Your Happy Ever After…

Anyone else as excited about the Royal Wedding as we are? To celebrate we’re counting down to the big day with recipes, music and Royal Wedding Bingo! We’re kicking off with some of our favourite books that have that all important romantic, happy ever after!

Acts of Love by Talulah Riley

Bernadette knows what she wants.

Tim is perfect, and she’s always had a feeling that something is about to happen between them. He might have just announced his engagement to the sickeningly wonderful Elizabeth, but the ring’s not on his finger yet.

And when Elizabeth starts meddling in Bernie’s own love life, she knows it’s time to act. Yes, Elizabeth’s best friend Radley might be charming, charismatic and intelligent.

But he’s not Tim.

And Bernadette’s not a woman who takes no for an answer.

First Comes Love by Emily Giffin

Fifteen years after the tragic death of their older brother splintered Josie and Meredith’s already fragile relationship, the two sisters are following very different paths. Hardworking, reserved Meredith thought she’d done it all the right way round – married the perfect man, had the perfect daughter – but now she’s wondering if she got the love part wrong. Impulsive and spirited Josie has been single for years. She wants a child so much that she’s preparing to head straight for the baby carriage all on her own.

As the anniversary of their tragedy looms and secrets from the past surface, Josie and Meredith must come to terms with their own choices. Perhaps they’ll find that they need each other more than they know…

The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne – 99p!

Amy Wilde is tired of being set up by her glamorous friends – she’d much rather be digging in the garden with her dog Badger at her side than trying to find the man of her dreams. That is, until she meets Leo Wolfsburg. Handsome, polite and funny, Leo is everything Amy could want in a boyfriend. Best of all, the attraction seems mutual. But Leo’s lifestyle is a world away from her own: private planes, charity balls, exclusive members’ clubs… They’re from two different worlds, but is that enough to keep them apart?

Don’t Tell the Groom by Anna Bell – £1.99!

Penny has big dreams for her wedding day. She has been saving for ages to make her dream a reality. So when Mark finally pops the question, it’s the best moment of her life. But when she checks her wedding fund she is horrified to discover that something has gone terribly wrong. And so, operation ‘Don’t Tell the Groom’ rolls into action, with surprising, hilarious and moving results. Will Penny be able to keep her secret long enough to say ‘I do’?

Almost A Bride by Jo Watson

That moment you catch your boyfriend in bed with another woman and then mistakenly get arrested. #awks

Annie doesn’t want to dwell on the fact that she walked in on her bf wearing nipple clamps on the day he was meant to propose to her. She just wants to move on – cue escaping to a tropical paradise.

Life is dreamy on the beaches of Mauritius, until the nightmarish appearance of her ex and the ‘other woman’. Faced with the enemy, Annie refuses to look like the sad, lonely single she actually is. She needs a decoy – and fast. Enter Chris, a sexy screenwriter who agrees to play her pretend boyfriend.

But as a battle of the exes commences, the white sand, tropical heat and a pina colada (or five) might just be the cocktail for a real romance – and the adventure of a lifetime.

The Honey Farm on the Hill by Jo Thomas

One magical summer Nell fell in love in the mountains of Crete and her life changed for ever.

Eighteen years later, Nell is ready for a new beginning. When she sees a honey farm in the same hilltop town has lost its bees, the opportunity is impossible to resist. Welcomed back to Greece by the warm sun and aroma of wild thyme, Nell finds memories of her past at every turn. But much has changed since she’s been away.

As Nell throws herself into restoring the honey farm, she starts to unlock the truth of what happened all those years ago. She soon learns that the course of true love – just like Cretan honey – can be wild and sweet. And well worth the wait…