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Hannah Driver's life is on the skids: single, newly jobless, and nursing ambitions of becoming a drag king that make her traditional family baulk. She's at a crossroads. Enter Cordy Starling, the charming and composed pianist who moves in with Hannah, and quickly becomes the nudgeor—or rather, full-on shove—Hannah needs to chase her dreams. The prospect of romance with Cordy twinkles on the horizon like a disco ball, promising glitter but guaranteeing chaos.

Single since forever, Natalie Hill has all but given up on love. She's convinced herself and everyone else she wants a quiet life. But if a tall, dark and gorgeous stranger turned up on her doorstep, her plans might change...Enter Ellie Knap, who's jump-starting her life in the Cotswolds after bailing on her relationship and her career. Her plan? To open an ice cream shop and melt into the village. When the two meet it's far from love at first sight, but then slowly, they become friends. Then one night, on a moonlit bridge, everything changes...

Tanya Grant is a high flyer who's ready for a fresh start. That is until her gran dies, leaving behind her dog, Delilah, and a hot mess of family pain. Enter Sophie London, dog walker and girl about town. She's on a romance sabbatical after getting burnt, and nothing changes when she meets Tanya. However, when their paths keep crossing, the pair are thrown together on a road trip to Tanya's hometown. What happens next changes both their lives forever.

Rules are made to be broken.... Two years after her marriage implodes, event-planner Cleo Nightingale is ready to get back in the dating game. However, she has one key rule: No younger women. How hard can it be? Fresh out of uni, Becca Cramer is single and ready to embrace her new career. She’s not looking for a relationship, but then fate steps in and introduces her to Cleo.

Photographer Heidi Hughes has been single since her daughter was born. But now that Maya’s walking and talking, she’s ready to meet someone who’s happy with her cute-but-chaotic extra. Eden Price’s world is all about order and precision: in her job, home, friendships. A PR guru, she’s designed her life to run like clockwork. At least, she had, until the universe decided she needed to meet Heidi. Now, Eden’s not sure of much because Heidi is everything she didn’t want, but now categorically does.

Justine Thomas and Maddie Kind met at university and were the couple most likely. Everybody said so. That is, until Maddie left without saying goodbye. Ten years later the pair are reunited at a friend’s funeral, and now Justine can’t shake Maddie from her life. But why is she back? Why did she disappear? And more importantly, is she interested in the whole cake, or just one last slice of Justine? Strap in for a novel that deals with life’s big topics: Love, death, and cake.

Als Erin Stewart sich ein Fake-Date für das Ehejubiläum ihrer Eltern anheuert, bekommt sie deutlich mehr, als sie je zu träumen gewagt hätte. Steph Mitchell ist nicht nur eine professionelle Schauspielerin, sondern auch wahnsinnig attraktiv. Leider macht das die Spannungen innerhalb von Erins Familie nicht unbedingt erträglicher, aber letztendlich müssen sie die Scharade ja nur für fünf Tage aufrechterhalten. Womit Erin jedoch nicht gerechnet hat? Das erregende Kribbeln, das sie bei jedem von Stephs Blicken verspürt, und die Funken, die bei jeder Berührung zwischen ihnen fliegen.

Abby Porter hat einen tollen Job und mit Marcus Montgomery den perfekten Verlobten. Als er merkt, dass Abby bei den Hochzeitsvorbereitungen unter Stress gerät, engagiert er eine professionelle Brautjungfer zu ihrer Unterstützung – nicht ahnend, was er damit anrichtet. Denn als Abby Jordan Cohen zum ersten Mal sieht, bleibt ihr schier die Luft weg. Und auch Jordan fühlt sich von der zukünftigen Braut sofort angezogen, und es fällt ihr zunehmend schwerer, ihre professionelle Distanz zu bewahren.