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Watch out for karaoke mishaps that result in a fake engagement…because weddings are forever…
When librarian Cecily Jane Allerton and hotshot struggling author Nate Ellis are caught in a compromising position during their MFA program, they decide to get married to keep the haters from destroying their careers. To the horror of Cecily's family, which is a big fan of big white weddings, they elope to City Hall. Now they're back on Block Island,...
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"Do yourself a favor and say yes to the perfect bookish escape." —Lucy Gilmore, author of The Lonely Hearts Book Club
You've heard of Year of Yes. Introducing... Year of No.
During one unforgettable year in their twenties, best friends Emma, Fern, Carolina, and Andi make a pact to embrace whatever life throws at them, inspiring Fern to write a memoir detailing their escapades and the magical power...
You've heard of Year of Yes. Introducing... Year of No.
During one unforgettable year in their twenties, best friends Emma, Fern, Carolina, and Andi make a pact to embrace whatever life throws at them, inspiring Fern to write a memoir detailing their escapades and the magical power...
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The essential Christmas stocking filler for every Brit who's ever found themselves on a deflating air bed in their parents' spare room wedged up against the washing machine come Christmas Eve and wondering why this Christmas, just like every year, doesn't look like the ones on the telly.
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From Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold, the youngest comedy writers ever for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and masterminds behind the viral 2018 Yale graduation speech, comes a hilarious collection of short stories taking on coming-of-age, memes, sex, politics, relationships, and Goop, with satire, self-deprecation, and utter irreverence.
Showing off their trademark humor and writing chops that have made them a viral sensation, Rebecca Shaw...
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Why Mummy Drinks is the brilliant novel from Gill Sims, the author of the online sensation, Peter and Jane. Boy Child Peter, Girl Child Jane and Daddy have exciting adventures with Mummy. Daddy likes gadgets. Peter and Jane like starting fires, trying to kill each other and driving Mummy to drink. Written from the point of view of an exhausted mummy at the end of the day, it's honest, it's funny, and it's a little bit sweary. It is Mummy's 39th birthday....
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An ingeniously plotted dark comedy about aging and friendship following a tight-knit circle of seniors as they attempt to hide the death of one of their best friends so he can win the Nobel Prize for Economics—the inspiration for a popular Israeli TV series.
Avishay is up for the Nobel Prize for Economics. But there's just one problem-he's dead. His four closest friends agree that the well-earned prize must stay within his grasp, and so conspire...
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Mixing parody, literary criticism, profiles, satire, light verse, anagrams, AND social observation, gathers together the finest examples of Craig Brown's writing across the past fifteen years. From Mary Berry's Household Tips to Robert Macfarlane's poetic prose, from profiles of such diverse figures as Sigmund Freud, John Stonehouse and Katie Price to parodies of Jacob Rees-Mogg and Mary Beard, and from appreciations of the Marx Brothers and Les Dawson...
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The slyly funny story of a woman looking for love and friendship in the midst of a new American civil war.
Unionists against Confederates, children against parents, friends against friends: The year is 2023 and the United States has collapsed into another bloody civil war. Hestia Harris is forty, newly single by virtue of abandonment for the Union cause, and her parents are absconding to the Confederacy. She is adrift, save for her coworkers at the...
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In this heartwarming story from New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole, an unhappily married couple makes a wish on an enchanted snow globe that they had never met, but when they wake up the next day in separate lives, the magic of Christmas helps them to realize that some love is just meant to be.
Two weeks 'til Christmas...
Noel Blake is not in a great place. After several years of marriage,
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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Central Park Pact comes a reverse My Fair Lady for the modern era about a pampered and privileged Manhattan socialite, who must teach an unpolished and denim-loving nobody, from the Louisiana Bayou how to fit in with the upper crust of New York City. Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne.
Violet Townsend has always been a people pleaser. Raised in the privileged world of Upper East...
