Bøker av Jenny Colgan

From New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan comes the debut novel that made her the sensation she is today--a hilarious, unforgettable story of one woman's mad dash to put a stop to the wedding of her old school friend who's the complete opposite of the sweet Scottish lord she's marrying.Amanda's old school friends, Mel and Fran, are shocked when the social-climbing queen of mean announces her engagement to a laird (Scottish lord). It doesn't matter that Fraser McConnald has worn the same pair of Converse sneakers for the last three years and that his castle is a pile of rubble with one gas heater--she'll be the wife of an actual laird! But Mel and Fran can't just sit back and let the sweet and gentle Fraser marry Amanda, especially since Mel had a huge crush on him back in University. Something must be done! Joining forces with Fraser's adorable younger brother Angus, they set out to sabotage this mismatch of the century. So between fighting off the attentions of a love-crazed accountant, keeping Fran's deadly maneuvers' with the opposite sex under control and trying to win her own war of love with her aspiring rock-star beau, Mel finds herself preparing for a wedding that's everything you'd wish on your worst enemy.

In the bestselling tradition of Jojo Moyes and Jennifer Weiner, Jenny Colgan's moving, funny, and unforgettable novel tells the story of a heartbroken young woman who turns a new page in her life . . . by becoming a baker in the town of CornwallA quiet seaside resort. An abandoned shop. A small flat. This is what awaits Polly Waterford when she arrives at the Cornish coast, fleeing a ruined relationship.To keep her mind off her troubles, Polly throws herself into her favorite hobby: making bread. But her relaxing weekend diversion quickly develops into a passion. As she pours her emotions into kneading and pounding the dough, each loaf becomes better than the last. Soon, Polly is working her magic with nuts and seeds, chocolate and sugar, and the local honey?courtesy of a handsome beekeeper. Packed with laughter and emotion, Little Beach Street Bakery is the story of how one woman discovered bright new life where she least expected?a heartwarming, mouthwatering modern-day Chocolat that has already become a massive international bestseller.Includes 7 Recipes!

"Entrancing...a great escape for any reader."--USA Today (four stars)New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan brings us a delightful summer novel that will sweep you away to the remote Scottish island of Mure, where two very different weddings are about to take place...On the little Scottish island of Mure?halfway between Scotland and Norway?Flora MacKenzie and her fiancé Joel are planning the smallest of ?sweetheart weddings,? a high summer celebration surrounded only by those very dearest to them.Not everyone on the island is happy about being excluded, though. The temperature rises even further when beautiful Olivia MacDonald?who left Mure ten years ago for bigger and brighter things?returns with a wedding planner in tow. Her fiancé has oodles of family money, and Olivia is determined to throw the biggest, most extravagant, most Instagrammable wedding possible. And she wants to do it at Flora's hotel, the same weekend as Flora's carefully planned micro-wedding. As the summer solstice approaches, can Flora handle everyone else's Happy Every Afters?and still get her own?

Olivia and Anthony are planning A Very Extravagant Wedding at the newest hotel on the tiny Scottish island of Mure. They're flying in chefs, musicians and something called a living flower wall... and no one is even allowed to think the word bridezilla.Flora is trying - and failing - not to let Olivia and Anthony's wedding distract her from planning her own big day with Joel. But the couple have wildly different ideas about how to celebrate and somehow, just when their relationship should be plain sailing, everything is suddenly very hard indeed.And then there's Lorna and Saif. The local headmistress and the GP desperately keeping their relationship a secret to protect his sons. But while they're looking out for the boys, who's looking out for them?

