The Dandelion Years

The Dandelion Years

The Dandelion Years by Erica JamesAshcombe was the most beautiful house Saskia had ever seen as a little girl.  A rambling pink cottage on the edge of the Suffolk village of Melbury Green, its enchanting garden provided a fairy-tale playground of seclusion, a perfect sanctuary to hide from the tragedy which shattered her childhood.

Now an adult, Saskia is still living at Ashcombe and, as a book restorer, devotes her days tending to the broken and battered book that find their way to her, daydreaming about the people who had once turned their pages.  When she discovers a notebook carefully concealed in an old Bible - and realising someone has gone to a great deal of trouble to hide a story of their own - Saskia finds herself drawn into a heart-rending tale of wartime love …

A gorgeous tale of friendship and love from Sunday Times bestseller Erica James.

Published by Orion Books in 2015. View online retailer buying links.

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Paperback ISBN-13: 9781409146131

The Dandelion Years is also available in Audio Book

  • Narrated by: Emma Gregory, Lee Maxwell Simpson
  • Length: 14 hours and 30 minutes
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Summer at the Lake

Summer at the Lake

Summer at the Lake by Erica JamesLake Como - beautiful, enchanting, romantic...  For Floriana, it is the place where the love of her life is getting married to another woman.   And she's been invited to the wedding.

For Esme, it is where, over sixty years ago, she fell in love for the first time.  So often she's wondered what happened to the man who stole her heart - and changed the course of her life.  Adam is in danger of burying himself entirely in his work after his girlfriend left him. Could a trip to Lake Como be the distraction he needs?  Now it's time for each of them to understand that the past is not only another country, it can also cast haunting shadows over everyone's lives...

Published by Orion Books in 2014. View online retailer buying links.

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ISBN-13: 9781398704770

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  • Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
  • Length: 15 hours and 30 minutes
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The Hidden Cottage

The Hidden Cottage

The Hidden Cottage by Erica JamesMia Channing appears to have an enviable life: a beautiful home, a happy marriage, a job she enjoys and three grown-up children to whom she's devoted. But appearances can be deceptive...

When the family gathers for her son's 30th birthday, he brings with him his latest girlfriend who, to their surprise, has a nine-year-old daughter. Then, before the birthday cake has even been cut, Mia's youngest daughter Daisy has seized the opportunity to drop a bombshell. It's an evening that marks a turning point in all their lives, when old resentments and regrets surface and the carefully ordered world Mia has created begins to unravel.

Published by Orion Books in 2013. View online retailer buying links.

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Paperback ISBN: 978-1409130840

The Real Katie Lavender

The Real Katie Lavender

The Real Katie Lavender by Erica JamesAt the age of thirty, Katie Lavender thinks she is better than most when it comes to dealing with life’s surprises.  But when she gets a request to visit a solicitor, she’s not expecting the dramatic turn her life is about to take.  There, she receives a letter from her deceased mother that literally changes everything she ever knew about herself …

The Real Katie Lavender is the delightful, sparkling new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Erica James.

Published by Orion Books in 2012. View online retailer buying links.

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ISBN: 9781409130819

Promises, Promises

Promises, Promises

Promises, Promises by Erica James'I Must Stand Up for Myself More' so promises Maggie Storm who spends her days cleaning houses for people who often have more money than manners.  Married to a man with as much sex appeal as Mr Blobby, she dreams of a life straight from the pages of a romantic novel.

'My Head Must Rule Over My Heart' so promises Ella Moore who, determined never to let her heart get the better of her again, is recovering from seven wasted years of failing to win over the daughter of the man with whom she wanted to spend the rest of her life.

'No More Women' so promises Ethan Edwards who, to distract himself from the depressing sham of his marriage, is a repeat offender when it comes to turning to other women for sexual consolation.  But when Ella appears unexpectedly in his life, he finds himself turning to her for very different reasons.

Published by Orion Books in 2011. View online retailer buying links.

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ISBN: 9781409101864

 

The Queen of New Beginnings

The Queen of New Beginnings

The Queen of New Beginnings by Erica JamesAlice Shoemaker habitually goes to great lengths to avoid telling the truth about herself and her past. After agreeing to help out a friend, by shopping and cleaning for the unknown man staying at Cuckoo House, she soon becomes suspicious that her strange and obnoxiously rude client has something to hide...

Clayton Miller's life is a mess. His career as one of the country's best comedy scriptwriters has stalled and his long-term girlfriend has left him for his ex best friend and ex writing partner. Just when he thinks his life couldn't get any worse, he commits a spectacularly public fall from grace and with the press hounding him, his agent banishes him to the middle of nowhere until the dust has settled. And there he meets Alice...

