Chris Manby

"Have you ever had your heart broken? How did you get over it? Did a tub of ice-cream cheer you up? Did you delete his number and start again? Are you now friends with your ex? Perhaps you're godmother to his children? In which case, you're a weirdo and this book is not for you. But if you reacted with denial, begging or a spot of casual witchcraft, then you've come to the right place. This is one woman's journey from love to lunacy and back again. If you ever recall past heartbreaks with acute embarrassment and an urge to go into hiding, this will make you feel better. Sure, you may have sent his new girlfriend a bunch of dead roses, but did you spend a grand on psychic hot-lines and a voodoo curse?"--Publisher's description.

What comes to mind when you picture a wedding at Christmas? A gorgeous white dress accessorised with a thick velvet cape ... bridesmaids in red velvet too? An arch of Christmas greenery: holly and ivy and boughs of fir. Candles and fairy lights. Snow! Chelsea Benson has just twelve weeks to organise her perfect winter wedding. Her family and friends pitch in to help, but sisterly squabbling, issues with money and an Ice-Queen mother-in-law soon threaten Chelsea's plans for her big day. And that's without the firework fiasco ... Rescuing Chelsea's dream of a proper family wedding might just take all the magic of Christmas.

When Emily Browns life and business is turned around by a surprise visit from Carina Lees, immaculately-groomed reality TV star and Z-list celebrity, she cant believe her luck. With just one other member of staff to help her out at her Essex salon The Beauty Spot, Emily is pushed for time as well as money, and so Carinas patronage and the subsequent financial success of the salon is more welcome than a sunbed session in December. But even with the assistance of skilled-yet-shabby new girl Natalie, things start to go mysteriously wrong, and it soon becomes clear that someones got it in for the salon. And with tactics dirtier than a gardeners fingernails, the battle of the beauticians commences. For under all the makeup and manicures, Carina is not who she seems, and although confronting the past can be more painful than a bikini wax, Emily eventually has to stare the truth in the face and realise its whats inside that really "counts ...

Author Daily delivers two complete novels featuring women who are reunited with their first loves. In Bed of Grass Valerie Wentworth knows only too well that the most beautiful memories can also be bittersweet. But, even if it means seeing Judd Prescott again, she has to go home to Maryland for her grandfather's funeral. In After the Storm Lainie MacLeod's mother wanted only the best things in life for her beautiful daughter. And for a while, Lainie had it all, including the perfect husband. Now he's back and they're both a little older and a whole lot wiser ... and the romance is hotter than ever.

When the Grosvenor sisters arrive in the Hamptons beach town of Little Elbow, they can't help but cause a stir. Gorgeous Grace and Charming Charity are soon hot favourites on everybody's guest-list. Except that of their neighbour, Marcella Hunter. Marcella determines to find out where the sisters really came from.

This romantic comedy follows the adventures of Lizzie as she heads for Hollywood stardom, only to find herself sharing a cockroach-infested house in Venice Beach, working as a waitress in a notorious transvestite bar and pretending to be the fiancee of a film director who just happens to be gay.

Could you spend two weeks at sea with your family? Thanks to an unexpected windfall, the Bensons are treating themselves to a luxury cruise. With stop-offs in Barcelona, Rome and Marseilles, plus constant entertainment onboard, it's a dream come true ... Or is it? Last time Chelsea Benson went on holiday with this lot she nearly went crazy. Her mum and sister are convinced Chelsea's boyfriend Adam will propose on the ship. Chelsea's sure he won't, but she can't help feeling butterflies as they set sail. Is Adam going to pop the question, or will the only thing to pop be Chelsea's ego? Onboard dramas, family upheavals, memories and sunshine ... Fall in love with the Benson family, and treat yourself to a five-star family cruise, all without leaving your sofa.

This particular family Christmas is going to change everybody's lives. William isn't into Christmas. He'd like to spend it alone in his vast old house with his cat. Haseley House could be a gold-mine in the right hands and the family want to make sure it does end up in the right hands! Hilary intends to ignore Christmas. With Daniel away, she won't have to conceal how desperately she still misses Ben. But widows aren't allowed to spend Christmas alone, and it sounds as if William might need her support. Frances, the nanny, was hoping for a break from spoilt little Tobias, but now she's told they're to stay with his eccentric grandfather in some spooky old house.

What could be more magical at Christmas than a fairy tale come true? It's the festive season and the members of the Newbay Theatre Society, more commonly known as the NEWTS, are preparing to put on a show. Being cast as Cinderella is the realization of a dream for newcomer Kirsty, not least because she hopes starring in a panto under the direction of her boyfriend Jon will bring them closer together. But Kirsty soon learns that it's not all glitter and good cheer behind the scenes at the amateur theatre as bitter rivalries nurtured through decades, wardrobe mishaps and suspicious near-fatal accidents threaten to derail the production. And then there's Prince Charming himself. Will working together with Jon bring Kirsty her happy ever after or reveal their love to be nothing but a 'showmance'? With Christmas just around the corner, it's going to take more than a Fairy Godmother to get Kirsty and her cast-mates to the ball.

A light-hearted treatment of the perils of relationships between the sexes which centres around the story of an uptight zoologist, "Girl Meets Ape" follows the exploits of Dr Jennifer Niederhauser at an animal sanctuary where the chimps are uncontrollable, but the keepers are even wilder.