Jane Green

Jane Green äntligen tillbaka på svenska med en bitterljuv roman om att finna lyckan där man minst anar det. När Emma Montague lämnade sin strikta, brittiska överklasstillvaro för att göra karriär i New York, trodde hon att hon skulle bli lycklig där. Långt borta från sina föräldrar och deras förväntningar kastade hon sig in i Manhattans snabbt pulserande liv, med ett högavlönat jobb, tjusig lägenhet och en rad framgångsrika pojkvänner. Men den hårda finansvärlden och dess ständiga jakt på mer började ta ut sin rätt. Det här var inte heller livet hon ville ha.Emma slår sig ner i den pittoreska småstaden Westport i Connecticut eoner från både England och Manhattan. Och det är där hon börjar inse vad hon egentligen vill ha ut av livet. Utan jobb, och med bara en enda vän i staden, använder hon sin passion för att skapa vackra miljöer till att renovera det nedgångna lilla huset hon hyr av Dominic, snickaren som bor i huset intill med sin sexårige son.Dominic liknar ingen annan man Emma känt. Han är trygg i sig själv, står med båda fötterna på jorden och lägger all sin fritid på sonen Jesse, vars mor lämnade dem strax efter att Jesse föddes. De blir vänner, och långsamt mer än så, när Emma inser att hon känner sig hemma på ett sätt hon aldrig tidigare gjort.Men just som de börjar tänka sig ett liv tillsammans som en familj, slår ödet till på det mest chockerande vis. För första gången måste Emma stanna och slåss för det hon älskar och för sanningen hon upptäckt om sig själv, eller riskera att förlora allt.Full av romantik och hjärtesorg Huffington Post

Cath and Si are best friends. Total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love. Cath is scatty, messy, and emotionally closed. Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy, and desperate for a man of his own. When Portia steps back into their lives, her reappearance sets off a chain of events that tests them to the limit. Does Portia have a hidden agenda, or is she just looking for happy endings all round? Whatever the answers, none of them could ever predict the outcome ...

Jane Green''s The Accidental Husband is a powerful story about two women connected by an earth-shattering secret.

Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in common than they could ever imagine.

Both women have beautiful children on the verge of flying the nest, the home they worked hard to build and always longed for, and a handsome and devoted husband they can''t believe belongs to them. Both women think their lives are seamlessly secure, but they couldn''t be more wrong . . .

For each is about to discover a secret that will shake their world to the very core, throwing into doubt everything they ever thought they knew, and bringing Maggie and Sylvie together in the most unexpected way.


Praise for Jane Green:

''A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling'' Closer

''Compulsively readable. I raced through it'' Daily Mail

''Green is women''s fiction royalty . . . a compelling family drama'' Glamour


Jane Green''s internationally best-selling novels, including The Other Woman, Jemima J., Babyville, Girl Friday (published as Dune Road in the USA), Life Swap (Swapping Lives), Spellbound (To Have and to Hold), The Beach House, Second Chance, Straight Talking, Mr. Maybe, Bookends, The Love Verb and The Patchwork Marriage (Another Piece of My Heart) are incredibly moving and extremely relatable. The Accidental Husband is Jane''s fourteenth novel. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and their blended family of six children.

Lose yourself in the perfect heart-warming read for summer, for fans of Jill Mansell, Katie Fforde, and Carole Matthews, from number one bestseller Jane Green

Nan, a widow whose family has flown the nest, is an independent, free-spirited woman who couldn''t care less what people think about her living alone in her beloved beach house.

But when money starts running out and she might lose her home, she knows it''s time for a drastic change.

Nan decides to rent out rooms for the summer, filling the house with noise, laughter and tears.

Among the visitors is Daniel, a recently divorced father, who''s struggling to find out who he really is, and Daff, the single mother of a truculent teenager who blames her mother unreservedly for her parents'' divorce.
But as the house comes to life again, Nan finds her family growing . . .

