Chrissie Manby

Read an exclusive extract of Three Days in Florence, the new hilariously funny summer romance from the bestselling author of Seven Sunny Days. When a mini-break becomes make or break… Kathy Courage has never visited […]

Your perfect Firework Night read starts here! Chapter One Ronnie Benson, Mark Edwards and their toddler daughter, Sophie, had not long moved into their new house on Three Spires Close when the little black cat […]

I’m about to utter something quite shocking.  I’ve never been a fan of The Great British Bake Off.  It’s worse than that.  I’ve never been a fan of baking full stop.  I know.  I’m a chick-lit […]

The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club is the new novel from Bookends favourite Chrissie Manby, and we’re thrilled to reveal the cover! The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club is published on the 21st September. You can […]

The Christmas time is nearly upon us, and which books will Chrissie Manby, Lucy Dillon and Lili Hayward be giving their loved ones?   Chrissie Manby, author of A Fairy Tale for Christmas The latest titles […]

Five days to go people – this is not a drill! Emma Hannigan, author of The Perfect Gift  It wouldn’t be Christmas without present doubt! Each year I decide I’m going to be ultra-organised. Mid […]

Socks, chocs and a time machine so we can ‘do over’ 2016 – our authors don’t ask for much! Adele Parks, author of The Stranger in my Home  All I want for Christmas is a […]

As the temperature has plummeted across the UK (seriously, we’re freezing) we thought we’d stick with that theme for this week’s bookish-hygge guide. Think brilliant white snow, glittering snow flakes, stunning frozen landscape – and […]

The Benson Edwards family meet a little black cat in this funny, feel-good autumnal novella.   Chapter One   Ronnie Benson, Mark Edwards and their toddler daughter, Sophie, had not long moved into their new […]

As a child, I was a huge fan of ghost stories.  I subscribed to a comic called ‘Scream’ (long before the film) and even sent off a drawing of a corpse in my first ever […]

If you’re like us and have got a serious case of holiday blues and are grappling with the idea of either emigrating or blocking your smug friends sipping margaritas poolside on Facebook, we have come […]