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Jenny Colgan - Mentsük ​meg a Piciny Csodák Pékségét
Imádott ​olasz nagypapája halála gyökeresen megváltoztatja Marisa Rossi életét. Az életrevaló fiatal lány nem tudja túltenni magát a veszteségen, a gyász nem ereszti, szorongással telnek napjai. Az embereket kerüli, magányra és békességre vágyik, ezért elköltözik a Cornwall déli részén található apró faluba, Mount Polbernébe, amit a dagály időről időre elzár a szárazföldtől. Sajnos azonban - vagy szerencsére? - az áhított egyedüllét nehezen megvalósítható. Marisa szomszédja ugyanis egy zajos orosz zongoratanár, ráadásul a kis falu közössége is nyüzsög és nem hagyja, hogy a lány elszigetelődjön. Amikor pedig a falu kis kávézója, a Piciny Csodák Péksége bajba kerül, az összefogás és szeretet ereje talán a Marisa szívét körülölelő sziklaburkot is képes lesz megrepeszteni. "Senki sem tud olyan meghitt, valódi kikapcsolódást jelentő romantikus regényt írni, mint Jenny Colgan." Sunday Express

Jenny Colgan - Piciny ​Csodák Péksége
Polly ​és Chris már hét éve együtt élnek, de kapcsolatuk válságba kerül. Chris visszaköltözik az anyjához, Polly pedig kiadó lakást keres. A hirdetések közt akad egy romantikusan csábító; egy apró szigeten álló házikó, ahová csak apálykor lehet eljutni autóval. Barátnője hiába próbálja lebeszélni az őrült tervről, Polly hajthatatlan. A kikötőfal fölött álló ház igencsak rozoga állapotban várja új gazdáját, és a barátságtalan helyiektől vásárolt ehetetlen péksütemény sem segít Polly hangulatán. Késő este süt néhány cipót, amiből hajnalban visz a halászoknak. A faluban hamar híre megy Polly süteményeinek, így a lány új barátokra, különc hódolókra – no meg esküdt ellenségekre – tesz szert, és ki tudja, talán a szívvel-lélekkel sütött finomságok őt is megváltoztatják, hogy képes legyen újra bízni és szeretni… A Találkozzunk a Cupcake Kávézóban írónőjének legújabb sikersorozatát Jojo Moyes és Jennifer Weiner olvasói is imádni fogják, hiszen Jenny ismeri az édes élet tökéletes receptjét: sok evőkanálnyi szívmelengetés, pár csepp könny, nagy adag szerelem és persze csipetnyi humor.

Jenny Colgan - Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop
Ehhez a könyvhöz nincs fülszöveg, de ettől függetlenül még rukkolható/happolható.

Jenny Colgan - Do ​You Remember the First Time?
Life ​doesn't have a rewind button. Ever wished it did? Flora's wish is about to come true, in a magical new novel about the ultimate second chance, from the bestselling author of WORKING WONDERS and AMANDA'S WEDDING.As her best friend Tashy cuts into her wedding cake, 32-year-old Flora realises she is disillusioned with life. Suddenly, her well-paid job, cosy flat and stable relationship with sensible Olly don't amount to a whole lot. Flora wants to be 16 again. She closes her eyes and wishes. Her wish has come true.Waking up the next morning is a shock. But now Flora has the chance to right some wrongs. Trading crows feet for pimples, love handles for a torso Britney Spears would kill for and dull dinner parties for house parties where White Lightning and snogging are the order of the day, Flora revels in a life where things are far less complicated and just much more... FUN.It's not all laughs though. Will what she does change the future? How can she get back to the present and her ordinary life? And does she even want to?

