The Other Woman

The NO. 1 bestselling author of The Beach House and Mr. Maybe is back - exploring a dilemma that women everywhere will recognise in The Other Woman . . . 
 
'A compelling page-turner from start to finish' Daily Express 
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Ellie and Dan are proof that opposites attract. 
 
He always follows instructions - she throws the manual away. 
 
He loves sport - she's allergic to exercise. 
 
She doesn't have a mother - his wants to take over EVERYTHING. 
 
At first Ellie is thrilled to have Linda as her 'adopted' mother and to be a part of the close, loving Cooper family. 
 
But when she and Dan decide to get married, she starts to find her future mother-in-law is just a bit too involved, and suddenly her wedding is turning into something she never even wanted. Is Ellie marrying Dan . . . or his mother?! 
 
One thing's for sure, before the big day Ellie's going to have to work out who comes first in Dan's affections . . . 
 
'Will send a shiver down the spines of brides everywhere' Daily Mirror 
 
'Utterly compulsive' Company

Jane Green is the Number One bestselling author of fourteen novels: Straight Talking, Jemima J, Mr Maybe,Bookends, Babyville, Spellbound, The Other Woman, Life Swap, Second Chance, The Beach House, Girl Friday, The Love Verb, The Patchwork Marriage and The Accidental Husband. Jane and her husband live in Connecticut with their blended family of six children.

Ellie and Dan are living proof that opposites attract. 
He always follows instructions and she throws the manual away. 
He loves sports whereas Ellie's allergic to any form of exercise. 
Ellie doesn't have a mother. And Dan does - a mother who wants to take over ... EVERYTHING. 
 
At first Ellie is thrilled to have Linda as her 'adopted'mother but when she and Dan decide to get married and wedding plans progress, she starts to wonder: is it normal for Linda and Dan to speak on the phone twice a day? How on earth do they come to be having a reception with Chilean bloody seabass and humongous bloody white ribbons tied everywhere when all she wanted was a quiet registry office? 
 
In fact, is she marrying Dan ... OR HIS MOTHER?

Straight Talking

Number one bestseller Jane Green - author of Babyville and The Love Verb - explores the hectic life of a single career girl looking to find love in her hilarious first novel Straight Talking. 
 
This could be about your best friend. Or your girlfriend. Or it might be about you. 
 
Are you Tasha - single and searching? 
Or her best friends: 
Andy, hooked on passion; 
Mel, stuck in a relationship with a bastard; 
or Emma, endlessly waiting for her other half to propose? 
 
Do you know an Andrew - suave, good-looking and head over heels in love . . . with himself? 
Or a Simon - allergic to commitment and dangerously treacherous? 
Or even an Adam - handsome, kind, humorous, but too nice to be sexy? 
 
Follow them all in their journey to find fulfillment and love. 
 
'Funny, honest, superb' Company 
 
'Any woman who's suffered a relationship trauma will die for this book. Wickedly funny, will make you squeal with laughter' Cosmopolitan

Jane Green is the Number One bestselling author of nineteen novels including: Straight Talking, Jemima J, Mr Maybe, Bookends, Babyville, Spellbound, The Other Woman, Life Swap, Second Chance, The Beach House, Girl Friday, The Love Verb, The Patchwork Marriage, The Accidental Husband and Tempting Fate. Jane and her husband live in Connecticut with their blended family of six children.

This could be about your best friend. Or your girlfriend. Or it might be about you. 
 
Are you Tasha - single and still searching? Are you one of her three best friends? Andy, hooked on passion; Mel, stuck in a steady relationship with a bastard; or Emma, endlessly waiting for her other half to propose? Do you know an Andrew - suave, goodlooking and head over heels in love . . . with himself? Or a Simon - allergic to commitment and dangerously treacherous? Or an Adam - handsome, kind, humorous, but too nice to be sexy? 
 
Follow them all in their journey to find fulfilment and love.

Spellbound

A sparkling and romantic novel from the No.1 bestselling author

Jane Green, author the best-sellers The Beach House and Second Chance, follows happily married Alice who moves from London to the USA only to discover that her life is not as fairy-tale as it seems in Spellbound. 
 
Alice has everything. So why isn't she happy? 
 
After all, she has a handsome husband, a gorgeous home and membership of London's most exclusive clubs. Okay, Joe can't keep his hands to himself - but she got what she wanted, didn't she? 
 