When Alice and Clayton discover the truth about each other they form an unlikely friendship – until Alice discovers Clayton has betrayed her in the worst possible way.

Published by Orion Books in 2011. View online retailer buying links.

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ISBN: 9781409102571

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  • Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
  • Length: 16 hours
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It’s the Little Things

It’s the Little Things

It's the Little Things by Erica JamesDan and Sally Oliver and their friend Chloe Hennessey are lucky to be alive. Three years on, after surviving one of the world's biggest natural disasters – the Boxing Day tsunami – their lives have changed dramatically.

Dan and Sally are now parents. Dan is enjoying being a stay-at-home father taking care of their young son, and Sally is the breadwinner and loves her job as a partner in a Manchester law firm. The arrangement has so far worked well, but when Dan starts to question whether Sally has got her priorities right, the cracks in their marriage begin to appear.

Dan and Sally have everything Chloe wishes for in life – a happy marriage and a beautiful child. Dumped by her long term boyfriend just weeks after the tsunami, she's been on a mission ever since to find the perfect father for the child she craves.  When she meets Seth Hawthorne, she thinks she may have hit the jackpot.  But is Seth the man she thinks he is?

It's the Little Things is a moving, compelling story of how a life can change in a heartbeat.

Published by Orion Books in 2011. View online retailer buying links.

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ISBN: 9780752884332

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  • Narrated by: Teresa Gallagher
  • Length: 6 hours and 45 minutes
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  • Narrated by: Julia Franklin
  • Length: 14 hours and 50 minutes
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Tell it to the Skies

Tell it to the Skies

Tell it to the Skies by Erica JamesThe beautiful city of Venice has been Lydia's home for many years, a place where she has found peace and fulfilment. Then one day she glimpses a young man's face in the crowd that threatens to change everything. He's a heart-stopping reminder of a dreadful secret she believed she had banished to the past...

As a young child, Lydia and her sister were sent to live with grandparents they'd never even met before. It was a cruel and loveless new world for them and it forced Lydia to grow up fast. She learned to keep secrets and to trust sparingly, and through it all she was shadowed by grief and guilt.

Now, twenty-eight years later, Lydia is persuaded to leave behind the safe new life she has created for herself and return to England to face the past. And maybe her future.

Published by Orion Books in 2017. View online retailer buying links.

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ISBN: 9780752893365

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  • Narrated by: Sarah Lancashire
  • Length: 5 hours and 35 minutes
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  • Narrated by: Maggie Mash
  • Length: 18 hours and 30 minutes
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Gardens of Delight

Gardens of Delight

Romantic Novel of the Year, 2006.

Gardens of Delight by Erica JamesThe Gardens of Delight brochure promises the opportunity to visit some of the most beautiful and enchanting gardens in the Lake Como area of Italy. For Lucy, the chance to go to Italy offers more than just gardens. Lake Como is where her father lives and the last time she saw him was when she was just a teenager.

Recently married Helen and her wealthy husband have just moved into the Old Rectory. With her husband spending so much time away from home, Helen throws herself into caring for the garden that was the pride and joy of its previous owner. But Helen needs help – and friends – and so decides to take the plunge and join the local Garden Club.

Conrad isn't the least bit interested in gardening. Widowed for five years, his life revolves around work and humouring Mac, his curmudgeonly elderly uncle who lives with him, and who has expressed a desire to go on the Gardens of Delight tour. But only if Conrad will accompany him. Reluctantly, Conrad agrees. 'Anything for a peaceful life,' he concedes.

But a peaceful life is the last thing any of them are in for...

Published by Orion Books in 2014. View online retailer buying links.

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ISBN: 9780752883519

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  • Narrated by: Jenny Seagrove
  • Length: 6 hours and 10 minutes
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Love and Devotion

Love and Devotion

Love and Devotion by Erica JamesHarriet Swift thinks she has the perfect life – a satisfying career, her own flat and a new boyfriend who respects her need for her own space. But then her only sister is killed in a car crash and Harriet is forced to give up her well-ordered life and to help look after her orphaned niece and nephew. Moving back to her childhood home in Maple Drive, and sacrificing so much, doesn't come easy and before long Harriet discovers things about her family she never believed possible.

Meanwhile, the shabbiest house in Maple Drive has a new occupant. Will Hart also thinks he has the perfect life. Having swapped his successful career as a lawyer for that of an antiques dealer, he believes in living for the moment and is entirely happy with his lot. Then from nowhere tragedy strikes and he faces the biggest challenge of his life.

Harriet and Will have no choice but to piece together a new future for themselves, but can they see it through?

Published by Orion Books in 2011. View online retailer buying links.

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ISBN: 9780752883410

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  • Narrated by: Jenny Agutter
  • Length: 6 hours and 10 minutes
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