Jenny Colgan - Találkozzunk ​a Cupcake Kávézóban
Ismerje ​meg Issy Randallt, a Cupcake kávézó büszke tulajdonosát! Issy Randall remekül süt. Isteni, megdöbbentő süteményeket készít, amelyektől az ember szájában összefut a nyál. Imádott nagyapja nevelte fel, a gyerekkorát Joe nagypapa pékségében töltötte, és kétségtelenül örökölte a tehetségét. Amikor Issyt leépítés miatt kirúgják biztonságos, ám unalmas citybeli munkahelyéről, elhatározza, hogy megragadja a pillanatot. A nagypapa receptjeivel fölfegyverkezve, a legjobb barátai és a helyi bank tanácsadója segítségével indul harcba. A Cupcake kávézó megnyitja kapuit. Csakhogy Issynek fogalma sincs, mekkora fába vágta a fejszéjét. Minden bátorságára – és cukrásztudományára – szüksége van, hogy elkerülje a katasztrófát… Finom ráadás süteményreceptek a könyvben!

Jenny Colgan - The ​Happy Christmas
The ​fourth children's book featuring Polly and her puffin Neil, from bestselling adult novelist Jenny Colgan. With gorgeous two-colour illustrations throughout, Polly is perfect for reading aloud - especially at Christmas!Polly and her puffin friend Neil have wrapped presents, practised for the village nativity and written their lists for Santa. But Christmas is taking a very long time to arrive. And Polly isn't enjoying the wait.What's worse, Neil is busy helping to keep an egg warm, so he hasn't got much time to play. Will it EVER be Christmas? And will a tiny little puffling hatch in time for the big day? Perfect for bedtime stories and early readers. From the bestselling author of The Little Beach Street Bakery. Contains lots of fun festive recipes and activities in addition to the story.

Jenny Colgan - The ​Bookshop on the Shore
A ​grand baronial house on Loch Ness, a quirky small-town bookseller, and a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan. Desperate to escape from London, single mother Zoe wants to build a new life for herself and her son Hari. She can barely afford the crammed studio apartment on a busy street where honking horns and shouting football fans keep them awake all night. If she doesn’t find a way out soon, Zoe knows it’s just a matter of time before she has a complete meltdown. On a whim, she answers an ad for a nanny job in the Scottish Highlands, which is about as far away from the urban crush of London as possible. It sounds heavenly! The job description asks for someone capable of caring for three “gifted children”, two of which behave like feral wolverines. The children’s widowed father is a wreck, and the kids run wild in a huge tumbledown castle on the heather-strewn banks of Loch Ness. Still, the peaceful, picturesque location is everything London is not—and Zoe rises to the challenges of the job. With the help of Nina, the friendly local bookseller, Zoe begins to put down roots in the community. Are books, fresh air, and kindness enough to heal this broken family—and her own…?

Jenny Colgan - The ​Summer Seaside Kitchen
Flora ​is definitely, absolutely sure that escaping from the quiet Scottish island where she grew up to the noise and hustle of the big city was the right choice. What was there for her on Mure? It's a place where everyone has known her all her life, and no one will let her forget the past. In the city, she can be anonymous, ambitious and indulge herself in her hopeless crush on her gorgeous boss, Joel. When a new client demands Flora's presence back on Mure, she's suddenly swept back into life with her brothers (all strapping, loud and seemingly incapable of basic housework) and her father. As Flora indulges her new-found love of cooking and breathes life into the dusty little pink-fronted shop on the harbour, she's also going to have to come to terms with past mistakes - and work out exactly where her future lies...

