Camden S.
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Fall in love with Jilly Cooper, one of Britain's most popular authors, in this delightfully light-hearted page-turner of a rom-com. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Marian Keyes, Dolly Alderton and Jane Fallon will simply adore this hilarious read, full of unforgettable characters and pure laugh-out-loud moments...
'Joyful and mischievous' -- Jojo Moyes
'Fun, sexy and unputdownable' -- Marian Keyes
'A delight from start to finish' -- Daily Mail
'Escape into an alternative universe in which all is right with the world' -- Guardian
'Delightful' -- ***** Reader review
'This is in my top 5 reads of all time' -- ***** Reader review
'Once you start reading find it hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review
'Absolutely brilliant, a book not to be put down until THE END!!' -- ***** Reader review
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As a librarian, Imogen read a lot of books, but none of them covered what she was to experience on the Riviera.
Her holiday with tennis ace, Nicky, and the whole glamorous coterie surrounding Nicky, was a revelation - and so, ultimately, was she. A wild Yorkshire rose among the thorny model girls, Cable and Yvonne, with a rare asset that they'd mislaid years ago...
But the path of a jet-set virgin in that lovely, wicked world was a hard one.
Imogen began to wonder if virtue really was its own reward...
The light-hearted, hilarious and gorgeous novel centring on the trials of the bashful but beautiful Harriet. Find out why Jilly Cooper is one of Britain most beloved authors...
'No one else can make me laugh and cry quite like Jilly Cooper.' - GILL SIMS
'The funniest and sharpest writer there is.' - JENNY COLGAN
'The Jane Austen of our time' - HARPERS
Further praise for Jilly Cooper:
'Joyful and mischievous' Jojo Moyes
'Fun, sexy and unputdownable' Marian Keyes
'Flawlessly entertaining' Helen Fielding
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Shy, dreamy, and incurably romantic, Harriet Poole was shattered when her brief affair with Simon Villiers, the dashing Oxford undergraduate, ended abruptly, leaving her penniless, alone and pregnant.
Still hopelessly in love with Simon, she took baby William and buried herself in deepest Yorkshire as nanny to the children of Cory Erskine, a somewhat eccentric scriptwriter.
Local tongues were just beginning to wag when a whole host of visitors began to arrive to disrupt Harriet's peaceful routine: first Cory's estranged wife Noel, hellbent on winning Cory back, then Cory's glamorous brother Kit, whose old affair with Noel didn't stop him making passes at Harriet.
Finally, of all people, Simon...