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24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorWalking in Circles Before Lying Down
Merrill Markoe · 288 pages
Dawn Tarnauer's life isn't exactly a success story. Already twice divorced, the young Californian is too busy job-hopping to start a career, her current boyfriend insists on living "off the grid," and her Life Coach sister perpetually interferes with incomprehensible affirmations. Dawn's only source of security and comfort, it seems, is Chuck, a pit-bull mix from the pound. So when her boyfriend a
Your Roots Are Showing
Elise Chidley · 366 pages
Lizzie Buckley has a life many women dream of - a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home and darling (when they're not fighting) three-year-old twins. But ever since the birth of her children, she's had a fantasy about locking herself in her bedroom for twenty-four hours with a good book and a box of chocolates. Unfortunately, her husband James doesn't understand her feelings. And when Lizzie unburde
A Tale of Two Sisters
Anna Maxted · 464 pages
Cassie is slender, clever, charismatic, successful. The one flaw in her perfect life may be her marriage. Her sister Lizbet is plumper, plainer, dreamier. An aspiring journalist, she's stuck writing embarrassing articles on sex for Ladz Mag. Her one achievement is her relationship with Tim, who thinks she's amusing and smart. Despite Cassie being the favored child, she and Lizbet have always been
The Husband Diet
Nancy Barone · 317 pages
Rescue Me, Maybe
Jackie Bouchard · 311 pages
"If you lost both your husband and your dog within weeks of each other but were more devastated by the loss of the dog, would you tell anyone? Maybe your closest friends...Unfortunately, introvert Jane Bailey hasn't made many friends in Philadelphia. So when her aunt and uncle ask her to come to Prescott, Arizona, to help at their B&B, Jane packs up and makes the move. On her way, she finds a scar
The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs
Christina Hopkinson · 378 pages
What's the thing you hate most about the one you love? This is the funniest, most acutely-observed novel about marriage and motherhood, children and work that's been seen in years.
Wedding Night
Sophie Kinsella · 472 pages
Got You Back
Jane Fallon · 406 pages
James has been leading a double life for the past year. With a wife in one city and a mistress in another, he's about to learn that hell hath no fury like two women scorned.
The Wife Of Reilly
Jennifer Coburn · 345 pages
Take My Husband, Please... Okay, here’s how it happened. I went to my college reunion and hooked up with Matt, the love of my life, my soulmate, the one who got away. After the most wonderful weekend together, he said something like, “I love you; let’s get married,” and I could swear I heard myself say, “Yes!” Maybe that would have been a good time to tell him about Reilly—my husband... Ho
He's Got to Go
Sheila O'Flanagan · 608 pages
Dog Crazy: A Novel of Love Lost and Found
Meg Donohue · 322 pages
"As a pet bereavement counselor, Maggie Brennan spends her days helping patients come to terms with losing their four-legged friends, but she's struggling with major problems of her own and can't seem to take her own advice. When she meets a woman who claims her dog is not dead, but missing, Maggie finds herself entangled in a mystery that will force her to face her biggest fear--and maybe just fi
Mad About the Boy
Maggie Alderson · 383 pages
'Some of my best friends are homosexuals. I just didn't expect my husband to be one too.' A year after Antonia and Hugh move to Australia with their 4 year old son Tom, everything is going terribly well. They have a lovely house, they're very popular - and then Hugh tells Antonia he is gay and has a boyfriend ... It's only the arrival of Ant's outrageous lavender-haired uncle Percy that lifts her
How to Kill Your Husband {and Other Handy Household Hints}
Kathy Lette · 336 pages
That Loving Feeling
Carole Matthews · 428 pages
Juliet Joyce is married with two grown-up children who treat the house like a hotel, a 70 year-old mother who just moved in and a father who's announced he is gay. Nothing prepares her for the unexpected return of Steven Audrey who jilted her years ago. Can Steven sweep her off her feet or can Rick remind her of the loving feeling they've lost.
Going in Circles
Pamela Ribon · 338 pages
Three In A Bed
Carmen Reid · 480 pages
Bella is a high-achieving, go-getting management consultant who seems to have it all. She's brilliant at her job, plays just as hard as she works and has a fantastic, sexy relationship with her husband Don. Then, she realises that something's missing from her life and decides to have a child (even though her husband isn't at all keen on the idea), and her ordered world is turned upside-down. Bella
A Desirable Residence
Madeleine Wickham · 286 pages
Liz and Jonathan Chambers were in trouble. Mortgage trouble. They'd stretched themselves to busting with their new exciting project - well, Liz thought it exciting - buying and managing the Silchester Tutorial College, and now couldn't sell their old house. Here they were, stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter who hadn't wanted to move anyway. Then Marcus
Shoe Addicts Anonymous
Beth Harbison · 327 pages
Four different women, one common shoe size, and a shared lust for fabulous footwear. The wife of a controlling politician, a debt-ridden eBay addict, an agoraphobic phone-sex operator, and a nanny for the family from hell (who barely knows a sole from a heel but who will do anything to get out of the house) meet Tuesday nights to trade shoes, and, in the process, form friendships that will help th
Baby Proof
Emily Giffin · 352 pages
Is there ever a deal-breaker when it comes to true love? What happens to the perfect couple when they suddenly want different things? First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes--a baby carriage. Isn't that what all women want? Not so for Claudia Parr. And just as she gives up on finding a man who feels the same way, she meets warm, wonderful Ben. Things seem too good to be true when they fa
Wish You Were Here
Catherine Alliott · 407 pages
When Flora, James and their two teenage daughters are offered the holiday of a lifetime in a chateaux in the South of France in return for one simple good deed, they jump at the chance to escape the confines of Clapham, the weight of the mortgage and anxieties over their future for a blissful break. But Flora didn't anticipate a mysterious guest and a whole heap of family baggage to come too. With
The Baby Trail
Sinead Moriarty · 320 pages
Early thirtysomething Emma decides it's time to have the baby - but it just doesn't happen to order. Emma goes through a funny, touching and ultimately moving journey as she struggles to accept the reality that maybe it's never going to happen. The Baby Trail is a novel rich in texture, light and dark, and humour with a biting undercurrent.