Katie Fforde

Rakkautta laineillaKatie Fforden hyvän mielen romaani Kesä merellä on suolaisen makea lomaromanssi skotlantilaisittain tarjoiltuna.Emily on tyytyväinen elämäänsä. Hän rakastaa työtään kätilönä ja nauttii elämästään sinkkuna. Silti hänestä on alkanut tuntua, että hän kaipaa elämäänsä jotain muutosta. Kun hänen paras ystävänsä Rebecca kysyy, haluaisiko hän viettää kesän kokkina höyrylaivalla Skotlannin rannikolla, hän tarttuu tilaisuuteen.Pian Emilyllä onkin kädet täynnä töitä ja kimpussaan kiukkuinen keittiöapulainen Billie. Myös komea paikallinen lääkäri Alasdair ilmestyy kuvioihin. Emily tosin yrittää epätoivoisesti olla huomaamatta miestä, sillä uusi rakkaus ei todellakaan mahdu hänen kuvioihinsa juuri nyt.Katie Fforden elämänmyönteinen Kesä merellä on ihanaa todellisuuspakoa täynnä huumoria, romantiikkaa ja hurmaavaa laivatunnelmaa Skotlannin karun kauniissa merimaisemissa.Katie Fforde (s. 1952) on englantilainen kirjailija, joka asuu perheensä kanssa Cotswoldsissa ja on sydämeltään ikuinen maalaistyttö. Useissa eri ammateissa työskennellyt Fforde on kirjoittanut kymmeniä lukijoiden suursuosikeiksi nousseita teoksia. Hänen mielestään rakastuminen on parasta mitä olemassa on. Häneltä on aiemmin ilmestynyt suomeksi romaanit Kevättä mielessä, Salainen puutarha, Antiikkia ja onnekkaita löytöjä sekä Joulusukka ja muita kertomuksia.

Sophie Apperly has spent her whole life pleasing others - but when she realises her family see her less as indispensable treasure and more as general dogsbody, she decides she's had enough. So when an old friend offers her the chance of a lifetime, she decides to swap Little England for the Big Apple, and heads off to the land of opportunity.

Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it's time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. She's risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living.

Finding herself pregnant - and her sexy but idle boyfriend Rick less than enthusiastic about parenthood - she needs a plan. Grace Soudley's life is also coming apart at the seams - her only security is the beautiful yet crumbling old house she was left by her godmother.

Nel's pastoral world is under threat but can she trust those around her - like sensible boyfriend Simon, or Jake, an infuriating and attractive stranger who kissed her once under the mistletoe? Maybe she's been a celibate widow for far too long. By the author of "Thyme Out" and "Artistic Licence".

Polly Cameron is happy being thirty-five and celibate, living in a small Gloucestershire town with a possessive cat for company and a Rayburn for comfort. After all, a relationship would only complicate things... But Polly's life is already complicated.

When Perdita Dylan delivers her baby vegetables to a local hotel and finds that her unpredictable ex-husband, Lucas, has taken over the kitchen, she is horrified - particularly when she discovers he's being groomed as the latest celebrity chef and needs her picturesque, if primitive cottage, and her, in supporting roles.

A combination of overwork and jet-leg propels Julia Fairfax into becoming engaged to a golf-playing wine buff called Oscar. But when she realises that she has fonder feelings for his adorable Labrador than for Oscar himself, she is forced to confront the fact that there is something drastically wrong.

Ranskalaisia suudelmiaKatie Fforden hyvän mielen romaani Antiikkia ja onnekkaita löytöjä avaa oven vanhojen tavaroiden lumolle ja hehkuvalle romanssille.Siskokset Gina ja Sally Makepeace perivät myyntipaikan pienen maalaiskylän antiikkikeskuksesta. Antiikkialan saloihin perehtyessään he tutustuvat paikan johtajaan, Matthew Ballingeriin. Sekä Gina että Matthew ovat kokeneet kovia rakkauselämässä, mutta kemia heidän välillään on väistämätöntä. Tunteet heräävät yhteisellä työmatkalla.Matkan jälkeinen tömähdys arkeen on kova. Vasta heränneet unelmat ovat murentua yksi toisensa jälkeen. Gina käärii hihansa ja valjastaa käyttöönsä sekä PR-maailmasta että antiikkibisneksestä oppimansa taidot, mutta hyväksyykö Matthew hänen rajoja rikkovan suunnitelmansa?Katie Fforden Antiikkia ja onnekkaita löytöjä ihastuttaa ainutlaatuisella miljööllään ja rakastettavilla henkilöhahmoillaan.

Gina and Sally Makepiece have inherited a stall in the French House - an antiques centre nestled in the heart of the English countryside. Gina is determined to drag the French House and its grumpy owner into the twenty-first century. The last thing either of them want is to fall in love. But will a trip to France change their minds?

When Zoe Harper wins a coveted place in a televised cookery competition, she can't wait to put her cooking skills to the test. Add a very desirable judge. But as the competition heats up, she realises she's developing an inconvenient crush on one of the judges, the truly delicious Gideon Irving.

Sian Bishop has left the hustle and bustle of the city behind and has thrown herself into a new life in the country. With her young son, her picture-postcard garden and her small thriving business, she's happy and very busy. She is not - repeat not - looking for love. And then, one glorious summer evening, Gus Beresford arrives.

With the bookshop where she works about to close, hopeless romantic Laura Horsley, in a moment of uncharacteristic recklessness, finds herself agreeing to help organise a literary festival in the heart of the English countryside. But her initial excitement is followed by a mounting sense of panic when she realises just how much work is involved.

_________________â??Thank goodness for Katie Fforde, the perfect author to bring comfort in difficult times. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love, A French Affair and The Perfect Match. Sarah Stratford is a wedding planner hiding a rather inconvenient truth - she doesn't believe in love.

Jo Edwards never planned to live on a barge. But when her husband trades her in for a younger model, she finds her options limited. Dora Hamilton never planned to run out on her own wedding. But as The Big Day approaches, her cold feet show no signs of warming up - and accepting Jo's offer aboard The Three Sisters seems the only alternative.

Flora Stanza has sub-let her London life in a bid to join the family antiques business. Her knowledge extends only to the information she has crammed from daytime TV, but what she lacks in experience she makes up for in blind enthusiasm. So she is more than a little put out when she doesn't receive the warm country welcome she expected.

Hetty Longden's mother thinks the cure for Hetty's broken heart is to look after her great-uncle's crumbling stately home while he is in hospital. Once installed, Hetty casts her eye over one of her neighbours - and wonders if her heart is really broken.

Jenny Porter spends her life sorting out other people's problems. But when one of her clients asks her to go to Scotland to do some hands-on investigation into a woollen mill, it doesn't turn out to be the working holiday she hoped for.

Althea is the mother of three strong-minded children - one of whom is a Buddhist - and owner of a finicky dog named Bozo. Saddled with too large a house, worrisome mortgage payments, a bossy younger sister and irksome ex-husband, Althea still manages to muddle through life comfortably enough. Until she loses her job.