{"id":4520324268076,"title":"A Christmas Feast (2014)","handle":"a-christmas-feast","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e","published_at":"2020-02-09T12:10:26+00:00","created_at":"2020-02-09T12:40:02+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["A Christmas Feast","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":32103071547436,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781784750398","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Christmas Feast (2014)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781784750398","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/9.AChristmasFeast_b60d35fd-c607-4d6d-b716-1c8f0cb5e9f9.jpg?v=1601036342"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/9.AChristmasFeast_b60d35fd-c607-4d6d-b716-1c8f0cb5e9f9.jpg?v=1601036342","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":11484843540635,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.653,"height":753,"width":492,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/9.AChristmasFeast_b60d35fd-c607-4d6d-b716-1c8f0cb5e9f9.jpg?v=1601036320"},"aspect_ratio":0.653,"height":753,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/9.AChristmasFeast_b60d35fd-c607-4d6d-b716-1c8f0cb5e9f9.jpg?v=1601036320","width":492}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e"}

{"id":4513406844972,"title":"The Perfect Match (2014)","handle":"the-perfect-match-2014","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI love property programmes and have an on-line estate agent addiction.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt happened that my sister and brother in law were house hunting and I often went with them.  It seemed the perfect time to combine my interests and feelings about estate agents and what they do and write a book about it.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI had a lot of fun!  I spent a day with a local estate agent and saw it from the inside.  My sister and brother in law were also very helpful!’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-02-07T11:16:33+00:00","created_at":"2020-02-07T11:25:20+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["book","Katie Fforde","The Perfect Match"],"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":32075811651628,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780099539230","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Perfect Match (2014)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780099539230","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/10._The_Perfect_Match_copy.png?v=1582547639"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/10._The_Perfect_Match_copy.png?v=1582547639","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":6594573565996,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.651,"height":753,"width":490,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/10._The_Perfect_Match_copy.png?v=1582547639"},"aspect_ratio":0.651,"height":753,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/10._The_Perfect_Match_copy.png?v=1582547639","width":490}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI love property programmes and have an on-line estate agent addiction.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt happened that my sister and brother in law were house hunting and I often went with them.  It seemed the perfect time to combine my interests and feelings about estate agents and what they do and write a book about it.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI had a lot of fun!  I spent a day with a local estate agent and saw it from the inside.  My sister and brother in law were also very helpful!’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4513411661868,"title":"A French Affair (2013)","handle":"a-french-affair-2013","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’d always wanted to write a book about antiques and thought that’s what I was doing when I started out to write Flora’s Lot.  However Flora’s Lot turned out to be about auction houses - just as fascinating.  But it left my antique book still waiting.  I had met a lovely girl who told me how she and her sister inherited an antiques business from their father who had died very suddenly.  They said, \"We don’t know anything about antiques so obviously we won’t carry on\". But somehow they did and learnt about the business just through doing it.  \"What a fabulous idea for a book\", I said.  Still the moment wasn’t right.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt wasn’t until I met someone else who mentioned their hobby was antiques that I related these sisters. \"I know them\", she said, and suddenly the moment was right.  Again, doing the research was brilliant fun.  I still know very little about antiques but I am still fascinated by them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-02-07T11:16:33+00:00","created_at":"2020-02-07T11:28:27+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["A French Affair","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":32075820138540,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780099539193","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A French Affair (2013)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780099539193","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/AFrenchAffair_KatieFforde.jpg?v=1595927195"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/AFrenchAffair_KatieFforde.jpg?v=1595927195","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":10346984603803,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":2339,"width":1524,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/AFrenchAffair_KatieFforde.jpg?v=1595927167"},"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":2339,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/AFrenchAffair_KatieFforde.jpg?v=1595927167","width":1524}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’d always wanted to write a book about antiques and thought that’s what I was doing when I started out to write Flora’s Lot.  However Flora’s Lot turned out to be about auction houses - just as fascinating.  But it left my antique book still waiting.  I had met a lovely girl who told me how she and her sister inherited an antiques business from their father who had died very suddenly.  They said, \"We don’t know anything about antiques so obviously we won’t carry on\". But somehow they did and learnt about the business just through doing it.  \"What a fabulous idea for a book\", I said.  Still the moment wasn’t right.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt wasn’t until I met someone else who mentioned their hobby was antiques that I related these sisters. \"I know them\", she said, and suddenly the moment was right.  Again, doing the research was brilliant fun.  I still know very little about antiques but I am still fascinated by them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4513435811884,"title":"Recipe for Love (2012)","handle":"recipe-for-love","description":"\u003cspan\u003eIn Recipe for Love I really wanted to write about a television cookery show.  They are among some of my favourite watching.  I loved having a larger cast of characters than usual, giving them all different motives for entering the competition.  I always love researching food and it was through this book I discovered that honey spread on cheese is really delicious!\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2020-02-07T11:16:33+00:00","created_at":"2020-02-07T11:41:58+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["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":32075881414700,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780099539179","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Recipe for Love (2012)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780099539179","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/RecipeForLove_KatieFforde.jpg?v=1595927257"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/RecipeForLove_KatieFforde.jpg?v=1595927257","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":10347043061915,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.636,"height":2339,"width":1488,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/RecipeForLove_KatieFforde.jpg?v=1595927252"},"aspect_ratio":0.636,"height":2339,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/RecipeForLove_KatieFforde.jpg?v=1595927252","width":1488}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan\u003eIn Recipe for Love I really wanted to write about a television cookery show.  They are among some of my favourite watching.  I loved having a larger cast of characters than usual, giving them all different motives for entering the competition.  I always love researching food and it was through this book I discovered that honey spread on cheese is really delicious!\u003c\/span\u003e"}