Jenny Colgan - Five ​Hundred Miles From You
The ​unmissable new heartwarming, funny, emotional read from Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan 'Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan' Sunday Express 'A sheer delight from start to finish' Sophie Kinsella ___________________________________ They live five hundred miles apart. Yet their lives are about to collide . . . Curl up and escape with Jenny Colgan 'An evocative, sweet treat' Jojo Moyes 'Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes 'Irresistible' Jill Mansell 'Just lovely' Katie Fforde 'Naturally funny, warm-hearted' Lisa Jewell 'A gobble-it-all-up-in-one-sitting kind of book' Mike Gayle ___________________________________ Lissa loves her job as a nurse, but recently she's been doing a better job of looking after other people than looking after herself. After a traumatic incident at work leaves her feeling overwhelmed, she agrees to swap lives with someone in a quiet village in Scotland. Cormac is restless. Just out of the army, he's desperately in need of distraction, and there's precious little of it in Kirrinfief. Maybe three months in London is just what he needs. As Lissa and Cormac warm to their new lives, emailing back and forth about anything and everything, finally things seem to be falling into place. But each of them feel there's still a piece missing. What - or who - could it be? And what if it's currently five hundred miles away? ___________________________________ Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan 'Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside' 'Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished' 'There's something so engaging about her characters and plots' 'Her books are like a big, warm blanket' 'Her stories are just so fabulous' 'She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life' 'The woman is just magic'

Jenny Colgan - Little ​Beach Street Bakery
Polly ​Waterford is recovering from a toxic relationship. Unable to afford their townhouse, she has to move miles away from everyone, to the sleepy little seaside resort of Polbearne, where she lives alone above an abandoned shop. And so Polly takes out her frustrations on her favourite hobby: making bread. But what was previously a weekend diversion suddenly becomes far more important as she pours her emotions into kneading and pounding the dough, and each loaf becomes better and better. With nuts and seeds, olives and chorizo, with local honey (courtesy of local bee keeper, Huckle), and with reserves of determination and creativity Polly never knew she had, she bakes and bakes and bakes . . . And people start to hear about it. Sometimes, bread really is life . . . And Polly is about to reclaim hers.

Jenny Colgan - An ​Island Christmas
Christmas ​on the remote Scottish island of Mure is bleak, stark - and incredibly beautiful. It's a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram with the people you love - unless, of course, you're accidentally pregnant to your ex-boss, and don't know how to tell him. In what should be the season of peace and goodwill on earth, will Joel think Flora is a bearer of glad tidings? Meanwhile Saif, the doctor and refugee from war-torn Syria is trying to enjoy his first western Christmas with his sons - but without his missing wife. Can the little family possibly find comfort and joy? Travel to the beautiful northern edge of the world and join the welcoming community of Mure for an unforgettable Christmas.

Jenny Colgan - The ​Bookshop on the Corner
Nina ​Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion… and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more. Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile—a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling. From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers there’s plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place that’s beginning to feel like home… a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending.

Jenny Colgan - Christmas ​at Little Beach Street Bakery
It's ​Christmas in the Cornish coastal village of Mount Polbearne - a time for family, friends and feasting. Polly Waterford loves running the Little Beach Street Bakery. She's at her happiest when she's creating delicious, doughy treats and the festive season always inspires her to bake and knead something extra special for the village residents. In fact, the only thing she loves more than her bakery is curling up with her gorgeous boyfriend, Huckle. She's determined that this Christmas is going to be their best one yet, but life doesn't always work out as planned...When Polly's best friend Kerensa turns up with a secret that threatens the life Polly and Huckle have built together, the future begins to look uncertain. And then a face from Polly's past reappears and things become even more complicated. Polly can usually find solace in baking but she has a feeling that's not going to be enough this time. Can she get things back on track so that everyone has a merry Christmas?

Jenny Colgan - Diamonds ​are a Girl's Best Friend
Sophie ​Chesterton is a girl about town – she knows all the right people, goes to all the right parties, and wears all the right clothes. But deep down she suspects that her best friends are actually rather nasty, and that her lifestyle doesn’t really amount to much. Her father wants her to make her own way in the world. to make him proud. But after one shocking evening her life is changed for ever. Scraping a living as an assistant to a ‘glamour’ photographer; living in a hovel on the Old Kent Road with four smelly boys; eating baked beans from the can – this is one spectacular fall from grace. Sophie is desperate to get her life back – but does a girl really need diamonds to be happy? Full of warmth and humour, Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend is the charming new comedy from the wonderful Jenny Colgan.

