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Can she find her recipe for happiness? Del and her husband, Ollie, moved to a beautiful village in Provence for a fresh start after years of infertility struggles. But six weeks after they arrive, they’re packing the removal van once more. As Del watches the van leave for England, she suddenly realises exactly what will make her happier...a new life in France - without Ollie. Now alone, all Del has is a crumbling farmhouse, a mortgage to pay and a few lavender plants. What on earth is she going to do?

Eliza has a full house! When her three children grew up and moved out, she downsized to a smaller property...but now they're all back. Every room in the house is taken and Eliza finds herself sharing her bed with her eldest daughter and her daughter's pug. Combined with the online course she's trying to finish, plus her job to fit in, there just isn't the peace and quiet that Eliza needs.

Lucia has worked hard as a lawyer in Wales, aiming for a big promotion she hopes will shortly come her way. Finally taking a well-earned break at her grandparents' house in southern Italy, the sunshine, lemon trees and her nonna's mouth-watering cooking make her instantly feel at home. But she's shocked to learn that her grandfather is retiring from the beloved family pizzeria and will need to sell. Lucia can't bear the thought of the place changing hands - especially when she discovers her not-quite-ex-husband, Giacomo, wants to take it over!

It's amazing what you can buy online these days: memorabilia, fashion accessories, a crumbling Italian farmhouse... After a Prosecco-fuelled girls' night in gets out of hand, Ruthie Collins awakes to discover that she has bid for her dream Italian home online - and won. Recently out of a relationship, a new start is just what she needs. Anything is better than sleeping on her mum's settee.

We never forget the one who got away. Eighteen years ago Nell fell in love in the mountains of Crete, and life changed forever. Nell's daughter, Demi, has never met her dad. Nell never saw him again. When she gets the chance to return to the hilltop town of Vounoplagia - where everything began - Nell can't resist the urge to go back and find him. Working on a honey farm perched high up in the hills, there's plenty to keep her busy. And she will quickly realise the town harbours just as many secrets as she does.

After a decade of building her career in the city, Beca is ready to escape the humdrum. When she sees her dream home for sale in her hometown, it starts to seem like fate. But when she arrives and visits her grandparents' ice cream parlour, Beca is horrified to find out that the new owner, her ex-boyfriend Ed, has stripped the heart out of it. Determined to honour her family's legacy, Beca decides to follow in their footsteps and make delicious ice cream with the help of a long-forgotten recipe book and boat house.

Best seller The Oyster Catcher is Jo Thomas' first irresistibly feel-good novel, set on the coast of Ireland. Dooleybridge, County Galway: the last place Fiona Clutterbuck expects to end up, alone, on her wedding night. But after the words 'I do' have barely left her mouth, that's exactly where she is - with only her sequinned shoes and a camper van for company. One thing is certain: Fi can't go back. So when the opportunity arises to work for a brooding local oyster farmer, Sean Thornton, she jumps at the chance.

When their grandfather dies, Fliss and her sisters are astonished to inherit a French château! Travelling to Normandy to visit the beautiful if faded house, they excitedly make plans over delicious crêpes and local cider in the town nearby. But they soon discover the château needs major work, a huge tax bill is due...and there's a sitting tenant, Madame Charlotte Cadieux, to whom they owe a monthly allowance! Unable to sell but strapped for cash, Fliss determines to spruce up the elegant old rooms and open a B&B.

Working for a winemaker in France is the opportunity of a lifetime for Emmy. Even if she doesn't know a thing about wine beyond what's on offer at the local supermarket. There's plenty to get to grips with in the rustic town of Petit Frère. Emmy's new work friends need more than a little winning over. Then there's her infuriatingly brash tutor, Isaac, and the enigmatic Madame Beaumont tucked away in her vineyard of secrets. But Emmy will soon realise that in life - just as in winemaking - the best things happen when you let go and trust your instincts.

Chloe can't wait for Christmas...to be over! Her son Ruben is staying with his dad this year and Chloe is planning to ignore the holidays all together. Her only nod to the season is the advent calendar Ruben left her, to help count down the days till he's home again. But then an heir hunter gets in touch, telling her there's a plot of land in Canada she may be entitled to. Surely, it's a scam. Or could it be just the escape she needs right now? They're offering to pay for her flights...and Ruben's latest note in the advent calendar tells her to 'say yes!'

