Bücher von Jenny Colgan

Floras gemütliche kleine Sommerküche auf der schottischen Insel Mure ist mittlerweile bei Einheimischen wie Touristen beliebt. Ihr Glück wäre perfekt, müsste ihr Freund Joel nicht beruflich ständig verreisen. Während ihm das nicht das Mindeste auszumachen scheint, sehnt Flora sich nach Geborgenheit. Auch ihre Freundin, die Lehrerin Lorna, hat jemanden gefunden, der ihr Herz höher schlagen lässt. Doch Saif, der syrische Flüchtling, der als Insel-Arzt arbeitet, ist verheiratet, auch wenn seine Frau als verschollen gilt. Haben Lorna und Flora eine Chance auf echtes Glück? Oder sind die Männer ihres Herzens schlicht nicht die Richtigen?

Sommer, Sonne, Meer¿... Vom quirligen London zur entlegenen Insel Mure? Nur widerwillig kehrt die junge Anwaltsassistentin Flora MacKenzie in ihre schottische Heimat zurück, um ein schwieriges lokales Mandat ihres gut aussehenden Chefs Joel vorzubereiten. Weder die unberührte Landschaft noch das glitzernde Meer können sie aufmuntern, während sie ihren geschwächten Vater und ihre Brüder versorgt und in die einst so vertraute Inselgemeinschaft eintaucht. Doch dann entdeckt sie die alten Rezepte ihrer verstorbenen Mutter, und als sie eines nach dem anderen ausprobiert, öffnet sich ihr Herz: für die Sinnlichkeit des Essens, für die Schönheit der Natur und für einen neuen Anfang¿¿ Ausgezeichnet als beste romantische Komödie des Jahres! Deutsche Erstausgabe

Endlich hat der Sommer an Cornwalls Küste Einzug gehalten, und Polly Waterford könnte nicht glücklicher sein: Ihre kleine Bäckerei läuft blendend, und zusammen mit Huckle, der Liebe ihres Lebens, genießt sie die lauen Abende in dem Hafenstädtchen Mount Polbearne, das inzwischen zu ihrer Heimat geworden ist. Doch plötzlich ist die Bäckerei in Gefahr, denn die alte Besitzerin stirbt. Außerdem fällt es Huckle schwer, seine Vergangenheit in Amerika gänzlich hinter sich lassen, zu oft holt sie ihn ein. Und während Polly Mehl siebt, Teig knetet und Brot backt, bangt sie um ihre Zukunft ...

Es klingt fast zu gut um wahr zu sein - Polly wird ihr Hobby zum Beruf machen, und das in Cornwall, auf einer romantischen Insel mit Männerüberschuss. Genau die richtige Kur für ein leeres Konto und ein gebrochenes Herz. Aber die alte Bäckerei ist eine windschiefe Bruchbude, am Meer kann es sehr kühl sein, und der Empfang, den manche Insulaner ihr bereiten, ist noch viel kälter. Gut, dass Polly Neil hat, einen kleinen Papageientaucher mit gebrochenem Flügel. Doch bald kauft der halbe Ort heimlich ihr wunderbares selbstgebackenes Brot, und als sie Neil fliegen lassen soll, ist sie schon fast heimisch geworden. Nur das mit der Liebe gestaltet sich komplizierter als gedacht ...

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?

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...

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

Mouth-watering recipes inside!As dawn breaks over the Pont Neuf, and the cobbled alleyways of Paris come to life, Anna Trent is already awake and at work; mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate; made entirely by hand, it is sold to the grandes dames of Paris.It's a huge shift from the chocolate factory she worked in at home in the north of England. But when an accident changed everything, Anna was thrown back in touch with her French teacher, Claire, who offered her the chance of a lifetime - to work in Paris with her former sweetheart, Thierry, a master chocolatier.With old wounds about to be uncovered and healed, Anna is set to discover more about real chocolate - and herself - than she ever dreamed.

