Hello, Heartbreak

'Will have you laughing out loud ... lovely' Cosmopolitan 
 
You'd think twenty-seven years would be enough time to wise up to the rules of love and loss, especially Rule Number 1: 
 
Do not, at any time, let him see how much he has hurt you. 
 
But no, Izzy Keegan was probably off doing sambuca shots when that lesson was being taught. So, starting with public humiliation (that infamous blow-up with her Ex and his new woman ... huge mistake), and taking in temporary insanity, rebound sex, and a night in a police cell along the way, Izzy has to make up her own rules for coping with heartbreak. 
 
Luckily she has friends who are there for her through thick and thin (even if 'doing an Izzy' is their new shorthand for completely losing it). And she's got her foot in the door of the film business (though dogsbody wasn't exactly the job she dreamt of doing). Now, all she has to do is put the dirty cheating love-rat behind her. 
 
You'd think twenty-seven years would be enough time to wise up to the rules of love and loss. Make that twenty-seven and a bit ... 
 
'Witty, observant and very Bridget Jones-like, this brilliant read is thoroughly enjoyable' Closer magazine 
 
'Like Jane Austen on ecstasy' Sunday Independent 
 
'A funny romantic comedy ... like Bridget Jones on Viagra' Irish Daily Mail 
 
'Fun, bubbly, gutsy and lively' U Magazine 
 
'Tender, romantic and laugh aloud funny' Irish Examiner 
 
'Sharp and sassy' Irish Tatler 
 
'She can really write ... a deserved No 1' Irish Independent

Spirited and sisterly . . . like Jane Austen on ecstasy

A funny romantic comedy - a bit like Bridget Jones on Viagra

Fun, bubbly and full of craic ... a gutsy and lively debut

You'd think twenty-seven years would be enough time to wise up to the rules of love and loss, especially Rule Number 1: Do not, at any time, let him see how much he has hurt you. 
 
But no, Izzy Keegan was probably off doing sambuca shots when that lesson was taught. So, starting with public humiliation (that infamous blow-up with her Ex and his new woman ... huge mistake), and taking in temporary insanity, rebound sex, and a night in a police cell along the way, Izzy has to make up her own rules for coping with heartbreak. 
 
You'd think twenty-seven years would be enough time to wise up to the rules of love and loss. Make that twenty-seven and a bit ...

Amy Huberman

Witty, observant and very Bridget Jones-like, this brilliant read is thoroughly enjoyable

So full of feeling and SO funny . . .  a refreshing and honest take on the true priorities of a modern woman

Huberman has a light touch, but she handles well the realities of big themes like marital breakdown, defeated ambition

Poignant and laugh-out-loud funny . . .  proof not just that Huberman can write, but that she can do so with wit, insight and charm

She can really write . . . a deserved No 1

When you put your heart into it, anything's possible ... 
 
Grace is at that age - when there are six weddings a year and the question on everyone's lips is: who's next? Grace and Robbie seem the perfect fit, but when he unexpectedly goes down on bended knee, Grace freaks out. Cue the mother of all meltdowns. 
 
On top of that, Grace's passion for fashion is not exactly fulfilled by her job - dressing well-to-do ladies with way more money than style. Cue - in her addled state after the bended knee fiasco - losing it in work, with disasterous consequences. 
 
Into Grace's train-wreck of a life comes Verity - ex-Hollywood costume lady and vintage clothing queen. Verity is not called the Vintage Vixen for nothing: she has seen it all and done it all and her life makes Grace's look about as exciting as Songs of Praise. Verity tells Grace that the secret of happiness is to discover her 'heart wish'. If only Grace could work out what her heart's greatest wish really is ...

I Wished For You

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Witty, observant and very Bridget Jones-like, this brilliant read is thoroughly enjoyable

So full of feeling and SO funny . . . a refreshing and honest take on the true priorities of a modern woman

Huberman has a light touch, but she handles well the realities of big themes like marital breakdown, defeated ambition

Witty, observant and very Bridget Jones-like, this brilliant read is thoroughly enjoyable

So full of feeling and SO funny . . . a refreshing and honest take on the true priorities of a modern woman

Huberman has a light touch, but she handles well the realities of big themes like marital breakdown, defeated ambition

Witty, observant and very Bridget Jones-like, this brilliant read is thoroughly enjoyable

So full of feeling and SO funny . . . a refreshing and honest take on the true priorities of a modern woman

Huberman has a light touch, but she handles well the realities of big themes like marital breakdown, defeated ambition

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