Jenny Colgan - The ​Endless Beach
Run ​away to a beautiful Scottish island and let the unmissable new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Jenny Colgan warm up your spring! Dreams start here... On the quayside next to the Endless Beach sits the Summer Seaside Kitchen. It's a haven for tourists and locals alike, who all come to eat the freshest local produce on the island and catch up with the gossip. Flora, who runs the cafe, feels safe and content - unless she thinks too hard about her relationship with Joel, her gorgeous but emotionally (and physically) distant boyfriend. While Flora is in turmoil about her relationship. her best friend Lorna is pining after the local doctor. Saif came to the island as a refugee, having lost all of his family. But he's about to get some shocking news which will change everything for him. As cold winter nights shift to long summer days, can Flora find her happy-ever-after with Joel?

Jenny Colgan - Christmas ​at the Island Hotel
On ​the tiny, beautiful, and remote island of Mure, halfway between Scotland and Norway, a new hotel opening is a big event. New mother Flora MacKenzie and her brother Fintan are working themselves half to death to get it ready in time for Christmas. The new hotel’s impressive kitchens throw together two unlikely new friends: Isla Gregor is the hardworking young girl who has been a waitress in the island's cafe, dreaming of a bigger, better life now that she’s at a proper fancy hotel. Konstantin Pederson is working his way up in the hotel's kitchens too…but he is also, secretly, the only son of the Duke of Utsire. Konstantin has been sent to learn what it is to work hard for a living, before receiving his inheritance. Although he’s initially resentful, the place grows on him; he has never met anyone quite like Isla and her fellow Murians before. As the island’s residents and special VIP guests gather for the hotel’s grand opening gala, Christmas is in the air. But so are more than a few small-town secrets…

Jenny Colgan - Sunrise ​by the Sea
New ​York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan returns to the setting of her beloved Little Beach Street Bakery series for a timely and heartfelt novel set in a Cornish seaside village. Marisa Rosso can't understand why everyone else is getting on with their lives as she still struggles to get over the death of her beloved grandfather, back home in Italy. Everyone loses grandparents, right? Why is she taking it so badly? Retreating further and further from normal life, she moves to the end of the earth--the remote tidal island of Mount Polbearne, at the foot of Cornwall, hoping for peace and solitude, whilst carrying on her job as a registrar, dealing with births, weddings, and deaths, even as she feels life is passing her by. Unfortunately--or fortunately?--the solitude she craves proves elusive. Between her noisy Russian piano-teaching neighbor, the bustle and community spirit of the tiny village struggling back to life after the quarantine, and the pressing need to help save the local bakery, can Marisa find her joy again at the end of the world?

Jenny Colgan - Kalamajka ​a Piciny Csodák pékségében
Polly ​Waterford élete alaposan megváltozott, mióta először hajtott át Mount Polbearne csak apály idején járható bekötőútján. A nagyvárosi nyüzsgésből elmenekült lány otthonra lelt a félszigeten. Szerelmével, Huckle-lel és fogadott lundájukkal, Neillel nem is élhetnének boldogabban frissen megvásárolt világítótornyukban. Váratlan események és a kisvárosba érkező és visszatérő látogatók azonban alaposan megbolygatják a közösség, Polly bejáratott és népszerű péksége és a kis lundás család életét. Hogy áll helyt Polly, amikor magára marad, és úgy tűnik, sokadszorra is mindent elölről kell kezdenie? A tenger felett az időjárás kiszámíthatatlan – tudják ezt a halászok, és meg kell tanulnia mindenkinek, aki ilyen helyen akar élni. Sosem lehet tudni, mi az, amit közelebb sodornak, és mi az, amit örökre eltávolítanak a semmiből támadó viharok. Egyvalami azonban változatlan: Jenny Colgan történetei, akárcsak Polly fantasztikus kenyerei, a legszigorúbb kritikust is leveszik a lábáról. Ha belekóstolt, nem fogja tudni abbahagyni. Pékségünkben csak garantáltan természetes alapanyagokkal dolgozunk, hiszen tudjuk, olvasót a gyomrán…