Sun, sea and laughter abound in this warm, bubbly tale by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams making it 'a perfect sun-lounger read' (Heat) Evie is desperate for a holiday - a good one. Not only because she's been working all hours as a receptionist for two high-powered plastic surgeons, but also because every holiday she's ever been on has involved sunburn, arguments and projectile vomiting - sometimes all three at once. Why can't she have a normal holiday like everyone else: peaceful beaches, glorious sunshine and (fingers crossed) some much-needed sex?So when Evie's employers invite her to attend a conference with them in the beautiful South of France, she can't believe her luck. At last, the chance to hob nob with the rich and glamorous, to party under the stars, to live life as she'd always dreamt of it. It's the holiday of a lifetime - but things don't happen in quite the way Evie imagines . . .'Sheer indulgence from start to finish' -Sophie Kinsella, bestselling author of the Shopaholic Series'Operation Sunshine sizzles . . . A perfect read' -Louise Bagshawe, bestselling author of Glamour

The first novel in Jenny Colgan's heartwarming Little Beach Street Bakery trilogy.Polly Waterford is recovering from a toxic relationship. Unable to afford their flat, she has to move miles away from everyone, to a sleepy little seaside resort in Cornwall, where she lives alone above an abandoned shop.And so Polly takes out her frustrations on her favourite hobby: making bread. But what was previously a weekend diversion suddenly becomes far more important as she pours her emotions into kneading and pounding the dough, and each loaf becomes better and better. With nuts and seeds, olives and chorizo, with local honey (courtesy of local bee keeper, Huckle), and with reserves of determination and creativity Polly never knew she had, she bakes and bakes and bakes . . . And people start to hear about it. Sometimes, bread really is life . . . And Polly is about to reclaim hers.

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams is the first novel in Jenny Colgan's Rosie Hopkins trilogy.Were you a sherbet lemon or chocolate lime fan? Penny chews or hard boiled sweeties (you do get more for your money that way)? The jangle of your pocket money . . . the rustle of the pink and green striped paper bag . . . Rosie Hopkins thinks leaving her busy London life, and her boyfriend Gerard, to sort out her elderly Aunt Lilian's sweetshop in a small country village is going to be dull. Boy, is she wrong. Lilian Hopkins has spent her life running Lipton's sweetshop, through wartime and family feuds. As she struggles with the idea that it might finally be time to settle up, she also wrestles with the secret history hidden behind the jars of beautifully coloured sweets.Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams - a novel - with recipes.*Winner of the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013*

Now, you would obviously never, ever look up your exes on Facebook. Nooo. And even if you did, you most certainly wouldn't run off trying to track them down, risking your job, family and happiness in the process. Posy Fairweather, on the other hand . . . Posy is delighted when Matt proposes - on top of a mountain, in a gale, in full-on romantic mode. But a few days later disaster strikes: he backs out of the engagement. Crushed and humiliated, Posy starts thinking. Why has her love life always ended in total disaster? Determined to discover how she got to this point, Posy resolves to get online and track down her exes. Can she learn from past mistakes? And what if she has let Mr Right slip through her fingers on the way?*Features the wonderful winning short story from the Jenny Colgan/National Express short story competition: One Hundred Miles by Eilidh Mackay*

Meet the Clanswomen... International bestselling authors Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, and Muriel Gray lead off this dazzling collection of stories by popular and rising Scottish women authors. A sometimes wild, sometimes poignant romp through the lives of Scotswomen, Scottish Girls About Town revels in the universal hilarity and strife of being a girl! They''re looking for something moor. In Jenny Colgan''s "The Fringes," a hapless heroine heads to the Edinburgh "Fringe" -- a massive theatrical and musical festival -- for a night of her own disastrous drama. Isla Dewar offers up "In the Garden of Mrs. Pink," one woman''s look back at her girlhood and the life lessons she learned from an eccentric neighbor. In Muriel Gray''s "School-Gate Mums," a single mother with killer instincts settles the score with one of the mothers at her son''s school. Whether they''re racing their flatmates in a weight-loss contest, reconnecting with long-lost friends, or grappling with the men in their lives, these daughters of Scotland prove that no one can top their audacious spirit and Highland charm.