Chris Manby
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Series
Language
English
Description
Sophie Petworth can't wait for her annual summer holiday - it's a chance to reconnect with her boyfriend Callum. Then Callum dumps her, the night before they're due to leave. In a show of bravery and independence, Sophie says she'll go to Majorca alone - but in fact, she hides in her London flat.
Author
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Take one Queen Bee: Annabel Buchanan, with a perfect house in the country, a rich husband and a beautiful daughter, Izzy ... and one large, loud family: the Bensons. What happens when their worlds collide? When Izzy suddenly falls dangerously ill, adoptee Annabel has to track down her biological family to see if they can help her daughter. But can she see past the Bensons' brash exteriors to the warm, loving people they are at heart? With December...
Author
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
It's the festive season and the members of the Newbay Theatre Society, more commonly known as the NEWTS, are preparing to put on a show. Being cast as Cinderella is the realisation of a dream for newcomer Kirsty, not least because she hopes starring in a panto under the direction of her boyfriend Jon will bring them closer together. But Kirsty soon learns that it's not all glitter and good cheer behind the scenes at the amateur theatre as bitter rivalries...
Author
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In the quaint seaside town of Newbay, a beginner's cookery course is starting. And three very different students have signed up. Liz's husband has left her for a twenty-something clean-eating blogger, and she's determined to show the world - and her daughter - she's just as capable in the kitchen. John, newly widowed after fifty years of marriage, can't live on sympathy lasagnes forever. To thirty-year-old workaholic Bella, the course is a welcome...
Author
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The Benson family are used to 86-year-old Grandad Bill repeating his catchphrase, 'I've won the blooming lottery!' but they are gobsmacked when he finally does. It's not a jackpot of millions, but even after giving each of his great-grandchildren a nice nest-egg, there's enough left over for him to take everyone on a short Mediterranean cruise. It's full steam ahead for another proper family adventure!
Author
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Sisters Chelsea and Ronnie Benson haven't spoken to each other in two years when their mother announces she wants the whole family to go on a week-long holiday in Lanzarote for her 60th birthday. Sophisticated Chelsea and frumpy Ronnie dread the holiday for different reasons. The week begins badly and gets worse - and then their mother drops a bombshell on the group.