Her son comes home for the summer and an unexpected visitor turns up, turning all their lives upside down.

From the bestselling author of The Sunshine Sisters, Summer Secrets and Falling comes a heart-warming and compelling story of friendship, love and those moments that can change your life.
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''A corker of a story, sharply and elegantly told'' Heat

''A delicious treat confirming that Green is still the queen of chick lit'' In Style

The Sunshine Girls is a moving story of love, loss and family by the bestselling author of Falling, Jane Green.

''Jane Green''s best yet. I raced through this'' - Jojo Moyes, bestselling author of Still Me.

It was never easy, being one of Ronni Sunshine?s daughters. Publicly, she is the glamorous, successful, dramatic Hollywood actress. Privately, she is self-absorbed, angry, and a disinterested, narcissistic mother. Now in her seventies, Ronni has had strange symptoms for a while, but has refused to believe her diagnosis: she has ALS, a degenerative motor neuron disease. There is no cure.

Ronni?s three adult daughters ? Nell, Meredith, and Lizzy ? are largely estranged, both from her, and from each other. All are going through crises of their own. But Ronni is adamant that they must come home, and help her take her own life. As their mother?s illness draws them together to confront old jealousies and secret fears, they discover that blood might be thicker than water after all . . .

Number one best seller Jane Green - author of The Other Woman and Spellbound - explores the hectic life of a single girl with a difficult choice to make in her hilarious novel Mr. Maybe. At twenty-seven, Libby thinks there's a lot to be said for a rich husband. So when Nick comes along - lovely, funny, handsome Nick, who has no money whatsoever, lives in a grotty bedsit and thinks the perfect night out consists of the pub and his mates - she decides he's only good for a fling. No strings attached.Investment banker Ed, on the other hand, could possibly be the answer. His house in Regent's Park makes up for his hideous moustache and she can probably overlook his irritating habits, and anyway, he's crazy about her. But does Libby really know what she needs? Is she just in love with being loved? Or is she loving the lifestyle, rather than the man?Praise for Jane Green:'Green writes with acerbic wit about the law of the dating jungle' Sunday Express'There's no maybe about it: a righteously hilarious read' Glamour

Ever wanted a ready-made family?

When Andi married Ethan she not only got the man she loves but also a ready-made family in his two daughters, Emily and Sophia. Unable to have a child of her own, Andi saw this as a precious gift - her chance to be a mother. If only it were that simple.

For this blended family is not a happy family, and the reason lies with Emily. Her vicious anger and fierce resentment towards her stepmother leaves Andi feeling hated in her own home. Her tears, tantrums and expertise in the art of emotional blackmail have Ethan steeped in guilt. With each drama Emily is driving Andi and Ethan further apart. Torn between his troubled teenaged daughter and his beloved wife, Ethan''s desperate to fix this rift before he loses Andi for ever. He just doesn''t know how.

With tensions high and everyone at breaking point, Emily comes home with some shocking news. Is this the final crack that will shatter this family for good or can they find a way to mend their broken hearts?

När Gabby för första gången träffade Elliot visste hon att han var mannen i hennes liv. Efter tjugo års äktenskap tvivlar hon fortfarande inte, trots att han aldrig har kunnat ge henne det hon längtat efter mest av allt. Men samtidigt som deras döttrar växer upp börjar Gabby känna hur livet rinner iväg. Och sedan träffar hon Matt ...Förtrollad av denna unga, snygga man begår Gabby ett misstag som hotar att förstöra allt som betyder något för henne. Full av ånger försöker hon återskapa det hon har krossat, men finns det svek som inte går att förlåta?Jane Green är en av Amerikas mest omtyckta författare av relationsromaner, och i Mannen i mitt liv tar hon med läsaren på en känslomässig resa genom kärlek och ånger, som är lätt att känna igen sig i. En varm och underhållande pralin till roman.

