{"id":7627035803803,"title":"3 Book - Hardback collection","handle":"3-book-hardback-collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo available all three books in this series in hardback.  Set in the 60’s they are about three girls who meet on a cookery course.  Each story stands alone but some of  the characters appear in all the books.  A Wedding in the Country is about Lizzie, A Wedding in Provence is about Alexandra and One Enchanted Evening is about Meg. The trio would make a wonderful gift for any Katie Fforde fan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooks in the collection:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A Wedding in the Country (2021)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A Wedding in Provence' (2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One Enchanted Evening' (2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-03-13T21:50:28+00:00","created_at":"2023-03-13T21:50:28+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["A Wedding in Provence","A Wedding in the Country","book","Katie Fforde","One Enchanted Evening"],"price":5000,"price_min":5000,"price_max":5000,"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":43287464640667,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"3 book hardback collection","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"3 Book - Hardback collection","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5000,"weight":1973,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/3bookcollection.jpg?v=1678744230"],"featured_image":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/3bookcollection.jpg?v=1678744230","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":27808745128091,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.13,"height":3024,"width":3416,"src":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/3bookcollection.jpg?v=1678744230"},"aspect_ratio":1.13,"height":3024,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/3bookcollection.jpg?v=1678744230","width":3416}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eNo available all three books in this series in hardback.  Set in the 60’s they are about three girls who meet on a cookery course.  Each story stands alone but some of  the characters appear in all the books.  A Wedding in the Country is about Lizzie, A Wedding in Provence is about Alexandra and One Enchanted Evening is about Meg. The trio would make a wonderful gift for any Katie Fforde fan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooks in the collection:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A Wedding in the Country (2021)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A Wedding in Provence' (2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One Enchanted Evening' (2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":7540098269339,"title":"A Wedding in Provence - Paperback (2022)","handle":"a-wedding-in-provence-paperback-2022","description":"A Wedding in Provence is the second in a series of three about three girls who met on a cookery course in London.  Alexandra is on her way to live with her starchy relations and decides to stop off in Paris for a couple of days sightseeing.  She meets a young American woman and Alexandra’s plans change.  She heads off to Provence to be a nanny.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e I loved writing this.  Alexandra is such a strong character, she more or less told me her story.  She did take me way out of my writing comfort zone, setting a book in France when I couldn’t go there, for a start, but I loved living in her world.  She has skills she didn’t know she had and was extremely resourceful.  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e While I couldn’t go to Provence during Lock Down, I had been to Provence a couple of times and had been to France fairly often, which helped.  Also, my husband’s sister had lived in rural France as a child and she was very helpful.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Of course I had watched every TV programme there was about chateaux, but interestingly, the one I created was quite unlike any of the ones I saw.  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e I’m currently writing the third in the series.","published_at":"2022-11-10T12:47:14+00:00","created_at":"2022-11-10T12:47:07+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["A Wedding in Provence","book","Katie Fforde"],"price":1200,"price_min":1200,"price_max":1200,"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":42985080225947,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781529158830","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Wedding in Provence - Paperback (2022)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1200,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781529158830","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/AWIPPBcover.jpg?v=1668085692"],"featured_image":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/AWIPPBcover.jpg?v=1668085692","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":27351114023067,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.649,"height":2346,"width":1523,"src":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/AWIPPBcover.jpg?v=1668085692"},"aspect_ratio":0.649,"height":2346,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/AWIPPBcover.jpg?v=1668085692","width":1523}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"A Wedding in Provence is the second in a series of three about three girls who met on a cookery course in London.  Alexandra is on her way to live with her starchy relations and decides to stop off in Paris for a couple of days sightseeing.  She meets a young American woman and Alexandra’s plans change.  She heads off to Provence to be a nanny.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e I loved writing this.  Alexandra is such a strong character, she more or less told me her story.  She did take me way out of my writing comfort zone, setting a book in France when I couldn’t go there, for a start, but I loved living in her world.  She has skills she didn’t know she had and was extremely resourceful.  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e While I couldn’t go to Provence during Lock Down, I had been to Provence a couple of times and had been to France fairly often, which helped.  Also, my husband’s sister had lived in rural France as a child and she was very helpful.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Of course I had watched every TV programme there was about chateaux, but interestingly, the one I created was quite unlike any of the ones I saw.  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e I’m currently writing the third in the series."}

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{"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. 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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":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":1200,"price_min":1200,"price_max":1200,"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":1200,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781784758271","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/A_Springtime_Affair_paperback.jpg?v=1611672937"],"featured_image":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/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":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/A_Springtime_Affair_paperback.jpg?v=1611672937"},"aspect_ratio":0.636,"height":2339,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/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":1200,"price_min":1200,"price_max":1200,"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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