{"id":4513439252524,"title":"Summer of Love (2011)","handle":"summer-of-love-2011","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI was flicking through a Sunday supplement once and unexpectedly came across a picture of Prince Harry.  In it he looked the living spit of his grandfather, Prince Philip.  I remembered an argument I had with a friend who was convinced Prince Harry wasn’t Prince Charles’s child.  It wasn’t this aspect that fascinated me but how would it be if you suddenly saw a child and recognised it as being one of your own family.  How would this feel?  This, and my passion for outward bound programmes (I watch a lot of day time television) combined to inspire this book.  I went on a Ray Mears course and had the best time.  The photographs win the prize for the most unflattering of me ever taken.\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2020-02-07T11:16:33+00:00","created_at":"2020-02-07T11:43:43+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["book","Katie Fforde","Summer of Love"],"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":32075891114028,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780099539148","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Summer of Love (2011)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780099539148","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/13._summerlove.jpg?v=1582553838"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/13._summerlove.jpg?v=1582553838","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":6596293623852,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":753,"width":491,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/13._summerlove.jpg?v=1582553838"},"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":753,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/13._summerlove.jpg?v=1582553838","width":491}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI was flicking through a Sunday supplement once and unexpectedly came across a picture of Prince Harry.  In it he looked the living spit of his grandfather, Prince Philip.  I remembered an argument I had with a friend who was convinced Prince Harry wasn’t Prince Charles’s child.  It wasn’t this aspect that fascinated me but how would it be if you suddenly saw a child and recognised it as being one of your own family.  How would this feel?  This, and my passion for outward bound programmes (I watch a lot of day time television) combined to inspire this book.  I went on a Ray Mears course and had the best time.  The photographs win the prize for the most unflattering of me ever taken.\u003c\/span\u003e"}

{"id":4513470316588,"title":"A Perfect Proposal (2010)","handle":"a-perfect-proposal","description":"\u003cspan\u003eA Perfect Proposal is partly based on a real situation in my family and the heroine is someone I would really like to be.  She is tall, slim and brilliant with a needle.  I had a lot of fun writing this book.  It involves a road trip, some trans Atlantic travel and a very eccentric old lady.  It also features a painting of a house that hangs on the wall at home.\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2020-02-07T11:16:33+00:00","created_at":"2020-02-07T12:00:38+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["A Perfect Proposal","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":32075975589932,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780099525066","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Perfect Proposal (2010)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780099525066","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/14._A_Perfect_Proposal.jpg?v=1582546569"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/14._A_Perfect_Proposal.jpg?v=1582546569","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":6594308014124,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.651,"height":753,"width":490,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/14._A_Perfect_Proposal.jpg?v=1582546569"},"aspect_ratio":0.651,"height":753,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/14._A_Perfect_Proposal.jpg?v=1582546569","width":490}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan\u003eA Perfect Proposal is partly based on a real situation in my family and the heroine is someone I would really like to be.  She is tall, slim and brilliant with a needle.  I had a lot of fun writing this book.  It involves a road trip, some trans Atlantic travel and a very eccentric old lady.  It also features a painting of a house that hangs on the wall at home.\u003c\/span\u003e"}

{"id":4513472512044,"title":"Love Letters (2009)","handle":"love-letters","description":"\u003cspan\u003eLove Letters is about a literary festival.  I had appeared at a local one and the organiser was very young and had never had anything to do with a festival before.  Thus, all her ideas were completely original and off the wall but it produced a wonderful event.  My character had had a bit more experience of book events but organising the festival still took her in directions she didn’t expect.\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2020-02-07T11:16:33+00:00","created_at":"2020-02-07T12:01:54+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["book","Katie Fforde","Love Letters"],"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":32075978506284,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780099525042","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Love Letters (2009)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780099525042","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/15._Love_Letters.jpg?v=1582547118"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/15._Love_Letters.jpg?v=1582547118","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":6594432401452,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.636,"height":753,"width":479,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/15._Love_Letters.jpg?v=1582547118"},"aspect_ratio":0.636,"height":753,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0309\/6199\/1724\/products\/15._Love_Letters.jpg?v=1582547118","width":479}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan\u003eLove Letters is about a literary festival.  I had appeared at a local one and the organiser was very young and had never had anything to do with a festival before.  Thus, all her ideas were completely original and off the wall but it produced a wonderful event.  My character had had a bit more experience of book events but organising the festival still took her in directions she didn’t expect.\u003c\/span\u003e"}

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{"id":4513503805484,"title":"Going Dutch (2007)","handle":"going-dutch-2007","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile I was writing Practically Perfect we were having our house remodelled.  (I still thank my neighbour for instigating it – the improvements were vast.)  We rented a house for most of the time but towards the end, we moved onto our Dutch barge in London.  Being there for longer than usual of course, made me want to set a book on it.  Someone we met at a party suggested the title.  Titles are always tricky and so I was delighted to have one before I started. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of those books with two points of view.  If the story is right, I enjoy doing this but I find it quite impossible if the story doesn’t work.  But I had a story and a lot of recent barge experience.  The barge in this book is exactly as it was before it too was done up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI had a deadline to reach while we were there and at 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