Alice knows she should be happy.

After all she has a handsome husband, a beautiful house and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband''s skirt-chasing are becoming harder to ignore?

When Joe''s indiscretions force a transfer to New York, Alice hopes it might be a fresh start. And when they find a beautiful old house in Connecticut Alice is overjoyed. For a while she and Joe seem as happy as newlyweds.

But then the late nights and unexplained absences start again. What should Alice do? Stay and fight for him? Or leave with her head held high?

THE HEARTBREAKING AND POWERFUL NOVEL FROM NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANE GREEN

When Gabby first met Elliott she knew he was the man for her.

In twenty years of marriage she has never doubted her love for him - even when he refused to give her the one thing she still wants most of all.

But now their two daughters are growing up Gabby feels that time and her youth are slipping away.

And then she meets Matt . . .

Intoxicated by the way this young, handsome and successful man makes her feel, Gabby is momentarily blind to what she stands to lose on this dangerous path.

And in one reckless moment she destroys all that she holds dear.

Consumed by regret, Gabby does everything she can to repair the home she has broken. But are some betrayals too great to forgive?
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Praise for Jane Green:

''A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling'' Closer

''Compulsively readable. I raced through it'' Daily Mail

''Green is women''s fiction royalty . . . a compelling family drama'' Glamour

From the number one bestselling author of Tempting Fate and The Accidental Husband comes Saving Grace, Jane Green''s stunning novel about a shattered marriage and a devastating betrayal

A perfect stranger wants her perfect life.

Grace Chapman has the perfect life, living comfortably with her husband, bestselling author Ted, in a picture-perfect farmhouse on the Hudson River in New York State.

Then Ted advertises for a new assistant, and Beth walks into their lives. Organized, passionate and eager to learn, Beth quickly makes herself indispensable to Ted and his family. But Grace soon begins to feel side-lined in her home - and her marriage - by this ambitious younger woman.

Is Grace just paranoid, as her husband tells her, or is there more to Beth than first thought?

Jane Green, author of the bestsellers Second Chance and Straight Talking, examines love, friendships and their limits in her moving and entertaining novel Girl Friday.

Since her divorce a year ago, Kit Hargrove feels she has finally got her life back on track.

Gone is the lonely Wall Street widow she used to be, and in her place is a happier, more fulfilled woman, with a new job she loves - working for uber-famous novelist Robert McClore - a small but cosy new home with her children, and the beginnings of a tentative friendship with her ex-husband. She even has time for yoga classes with her new best friend Tracy. The only thing missing is a man. And when Tracy introduces her to Steve - charming, romantic and attentive - Kit wonders if he could be the final piece of the jigsaw.

But Kit doesn''t know that Tracy is hiding a secret, one that could destroy their friendship, her happiness with Steve, even her new life. Torn between suspicion and love, Kit doesn''t know which way to turn. For there are some betrayals that a friendship can''t survive . . .

Praise for Jane Green

''A densely plotted brew of love and mistakes'' The Times

''Green keeps us transfixed until the very last word'' Heat

Discover the addictive and uplifting story of reinvention, self-discovery and the meaning of true love from the bestselling author of Life Swap and The Friends We Keep

''Inspirational, uplifting, made me laugh and left me feeling very happy'' 5***** Reader Review
''Compulsively readable'' Sunday Times
''Perfect if you want to feel uplifted . . . So relatable'' 5***** Reader Review
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Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight.

Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented, but better paid), her only consolation is food.

What with that and her passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben, she knows her life needs changing.

But can Jemima reinvent herself?

