Katie Fforde
2) Life skills
Author
Language
English
Description
The adventures of two women operating a hotel barge in Britain. They are a busy pair--in addition to navigating canals, working locks and catering to their guests, there are their respective men to handle. By the author of Stately Pursuits.
3) Wild designs
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing her job, Althea decides to develop her passion for gardening. When she wins the opportunity to design a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show - with the unexpected help of gorgeous architect Patrick Donahugh - it looks as though she may have unearthed a new man as well as a new career.
Author
Language
English
Description
"You're not doing very much at the moment, darling. I don't suppose you'd care to house-sit for a while?"
Thus begins the irresistible story of two fixer-uppers-an old house and a young woman-and their efforts to recapture their true luster.
When Hetty Longden, freshly dumped and brokenhearted, agrees to look after her great-uncle's long-abandoned mansion in the British countryside, she's at something of a lifetime low. With no job, no lover, no...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
With the bookshop where she works about to close, Laura Horsley finds herself agreeing to help organize a literary festival deep in the heart of the English countryside. But when an innocent mistake leads the festival committee to believe that Laura is a personal friend of the author at the top of their wish-list, she finds herself travelling to Ireland to persuade the notorious recluse (and her literary hero) to come out of hiding.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, purchases a tiny cottage in need of renovation, but as she deals with an escalating series of problems, settles in, and makes new friends, her life is turned upside down by the handsome but impossible Rob Hunter.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Unable to afford renovations to a house she has inherited, Grace Soudley takes in boarder Ellie Summers, a pregnant artist who assists Grace's efforts to restore the house and some of the potentially valuable paintings it contains.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Single, thritysomething Thea traded her promising career as a photographer for the quiet countryside of the English Cotswalds. But when she meets a promising, sexy Irish painter while vacationing in Provence, her creative spirit is unexpectedly reawakened.
Impressed by Rory's charm, but even more taken by his talent, Thea is determined to showcase his paintings for the art world. Resisting his sex appeal, convincing him to forgo the London art...
10) Paradise fields
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Language
English
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Description
Juggling widowed parenthood with her career and numerous Cotswolds events, Nel Innes struggles to rally the community after the death of an old friend threatens regional lands.
11) Wedding season
Author
Language
English
Description
Sarah Stratford is a wedding planner hiding a rather inconvenient truth--she doesn't believe in love. Or not for herself, anyway. But she somehow finds herself agreeing to organize two more, on the same day and only two months away. Luckily Sarah has two tried and true friends on hand to help her. As the big day draws near, all three women find that patience is definitely a virtue in the marriage game. And as all their working hours are spent preparing...
12) Bidding for love
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Leaving behind her glamorous London life to join the family antiques business in the country, Flora Stanza is initially put off by her cousin's chilly reception and a very pregnant cat, challenges she eventually endeavors to transform in her favor.
14) Idealna para
Author
Publisher
Wydawnictwo Sonia Draga
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Polish
Description
"Bella Castle ze zlamanym sercem opuscila rodzinne miasto. Kobieta postanawia rozpoczac nowe zycie na wsi, gdzie mieszka z ukochana babcia, Alice, i pracuje jako agentka nieruchomosci. Bella uwielbia swoja prace i swojego chlopaka Nevila. Ale ostatnio wydaje sie czyms pochloniety, a ona sama rozwaza, czy jego nadzieje i marzenia pasuja do jej wlasnych. Niespodziewanie w progu jej domu zjawia sie Domenic, mezczyzna, który dwa lata wczesniej zlamal...
17) Thyme out
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2001, c2000]
Language
English
Description
Since the messy break-up with her temperamental husban, Perdita has made a good life for herself in rural England, growing vegetables and selling them to local restaurants. But when she discovers that the new chef in a hotel kitchen is none other than her difficult ex, she is horrified.
18) A summer at sea
Author
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Emily is happy with her life just as it is. She has a career as a midwife that she loves . She enjoys living on her own as a single woman. But she's also feels it's time for a change and a spot of some sea air. So when her best friend Rebecca asks whether she'd like to spend the summer cooking on a 'puffer' boat just off the Scottish coast, she jumps at the chance. But she barely has time to get to grips with the galley before she finds herself with...
Author
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Beth, Rachel and Lindy are looking for new beginnings. Beth is planning her sister's wedding via Skype in order to avoid their domineering mother. Rachel has decided to get on with her new life in the country, and has just finished decorating her new home. And single-mother Lindy is looking for something creative to do with her time now that her young sons don't need her quite so much. They find themselves living in the same village in the country...