When Joe's indiscretions force a transfer to New York, Alice hopes it'll be a fresh start. And when they find a beautiful old house in Connecticut she is overjoyed. For a while Alice and Joe are as happy as newlyweds. 
 
But then the late nights and unexplained absences start. Alice is desperate to give her marriage a fairy tale ending. What should she do? Stay and fight for Joe? Or try to break the spell he's cast over her? 
 
'Will have you hungrily turning page after page' Heat 
 
'Green whips up a sparkling morality tale that points the finger at bad boys and low-rent romance' Independent 
 
'Her books are just damn readable' Glamour 
 
Jane Green's novels, including The Other Woman, Jemima J., Babyville, The Love Verb (published as Promises to Keep in the USA), Girl Friday (Dune Road), Life Swap (Swapping Lives), Straight Talking, The Patchwork Marriage (Another Piece of My Heart), Mr. Maybe, and Bookends, are as moving as they are funny and have achieved best-seller status internationally. Spellbound is published in the USA as To Have and to Hold.

Simply the highest quality a chick can get...Spellbound will have you hungrily turning page after page...So delicious you'll want to wolf it down in one go

Green whips up a sparkling morality tale that points the finger at bad boys and low-rent romance

Alice knows she should be happy. 
 
After all she has a handsome husband, a beautiful house and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband's skirt-chasing are becoming harder to ignore? 
 
When Joe's indiscretions force a transfer to New York, Alice hopes it might be a fresh start. And when they find a beautiful old house in Connecticut Alice is overjoyed. For a while she and Joe seem as happy as newlyweds. 
 
But then the late nights and unexplained absences start again. What should Alice do? Stay and fight for him? Or leave with her head held high?

Second Chance

Jane Green, author of the bestsellers The Love Verb and The Beach House, examines love, life, and friendships in her moving and entertaining novel Second Chance. 
 
Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends - friends she hasn't seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years. 
 
On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and it's not quite so straightforward: Paul and Anna are struggling to have a baby, Saffron the actress is still waiting for that really big break that - at 39 - is looking less and less likely, and Olivia, always the wallflower of the group, is newly single and mourning her lost love. 
 
And what about Holly Mac? Can she and her husband Marcus get their marriage back on track for the sake of the children? Or has someone just come back into her life who will change everything forever? 
 
'A corker of a story' Heat 
 
'Witty and wise . . . another winner' Daily Express 
 
'Will keep you entertained to the last page' Cosmopolitan

A corker of a story, sharply and elegantly told

Fizzing with fast-and-furious dialogue, this is vintage Green

Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends &ndash; friends she hasn&rsquo;t seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years. 
 
On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and it&rsquo;s not quite so straightforward: Paul and Anna are struggling to have a baby, Saffron the actress is still waiting for that really big break that &ndash; at 39 &ndash; is looking less and less likely, and Olivia, always the wallflower of the group, is newly single and mourning her lost love. 
 
And what about Holly Mac? Can she and her husband Marcus get their marriage back on track for the sake of the children? Or has someone just come back into her life who will change everything forever?

The Beach House

Lose yourself in the perfect heart-warming read for summer, for fans of Jill Mansell, Katie Fforde, and Carole Matthews, from number one bestseller Jane Green 
 
Nan, a widow whose family has flown the nest, is an independent, free-spirited woman who couldn't care less what people think about her living alone in her beloved beach house. 
 
But when money starts running out and she might lose her home, she knows it's time for a drastic change. 
 
Nan decides to rent out rooms for the summer, filling the house with noise, laughter and tears. 
 
Among the visitors is Daniel, a recently divorced father, who's struggling to find out who he really is, and Daff, the single mother of a truculent teenager who blames her mother unreservedly for her parents' divorce. 
But as the house comes to life again, Nan finds her family growing . . . 
 
Her son comes home for the summer and an unexpected visitor turns up, turning all their lives upside down. 
 
From the bestselling author of The Sunshine Sisters, Summer Secrets and Falling comes a heart-warming and compelling story of friendship, love and those moments that can change your life. 
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'A corker of a story, sharply and elegantly told' Heat 
 
'A delicious treat confirming that Green is still the queen of chick lit' In Style

A delicious treat confirming that Green is still queen of chick lit

Nan, a widow whose family has flown the nest, is an independent, free-spirited woman who couldn't care less what people think about her living alone in her beloved beach house. But when she discovers that money is running out and she might lose her home, she knows it's time for a drastic change. 
 