And should she?
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''The kind of novel you''ll gobble up in a single sitting'' Cosmopolitan

''Green writes with acerbic wit about the law of the dating jungle'' Sunday Express

Readers ADORE Jemima J:

''Truly uplifting and fun'' 5***** Reader Review

''I was utterly engrossed'' 5***** Reader Review

''A fantastic book that you can''t put down'' 5***** Reader Review

''Beautiful and heartwarming'' 5***** Reader Review

''Light hearted, warm and funny'' 5***** Reader Review

The joyously funny, heartwarming and uplifting novel of two women swapping their lives for a month, from No. 1 bestseller Jane Green

''Compelling, funny, like sitting down with a good friend who is telling you a story'' 5***** Reader Review
''One of the best books I have read'' 5***** Reader Review
''A fantastic novel! I couldn''t help but devour every page'' 5***** Reader Review
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Vicky Townsley, a magazine Features Director, lives in London alone, single, and seriously successful. But she''d give it all up in a heartbeat for marriage, children, and a house in the country.

Amber Winslow has exactly what Vicky wants; a huge stone mansion in Highfield Connecticut, children, and a busy charitable commitment for the local Women''s League. But Amber isn''t happy either.

So when she spots a double page spread in Poise! magazine asking married readers to life swap with a glamorous, single journalist in London, she sits down and writes a letter.

But she never expected to be picked . . .

Life Swap is the story of the grass not being as green as you might think, and of discovering that happiness is not always where you expect it to be.
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Praise for Jane Green:

''Jane Green writes with such honesty and zing'' Sophie Kinsella

''Green is women''s fiction royalty'' Glamour

''I''m in AWE of Jane Green'' Marian Keyes

Jane Green är tillbaka med ännu en gripande bladvändare om familjer, hemligheter och kärlek.  Sylvie är nöjd med sitt liv. Hon trivs med tillvaron som hemmafru och älskar sitt bohemchica hus i den charmiga småstaden La Jolla i Kalifornien. Men allt är inte perfekt ensamheten frestar på när Sylvies man hela tiden reser i jobbet, särskilt nu när tonårsdottern Eve inte verkar må bra  Äter hon inte mindre än vanligt, och ser hon inte lite mager ut?  Maggie lever den amerikanska drömmen. Efter en tuff uppväxt har hon gjort en imponerande klassresa, ända till det stora, eleganta huset i välbärgade New Salem i Connecticut. Men skenet bedrar barnen är visserligen skötsamma och välartade, men maken är borta större delen av tiden, och Maggie försöker döva tomheten med nya, dyra handväskor och tröttsamma mingelpartyn med grannfruarna.  Trots att de lever så olika liv har Sylvie och Maggie mer gemensamt än någon av dem kan ana. Sanningen kommer att ställa deras liv på sin spets  men också föra de båda kvinnorna samman på ett minst sagt oväntat sätt.Printz Publishing har tidigare gett ut hennes romaner Att falla och Mannen i mitt liv, som tillsammans har sålt i över 30 000 ex.

In this witty, deeply honest tale of married life, New York Times bestselling author Jane Green delves into the heart of the holidaysand the winter of one woman's discontent . . . Just when she'd sworn off men for good, Sarah Evans met Eddie. Sarah was a magazine editor, living in Manhattan, and loving her lifeexcept for the heartbreaks. A successful real estate developer, Eddie was a breath of fresh air, a meeting of mindsand bodies. Soon came wedded bliss, baby number oneand the proverbial move to the suburbs . . . You just sit there like a slob while I do all the work. Nine years later, this is increasingly what goes through Sarah's mind when she looks at Evan, propped in front of the TV with a beer, ignoring their two children. The truth is, she misses her old life. She misses the old Eddie. She can't help wondering if she'd be happier alone . . . When Eddie's job sends him to Chicago indefinitely, Sarah shocks him by suggesting a trial separation. But she knows it's just a precursor to divorceeven if Eddie chooses to think of it as a ';vacation.' Yet a lot can changeon both sidesas time goes by. And once Christmas arrives, Sarah and Eddie might re-discover gifts they'd forgotten they had . . .Previously published in This Christmas.

