Lucy-Anne Holmes

'My love story may not be the sort you read about in books or see in films ...Love stories have glorious highs and ghastly lows. But when it comes to my own life, I'd have to say, you can keep your fabulous highs and I'll happily steer clear of the terrible lows.' After a rocky start in life, Jenny Taylor, 27, star receptionist at the local doctors surgery, has things all worked out thanks to a list of ten daily things she must do to keep the blues at bay. But her life is turned upside down when she meets aspiring musician Joe King. And reliable boyfriend Matt proposes. And then her mum leaves her dad and moves into Jenny's flat determined to 'bond'. Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy is an edgy modern love story that will make you look at your own love story in a whole new way. Lucy-Anne Holmes is the bestselling author of 50 Ways to Find a Lover.

Is Gracie in love for the very first time?You know that bit in The X Factor, when the singer tells everyone about the rocky road they travelled to pursue their dream? Well, thats Gracie Flowers story.Gracie is very focused for a woman of almost twenty-six. Her favourite book is The 5-Year Plan: Making the Most of Your Life. And her five-year plan is going very well. That is, until she is usurped from her big promotion by a handsome, posh idiot; she is dumped by her boyfriend; and discovers her loopy mother is facing bankruptcy.Hormones awry and ice cream over-ordered, a dream Gracie thought shed buried ten years ago starts to resurface. A dream that reminds her of the girl she used to be and everything she wanted to become.

A bite-sized guide to making change happen and the story behind the No More Page 3 campaign, written by its founder. Change doesnt just happen. It starts with the idea that something could be different, could be better. It starts with a person who is brave enough to stand up and say, Stop. This is what Lucy-Anne Holmes did when she wrote a letter to the editor of The Sun asking him to stop printing pictures of topless women on Page 3 of the paper. This was something that had been happening for forty five years but which - she suddenly realised - she found outdated and inappropriate and, after thinking about it, not unrelated to a lot of the bad things that happen to women. Launching a digital campaign, starting an online petition and recruiting a team of like-minded people, Lucy-Anne started a revolution. Hundreds of thousands of people signed the petition, wore the campaign t-shirt and dared to say #NoMorePage3. Lucy-Anne had never campaigned on anything before. She wasnt particularly political. Shed never been confrontational. But she found that you only need one thing to start a campaign - and it isnt cash, experience or even a thick skin. Its passion.If you have a desire to change something, read what Lucy-Anne has to say. Shes been there, done that, worn the t-shirt and come out the other side having made a difference in the world.

A brilliant testament to those reclaiming their sexual power - RUBY RARESearingly honest ... A beautiful and important work - VANITY FAIRThis is a book that really should be pressed into the hands of a generation of young men who have learnt everything they wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask from porn ... Holmes has done an admirable jobSUNDAY TIMESAn important read for any young women starting out on their sexual lifeSUNDAY INDEPENDENTWITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRISSIE HYNDE, JENNY ECLAIR AND MANY OTHERSWhat goes through a womans head while shes having sex?Women on Top of the World is a collection of 51 first person testimonies by 51 women from around the globe, from all ages and from all walks of life. Searingly honest, they reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex to writer Lucy-Anne Holmes. The result is an incredible compendium of true disclosures that are funny and sad, shocking and tender.Every experience is different, unique and fascinating. From 19-year-old Melodie in the UK to 32 year-old Wambui from Kenya and 74-year-old Lucy in New Zealand, we as readers are led down as many paths as there are ways to have sex. There are heterosexual women, gay women, bisexual women, queer women, monogamous women, polyamorous women, those who identify as non-binary and transgender women. There is beautiful sex, bored sex, auto-sexuality, crazy sex, tantric sex, sad sex and sex that is experienced as colours and melted toffee. A range of hugely talented, cutting-edge artists from all over the world - both male and female - have given their visual interpretations with rich and remarkable illustrations that convey the range of emotions contained within these intimate revelations.The result is a stunning, transportive book that will help quench the obvious thirst for narratives for women by women about their journeys of sexual self-discovery.

Actress Sarah Sargeant has finally landed the perfect boyfriend. But as she leaves London for LA, Sarah finds herself morphing from the perfect girlfriend, baby voicing i love yous, into a nutty one who throws phones and screams a lot. Where did it all go wrong? Was it the photo of a semi-naked ex-girlfriend doing a downward dog she found in her boyfriends filofax? Or maybe its the steamy sex scene she films with the handsomest man in the world, ever. Laugh-out-loud funny and brutally honest, The Imperfect Girlfriend is the story of one womans imperfect search for her happy ever after.

