Fall in love with the Benson family, and treat yourself to a five-star family cruise, all without leaving your sofa.

Praise for Chris Manby

'Manby's novels are made for holidays' - Glamour

'A gloriously delicious read!...Packed with warm characters and hilarious situations' - www.handwrittengirl.com


A Proper Family Christmas

by Chrissie Manby

Published 6 November 2014

Annabel Buchanan has the perfect life. A loving husband, a beautiful house, a happy family.

So, when her daughter Izzy falls dangerously ill, Annabel will do everything she can to find the organ donor Izzy so desperately needs. And that includes tracing her own biological family. The Bensons.

The Benson family are loud, brash, and very different to what Annabel was expecting. But beneath the chaos and the drama, are they a warm and loving family at heart?

With the festive season fast approaching, it's time to see if the Bensons and Buchanans can come together to help Izzy and find a way to have a proper family Christmas. . .

Told with Chrissie Manby's classic combination of wit and charm, this feel-good family novel is the perfect book to curl up with during the winter holidays. Because you can't choose your family but you can choose to avoid them.


Praise for Chrissie Manby:
'Nothing short of brilliant' - Marie Claire
'Manby's novels are made for holidays' - Glamour
'Deliciously funny' - Heat


THREE DAYS IN FLORENCE, the latest novel from Chrissie Manby, is available now!


A Proper Family Holiday

by Chrissie Manby

Published 5 June 2014

Could you survive a week-long holiday with your entire family?

Newly single magazine journalist Chelsea Benson can't think of anything worse...

Your grubby small nephew torpedoing any chance of romance with the dishy guy you met on the plane . . .
Your eighty-five-year-old granddad chatting up ladies at the hotel bar . . .
Getting nothing but sarcastic comments from your older sister, who's always been the family favourite . . .

And all this is before your parents drop their bombshell.

Is a week enough time for the Bensons to put their differences aside and have some fun? Or is this their last ever proper family holiday?

Heartwarming and funny, this is the perfect summer read for fans of SOPHIE KINSELLA and LINDSEY KELK. And provides a great excuse for ignoring your annoying family members . . .

Praise for Chris Manby

'A gloriously delicious read!...Packed with warm characters and hilarious situations' - handwrittengirl.com

'Smart and entertaining' - Closer

'Manby's novels are made for holidays' Glamour


A Wedding at Christmas

by Chrissie Manby

Published 19 November 2015

~*~You are invited to the Wedding of Chelsea Benson and Adam Baxter~*~

Preparations for Chelsea and Adam's nuptials are only just beginning when Chelsea's grandad is taken seriously ill. Determined to have him at the big day, a new wedding date is set at once - for just twelve weeks' time!

Now, with the help of her family (including her soon-to-be in-laws), Chelsea must organise her perfect winter wedding. Fast.

But as she contends with a frosty mother-in-law, family feuds, and a firework fiasco it seems that Chelsea may need more than Christmas magic to turn her dream of a proper family wedding into a reality . . .

This warm-hearted, festive and funny novel from bestselling author Chrissie Manby is equal parts family drama and Christmas cheer. The perfect pick-me-up this holiday season.

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Praise for Chrissie Manby:
'Deliciously funny' - Heat
'Funny and inventive' - Company
'Brilliant' - Marie Claire
'Manby's novels are made for holidays' - Glamour


ONCE IN A LIFETIME, the latest novel from Chrissie Manby, is available now!