{"id":6824152105115,"title":"Saving the Day (Quick Reads 2021)","handle":"saving-the-day-2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAllie is bored with her job and starting to wonder whether she even likes her boyfriend, Ryan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe high point in her day is passing a café on her walk home from work. It is the sort of place where she'd really like to work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThen one day she sees an advert on the door: assistant wanted. But before she can land her dream job, Allie knows she must achieve two things:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Learn to cook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. End her relationship with Ryan, especially as through the window of the café, she spies a waiter who looks much more like her type of man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd when she learns that the café is in danger of closing, Allie knows she must do her very best to save the day ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a short story, not a full-length novel. 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It is the sort of place where she'd really like to work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThen one day she sees an advert on the door: assistant wanted. But before she can land her dream job, Allie knows she must achieve two things:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Learn to cook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. End her relationship with Ryan, especially as through the window of the café, she spies a waiter who looks much more like her type of man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd when she learns that the café is in danger of closing, Allie knows she must do her very best to save the day ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a short story, not a full-length novel. 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{"id":6154972528795,"title":"A Wedding in the Country - Hardback (2021)","handle":"a-wedding-in-the-country-hardback-1st-edition-2021","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLizzie has just arrived in London, determined to make the best of her new life.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer mother may be keen that she should have a nice wedding in the country to a Suitable Man chosen by her. And Lizzie may be going to cookery school to help her become a Good Wife.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut she definitely wants to have some fun first.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is 1963 and London is beginning to swing as Lizzie cuts her hair, buys a new dress with a fashionably short hemline, and moves in with two of her best friends, one of whom lives in a grand but rundown house in Belgravia which has plenty of room for a lodger.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoon Lizzie's life is so exciting that she has forgotten all about her mother's marriage plans for her.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll she can think about is that the young man she is falling in love with appears to be engaged to someone else ...\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-02-21T13:46:33+00:00","created_at":"2021-02-08T10:48:56+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["A Wedding in the Country","book","Katie Fforde"],"price":1499,"price_min":1499,"price_max":1499,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":37917738074267,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781780897585","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Wedding in the Country - Hardback (2021)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1499,"weight":807,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781780897585","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/AWeddingintheCountrycover.png?v=1612781338"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/AWeddingintheCountrycover.png?v=1612781338","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":17264472719515,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.65,"height":2835,"width":1843,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/AWeddingintheCountrycover.png?v=1612781338"},"aspect_ratio":0.65,"height":2835,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/AWeddingintheCountrycover.png?v=1612781338","width":1843}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLizzie has just arrived in London, determined to make the best of her new life.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer mother may be keen that she should have a nice wedding in the country to a Suitable Man chosen by her. And Lizzie may be going to cookery school to help her become a Good Wife.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut she definitely wants to have some fun first.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is 1963 and London is beginning to swing as Lizzie cuts her hair, buys a new dress with a fashionably short hemline, and moves in with two of her best friends, one of whom lives in a grand but rundown house in Belgravia which has plenty of room for a lodger.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoon Lizzie's life is so exciting that she has forgotten all about her mother's marriage plans for her.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll she can think about is that the young man she is falling in love with appears to be engaged to someone else ...\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4506766835756,"title":"A Springtime Affair (2021) Paperback","handle":"a-springtime-affair-2020","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Springtime Affair is about a mother and daughter.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey have their separate stories but because they are so close, their stories are interlinked.  It asks the question, do daughters look out for their mothers as much as their mothers look out for them?  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDoes the mother have to hold back from commenting on her daughter’s choice of partner?  Is it more acceptable for the daughter to comment on her mother’s?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelena, the daughter, is a weaver and also a ‘super recogniser’.  Although this is a gift, it isn’t always a pleasant thing to have.