Når veien til hjertet går gjennom en god bok.Alenemoren Zoe ønsker å skape et liv for seg og sønnen Hari utenom Londons hektiske storbyliv. Da hun får mulighet til å jobbe som barnepasser for en familie i det skotske høylandet, griper hun sjansen umiddelbart. Snart kommer hun til en nedslitt, men vakker herregård ved Loch Ness, bebodd av tre barn og en tafatt alenefar som ikke klarer å hanskes med dem. Etter hvert oppdager Zoe at hun ikke er den første barnepasseren de har hatt, og hun begynner også å skjønne hvorfor forgjengerne hennes har gitt opp.Zoe og Hari begynner snart å føle seg hjemme i byen, og særlig hyggelig er det å kunne hjelpe til i den lokale bokbussen. Men er bøker, frisk luft og omtanken fra nye venner nok til å holde ut den ufyselige familien?Den lille bokhandelen på stranden er andre bok i en hjertevarm serie fra den bestselgende forfatteren Jenny Colgan og en gavepakke til alle som drømmer om å nyte en bok og en kopp te på den skotske landsbygda.

Er det mulig å leve lykkelig i alle sine dager? Nina Redmond elsker bøker, og hun elsker å finne rett bok til rett leser - til nå har dette vært jobben hennes. Men da byens bibliotek legges ned, står hun uten jobb eller framtidsutsikter. Så får hun en idé. Hun flytter til en søvnig landsby i det skotske høylandet og kjøper en buss som hun bygger om til en omreisende bokhandel. Med den tar hun bøkene med seg fra det ene nabolaget til det andre, og med fortellingens kraft endrer hun livet til menneskene hun møter på sin vei. Snart oppdager hun at disse menneskene endrer hennes liv også. Er det mulig at Ninas eventyr får en lykkelig slutt? Den lille bokhandelen på hjørnet er den første boken i en frittstående bokhandel-serie av Jenny Colgan.

Sjarmerende bestselgerserie om å forlate det hektiske storbylivet og finne lykken på en liten øy. Julen på den skotske øya Mure er kald, forblåst og utrolig vakker. Nå er tiden for å kose seg foran peisen med en god kopp te eller kanskje en liten whisky, sammen med de nære og kjære - med mindre man, som Flora, er gravid med den tidligere sjefen sin og redd for å fortelle ham om det. I det som skal være fredens og gledens høytid, vil Joel synes at Flora kommer med godt nytt? I mellomtiden prøver Saif, lege og flyktning fra krigsherjede Syria, å feire sin første jul i Vesten sammen med sønnene, mens kona hans fremdeles er savnet. Er det mulig for den lille familien å finne en form for lykke?

Flora MacKenzie har sakte begynt å tilpasse seg livet på Mure, den lille skotske øya som hun forlot i sin ungdom. Å bytte ut hektiske London med uendelige strender og vakker natur kjennes helt rett. Kafeen hun driver i det rosa huset ved stranden er blitt en suksess, og hun har funnet kjærligheten med Joel. Men hvorfor er det så vanskelig å komme ham inn på livet? Og hvorfor virker det som om han skjuler noe for henne?

Første bok i ny serie fra bestselgerforfatteren Jenny Colgan! Flora MacKenzie har aldri sett seg tilbake etter at hun forlot den lille, stille byen hun vokste opp i. Der vet alle hvem hun er, og ingen ser ut til å ville la fortiden være fortid. I det pulserende bylivet i London kan hun derimot være helt anonym - og gi etter for den håpløse forelskelsen i den kjekke, men arrogante sjefen Joel. Da en viktig arbeidsoppgave likevel tvinger Flora tilbake til øya, innser hun at hun må ta et oppgjør med fortidens feil før hun kan finne ut hvor fremtiden finnes.

Another heartfelt and delightful Christmas tale from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas on the Island. New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan returns to the setting of Christmas on the Island and Endless Beach for a heartwarming new novel celebrating the season, and Scotland. On the tiny, beautiful, and remote island of Mure, halfway between Scotland and Norway, a new hotel opening is a big event. New mother Flora MacKenzie and her brother Fintan are working themselves half to death to get it ready in time for Christmas. The new hotels impressive kitchens throw together two unlikely new friends: Isla Gregor is the hardworking young girl who has been awaitress in the island's cafe, dreaming of a bigger, better life now that shes at a proper fancy hotel. Konstantin Pederson is working his way up in the hotel's kitchens toobut he is also, secretly, the only son of the Duke of Utsire. Konstantin has been sent to learn what it is to work hard for a living, before receiving his inheritance. Although hes initially resentful, the place grows on him; he has never met anyone quite like Isla and her fellow Murians before. As the islands residents and special VIP guests gather for the hotels grand opening gala, Christmas is in the air. But so are more than a few small-town secrets