Love is not an abstract idea. It is not saying ''I''m here for you, let me know if you need me''. It''s making the decision, when someone close to you is in trouble, about what you will DO to fix as much as you can for them. It''s a ''doing'' thing. A verb.

For Callie, love is about looking after her family - her husband and two children - and their beautiful home.

For Steff, Callie''s younger sister, love is about experiencing all that life has to offer without having to ever settle down.

For Lila, Callie''s best friend, love is about finding a soulmate. And when she meets divorced father-of-two Eddie, she knows her search is over.

For Walter and Honor, Callie and Steff''s divorced parents, love is about caring for the daughters they share.

Then Callie gets some life-changing news. And suddenly the whole family is about to understand what ''love'' really, really means....

Curl up with three enchanting and beautifully written stories, about falling in love and second chances . . . If you had one wish this Christmas, what would it be? Sarah wishes that she didn't feel so lonely. And she shouldn't be - not with her husband Eddie, and their two children. But since she waved goodbye to the bright lights of the big city and moved to the country, her marriage is missing its usual sparkle. And then Eddie's job takes him away from home just before Christmas. Will his absence make her heart grow fonder? And if so, for whom? As seasonal cheer begins to flow, Sarah discovers rather a lot can happen in one holiday . . . especially when it's Christmas. You'll love this novella from No. 1 bestselling author Jane Green - and this edition also includes two more festive short stories by authors Jennifer Coburn and Liz Ireland.________'Would be a lovely book to read at Christmas' 5***** reader review'Excellent' 5***** reader review

What happens when your Prince Charming turns out not to be so charming after all? In To Have and To Hold, bestselling author Jane Green offers a sizzling, highly entertaining look at romantic relationships after we say “I do.” Alice knows she should be happy. A charming twenty-eight-year-old with a successful catering business, she’s always dreamed of a rose-covered cottage in the English countryside, filled with children and animals and home-cooked meals. Her favorite attire is comfy jeans, her best manicure features garden dirt under the nails. But when her teenage crush—the wealthy, dashing man-about-town Joe Chambers—wants to make her his bride, Alice is more than willing to play Cinderella to Joe’s prince. Never mind that he wants her to change—a diet, ice-blond highlights, stilettos, snooty gallery openings—and that he’s allergic to nature and kids. She tells herself she’s happy to sacrifice for love, and besides, with Joe’s stunning good looks and high-profile career at a top financial firm, every woman in London wants to be in her shoes. But that’s just the problem. Despite Alice’s efforts to be the perfect wife, Joe soon reveals a penchant for being hopelessly unfaithful. When a notorious indiscretion with a female colleague forces Joe to transfer to New York, Alice’s life turns upside down. As Joe continues to sneak around, and her best friend’s beau offers a tempting glimpse of what real love could be like, Alice must decide how much Cinderella she can take before her deepest desires win out—and if she can summon up the courage to find real happiness on her own. Delicious, witty, and packed with sparkling sex appeal, To Have and To Hold is an unputdownable read that will have you rooting out loud for its endearing heroine. A #1 bestseller in Britain, this latest tale from the beloved, utterly winning Jane Green proves that the search for true love doesn’t always end when someone dons a veil, and offers a lively, refreshing take on modern marriage.

Jane Green, author of the bestsellers The Love Verb and The Beach House, examines love, life, and friendships in her moving and entertaining novel Second Chance.

Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends - friends she hasn''t seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years.

On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and it''s not quite so straightforward: Paul and Anna are struggling to have a baby, Saffron the actress is still waiting for that really big break that - at 39 - is looking less and less likely, and Olivia, always the wallflower of the group, is newly single and mourning her lost love.

And what about Holly Mac? Can she and her husband Marcus get their marriage back on track for the sake of the children? Or has someone just come back into her life who will change everything forever?

''A corker of a story'' Heat

''Witty and wise . . . another winner'' Daily Express

''Will keep you entertained to the last page'' Cosmopolitan