Harpercollins Daughters of Cornwall Britton Fern

Don't miss this warm and witty novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton. The perfect Cornish Escape! • A lifetime of friendship. A lifetime of secrets • Greer Clovelly seems to have it all: beautiful, chic and slender, she's used to getting her own way. Greer has been in love with Jesse Behenna since her first day at school and she's determined that one day, they'll be married. After all, a marriage between them would join together two dynasties of Cornish fishing families to make one prosperous one • For her friend, Loveday Carter - plump, freckled and unpretentious - living in the shadow of her friend has become a way of life. She loves Jesse too, but knows that what Greer wants, she usually gets • Jesse, caught in the middle, faces an agonising choice

You will love this wonderfully warm and witty novel from Fern Britton, the Sunday Times bestselling novelist • When the residents of the Cornish seaside town of Trevay discover that their much-loved theatre is about to be taken over by coffee chain, Cafe au Lait, they are up in arms. It is up to Penny Leighton, hotshot producer and now happily married Cornish resident, to come up with a rescue plan. Armed with only her mobile phone and her contacts book, she starts to pull in some serious favours • The town is soon deluged by actors, all keen to show their support and take part in a charity season at the theatre. One of the arrivals is Jess Tate, girlfriend to TV heartthrob Ryan Hearst. His career is on the rise while hers remains resolutely in the doldrums

1932. Dunfermline, Scotland • Marion Crawford, a bright, ambitious young teacher, is ready to make her mark on the world. Until a twist of fate changes the course of her life forever… • 1936. Windsor Castle • At first this ordinary woman is in a new world, working as the governess to two young princesses, in a household she calls home but where everyone is at a distance. As the course of history changes, she finds herself companion to the future Queen, and indispensable to the Crown. And slowly their needs become her needs. Their lives become hers • It’s then she meets George, and falls in love for the first time. Now Marion faces an impossible choice: her sense of duty or the love of her life

Balmoral, 1932 • Marion Crawford, an ordinary but determined young woman, is given a chance to work at the big house as governess to two children, Lilibet and Margaret Rose • Windsor Castle, 1936 • As dramatic events sweep through the country and change all their lives in an extraordinary way, Marion loyally devotes herself to the family. But when love enters her life, she is faced with an unthinkable choice… • Escape this summer with this sweeping love story about family secrets and the heart-breaking decision of choosing between your head and your heart…

"Пляжный домик" - идеальный летний рассказ от писательницы и телеведущей Ферн Бриттон • Эд и Шарлотта женаты уже пятнадцать лет, но они отдаляются друг от друга, и теперь Эд подозревает, что у Шарлотты могут быть отношения с другим мужчиной • Он решает, что семейный отдых - это как раз то, что им нужно, и снимает коттедж на скалах недалеко от живописной деревни Пендрагган. Он отчаянно хочет не потерять Шарлотту и надеется, что праздник снова сблизит их, но Шарлотте интересно, что случилось с мужчиной, в которого она влюбилась • Итак, они все садятся в машину, включая свою дочь–подростка Алекс, ее младшего брата Сэма и их огромного бородатого колли - станет ли их побег из Корнуолла праздником, который сделает их счастливыми... или сломает их? • Книга на английском языке

The sweeping new novel from the bestselling author of LADY OF HAY switches between Roman Britain and the present day where history dramatically impacts on the lives of three women • The Romans are landing in Britannia… • Cartimandua, the young woman destined to rule the great Brigantes tribe, watches the invaders come ever closer. Her life has always been a maelstrom of love, conflict and revenge, but it only becomes more turbulent and complicated with power. Her political skills are threatened by her personal choices, and Cartimandua finds she has made formidable enemies on all sides as she faces a decision which will change the futures of all around her • In the present day, historian Viv Lloyd Rees has immersed herself in the legends surrounding the Celtic queen

You will love this best-selling novel by Sunday Times best-selling author Fern Britton. The perfect escape to Cornwall, for fans of Katie Fforde and Celia Imrie • Helen Merrifield decides to start afresh and put her old life behind her in the picture-postcard Cornish village of Pendruggan. Throwing herself into the local scene, Helen finds herself at the mercy of the rather desperate Vicar, but she is secretly drawn to the brooding local historian, Piran • Meanwhile, Helen’s best friend, Penny, decides that the village is the perfect setting for her new TV series. When the cast and crew descend, the village is thrown into a tizzy, but Helen has her hands full fending off her philandering ex-husband, who seems determined to charm his way back into her bed

When the only place you want to be is home… • When Ella’s beloved grandmother dies, she comes back to the beautiful Cornish coast to heal her heart. There she finds her home again and discovers a new life, and new love … But she also opens a treasure trove of secrets • Sennen left Cornwall a young single mum but unable to cope. She left her children, her family and part of her. She’s spent the years hiding from her past, hiding from herself • Now it’s time to come back. To Cornwall. To face her mistakes. To pray for forgiveness. To hope for a future with her daughter

She arrived in the village on the spring tide and hoped to be at the heart of it, knowing its secrets and weathering its storms • It was to be a new beginning… • It's springtime in the Cornish village of Pendruggan and as the community comes together to say a fond farewell to parish vicar, Simon, and his wife, Penny, a newcomer causes quite a stir… • Reverand Angela Whitehorn came to Cornwall to make a difference. With her husband, Robert, by her side, she sets about making changes - but it seems not everyone is happy for her to shake things up in the small parish, and soon Angela starts to receive anonymous poison pen letters • Angela has always been one to fight back, and she has already brought a fresh wind into the village, supporting her female parishioners through good times and bad

You will love this witty and warm novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author Fern Britton • Secrets. Sisters. The summer that changed everything • Life in the Cornish village of Pendruggan isn’t always picture perfect. Penny Leighton has never told anyone why she’s estranged from her mother and sister. For years she’s kept her family secrets locked away in her heart, but they’ve been quietly eating away at her. When an unwelcome visitor blows in, Penny is brought face to face with the past. And a postcard, tucked away in a long-hidden case, holds the truth that could change everything • Young Ella has come back to the place where she spent a happy childhood with her grandmother. Now she’s here to search for everything missing in her life

A warm, witty and wise debut about the ups and downs of life as a TV presenter • Christie Lynch’s life is about to change – for ever • A journalist and single mother of two, she can’t believe her luck when she is spotted by a talent agent during an appearance on daytime TV show, Tart Talk • Soon the nation’s sweetheart, Christie can’t help but love her new job and, for the first time in years, she can mend her leaking roof and buy her kids, Libby and Freddie, a few treats. But as her career soars, Christie’s forced to spend more and more time away from her kids and from Richard – the gorgeous single dad she recently met at the school gate • Can Christie find a way to balance her role as a mother with her increasingly demanding job? And will she make it in the cut-throat world of TV? Whatever happens, Christie's going to give it all she's got… • Warm, witty and wise, New Beginnings is a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs in the life of a daytime TV presenter