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In this swoon-filled lesbian romcom, two dating show contestants vying for the affection of the leading man fall head over heels-for each other. Fans of Ashley Herring Blake and Alexandria Bellefleur, and readers who love “The Bachelor”, will adore this steamy, laugh-out-loud debut romance. Krystin knows exactly what she wants: a husband, a horse, and a place to hang all her competitive rodeo blue ribbons. But when none of the eligible bachelors...
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Meet Rachel, the beautiful bride with BIG plans for the perfect day! The venue is a castle and the dress is designer. It's just a shame her husband is a rat.
Maddie and Sally have only one thing in common - they both love the same man!
Beth is a newly single mum with a mystery baby daddy. Surely the father isn't someone the girls all know?
And then there's Jane, the glue holding them all together, but being dumped doesn't make her the happiest bridesmaid...especially...
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Lily Fleury used to love visiting her eccentric grandmother Sylvia in Ireland, taking long sunset walks on the beach and exploring the nooks and crannies of the family's old home Magnolia Manor. But when she arrives from Dublin broken-hearted, hoping to heal in Sylvia's warm embrace, she finds the once ornate Georgian house in disrepair and the gardens wildly overgrown. Sylvia has always been fiercely independent, but Lily can't believe she hasn't...
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The gorgeous groomsman had all my attention when my best friend's ex was allegedly killed . . .
Fun fact? I hated the man. Another fun fact? I was the last one to see him alive.
There may not be anyone on my side except that groomsman I can't stop thinking about since the wedding.
Owen is a rugged, red-blooded military man. I'm not even his type. And yet, I fall into his arms like I belong there. His dark eyes have the depth of an intense lover....
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Some fairytales may be real, but ours is strictly fiction.
I've been Queen Bee at our theme park for ten glorious, uncomplicated years. I'm far better at creating fictional magic than real life miracles. So when Landon Arden, my best friend's twin brother and my old high school bully, starts to work at Honeywood, I'm wishing for some gift from above to fix this mess.
Cue a worse situation.
After Landon falls on stage during one of our shows, the...
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'Transports you right to the heart of the most magical Christmas – a snow covered chalet, a lovely community and a gorgeous tummy flip worthy man.' , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ever since her ex-husband Ollie filed for a divorce last Christmas, Naomi is a self-confessed scrooge. She hates her job, has exactly zero hobbies, and on top of that she's all alone this holiday season. Spurred on by her best-friend Mia – who has invited her to spend Christmas at...
17) A Gingerbread Cafe Christmas: Christmas at the Gingerbread Café / Chocolate Dreams at the Gingerbre
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— Books for Bunny Christmas is the season the Gingerbread Café was made for and Lil has every recipe down, from gingerbread men to cinnamon muffins. So when gorgeous outsider Damon opens a shop opposite The Gingerbread Café in the lead up to Christmas, Lil refuses to let him steal her customers without a fight — no matter how much he makes her heart flutter. When it comes to love, Lil's never quite got the method right! But as the snow begins...
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Ever been curious about Limerick's ancient mysteries or wondered what secrets Drogheda might hold? Well now you can visit the trolleys in the Liffey from the comfort of your armchair and learn the lesser-known facts about Ireland's greatest dumps. Did you know that there's no crime in Stoneybatter, because every time a fixie gets stolen, they just say it happened in Cabra? Did you know people from Galway have a genetic defect that makes them think...
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The real guide to pregnancy, birth and beyond.
I'm assuming you've picked up this book because you're either curious about having kids, you're currently up the duff, or you're stumbling through the early days of parenthood with a mattress-sized sanitary towel between your legs wondering what the hell has just happened. That, or you're killing time in WHSmith, waiting for your flight to Ibiza. You lucky bastard.
Either way, this book is your pregnancy,...
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'Full of quirky characters, friendship and humour, you will devour this engaging and heartwarming novel in one sitting' — Sunday Express' S Magazine 'My new favourite author' — Holly Martin Becca Fletcher has always hated Christmas but she has her reasons for being Little Miss Grinch. Now, though, she can't avoid her version of ho-ho-hell — because she's travelling to the Comfort Food Cafe to spend the festive season with her sister Laura and...
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