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Depuis près de dix-huit ans, Eliza Spencer vit paisiblement dans une petite maison du Yorkshire avec sa mère Lara et Bruce, leur chat noir et grincheux. Avant de quitter le cocon familial pour l’université, il ne lui reste qu’une affaire à régler : comprendre pourquoi son père les a abandonnées des années plus tôt, sans jamais chercher à la revoir. Rien ne la préparait à l’explication qu’il lui donne : il n’est en réalité pas son père biologique.

Bienvenue au 11 Dukes Square à Brighton ! Trois étages, un magnifique bow-window au rez-de chaussée, une vue à couper le souffle : dans la jolie ville côtière de Brighton, SeaView House est une maison comme les autres dans un quartier où s’alignent les bâtiments style Régence. Mais ce qui fait la singularité de cette charmante et quelque peu surprenante villa, ce sont les résidents de passage qui semblent y échouer avec la marée.

Tailleur strict, coiffure sophistiquée et talons vertigineux, Polly ne vit que pour son travail dans une grande compagnie financière de la City de Londres. Un poste pour lequel elle a tout sacrifié pendant quinze ans. Aussi, quand elle est brutalement licenciée, c’est son univers qui s’effondre. Pire, la voilà bientôt obligée de renoncer à son luxueux appartement avec vue sur la Tamise et de trouver refuge chez sa soeur à Elderchurch, ce petit village au fin fond du Hampshire où elles ont grandi. Cela fait des années que Clare et elle n’ont plus rien en commun.

'Warm, tender, but also funny, this is brilliant' The Sun 'A charmingly escapist read ... a tonic for trying times' Daily Mail 'A captivating, humorous and warm-hearted story elevated to must-read status' Heat 'I couldn't put it down' Jill Mansell 'The book we all need - full of escapism...

Evie Flynn has always been the black sheep of her family - a dreamer and a drifter, unlike her over-achieving elder sisters. She's tried making a name for herself as an actress, a photographer and a singer, but nothing has ever worked out. Now she's stuck in temp hell, with a sensible, pension-planning boyfriend. Somehow life seems to be passing her by. Then her beloved aunt Jo dies suddenly in a car crash, leaving Evie an unusual legacy - her precious beach cafe in Cornwall.

'Deeply moving' KATIE FFORDE 'Compelling and beautifully written' SARAH MORGAN When 35-year-old Leni McKenzie is knocked off her bike, her family's world is turned upside down. Leni and her sister Alice were best friends as well as siblings. But did they know each other as well as Alice thought?...

On moving to Brighton, Georgie finds throwing herself into the city's delights fun and exciting, but before she knows it, she's sliding into all kinds of trouble. Charlotte is in the city for a new start, hoping to keep her head down. A terrible revelation sent Rosa running from London, but could her passion for food lead her to more interesting places? As the three tenants find each other, it's as if a whole new chapter of their lives has begun....

An Almost Perfect Holiday is a warm and witty story of friendship, family and hope by the Sunday Times bestseller Lucy Diamond, author of The Beach Cafe and Summer at Shell Cottage. 'A delight from first page through to last' - Milly Johnson The holidays are here, and down in Cornwall Lorna’s...

Get some sun this month with The Island Getaway by Lucy Diamond ☀️ 'A slice of escapism ... temptingly conjured up' THE TIMES 'The perfect holiday read, it's impossible to put down' WOMAN'S WEEKLY The dream holiday just got complicated . . . On the sun-drenched island of Kefalonia, the new...

Rachel and Becca are stepsisters living far apart, with little in common. Rachel is the successful one: happily married with three children and a big house. Becca, meanwhile, lurches from one dead-end job to another and has given up on love. The two of them have lost touch, but when Rachel doesn't come home one night, Becca is called in to help. As Becca begins to untangle Rachel's secrets, she is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths.

Take a step back in time with bestselling author Lucy Diamond to enjoy this heartwarming and deliciously witty tale of sisterhood that spans a century ... Your favourite authors love Lucy! 'Tender, bittersweet and funny' Veronica Henry Feel-good, uplifting' Sheila O'Flanagan 'Moving' Katie...

'I enjoyed it SO much!' MARIAN KEYES 'With glorious characters and a dreamy setting, I couldn't have loved this book more' THE SUN Back to the city of dreams . . . Paris has always held a piece of Jess' heart, ever since she spent a magical summer there over twenty years ago. So when a writing...

Evie sempre foi a ovelha negra da família: sonhadora e impulsiva, o oposto das irmãs mais velhas bem-sucedidas. Tentou fazer carreira como atriz, fotógrafa e cantora, mas nada deu muito certo. Às vezes, ao pular de um trabalho para outro, ela tem a sensação de que lhe falta um propósito. Quando sua tia preferida morre em um acidente de carro, Evie recebe uma herança inesperada, um café na beira da praia na Cornualha.

On paper, Sadie's got it all—the partner, the children, the house. But in real life, that doesn't feel quite enough. Sadie can't help harking back to the time when she was a career woman by day and a party animal by night. And what happened to feeling like a sex kitten, anyway? The only sleepless nights she's getting now are due to the baby. Maybe a little reinvention is the answer. Sadie can't resist creating a fictitious online identity for herself as a hot TV producer. It's only a bit of harmless fun...until truth and fantasy become dangerously tangled.

Katie, Georgia and Alice were at each other's hen nights but now the chickens have come home to roost, their marriages have fallen apart and their friendships have been tested to the limits. Control-freak Katie has become a commitment-phobe—there's no way she wants to get married again. Is there? Ambitious Georgia always puts her career first. If anyone gets hurt, it's their look-out—right? And faithful Alice wants to make a fresh start, but can't get over her cheating ex—and Georgia's betrayal.

Uma terrível descoberta leva Rosa a largar uma carreira de sucesso em Londres e, num impulso, recomeçar a vida como sous-chef em Brighton. O trabalho é árduo e estressante, mas a distrai. Bem, pelo menos até ela conhecer a adolescente emburrada que mora no apartamento ao lado, que a faz questionar suas escolhas. Georgie se muda para o Sul com o namorado, Simon, atrás de uma incrível oportunidade...para a carreira dele. A princípio, a cidade parece recebê-la de braços abertos, mas não vai demorar muito até ela se meter em várias enrascadas.

Josie, Nell and Lisa go back a long way - they were flatmates, soulmates and best mates back in their 20s when life was one long party. Five years later, things are different. Josie is married with kids in deepest suburbia, free-spirit Nell has travelled the world and Lisa is on the path to career glory (and the salary Premiership). A reunion weekend in London seems a great idea to Josie...until she discovers something which will change the course of her life forever.

‘A new Lucy Diamond book is one of the happiest highlights of my calendar’ Katie Fforde It’s a beautiful day in Manchester and four friends are meeting for a birthday lunch. But then they witness a shocking accident just metres away, which acts as a catalyst for each of them. For Laura...

Evie loves running her beach café in Cornwall, but with a baby on the way she's been told to put her feet up. Helen's come to Cornwall to escape the stress of city living. She hopes a seaside life will be the answer to all her dreams. When she sees a job advertised at the café, it sounds perfect. But the two women clash, and sparks fly. Can the pair of them put aside their differences in a crisis?

A seaside holiday at Shell Cottage in Devon has always been the perfect escape for the Tarrant family. But this year everything has changed. Following her husband's recent death, Olivia is struggling to pick up the pieces. Harriet's looking forward to a break with her lovely husband, Robert, and teenage daughter, Molly. But unknown to Harriet, Robert is hiding a secret - and so, for that matter, is Molly....