MALORY TOWERS FOR GROWN-UPS' SOPHIE KINSELLAJenny Colgan returns with all her signature charm in this fourth installment of her Maggie Adair series. The Little School by the Sea is a magical place of friendship, striving, excitement and plenty of mischief. Maggie Adair, the passionate, devoted English teacher at Downey House, is about to ride off into the sunset with her new love when tragedy strikes. Pulled from their happy-ever-after, she and David must put their budding romance aside until they return for a new term, unsure where they now stand.A fresh new year at Downey House comes with more drama from the students - with Fliss and Alice at odds after a summer apart, and Simone trying to nurture her new relationship while dealing with exam stresses, the new term is shaping up to be a challenge for all...'A BRILLIANT BOARDING SCHOOL BOOK, STUFFED FULL OF UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS AND THRILLING ADVENTURES' LISA JEWELL

A grand baronial house on Loch Ness, a quirky small-town bookseller, and a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan.Desperate to escape from London, single mother Lottie wants to build a new life for herself and her son Raffie. She can barely afford the crammed studio apartment on a busy street where honking horns and shouting football fans keep them awake all night. If she doesn't find a way out soon, Lottie knows it's just a matter of time before she has a complete meltdown. On a whim, she answers an ad for a nanny job in the Scottish Highlands, which is about as far away from the urban crush of London as possible. It sounds heavenly! The job description asks for someone capable of caring for two...well, the advertisement says "gifted children"; the reality is more like "feral wolverines." The children's widowed father is a wreck, and the kids run wild in a huge tumbledown castle on the heather-strewn banks of Loch Ness. Still, the peaceful, picturesque location is everything London is not--and Lottie rises to the challenges of the job.With the help of Nina, the friendly local bookseller, Lottie begins to put down roots in the community. Are books, fresh air, and kindness enough to heal this broken family--and her own...?

Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? In this valentine to readers, librarians, and book-lovers the world over, the New York Times-bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery returns with a funny, moving new novel for fans of Nina Georges The Little Paris Bookshop.Nina is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more. Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling. From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers theres plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place thats beginning to feel like home a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending.

The gorgeous new book from Jenny Colgan that Goodreads reviewers are calling: 'A massive hug in book form', 'utterly charming', 'magical', 'heartwarming', 'feel good', 'a breath of fresh air', 'easily one of the best books I have read this year', 'perfect feel-good fare for the summer', 'a lovely, heartwarming read' ***** Escape to the Scottish Highlands where a tiny bookshop perches on the edge of a loch Zoe is a single mother, sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Hari, her gorgeous little boy is perfect in every way - except for the fact that he just doesn't speak, at all. When her landlord raises the rent on her flat, Zoe doesn't know where to turn. Then Hari's aunt suggests Zoe could move to Scotland to help run a bookshop. Going from the lonely city to a small village in the Highlands could be the change Zoe and Hari desperately need. Faced with an unwelcoming boss, a moody, distant bookseller named Ramsay Urquart, and a band of unruly children, Zoe wonders if she's made the right decision. But Hari has found his very first real friend, and no one could resist the beauty of the loch glinting in the summer sun. If only Ramsay would just be a little more approachable... Dreams start here...

A sparkling new romantic comedy from the acclaimed author of Amanda's Wedding.Holly is a frustrated florist whose life doesn't exactly seem to be coming up roses.Fleeing the houseshare from hell, she moves in with Josh, a sexually confused merchant banker; Kate, a high-flying legal eagle with talons to match, and the gorgeous Addison, who spends his days communicating only with his computer and those who worship at the altar of Captain Jean-Luc Picard.Holly's desperate to have a one-to-one with Addison, but can she drag him away from his monstrously ugly, not to say jealous internet 'girlfriend' Claudia, or will they just continually get their wires crossed?