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Jane Costello

    1 janvier 1974

    Cette auteure est célébrée pour ses romans qui explorent les complexités des relations humaines et des émotions. Son style d'écriture est réputé pour être à la fois captivant et accessible, permettant aux lecteurs de se connecter profondément avec ses personnages et leurs parcours. Après une décennie consacrée à la création de comédies romantiques légères, son œuvre a évolué pour aborder des thèmes plus profonds, examinant les complexités de l'amour, de la famille et des tournants inattendus de la vie. Ce changement artistique a suscité une reconnaissance internationale significative, consolidant sa réputation en tant que voix notable de la fiction contemporaine.

    Jane Costello
    The Nearly-Weds
    The Wish List
    Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel
    My Single Friend
    It's Getting Hot in Here
    Girl on the Run
    • 2025

      The Time of Our Lives

      'Funny, sexy and moving - a hilarious holiday romp with a heart. I loved it' SOPHIE KINSELLA

      • 496pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      Set against the backdrop of a luxurious five-star hotel, three best friends embark on a holiday filled with excitement and challenges. As they navigate personal dilemmas and the complexities of their friendship, they discover what truly matters in life. This journey promises laughter, heartfelt moments, and the potential for transformation, making it a memorable getaway that could change their lives forever.

      The Time of Our Lives
    • 2024

      It's Getting Hot in Here

      a laugh-out-loud love story for the Menopausing audience

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture
      3,9(34)Évaluer

      The story introduces Lisa Darling, a humorous and relatable character navigating the challenges of perimenopause. With a delightful blend of wit and spice, her experiences resonate with women facing similar life changes. The narrative promises laughter and connection, making it a must-read for those in this stage of life.

      It's Getting Hot in Here
    • 2016

      THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR Learn to dance at The Moonlight Hotel, in the most romantic place in Britain ... Beginners and singles welcome. The Moonlight Hotel sits on the shore of England's best-loved lake, Windermere, exuding vintage glamour. Lauren loves the hotel, for hidden inside its faded walls is the key to her most precious memories. So, along with her best friends, Cate and Emily, she signs up to a new dance class in its gorgeous ballroom. They aren't going for the men, they're going for a laugh - although a little romance wouldn't hurt . . . But then a chain of events off the dance floor puts their friendship to the ultimate test, and makes Lauren question everything she holds dear. 'As entertaining as Strictly, but with a lot more romance' KATIE FFORDE 'Hilarious and romantic - Jane Costello's best book yet' BELLA

      Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel
    • 2015

      Life's great when you're 29 years old with a gorgeous girlfriend and fulfilling job. Until you have to move back in with your mum . . . Dan and Gemma have found their dream first home, but the asking price is the stuff of nightmares. The only way they'll ever save enough for the deposit is by moving in, rent-free, with Dan's mum. It's a desperate solution, but it's only for six months. And Gemma's determined to make it work, no matter how bad things get. But between Dan's mum's kitchen karaoke, her constant innuendos, irrepressible argumentative streak and - worst of all - her ham and pineapple curries, life back at home would test the patience of two saints. Which Dan and Gemma most definitely are not. Then, as they're trying to convince themselves it will all be worth it, Gemma's past comes back to haunt her. And suddenly the foundations of their entire relationship are shaken to their core…

      The Love Shack
    • 2014

      The Time of Our Lives

      • 471pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Imogen is going on an expenses-paid holiday with her best friends. What could possibly go wrong? Imogen isn’t used to five-star hotels. She’s used to juggling the pressures of her job with raising a four-year-old single-handedly and trying to keep smiling throughout. So, when her friend wins a VIP trip to Barcelona’s most fashionable new hotel, it’s her chance to finally relax. But Imogen knows better than most that life doesn’t always go according to plan and things start to go awry before they’ve even set foot on the plane. The big question is: what is really motivating the mysterious, handsome man who’s always in the right place at the wrong time? 'Funny, sexy and moving - a hilarious holiday romp with a heart. I loved it' SOPHIE KINSELLA

      The Time of Our Lives
    • 2013

      There are six months left of Emma Reiss's twenties. . . and she has some unfinished business. Emma and her friends are about to turn thirty, and for Emma it's a defining moment. Defined, that is, by her having achieved none of the things she'd imagined she would.Her career is all wrong, her love life is a desert and that penthouse apartment she pictured herself in simply never materialised. Moreover, she's never jumped out of a plane, hasn't met the man she's going to marry, has never slept under the stars, or snogged anyone famous - just some of the aspirations on a list she and her friends compiled fifteen years ago.As an endless round of birthday parties sees Emma hurtle towards her own thirtieth, she sets about addressing these issues. But, as she discovers with hilarious consequences, some of them are trickier to tick off than she'd thought...