Jenny Colgan - Looking ​for Andrew McCarthy
The ​third novel by the Sunday times bestselling author of Amanda's Wedding 'I'm wearing a beautiful pink dress, and I'm in a big pink room with billowing curtains...and I'm dancing to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark...and my handsome partner leans over and whispers... 'Yes, 80s child Ellie really thought life was going to be like Pretty in Pink, St Elmo's Fire and all those other movies -- where everyone was astoundingly glamorous, popular, successful, had huge apartments and lived happily ever after. But now that she and her gang are thirty, she has to admit that things haven't quite turned out that way. When did horrible flats, difficult relationships and menaningless jobs take over?And, more importantly, what happened to the coolest, wisest, most inspirational Brat Packer of them all? Where is Andrew McCarthy now? Did life fulfil its promise for him? Is he happy on Channel 5? Surely he, of all people, can tell Ellie what to do about her thirty-angst?

Jenny Colgan - The ​Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris
As ​dawn breaks over the Pont Neuf, and the cobbled alleyways of Paris come to life, Anna Trent is already awake and at work; mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate; made entirely by hand, it is sold to the grandes dames of Paris. It's a huge shift from the chocolate factory she worked in at home in the north of England. But when an accident changed everything, Anna was thrown back in touch with her French teacher, Claire, who offered her the chance of a lifetime - to work in Paris with her former sweetheart, Thierry, a master chocolatier. With old wounds about to be uncovered and healed, Anna is set to discover more about real chocolate - and herself - than she ever dreamed.

Jenny Colgan - The ​Little Shop of Happy Ever After
Given ​a back-room computer job when the beloved Birmingham library she works in turns into a downsized retail complex, Nina misses her old role terribly - dealing with people, greeting her regulars, making sure everyone gets the right books for their needs. Then a new business nobody else wants catches her eye: owning a tiny little bookshop bus up in the Scottish highlands. No computers. Shortages. Out all hours in the freezing cold; driving with a tiny stock of books... not to mention how the little community is going to take to her, particularly when she stalls the bus on a level crossing...

Jenny Colgan - The ​Christmas Bookshop
Perfect ​for the holidays! A brand-new heartwarming Christmas novel from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas at the Island Hotel. When the department store she works in closes for good, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. She doesn’t want to move in with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia’s perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered Edinburgh life. Frankly, Sofia doesn’t exactly want Carmen there either. Her sister has always been sarcastic and difficult. But Sofia has yet another baby on the way, a mother desperate to see her daughters get along, and a client who needs a retail assistant for his ailing bookshop, so welcoming Carmen might still have some benefits for everyone. At Sofia’s behest, Carmen is thrown into the daily workings of old Mr. McCredie’s ancient bookshop on the streets of the old dark city. Can she use her design skills to revamp the store and bring it back to popularity in time to benefit from Christmas shopping traffic? Can she choose between bad boy literary rock star Blair and quiet Quaker student Oke? And will she heal the rift with the most important people of all: her family?

Jenny Colgan - Operation ​Sunshine
Evie ​needs a good holiday. Not just because she's been working all hours in her job as a receptionist for two high-powered plastic surgeons - but also because every holiday she has ever been on in her life has involved sunburn, arguments and projectile vomiting - and sometimes all three at once. Why can't she have a normal holiday, like other people seem to have - some sun, sand, sea and (hopefully) sex? So when her employers invite her to attend a conference with them in the south of France, she can't believe her luck. At last, the chance to hob nob with the rich and glamorous, to party under the stars, to live the life she's dreamed about. It's certainly the holiday of a lifetime - but not quite in way Frances imagined!