Residential home caterer Connie has had one online-dating disaster too many. Hurt in the past, and with her son to consider, now she's feeling hesitant. Then one of Connie's residents sets her up on a date at a beautiful German Christmas market - with the promise she'll take a mini-bus full of pensioners with her.

Brought to you by Penguin. Jemima Jones is driving home to her family's magical hill-top farm for Christmas… And on arrival, she soon learns that her dad has been keeping a secret – all is not as it seems, and Hollybush Farm is struggling to make ends meet! Worried about losing the childhood...

Del en haar man Ollie zijn verhuisd naar een schattig klein dorpje in de Provence. Voorbij zijn hun ruzies, voorbij de zware jaren, vanaf nu gaan ze een zonnige toekomst tegemoet! Tenminste, dat was het plan. Maar het leven loopt nooit zoals je had gepland, of wel? Nog geen zes weken na aankomst staan ze opnieuw de verhuiswagens in te pakken. Tot Del beseft dat in de Provence blijven – zonder Ollie – haar echt gelukkig zou maken.

Freya has one wish this Christmas...to visit Iceland and track down the illusive Northern Lights in memory of her beloved friend. Nothing—not even a snowstorm—is going to stop her. But when an avalanche leaves her stranded in a remote village with no way to contact the outside world, handsome and enigmatic Petur comes to her rescue, giving her a place to stay in his farmhouse. In this harsh yet beautiful landscape, Petur and his community must come together in order to survive.

Zeldas gemeinsame Zukunft mit ihrem smarten Freund Lennie sah so verlockend aus: eine Hochzeit auf Sizilien und ein Haus inmitten von Zitronenbäumen. Doch statt Zitroneneis und Dolce Vita erwarten sie auf der Insel ein marodes Anwesen und jede Menge Ärger. Einziger Lichtblick: der charmante Kellner Luca, der Zeldas Gefühle gewaltig durcheinanderbringt.

Mit gebrochenem Herzen und dem Vorsatz, sich nie wieder zu verlieben, strandet Fiona in einem kleinen irischen Dorf. Akute Geldnot führt sie auf eine Austernfarm, wo sie nicht nur mit ihrer Angst vor dem Wasser und zwei störrischen Eseln zu kämpfen hat, sondern auch mit ihrem Arbeitgeber Sean. Der hat genaue Vorstellungen von der Austernzucht und eine Partnerin, die Fiona das Leben schwer macht.

Als Teenager verliebte sich Nell in die Schönheit Kretas und in Stelios, mit dem sie einen unvergesslichen Sommer verbrachte. 18 Jahre später kehrt sie auf die Insel zurück. Auf einer Honigfarm will sie einen Neuanfang wagen. Doch um die Farm steht es nicht gut, seit die Bienen verschwunden sind. Während Nell sich auf die Spur der Bienen begibt, hofft sie, auch Stelios wiederzufinden, der damals ganz plötzlich aus ihrem Leben verschwand.

You’ve done the mindset work. You’ve journaled and visualized. But you’re still spiraling in silence, holding it all together while feeling like you’re falling apart. Empowered AF with Jo Thomas is the podcast where healing gets loud. We go beyond surface-level self-help to uncover the trauma responses, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and high-functioning survival that’s keeping you stuck — and we rebuild from the inside out. Each week, Jo brings you raw truth, nervous system tools, identity work, and feminine energy embodiment to help you regulate, rise, and receive… like the...

Lou was having a really bad day. Her best friend stole her boyfriend. She was fired for no reason. Rent was due, and her roommate was out of town...again. Then, she found out her wonderful Grandma G had died, leaving Lou the Sweet Hearth Bakery in the small town of Whispering Mountain way up north in the Pacific Northwest. But when a ghost who smelled like heaven saved her life and Grandma G’s pretty tabby cat with the multi-colored eyes started talking to her, it was time to ask some serious questions. Was there really magic in the town...or was she just going crazy?

Listeners who loved the fictional Jo March in Little Women will love this thrilling memoir by New York Times journalist Jo Thomas, a real-life Jo March, who refused to give up when men said journalism was not for a woman. Jo was a young housewife when she first went to work for an Ohio newspaper that had not hired a woman in 20 years. The men shunned her, but she discovered people and issues they ignored and wrote about them.