Showing results by author "Jo Thomas" in Genre Fiction

Chloe can't wait for Christmas...to be over! Her son Ruben is staying with his dad this year and Chloe is planning to ignore the holidays all together. Her only nod to the season is the advent calendar Ruben left her, to help count down the days till he's home again. But then an heir hunter gets in touch, telling her there's a plot of land in Canada she may be entitled to. Surely, it's a scam. Or could it be just the escape she needs right now? They're offering to pay for her flights...and Ruben's latest note in the advent calendar tells her to 'say yes!'

After a decade of building her career in the city, Beca is ready to escape the humdrum. When she sees her dream home for sale in her hometown, it starts to seem like fate. But when she arrives and visits her grandparents' ice cream parlour, Beca is horrified to find out that the new owner, her ex-boyfriend Ed, has stripped the heart out of it. Determined to honour her family's legacy, Beca decides to follow in their footsteps and make delicious ice cream with the help of a long-forgotten recipe book and boat house.

Lucia has worked hard as a lawyer in Wales, aiming for a big promotion she hopes will shortly come her way. Finally taking a well-earned break at her grandparents' house in southern Italy, the sunshine, lemon trees and her nonna's mouth-watering cooking make her instantly feel at home. But she's shocked to learn that her grandfather is retiring from the beloved family pizzeria and will need to sell. Lucia can't bear the thought of the place changing hands - especially when she discovers her not-quite-ex-husband, Giacomo, wants to take it over!

Can she find her recipe for happiness? Del and her husband, Ollie, moved to a beautiful village in Provence for a fresh start after years of infertility struggles. But six weeks after they arrive, they’re packing the removal van once more. As Del watches the van leave for England, she suddenly realises exactly what will make her happier...a new life in France - without Ollie. Now alone, all Del has is a crumbling farmhouse, a mortgage to pay and a few lavender plants. What on earth is she going to do?

Residential home caterer Connie has had one online-dating disaster too many. Hurt in the past, and with her son to consider, now she's feeling hesitant. Then one of Connie's residents sets her up on a date at a beautiful German Christmas market - with the promise she'll take a mini-bus full of pensioners with her.

Eliza has a full house! When her three children grew up and moved out, she downsized to a smaller property...but now they're all back. Every room in the house is taken and Eliza finds herself sharing her bed with her eldest daughter and her daughter's pug. Combined with the online course she's trying to finish, plus her job to fit in, there just isn't the peace and quiet that Eliza needs.

Mit gebrochenem Herzen und dem Vorsatz, sich nie wieder zu verlieben, strandet Fiona in einem kleinen irischen Dorf. Akute Geldnot führt sie auf eine Austernfarm, wo sie nicht nur mit ihrer Angst vor dem Wasser und zwei störrischen Eseln zu kämpfen hat, sondern auch mit ihrem Arbeitgeber Sean. Der hat genaue Vorstellungen von der Austernzucht und eine Partnerin, die Fiona das Leben schwer macht.

Voor de fans van Soraya Lane, Katie Fforde en Charlotte de Monchy Als Ruthie wakker wordt na een wijnovergoten avond met vriendinnen, wacht haar naast een kater een verrassing: ze heeft in haar dronken bui een bod gedaan op een Italiaanse boerderij… en het bod wordt geaccepteerd! Ruthie heeft net een nare relatiebreuk achter de rug en slaapt tijdelijk bij haar moeder op de bank. Misschien is deze nieuwe uitdaging wel precies wat ze nodig heeft.

Del en haar man Ollie zijn verhuisd naar een schattig klein dorpje in de Provence. Voorbij zijn hun ruzies, voorbij de zware jaren, vanaf nu gaan ze een zonnige toekomst tegemoet! Tenminste, dat was het plan. Maar het leven loopt nooit zoals je had gepland, of wel? Nog geen zes weken na aankomst staan ze opnieuw de verhuiswagens in te pakken. Tot Del beseft dat in de Provence blijven – zonder Ollie – haar echt gelukkig zou maken.