Jenny Colgan - Amanda ​esküvője
Mel ​és Fran nem akarja elhinni, hogy egykori barátnőjük, Amanda eljegyezte magát a skót nemesi család sarjával, Fraser McConnalddal. A gyógyíthatatlan rangkórságban szenvedő Amandát a legkevésbé sem zavarja, hogy Fraser már három éve ugyanabban a sportcipőben jár, és kastélya egy romhalmaz. Nem, Amanda nemesi címre áhítozik, semmi más nem érdekli. Mel és Fran mindazonáltal elhatározzák, megfúrják az évszázad legrosszabb házasságát. Eközben Mel egy rámenős, ám nem különösebben vonzó könyvelő udvarlását próbálja visszaverni, és a férfifaló Fran különböző manővereit is igyekszik kézben tartani. Csöppet sem mellékesen saját szerelmi háborúját is megvívja Alexszel, aki egyszerre vadító és link, leginkább ez utóbbi. Mindeközben vészesen közeledik az esküvő időpontja - valamit tenni kell! És a két ádáz barátnő tesz is.

Jenny Colgan - Summer ​at Little Beach Street Bakery
Summer ​has arrived in the Cornish town of Mount Polbearne and Polly Waterford couldn't be happier. Because Polly is in love: she's in love with the beautiful seaside town she calls home, she's in love with running the bakery on Beach Street, and she's in love with her boyfriend, Huckle. And yet there's something unsettling about the gentle summer breeze that's floating through town. Selina, recently widowed, hopes that moving to Mount Polbearne will ease her grief, but Polly has a secret that could destroy her friend's fragile recovery. Responsibilities that Huckle thought he'd left behind are back and Polly finds it hard to cope with his increasingly long periods of absence. Polly sifts flour, kneads dough and bakes bread, but nothing can calm the storm she knows is coming: is Polly about to lose everything she loves?

Jenny Colgan - The ​Cafe by the Sea
The ​beloved author of The Bookshop on the Corner returns with a sparkling, sunny, soulful new novel perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand. Years ago, Flora fled the quiet Scottish island where she grew up -- and she hasn't looked back. What would she have done on Mure? It's a place where everyone has known her all her life, where no one will let her forget the past. In bright, bustling London, she can be anonymous, ambitious... and hopelessly in love with her boss. But when fate brings Flora back to the island, she's suddenly swept once more into life with her brothers (all strapping, loud and seemingly incapable of basic housework) and her father. Yet even amid the chaos of their reunion, Flora discovers a passion for cooking -- and finds herself restoring dusty little pink-fronted shop on the harbour: a café by the sea. But with the seasons changing, Flora must come to terms with past mistakes... and work out exactly where her future lies... Funny and heartfelt, The Café by the Sea is a delightful summertime novel that puts a modern twist on the classic Seven Brides for Seven Brothers story.

Jenny Colgan - Christmas ​at the Cupcake Café
Contains ​mouth-watering recipes! Issy Randall, proud owner of the Cupcake Cafe, is in love and couldn't be happier. Her new business is thriving and she is surrounded by close friends, even if her cupcake colleagues Pearl and Caroline aren't quite as upbeat about the upcoming season of snow and merriment. But when her boyfriend Austin is scouted for a possible move to New York, Issy is forced to face up to the prospect of a long-distance romance. And when the Christmas rush at the cafe - with its increased demand for her delectable creations - begins to take its toll, Issy has to decide what she holds most dear. This December, Issy will have to rely on all her reserves of courage, good nature and cinnamon, to make sure everyone has a merry Christmas, one way or another ...

Jenny Colgan - Christmas ​at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop
Rosie ​Hopkins is looking forward to Christmas in the little Derbyshire village of Lipton, buried under a thick blanket of snow. Her sweetshop is festooned with striped candy canes, large tempting piles of Turkish Delight, crinkling selection boxes and happy, sticky children. She's going to be spending it with her boyfriend, Stephen, and her family, flying in from Australia. She can't wait. But when a tragedy strikes at the heart of their little community, all of Rosie's plans for the future seem to be blown apart. Can she build a life in Lipton? And is what's best for the sweetshop also what's best for Rosie? Treat yourself and your sweet-toothed friends to Jenny Colgan's heart-warming new novel. The irresistibly delicious recipes are guaranteed to get you into the festive spirit and will warm up your Christmas celebrations.