Nan decides to rent out rooms for the summer and people start moving into the house, filling it with noise, laughter and tears. Among them is Daniel, a recently divorced father, who's struggling to find out who he really is, and Daff, the single mother of a truculent teenager who blames her mother unreservedly for her parents' divorce. 
 
As the house comes to life again, Nan finds her family growing. Her son comes home for the summer and an unexpected visitor turns up, turning all their lives upside down ... 
 
Compelling, absorbing and poignant, The Beach House is a story of friendship, love and those moments that can change your life.

Girl Friday

Jane Green, author of the bestsellers Second Chance and Straight Talking, examines love, friendships and their limits in her moving and entertaining novel Girl Friday. 
 
Since her divorce a year ago, Kit Hargrove feels she has finally got her life back on track. 
 
Gone is the lonely Wall Street widow she used to be, and in her place is a happier, more fulfilled woman, with a new job she loves - working for uber-famous novelist Robert McClore - a small but cosy new home with her children, and the beginnings of a tentative friendship with her ex-husband. She even has time for yoga classes with her new best friend Tracy. The only thing missing is a man. And when Tracy introduces her to Steve - charming, romantic and attentive - Kit wonders if he could be the final piece of the jigsaw. 
 
But Kit doesn't know that Tracy is hiding a secret, one that could destroy their friendship, her happiness with Steve, even her new life. Torn between suspicion and love, Kit doesn't know which way to turn. For there are some betrayals that a friendship can't survive . . . 
 
Praise for Jane Green 
 
'A densely plotted brew of love and mistakes' The Times 
 
'Green keeps us transfixed until the very last word' Heat

When Kit and Adam separated after almost fifteen years of marriage, Kit felt like she had lost her lover, her best friend and her identity all in one fell swoop. But now, a year on from the divorce, Kit has found herself again and she loves her life in the idyllic Connecticut town of Highfield. She has the perfect job - working for Robert McClore, the famous novelist - two wonderful children, a good relationship with her ex-husband and time to enjoy yoga with her friends. Then Tracy, Kit's yoga instructor and close friend, introduces her to Steve - attentive, charming, the perfect gentleman - and, for the first time in years, Kit thinks she may have found the right one. But is Steve really as perfect as he seems? And why does it bother Kit when Tracy starts dating Kit's reclusive boss, Robert? 
 
What no one knows is that Tracy is hiding a secret - one that threatens to ruin her new-found happiness with Robert and her friendship with Kit. And now Tracy must decide whether to keep her past hidden from them both for ever or whether she should reveal the truth before it's too late... 
 
Sparkling, poignant and wise, Girl Friday is a captivating tale of friendship, family and marriage as both Kit and Tracy discover that sometimes the people you thought you had lost make their way back into your life again... 
 
N.B. Girl Friday is called Dune Road in the US

The Love Verb

Number one best-seller Jane Green - author of The Beach House and Spellbound - explores changes in relationships when a family member is struck with illness in her heartbreaking novel The Love Verb. 
 
Love means being there - through everything. 
 
Everyone in Callie's family is busy; her sister is a free-spirited Manhattan chef, her best friend Lila is coping with the vitriol of her new man's ex-wife, and her parents, Walter and Honor, have rich though separate lives. But when Callie discovers the breast cancer she thought she'd beaten has returned, they all find that their lives shift to focus on caring for Callie. 
 
'A beautifully written and intensely sad lesson in what it really means to love someone you know you're going to lose' Daily Telegraph 
'Stylish, wickedly insightful . . . family, friends and love is truly, heartwrenchingly tested' Mirror 
 
'A moving account of a family faced with a heartbreaking situation. I defy anyone to get through to the end without crying' Sunday Express 
 
Jane Green's internationally best-selling novels, including The Other Woman, Jemima J., Babyville, The Patchwork Marriage (published as Another Piece of My Heart in the USA) Girl Friday (Dune Road), Life Swap (Swapping Lives), Second Chance, Straight Talking, Mr. Maybe, and Bookends, are moving and true to life. The Love Verb is published as Promises to Keep in the USA.

