Lessons in Heartbreak

Lessons in Heartbreak

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

Three Lives. Three Loves. Three Reasons to Let Go -- the compelling new novel from the international No.1 bestselling authorIzzie Silver left the small Irish town of Tamarin behind for New York. Life is good - until she breaks her own rules and falls for a married man.On the other side of the ocean, Izzie's aunt Anneliese discovers the pain of infidelity for herself.Then Lily, the wise and compassionate family matriarch, is taken ill. At her bedside back in Ireland, Izzie discovers a past her grandmother has never spoken of, while Anneliese feels despair mount. The one person she could have turned to is starting to slip away.The lessons each of the women learns - both past and present - bring joy and heartbreak. And the hardest lesson of all is learning to let go.
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Secrets of a Happy Marriage

Secrets of a Happy Marriage

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

Number One bestseller Cathy Kelly returns with a sparkling tale of family, friends, and marriages in trouble, told with her trademark Irish wit, warmth and wisdom. It's a very special birthday party, a chance to get family and friends together and raise a glass in celebration. And no one throws a party like the Brannigans. For Bess, hosting the lavish weekend at Lisowen Castle to celebrate her new husband's birthday is a chance to show the world how far they've come. Yes, Ed may once have been the poor boy from the village, but look at him now. But who knew joining a new family could be so difficult? For Ed's daughter Jojo, having a new stepmother was never going to be easy, especially when the memory of your mother is trampled at every opportunity. And Jojo's dream of a family of her own just seems to get further away. For Cari, a family get-together is another chance for everyone to remember how things went wrong at her wedding. Three years on, she still hasn't dared trust a man since. And then there's Faenia, who last saw Lisowen and Ireland nearly forty years ago. Is it finally time for the runaway to come home? It's going to be quite a party.
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It Started With Paris

It Started With Paris

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

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 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 No.1 bestseller Cathy Kelly.
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Past Secrets

Past Secrets

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

The Sunday Times No. 1 paperback bestseller, warm and moving - another gem from the much-loved Cathy Kelly. Keep a secret too long and it will creep out when you least expect it... Behind the shining windows and rose-bedecked gardens of Summer Street, there are lots of secrets. There's the one that hard-working single mother, Faye, hides from her teenage daughter, Amber. And there's the one that thirty-year-old Maggie hides from herself. When fiery Amber decides to throw away her future for love, and when Maggie ends up back home looking after her sick mother, their secrets begin to bubble over. The only person on Summer Street who appears to know all the answers is their friend Christie. Wise and kind, she can see into other people's hearts to solve their problems. Except that this time, the secrets she's hidden from her beloved husband and grown up sons suddenly reappear. When the past...
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Just Between Us

Just Between Us

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

Friends like this are hard to find...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 -- relationships, careers, and families -- to find fulfilment. Full of Cathy Kelly's trademark warmth, romance, optimism and wit.What's the secret of the fabulous Miller girls...?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...
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Cathy Kelly 3-book Bundle

Cathy Kelly 3-book Bundle

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

Three of Cathy Kelly’s bestselling novels, packaged together as ebooks for the first time. LESSONS IN HEARTBREAK, ONCE IN A LIFETIME and HOMECOMING make the perfect excuse to have some Cathy Kelly time. Three lives. Three loves. Three reasons to let go. LESSONS IN HEARTBREAK tells the story of three women and the lessons they learn – both past and present – which bring both joy and heartbreak. And the hardest lesson of all is learning to let go. In ONCE IN A LIFETIME, three women find that sometimes things can happen which change your life forever, and each learn that the chance for real joy comes only once in a lifetime… Four women, four lives, one place they all call home. HOMECOMING tells the story of Golden Square in Dublin, and four women who live there, their lives drawing ever-closer together…
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The Perfect Holiday

The Perfect Holiday

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

An exclusive short story for World Book Day from one of our bestselling authors. Sometimes all we need is a relaxing holiday in the sun. For Anthony and Carole, a week in a lovely Greek hotel has helped them mend the cracks in their marriage. For widowed Jessica, it’s the longest she’s ever gone without visiting her beloved husband’s grave. However when the flight doesn’t go according to plan, they are each forced to face up to the very things they have been avoiding for so long. By the time they land, they have learnt important life lessons about themselves and each other which change them forever.
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The House On Willow Street

The House On Willow Street

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

Every picture-perfect village tells a story. . . .The Irish seaside town of Avalon is a tourist’s dream of quaint shops and welcoming cafés. Avalon House, perched at the end of Willow Street, was in Tess Power’s family for generations. Now Tess ekes out a living from her antiques shop while the crumbling mansion awaits a new owner. Her marriage and business may be floundering, but her affection for Avalon is undimmed. The same can’t be said of her glamorous sister. Suki left without a backward glance and married into an American political dynasty. Only a muckraking biographer could send her slinking back to Ireland to escape a scandal.Postmistress Danae watches from the sidelines, doling out gentle advice while locking away her own secrets. Then her unconventional niece Mara comes to stay and draws her lonely aunt back into the world. As autumn gives way to winter, the four women encounter old loves, embrace new friendships, and begin to look beyond the past to the possibilities just beginning to unfold.
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Someone Like You

Someone Like You

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

From the No. 1 international bestseller Cathy Kelly, a novel of love and longing, wishes and yearning.They all just want one thing in life -- and then they'll be truly happy.Just married, Emma can't wait to escape the control of her domineering father and conceive a much longed for child with her beloved husband.For Leonie, divorced mother of three teenagers, happiness means finding true love, something that was missing from her ten-year marriage.Hannah is striking out alone after the love of her life abandoned her. She is yearning for independence and security, yet is uncertain that any man can every provide this for her.But sometimes, when you wish will all your heart for a dream to come true, you risk destroying the happiness within your reach.
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Between Sisters

Between Sisters

Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly

Cassie has spent her married life doing everything right - making sure her children have the perfect life, being a devoted wife to her husband and a dutiful daughter-in-law to his mother, even when her patience has been tested. Although it has left her so exhausted that 'wine o'clock' comes a little earlier each afternoon. But she wouldn't change a thing, she's certain, until temptation comes her way... Her sister Coco runs a vintage dress shop and sure, she's shied away from commitment over the years. It's just that Coco believes men complicate things more than necessary, and she's got enough to contend with looking after her business and her staff, who seem to rely on her more and more for relationship advice. But who is she to give advice, when her own life is so simple? Watching over them is grandmother Pearl, tucked away in her little house in Delaney Square with her chickens, busy with her poker club and a secret lover. But something is keeping her awake at night. Was she right to do what she did all those years ago? Surely, if she were right, she wouldn't be thinking about it so often now...? And then there's Elsa, the polished face of daytime TV, who's battled demons of her own in the past and come out on top. Now Elsa faces one final battle - but this one will require more bravery than anything that's come before.
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