Jenny Colgan - Working ​Wonders
An ​hilarious novel of office life and personal crisis by the bestselling author of LOOKING FOR ANDREW MCCARTHY and AMANDA'S WEDDING. Arthur thinks he's just another ordinary guy of 31, getting up in the morning to face another ordinary day in an ordinary Midlands town. He evades his girlfriend Fay's latest hints about commitment and babies to leave for work at the council offices, where today, at the latest crazy whim of management, he's expected to reapply for his job as town planner. But, hey, today there's something different about Arthur. Why can't he shake off that strange dream about horses he had last night? And why does the ridiculous psychology test he's given to do appear to be sending him arcane messages? And who really is Gwyneth, the beautiful martinet of a management consultant in charge of the whole charade? Nothing is quite as it seems -- and that includes Arthur. In the course of a short day he defenestrates a photocopier, wrestles his Lynx-scented boss Ross for his job, faces up to Fay -- that is he evades her questions once too often -- and is given a secret mission that will change the life of himself and his motley team.

Jenny Colgan - Meet ​Me at the Cupcake Café
Ever ​dreamed of starting over Issy Randall can bake. No, more than that - Issy can create stunning, mouth-wateringly divine cakes. After a childhood spent in her beloved Grampa Joe's bakery she has undoubtedly inherited his talent. So when she's made redundant from her safe but dull City job, Issy decides to seize the moment and open up her own caf. It should be a piece of cake, right Wrong. As her friends point out, she has trouble remembering where she left her house keys, let alone trying to run her own business. But Issy is determined. Armed with recipes posted to her from Grampa, and with her local bank manager fighting her corner, Issy attempts to prove everyone wrong. Following your dreams is never easy and this is no exception.

Jenny Colgan - Christmas ​on the Island
From ​the _New York Times_ bestselling author of _The Café by the Sea_—whose novels are “an evocative, sweet treat” (JOJO MOYES)—comes this heartwarming holiday novel set on a charming Scottish island. _On the remote Scottish island of Mure, the Christmas season is stark, windy, and icy—yet incredibly festive and beautiful..._ It's a time for getting cozy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram and a treacle pudding with the people you love—unless, of course, you've accidentally gotten pregnant by your ex-boss, and don't know how to tell him. In the season for peace and good cheer, will Flora find the nerve to reveal the truth to her nearest and dearest? Will her erstwhile co-parent Joel think she’s the bearer of glad tidings—or is this Christmas going to be as bleak as the Highlands in midwinter? Meanwhile Saif, a doctor and refugee from war-torn Syria is trying to enjoy his first western Christmas with his sons on this remote island where he’s been granted asylum. His wife, however, is still missing, and her absence hangs over what should be a joyful celebration. Can the family possibly find comfort and joy without her? Travel to the beautiful northern edge of the world and join the welcoming community of Mure for a Highland Christmas you'll never forget!

Jenny Colgan - Karácsony ​a Cupcake Kávézóban
Issy ​Randall, a Cupcake Kávézó büszke tulajdonosa szerelmes, és nem is lehetne boldogabb. Új üzlete virágzik, és jó barátok veszik körül, bár két kolléganője, Pearl és Calorine mintha nem nagyon lenne feldobva a hó és a vidámság közelgő ünnepétől. Ám amikor barátja, Austin eljátszik a gondolattal, hogy New Yorkba költözik, Issy kénytelen egy távkapcsolat kilátásával szembenézni. És amikor legnagyobb a karácsonyi forgalom a kávézóban, s egyre nagyobb a kereslet Issy ínycsiklandó süteményeire, a lánynak el kell döntenie, mit tart a legfontosabbnak az életben. Ebben a decemberben Issynek minden erő-, jókedv- és fahéjtartalékára szüksége van, hogy így vagy úgy mindenkinek boldog karácsonyt teremtsen...