50 Ways to Find a Lover is a hilarious, fun and unputdownable romantic comedy, from Lucy-Anne Holmes.I feel like a failure. Its now been 351 days since I had sex. Thats a carnal drought. If Bob Geldof knew about it hed hold a concert. Sarah Sargeant has been single for three years and nine months. She has just spent five months plucking up the courage to ask out a balding man with a paunch who works in her local pub. The gentleman in question informed her that he would rather stay in and watch the Narnia movie on DVD. Her pride has not just been bruised, its been disembowelled. And she vows its the last time she will ever reach out to a member of the opposite sex. But her family and friends have other ideas. They enter her into a reality TV show against her will, persuade her to go speed dating and even more radically, they encourage her to start a blog. Suddenly Sarah Sargeant is on a mission: a mission to explore 50 Ways To Find A Lover.

A genius writerFABULOUS MAGAZINE· Explore your sensuality· Discover your inner power· Reclaim your sexuality with this gentle and mind-opening journal by sexual priestess and activist Lucy-Anne Holmes.When Lucy-Anne Holmes was in her mid-thirties, she had an epiphany about sex: she realised that she hadnt even skimmed the surface of how fulfilling it could be. So, she took herself on a sexual odyssey. Ten years on, after countless explorations, sex festivals and workshops, she was initiated as a sacred sexual priestess. She now shares everything she has learned about how liberating and empowering sexual self-knowledge can be.Guided by Lucy, on each day of the 28 days youll be invited to read, to write and to do something around the following themes: Your Love, Your Body, Your Sex, Your Intimacy, Your Desire, Your Pleasure, Your Power, Your Playfulness, Your Surrender, Your Sacredness, Your Vision.This book features a host of activities to discover and play, including: activation mediations, touch practises, sex magic, self-pleasure experiments, sex audits, games to play with friends or lovers, plus opportunities to get creative and express your sexual self through various artforms, and much more.Consider this your own personal pleasure school. Prepare to be wowed and enlightened, inspired and excited as you acquaint yourself with the glorious uniqueness of your sexuality.Praise for Women on Top of the WorldSearingly honest ... A beautiful and important workVANITY FAIRHolmes has done an admirable jobSUNDAY TIMESThe female gaze at its purest... An important readSUNDAY INDEPENDENTPraise for Dont Hold My Head DownAbsolutely essential . . . So funny, hopeful, truthful and neededCaitlin MoranA must-read. . . will make you laugh yourself sillyLaura BatesI cant express how much I loved this book. And how evangelical I feel about it. I want to rush out and buy copies for every woman, and actually every man, I knowCaroline Criado-Perez

The sex book Ive always wanted to read but never imagined could exist Emma Sexton, Badass Womens Hour.I want to have slow sex, work out what to do with a penis, and experience the fourteen different types of female orgasm.In her mid-thirties, Lucy-Anne Holmes still felt like a novice when it came to sex. But when she tried to find out what she could do about it, she realised everything she googled was geared to male pleasure rather than to womens. Determined not to let this stop her, Lucy penned a list and set out to discover what her sex life was missing. She embarked on an adventure which would change her life.Lucy has written the book about sex she wanted to read. It will make you snort with laughter one minute and weep the next; it is frank, eye-opening and inspiring, and will speak to women everywhere.

¿Qué pasa por la cabeza de una mujer mientras mantiene relaciones sexuales? «Un testimonio brillante para aquellas que reclaman su poder sexual.»Ruby Rare Con ilustraciones de Chrissie Hynde, Jenny

¿Qué pasa por la cabeza de una mujer mientras mantiene relaciones sexuales?«Un testimonio brillante para aquellas que reclaman su poder sexual.» Ruby RareCon ilustraciones de Chrissie Hynde, Jenny

*Winner of the Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year RNA Award 2015*My love story may not be the sort you read about in books or see in films . . . Love stories have glorious highs and ghastly lows. But when it comes to my own life, Id have to say, you can keep your fabulous highs and Ill happily steer clear of the terrible lows.After a rocky start in life, Jenny Taylor, 27, star receptionist at the local doctors surgery, has things all worked out thanks to a list of ten daily things she must do to keep the blues at bay. But her life is turned upside down when she meets aspiring musician Joe King. And reliable boyfriend Matt proposes. And then her mum leaves her dad and moves into Jennys flat determined to bond.Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy is an edgy modern love story that will make you look at your own love story in a whole new way. Lucy-Anne Holmes is the bestselling author of 50 Ways to Find a Lover.