Unexpected Lessons in Love

‘I literally giggle-snorted… Laugh out loud.’ Goodreads reviewerEleanor Manning is finally leaving behind her glittering but empty life in the city (and her soon-to-be-ex-husband) to return to the comfort of her childhood home in Apollo Bay.She’s landed a lovely new job and a flatshare with her bubbly best friend, Penny. So yes, she’s well and truly learnt her lesson when it comes to love…But then she meets gorgeous teacher Marcus Blair and Eleanor’s self-imposed rules fly out of the window! Surely she can resist him long enough to keep this fling no strings attached?Fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Lindsey Kelk and Colleen Coleman will love Belinda Missen!What readers are saying about Lessons in Love:‘From the very first page I was laughing and giggling as I read… A perfect fun, flirty beach read.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars‘The perfect summer read.’ Goodreads reviewer‘OOOOOOH – Marcus!… He's hot, yes, but he's also nice… You're going to root for Eleanor (and Penny too!). Perfect beach or garden read.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars‘Laugh-out-loud funny… Lessons in Love was a rollicking ride… You can't help fall in love with them all and wish they were your friends too.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars‘Had me swooning and laughing out loud. Also, the drama !!! had !!! me !!! going !!! crazy !!!… Cute, fun, and laugh-out-loud funny. This is for sure a winning novel.’ Goodreads reviewer‘I absolutely adored it… A really fun read that warmed my heart and left me smiling.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars‘Heartfelt and laugh-out-loud hilarious… Wonderful.’ Goodreads reviewer‘Heart-warming and laugh-out-loud funny.’ Goodreads reviewer‘Exciting and hilarious… You won't read this story without a smile on your face.’ Goodreads reviewer

A delicious coming-of-age tale set in the most romantic city on earth.On the cusp of the nineties just as the Berlin Wall is falling, Kate is about to pursue her dream and become an artist. But she’s just graduated from Yale and when an intriguing job offer comes her way, to work as the assistant to Lydia Schell, a famous American photographer in Paris, she cannot say no. She will get to live in Paris again! And Kate has not been back to France since she was a lonely nine-year-old girl, sent to the outskirts of Paris to live with cousins while her father was dying.Kate may speak fluent French, but she arrives at the Schell household in the fashionable Sixth Arrondissement both dazzled and wildly impressionable. She is immediately engrossed in the creative fever of the city and surrounded by a seductive cast of characters. Amidst the glamorous, famous and pretentious circle that she now finds herself a part of Kate tries to fit in. But as she falls in love with Paris all over again, she begins to question the kindness of the people to whom she is so drawn as well as her own motives for wanting them to love her.A compelling and delightful portrait of a precocious, ambitious young woman struggling to define herself in a city a million miles from home amidst a new life that is spiralling out of control. Lessons in French is at once a love letter to Paris and the story of a young woman finding herself, her moral compass, and, finally, her true family.

Upbeat and bursting with emotion – this is another gem from the No. 1 bestselling author, Cathy Kelly.Three Lives. Three Loves. Three Reasons to let go…Izzie Silver left the small Irish town of Tamarin behind for New York. Life is good – until she breaks her own rules and falls for a married man.On the other side of the ocean, Izzie's aunt Anneliese discovers the pain of infidelity for herself.Then Lily, the wise and compassionate family matriarch, is taken ill. At her bedside back in Ireland, Izzie discovers a past her grandmother has never spoken of, while Anneliese feels despair mount. The one person she could have turned to is starting to slip away.The lessons each of the women learns – both past and present – bring joy and heartbreak. And the hardest lesson of all is learning to let go.

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