CATHY KELLY

Tess used to be happy with her lot: she lives in the idyllic Irish coastalvillage, Avalon, with her teenage son, Zach and nine-year-old Kitty,and works in the local antiques shop Her only regret in life is thateverything went so horribly wrong with her first love...

Sometimes our true feelings are buried very deep...Michael and Katy are getting married - and the excitement enfolds their close friends and family in the Irish town of Bridgeport. But three women's hearts hide secrets. Leila, Katy's best friend, has a badly broken heart after her own marriage fell apart. Grace, Michael's mother, has been divorced for fifteen years - but she can't help looking back at the decisions she and his father made and wondering...And Vonnie, who runs the Original Cake Company, must put her own loss behind her if she is to make her new relationship and blended family work. Cathy Kelly captures modern women's lives in a warm and unputdownable novel of friendship, family and the secrets we hide deep in our hearts.

It's easy to fall in love with the hustle and bustle of the beautiful town of Redstone - and amidst all the activity, two women believe they are getting on just fine. Francesca's boundless energy and sunny optimism help her take everything in...

It all started with Paris. At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young man proposes to his girlfriend, cheered on by delighted tourists. In that second, everything changes, not just for the happy couple, but for the family and friends awaiting their return in Bridgeport, Ireland...Leila's been nursing a badly broken heart since her love-rat husband just upped and left her one morning, but she's still determined to put on a brave face for the bride. Vonnie, a widow and exceptional cake-maker, is just daring to let love back into her life, although someone seems determined to stop it. And Grace, a divorced head teacher, finds the impending wedding of her son means that she's spending more time with her ex-husband. After all those years apart, is it possible she's made a mistake? With her warmth and insight, Cathy Kelly weaves a delightful tale spinning out from a once-in-a-lifetime moment, drawing together a terrific cast of characters who feel like old friends. It Started With Paris is the sparkling new novel from Number 1 bestseller Cathy Kelly.

A family gathering, a moment of celebration, a time to come together - and fall apart...Recently married Bess should be blissfully happy, but as she plans a party for her husband, the cracks are beginning to show.Jojo, Bess''s stepdaughter, has a point to make: Bess has swept into her father''s life but she won''t ever replace Jojo''s late beloved mother.Cousin Cari is a strong career-woman who isn''t unnerved by anything - apart from facing the man who left her at the altar - and he''s on the guest list.As the party brings them all together, can the Brannigans discover the secrets of a happy marriage before it is too late?

Sisters Cassie and Coco have been there for each other every since their mother disappeared when they were children. Responsible Cassie spends every moment trying to be perfect wife and mum, but can't help feeling she's getting it all wrong. Commitment-phobic Coco adores running her vintage dress shop - but since a disastrous break-up, her love life's become an antique. Their lives are full to the brim - so why do they both feel that something is missing? As the sisters try to find their way to lasting happiness, fate has a few surprises in store as the past makes a sudden appearance in the present ...

It all started with Paris ...At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young man proposes to his girlfriend - and in that second, everything changes - for the couple, but also for their families back in Ireland ...Leila''s been nursing a badly broken heart since her husband upped and left, but she''s determined to put on a brave face for the bride. Vonnie, a widow and exceptional cake-maker, is just daring to let love back into her life, although someone seems determined to stop it. And head teacher Grace finds the impending wedding of her son means that she''s spending more time with her ex-husband. After all those years apart, is it possible she''s made a mistake?

The warm and wonderful new novel from the natural heir to Maeve Binchy What are the ingredients for a life well lived? Eleanor Levine left Ireland years ago with just a suitcase and her mother's recipe book. And now, a lifetime later, she returns from New York for Dublin's beautiful Golden Square full of memories and hard-won wisdom. As she watches life unfold from her window, she is drawn into the lives of the women who live in the square! Beautful actress Megan Bouchier had fame and success in her grasp -- then she made the wrong kind of headlines. Now she needs a place to hide. Big-hearted teacher Connie O'Callaghan is approaching forty and has given up on love. Why does no man match the heroes in her romantic novels? Rae is a loyal friend and wife, dispensing tea and sympathy from Titania's Tea Room -- until a secret threatens everything she holds dear!

Eleanor Levine left Ireland seventy years ago with little more than a suitcase and her mother's handwritten recipe book Now, a lifetime later, she's returning from New York with hard won wisdom and memories of her own A renowned psychoanalyst, Eleanor knows there's one final journey she has to make Lovely young actress Megan Bouchier didn't have to chase success _ it arrived effortlessly...

Friends like this are hard to finda From the bestselling author of SOMEONE LIKE YOU and WHAT SHE WANTS an uplifiting novel about how three very different women cope with the complexities of their lives a relationships, careers, and families a to find fulfilment. Full of Cathy Kelly''s trademark warmth, romance, optimism and wit. What''s the secret of the fabulous Miller girlsa? Everyone says that they lead charmed lives: beautiful, brilliant Stella, effortlessly juggling career and single-motherhood; witty TV writer, Tara, and dreamy, artistic Holly. Perhaps it comes from their calm, elegant mother, Rose, the centre of the family and adored wife of Hugh. Now, with Hugh and Rose married for forty years, their perfect daughters and their friends in the Irish country town of Kinvarra are looking forward to a celebration. But as plans are made for the party of the decade, the secret heartaches the four women have kept hidden, even from each other, begin to emerge. Are any of them strong enough to deal with the truth about themselves and their golden lives?

An uplifting story about one mother trying to hold it all together - told with Cathy Kelly''s trademark sparkling warmth, humour and honesty.Freya Abalone has a big, messy, wonderful family. She has an exciting career as a celebrity chef. She has a new home that makes her feel safe.But behind the happy front, Freya feels pulled in a hundred directions. Life has thrown Freya some lemons - and she''s learned how to juggle! But she''s keeping a secret from her family, and soon something is going to crashing down...All families have their struggles and strengths. So can Freya pull everyone - and herself - together when they need it most?

La chispeante nueva novela de la autora de los bestseller The Honey Queen y It Started with Paris. Millones de libros publicados en todo el mundo. Embajadora de Unicef, recauda fondos para niños huér

The fourth novel from the major bestselling author of Woman to Woman‚ She′s the One and Never Too Late. Three very different women meet on holiday and become close friends. Each is at a different stage in life and has different ambitions. Over the next few years‚ as they work out their needs and desires and come to terms with their situations‚ their lives become inextricably entwined.

A captivating new novel from the internationally bestselling author whose "plucky heroines build bonds with the reader....Sass, vulnerability, and humor" (People). Hope, Sam, Virginia, and Nicole are four women trying to cope with the vicissitudes of life. Struggling to fit her family in with the hectic demands of her career has made Hope feel like a stranger to her husband, Matt, and their two small children. Her unconventional sister Sam has big plans to be the first female music mogul, running her own record label exactly the way she pleases. Virginia and her husband Bill can't wait to build their retirement dream home and spend more time with their granddaughter. Nicole is the wild child, tossing her fate to the winds as she sings and parties her way through life. Now a day of reckoning is coming, as each of them confronts a shattering crisis that will change them in ways they couldn't have predicted. But can they survive the fallout? With spirit and passion, Cathy Kelly gives us a lively, bighearted novel about friends, sisters, families, love, and all the challenges, joys, and what-ifs of life.