A beautifully written and intensely sad lesson in what it really means to love someone you know you're going to lose

A moving account of a family faced with a heartbreaking situation. I defy anyone to get through to the end without crying

Stylish, wickedly insightful . . . family, friends and love is truly, heartwrenchingly tested

Green conveys the anguish and love surrounding a tragically early death

A powerful and emotional tale about family, friendship and enduring love

Love is not an abstract idea. It is not saying 'I'm here for you, let me know if you need me'. It's making the decision, when someone close to you is in trouble, about what you will DO to fix as much as you can for them. It's a 'doing' thing. A verb. 
 
For Callie, love is about looking after her family - her husband and two children - and their beautiful home. 
 
For Steff, Callie's younger sister, love is about experiencing all that life has to offer without having to ever settle down. 
 
For Lila, Callie's best friend, love is about finding a soulmate. And when she meets divorced father-of-two Eddie, she knows her search is over. 
 
For Walter and Honor, Callie and Steff's divorced parents, love is about caring for the daughters they share. 
 
Then Callie gets some life-changing news. And suddenly the whole family is about to understand what 'love' really, really means....

Tempting Fate

THE HEARTBREAKING AND POWERFUL NOVEL FROM NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANE GREEN 
 
 When Gabby first met Elliott she knew he was the man for her. 
 
In twenty years of marriage she has never doubted her love for him - even when he refused to give her the one thing she still wants most of all. 
 
But now their two daughters are growing up Gabby feels that time and her youth are slipping away. 
 
And then she meets Matt . . . 
 
 Intoxicated by the way this young, handsome and successful man makes her feel, Gabby is momentarily blind to what she stands to lose on this dangerous path. 
 
And in one reckless moment she destroys all that she holds dear. 
 
 Consumed by regret, Gabby does everything she can to repair the home she has broken. But are some betrayals too great to forgive? 
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 Praise for Jane Green: 
 
 'A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling' Closer 
 
 'Compulsively readable. I raced through it' Daily Mail 
 
 'Green is women's fiction royalty . . . a compelling family drama' Glamour

A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling

Compulsively readable. I raced through it

Green is women's fiction royalty . . . a compelling family drama

When Gabby first met Elliott she knew he was the man for her. In twenty years of marriage she has never doubted her love for him - even when he refused to give her the one thing she still wants most of all. But now their two daughters are growing up Gabby feels that time and her youth are slipping away. For the first time in her life she is restless. And then she meets Matt . . . 
 
Intoxicated by the way this young, handsome and successful man makes her feel, Gabby is momentarily blind to what she stands to lose on this dangerous path. And in one reckless moment she destroys all that she holds dear. 
 
Consumed by regret, Gabby does everything she can to repair the home she has broken. But are some betrayals too great to forgive?

Life Swap

The joyously funny, heartwarming and uplifting novel of two women swapping their lives for a month, from No. 1 bestseller Jane Green 
 
 'Compelling, funny, like sitting down with a good friend who is telling you a story' 5***** Reader Review 
 'One of the best books I have read' 5***** Reader Review 
 'A fantastic novel! I couldn't help but devour every page' 5***** Reader Review 
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 Vicky Townsley, a magazine Features Director, lives in London alone, single, and seriously successful. But she'd give it all up in a heartbeat for marriage, children, and a house in the country. 
 
 Amber Winslow has exactly what Vicky wants; a huge stone mansion in Highfield Connecticut, children, and a busy charitable commitment for the local Women's League. But Amber isn't happy either. 
 
So when she spots a double page spread in Poise! magazine asking married readers to life swap with a glamorous, single journalist in London, she sits down and writes a letter. 
 
 But she never expected to be picked . . . 
 
 Life Swap is the story of the grass not being as green as you might think, and of discovering that happiness is not always where you expect it to be. 
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 Praise for Jane Green: 
 
 'Jane Green writes with such honesty and zing' Sophie Kinsella 
 
 'Green is women's fiction royalty' Glamour 
 
 'I'm in AWE of Jane Green' Marian Keyes

From the outside Vicky Townsley would appear to have it all. Features Director of the hugely successful Poise! magazine, she lives alone in London, is single, solvent, and seriously successful. But she'd give it all up in a heartbeat for marriage, children, and a house in the country. Amber Winslow on the other hand, has exactly what Vicky Townsley wants; a huge stone mansion in Highfield Connecticut, children and a busy charitable commitment for the local Women's League. 
 