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-02-05T10:57:06+00:00","created_at":"2020-02-05T11:03:39+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["A Springtime Affair","book","Katie Fforde","Paperback"],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":37919701368987,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781784758271","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Springtime Affair (2021) Paperback","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781784758271","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/A_Springtime_Affair_paperback.jpg?v=1611672937"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/A_Springtime_Affair_paperback.jpg?v=1611672937","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":16947383468187,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.636,"height":2339,"width":1488,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/A_Springtime_Affair_paperback.jpg?v=1611672937"},"aspect_ratio":0.636,"height":2339,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/A_Springtime_Affair_paperback.jpg?v=1611672937","width":1488}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Springtime Affair is about a mother and daughter.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey have their separate stories but because they are so close, their stories are interlinked.  It asks the question, do daughters look out for their mothers as much as their mothers look out for them?  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDoes the mother have to hold back from commenting on her daughter’s choice of partner?  Is it more acceptable for the daughter to comment on her mother’s?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelena, the daughter, is a weaver and also a ‘super recogniser’.  Although this is a gift, it isn’t always a pleasant thing to have.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4506778468396,"title":"A Rose Petal Summer (2020) - Paperback","handle":"a-rose-petal-summer-2019","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kernel for this book was hearing one of my son’s friends who was visiting from Thailand talking about learning to make it from the internet.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI’ve always loved perfume and will wear two sorts at once to get a new scent so the thought that you could just learn how to make it fascinated me although I don’t feel you can really learn it digitally unless you’re a lot more clued up than I am.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI thought I had to put it in a book but knew it had to be my male character who did it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoing research is often my favourite part of writing and so took my friend Jo Thomas off to a perfume course in London.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(The Experimental Perfume Club – absolutely fascinating.)\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe research always affects the story but a story needs to have more than one strand.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSo I began with a secret desire of mine to apply to one of the amazing sounding jobs advertised in The Lady.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI think the greatest joy of being a writer is that you can satisfy your curiosity about different worlds without actually having to get your hands dirty.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eYou can have a job as a stable girl if you want even though you can’t ride and are over retirement age.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI always want to apply for almost every job I see advertised (except those involving accountancy, even my overactive imagination stops me thinking I could do that) and in my fictional world I can do those things – without any of the necessary skills to hold that job down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1780897545\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;camp=1634\u0026amp;creative=6738\u0026amp;creativeASIN=1780897545\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;tag=katieffordede-21\u0026amp;linkId=62f05925d21ae213408727019a3d833b\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"basketButton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e","published_at":"2020-02-05T10:57:06+00:00","created_at":"2020-02-05T11:08:45+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["A Rose Petal Summer","book","Katie Fforde"],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":37919685935259,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781784758257","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Rose Petal Summer (2020) - 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In my second book (The Rose Revived) I had three protagonists and they all had different Christmases and in my third book (Wild Designs) I put in the Christmas we had at my house at the time, without the drama.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSo when I was asked to write enough Christmas stories to fill a book, I was enthusiastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt gave me an opportunity to revisit a house which has appeared in three books previously.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Wedding Season, Love Letters and Recipe for Love.)\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI loved Fenella and Rupert who lived in the house and enjoyed the chance to write\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esomething where they had a more starring role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI also revisited Crinan in a story.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI had enjoyed writing Summer at Sea which is set in Crinan and so go back there, some of the characters reappearing, was a delight.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAnd haven’t we all wished for A Christmas Fairy to ring on the door to take the stress out of the day?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI also did something I never thought I’d do with these stories.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy editor said, ‘I’d love you to write a ghost story,.’\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBefore my denial that this was possible was fully out of my mouth, I’d had an idea.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe idea behind a book of Christmas stories is that in the run up to Christmas, lots of people are too busy to engage in a novel.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy thought is when the relations are getting a bit much, you can slope off to the bathroom, lock the door, read a story and come out having had a rest and able to gather up used mugs and put the kettle on again with a smile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePs\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy daughter’s dogs have a starring role in one of these stories.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThey are my granddogs and are allowed to get away with anything! \u003c\/p\u003e"}

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