Judy Astley

Thea hat an Weihnachten vor einem Jahr in Cornwall den unwiderstehlichen Sean kennengelernt und sich Hals über Kopf in ihn verliebt...

Nein, nicht schnulzig, sondern richtig schön romantisch! Schließlich ist bald Weihnachten... Theas Eltern wollen die ganze Familie zu Weihnachten...

Brought to you by Penguin. Every July, the lucky owners of Cornish holiday homes set off for their annual break. They close up their desirable semis in smartish London suburbs - having turned off the Aga and turned on the burglar alarm - and look forward to a carefree, restful, somehow more...

After 20 years of marriage, Nina had offloaded serial philanderer Joe and was happy enough. But into Nina's new, carefree life some disturbing elements began to appear....

Bella has given up on men. Happily divorced, her latest boyfriend just omitted to tell her about his current wife, so she’s back on her own again. Then her ex-husband turns up....

Stella works as an agony aunt for a teenage magazine....

It was Heather's silver wedding anniversary. But this important milestone did not mark her marriage to Tom....

Jay has always envied her cousin Delphine. While Jay was brought up in a large, noisy and chaotic family, Delphine was indulged, perfectly dressed with a co-ordinated bedroom...

Have you ever wondered what your ex is up to? When Nell was a student, she and Patrick were a serious item. They were inseparable, and she really thought he was The One. But then Alex came along....

Melanie finds herself single again after years of being one half of a couple. Her friends predict loneliness, frustration, disaster. Her parents are convinced she’s a failure in life....

Jess has just waved goodbye to her darling son, off backpacking to Oz.....

Do the friendships you make on holiday have anything to do with real life? It might be sensible to hope that they don’t....

Brought to you by Penguin. Let bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this insightful and uplifting gem of a novel about the important things in life. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley. "Astley writes with humour and insight about the stresses and...

Alice has a scrupulously organised, comfortable life in West London with Noel - her second husband whose main ambition in life is to sharpen his golf handicap in time for retirement....

Sara’s mother told her that she shouldn’t marry Conrad – that the twenty-five-year age gap between them would tell in the end. The end is now (apparently) approaching fast....

Imagine – you’re in your early thirties, settled and sensible, and wanting to move up the property ladder....

A Proper Family Holiday was the last thing Lucy was expecting to have. But as a penniless and partnerless house-painter with an expired lease on her flat and a twelve-year-old daughter, she could hardly turn down her parents' offer to take them on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Caribbean...