But Amber isn't happy either. She hasn't found quite the fulfillment she had expected from being a full-time wife and mother, so when she spots a double page spread in Poise! magazine asking married readers to life swap with a glamorous, single journalist in London, she sits down and writes a letter. But she never expects to be picked... 
 
Life Swap is the story of what really happens when two women decide to walk in one another's shoes for one month. It's the story of the grass not being as green as you might think, and of discovering that happiness is not always where you expect it to be.

Babyville

Jane Green, author of The Other Woman and Jemima J., explores the chaotic world of pregnancy and motherhood in the number one best-seller Babyville. 
 
In Babyville nothing's ever simple . . . 
 
Julia worries that her relationship with Mark has turned stale. She thinks a baby will put love back into their lives. But is a child really the answer? 
 
Julia's best friend Samantha is besotted with her new baby. But what's her sudden obsession doing to her marriage? And does Samantha's infatuation hide something much darker? 
 
Meanwhile career-girl Maeve is allergic to commitment - nothing's going to stop her getting to the top. Then a one-night stand results in an unwanted pregnancy - but just how unwanted is it? 
 
Three young women are about to find out how Babyville can turn your world upside-down . . . 
 
'Once you pick up Babyville, it's unlikely you'll be able to put it down' Daily Mirror 
 
'You'll be hooked' Company 
 
Visit www.janegreen.com 
 
Best-selling author Jane Green has captured the imaginations of readers in the UK and the US with her frank and funny approach to those day-to-day issues that affect women everywhere. Other titles also published by Penguin include The Love Verb (published as Promises to Keep in the US), The Patchwork Marriage (Another Piece of My Heart), Girl Friday (Dune Road), Life Swap (Swapping Lives), Spellbound (To Have and to Hold), The Beach House, Second Chance, Straight Talking, Mr. Maybe, and Bookends.

Once you pick up Babyville, it's unlikely you'll put it down

Julia and Mark are stuck in a loveless relationship. Julia thinks a baby will help, but perhaps that isn't the answer to her problems. 
 
Maeve is totally allergic to commitment - she breaks out in a rash whenever she passes a buggy. Then a one-night-stand results in an unwanted pregnancy. But just how unwanted is it? 
 
Samantha is besotted with her new-born baby. But how is husband Chris coping with his suddenly unavailable wife, and is Samantha's obsession as healthy as it seems?

Bookends

Jane Green, author of the best-sellers Second Chance and Straight Talking, examines friendships and their limits in her highly entertaining novel Bookends. 
 
On the shelf, but still best friends . . . 
 
Cath is scatty, messy and guarded. While Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy and desperate for a man of his own. They are total opposites - but equally unlucky in love. And they've stuck together through thick and thin. Because that's what best friends do. 
 
So when their beautiful friend Portia - the undisputed queen of their group of friends at university - steps back into their lives, after a ten year gap, her reappearance tests both Cath and Si's friendship to the limit. 
 
What does Portia want? Will she be a force for good in their lives, or something darker? And will Cath and Si ever get lucky in love? 
 
'Funny and poignant - you'll devour it in one sitting' Cosmopolitan 
 
'Quick, witty, unputdownable and perfect beach reading' Daily Mirror 
 
'Hugely enjoyable' Daily Express 
 
 
Best selling author Jane Green has captured the imaginations of readers in the UK and the US with her frank and funny approach to those day-to-day issues that affect women everywhere. Other titles also published by Penguin include The Other Woman, Jemima J., Babyville, The Love Verb (published as Promises to Keep in the USA), Girl Friday (Dune Road), Life Swap (Swapping Lives), The Patchwork Marriage (Another Piece of My Heart), Spellbound (To Have and to Hold), The Beach House, and Mr. Maybe.

Cath and Si are best friends. Total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love. Cath is scatty, messy, and emotionally closed. Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy, and desperate for a man of his own. When Portia steps back into their lives, her reappearance sets off a chain of events that tests them to the limit. Does Portia have a hidden agenda, or is she just looking for happy endings all round? Whatever the answers, none of them could ever predict the outcome ...

The Accidental Husband

Jane Green's The Accidental Husband is a powerful story about two women connected by an earth-shattering secret. 
 
Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in common than they could ever imagine. 
 
Both women have beautiful children on the verge of flying the nest, the home they worked hard to build and always longed for, and a handsome and devoted husband they can't believe belongs to them. Both women think their lives are seamlessly secure, but they couldn't be more wrong . . . 
 
For each is about to discover a secret that will shake their world to the very core, throwing into doubt everything they ever thought they knew, and bringing Maggie and Sylvie together in the most unexpected way. 
 
 
Praise for Jane Green: 
 
'A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling' Closer 
 
'Compulsively readable. I raced through it' Daily Mail 
 
'Green is women's fiction royalty . . . a compelling family drama' Glamour 
 
 
Jane Green's internationally best-selling novels, including The Other Woman, Jemima J., Babyville, Girl Friday (published as Dune Road in the USA), Life Swap (Swapping Lives), Spellbound (To Have and to Hold), The Beach House, Second Chance, Straight Talking, Mr. Maybe, Bookends, The Love Verb and The Patchwork Marriage (Another Piece of My Heart) are incredibly moving and extremely relatable. The Accidental Husband is Jane's fourteenth novel. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and their blended family of six children.

Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in common than they could ever imagine. 
 
Both women have beautiful children on the verge of flying the nest, the home they worked hard to build and always longed for, and a handsome and devoted husband they can't believe belongs to them. Both women think their lives are seamlessly secure, but they couldn't be more wrong . . . 
 
For each is about to discover a secret that will shake their world to the very core, throwing into doubt everything they ever thought they knew, and bringing Maggie and Sylvie together in the most unexpected way.

The Holiday

Curl up with three enchanting and beautifully written stories, about falling in love and second chances . . . 
 
 If you had one wish this Christmas, what would it be? 
 
 Sarah wishes that she didn't feel so lonely. 
 
 And she shouldn't be - not with her husband Eddie, and their two children. 
 
 But since she waved goodbye to the bright lights of the big city and moved to the country, her marriage is missing its usual sparkle. 
 
 And then Eddie's job takes him away from home just before Christmas. 
 
 Will his absence make her heart grow fonder? And if so, for whom? 
 
 As seasonal cheer begins to flow, Sarah discovers rather a lot can happen in one holiday . . . especially when it's Christmas. 
 
 You'll love this novella from No. 1 bestselling author Jane Green - and this edition also includes two more festive short stories by authors Jennifer Coburn and Liz Ireland. 
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'Would be a lovely book to read at Christmas' 5***** reader review 
 
'Excellent' 5***** reader review

Jane Green is a former journalist who gave up her job on the Daily Express to write a real woman's account of being single in the city. That account became Jane's first novel, Straight Talking. It was followed by nine more bestselling novels: Jemima J, Mr Maybe, Bookends, Babyville, Spellbound, The Other Woman, Life Swap, Second Chance and The Beach House. Jane lives in Connecticut with her husband, Ian Warburg, and their blended family of six children. www.janegreen.com 
 
Jennifer Coburn spends the winter holidays at home with her with her family in San Diego, where the only way she notices the seasons changing is by checking the calendar. Holidays in Southern California are a bit different than New York City, where Coburn was born and raised. Mall Santas are tan and Mrs. Claus is rumored to be a Botox devotee. Jennifer burns her menorah candles from both ends working as a public relations consultant and writer. 
 
Liz Ireland grew up in Texas, where all her Christmases except one were green. Her favorite gift ever was the yellow Schwinn bike (with a banana seat and white wicker basket) she got when she was nine. She now celebrates the holidays in Oregon with her husband and a menagerie of pets.

If you had one wish this Christmas, what would it be? 
 
Sarah wishes not to be lonely. She shouldn't be - not with Eddie, her husband, and their two children by her side ... but since Sarah waved farewell to the bright lights of the big city and moved to a picture perfect home in the country, her marriage is missing its usual sparkle. So when Eddie's job takes him away from home shortly before Christmas, the enforced break in their relationship - while tricky - probably couldn't have come at a better time. 
 
But will his absence make her heart grow fonder? And if so, for whom? As seasonal cheer begins to flow, Sarah discovers rather a lot can happen in one holiday ... especially when it's Christmas. 
 
Jane Green and her friends are delighted to bring you this enchanting trio of tales for the holiday - stories about falling headlong in love and the miracle of second chances.