      The Wish List
    • 2012

      'Thoroughly enjoyable and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Oh, and there's a nice twist that you so won't see coming' Heat Samantha Brooks' boyfriend has made a mistake. One his friends, family, and Sam herself know he'll live to regret. Jamie has announced he's leaving, out of the blue. Jamie is loving, intelligent and, while he isn't perfect, he's perfect for her- in every way except one: he's a free spirit. And after six years in one place, doing a job he despises, he is compelled to do something that will tear apart his relationship with Sam: book a one-way flight to South America. But Sam isn't giving up without a fight. With Jamie still totally in love with her, and torn about whether to stay or go, she has three months to persuade him to do the right thing. So with the help of her friends Ellie and Jen, she hatches a plan to make him realise what he's giving up. A plan that involves dirty tricks, plotting, and a single aim: to win him back. But by the time the tortured Jamie finally wakes up to what he's lost, soneone else has entered Sam's life. Which begs the question . . . does she still want him back? A sparkling romantic comedy from the Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling author of Bridesmaids and Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel.

      All the Single Ladies
    • 2011

      LACE UP YOUR RUNNING SHOES AND CATCH THIS FUN ROMANTIC COMEDY FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR He's a real catch . . . if only she could catch him up. Abby Rogers has been on health kicks before - they involve eating one blueberry muffin for breakfast instead of two. But since starting her own business, after watching one too many episodes of The Apprentice, the 28-year-old's waistline has taken even more of a back seat than her long-neglected love life. When Abby is encouraged to join her sporty best friend's running club - by none other than its gorgeous new captain - she finds a mysterious compulsion to exercise. Sadly, her first session doesn't go to plan. Between the obscenely unflattering pink leggings, and the fact that her lungs feel as though they've been set on fire, she vows never to return. Then her colleague Heidi turns up at work and makes a devastating announcement, one that will change her life - and Abby's - forever. Full of warmth, friendship, fun and laughter, Girl on the Run is a novel to devour! One for anyone who feels inspired to run, or who wants to run, but sometimes curling up on the couch with a good book feels like a better idea than Couch to 5k...!

      Girl on the Run
    • 2010

      Photography After Conceptual Art presents a series of original essays that address substantive theoretical, historical, and aesthetic issues raised by post-1960s photography as a mainstream artistic medium. It explores the relation between recent art, theory and aesthetics, for which photography serves as an important test case.

      Photography After Conceptual Art
    • 2010

      At 28, Lucy is doing well for herself. She's got a great job in PR, her boss loves her, and her best girlfriends Dominique and Erin think she's great. More important than anyone's opinion is that of her flatmate, and oldest friend in the world, Henry. For twenty years they've been inseparable: beauty and the geek. Henry thinks the world of Lucy. So why does she feel the need to lie outrageously on dates? From rock-climbing to Chekov: when it comes to prospective boyfriends, Lucy is compelled to embellish her C.V. with unlikely porkies that always backfire - with hilarious results. Henry can't understand it. Lucy is so loveable: why can't she just be herself? But when Lucy turns the spotlight on Henry, he wishes he'd never brought it up. With a penchant for jumpers and NHS-style specs, Lucy decides that Henry is in need of a makeover - big time. Enlisting the help of Dom and Erin, it's not long before the girls have Henry out of the flat, and into the Topman changing rooms. A new haircut, contact lenses, a flirting master-class from Dom ...poor Henry doesn't know what's hit him. But nothing can prepare them for the surprise results! Before long, Lucy realises that their lives will never be the same again

      My Single Friend