The Patchwork Marriage

Number one best-seller Jane Green - author of The Love Verb and Spellbound - examines the dynamics of family life and relationships in her novel The Patchwork Marriage. 
 
When he asked her to be his wife, he also wanted a mother for his children . . . 
 
When Andi marries Ethan she gets a ready-made family in the shape of his daughters Emily and Sophia. Unable to have a child of her own, and crazy in love with Ethan, she has a chance to make the perfect family. But teenager Emily's hostility leaves Andi feeling hated in her own home. 
 
And worse, Ethan, blinded by love for his daughter, cannot see that her behaviour is driving a wedge through their marriage. So when Andi and Ethan's world is rocked by an act of recklessness, Andi knows that their whole future is in doubt. 
 
Can Andi and Ethan heal the rift in their relationship? 
Can each of them find enough love to go around? 
And how strong can a patchwork marriage ever be? 
 
'A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling' Closer 
 
'Green is women's fiction royalty . . . a compelling family drama' Heat 
 
'A compulsive and moving read' Good Housekeeping 
 
Jane Green's internationally best-selling novels, including The Other Woman, Jemima J., Babyville, Girl Friday (published as Dune Road in the USA), Life Swap (Swapping Lives), Spellbound (To Have and to Hold), The Beach House, Second Chance, Straight Talking, Mr. Maybe, and Bookends, are moving and extremely relatable. The Patchwork Marriage is published as Another Piece of My Heart in the USA.

Are love and devotion enough to create a happy family? 
 
When Andi married Ethan she not only got the man she loved but also the chance to be a mother, to his daughters Emily and Sophia. Unable to have a child of her own, Andi saw this opportunity at motherhood as a precious gift. If only it were that simple. 
 
For this is not a happy family, and the trouble lies with Emily. Her conflicted feelings towards her stepmother leave Andi feeling hated in her own home despite years of trying to reach out to her stepdaughter. And with each new drama, Emily drives Andi and Ethan further apart. 
 
Just as Andi starts to contemplate a life without Ethan and the girls, Emily comes home with some shocking news. News that will change their lives for ever. 
 
In 1996 Jane Green revolutionized women's literature with Straight Talking and its free-spirited heroine Tasha. Fifteen years later, Jane is a 2.5 million bestselling author, now a mother of four, married twice and dealing with all the things a woman in her forties faces on a daily basis, is releasing her best ever coming of age tale that will satisfy her most demanding fans.

For those who love Faking Friends and My Sweet Revenge by Jane Fallon

Jemima J.

Discover the addictive and uplifting story of reinvention, self-discovery and the meaning of true love from the bestselling author of Life Swap and The Friends We Keep 
 
'Inspirational, uplifting, made me laugh and left me feeling very happy' 5***** Reader Review 
'Compulsively readable' Sunday Times 
'Perfect if you want to feel uplifted . . . So relatable' 5***** Reader Review 
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Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight. 
 
Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented, but better paid), her only consolation is food. 
 
What with that and her passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben, she knows her life needs changing. 
 
But can Jemima reinvent herself? 
 
And should she? 
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'The kind of novel you'll gobble up in a single sitting' Cosmopolitan 
 
'Green writes with acerbic wit about the law of the dating jungle' Sunday Express 
 
Readers ADORE Jemima J: 
 
'Truly uplifting and fun' 5***** Reader Review 
 
'I was utterly engrossed' 5***** Reader Review 
 
'A fantastic book that you can't put down' 5***** Reader Review 
 
'Beautiful and heartwarming' 5***** Reader Review 
 
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Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight. 
 
Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented, better paid), her only consolation is food. That and a passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben. Her life needs to change and soon. 
 
But can Jemima reinvent herself? And should she?

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At twenty-seven, Libby thinks there's a lot to be said for a rich husband. So when Nick comes along - lovely, funny, handsome Nick, who has no money whatsoever, lives in a grotty bedsit and thinks the perfect night out consists of the pub and his mates - she decides he's only good for a fling. No strings attached. 
 
Investment banker Ed, on the other hand, could possibly be the answer. His house in Regent's Park makes up for his hideous moustache and she can probably overlook his irritating habits, and anyway, he's crazy about her. But does Libby really know what she needs? Is she just in love with being loved? Or is she loving the lifestyle, rather than the man?

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