New Releases by Sophie Kinsella

This 25th Anniversary Edition of the delightful #1 New York Times bestseller features a new introduction and stunning package with sprayed edges. Becky Bloomwood has a fabulous flat in London’s trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season’s must-haves. The only trouble is, she can’t actually afford it—not any of it. Her job writing at Successful Saving magazine not only bores her to tears, it doesn’t pay much at all. And lately Becky’s been chased by dismal letters from the bank—letters with large red sums she can’t bear to read. She tries cutting back. But none of her efforts succeeds. Her only consolation is to buy herself something . . . just a little something. Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life—and the lives of those around her—forever.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story—by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming—of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew. “Sophie Kinsella’s final autobiographical novella inspired me to step out of my comfort zone. I’ll be forever grateful to this incredible woman.”—Freida McFadden “The bravest book you’ll read all year.”—Jodi Picoult “Only Sophie Kinsella can make you laugh like this while she’s got you crying.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid “What Does It Feel Like? is fiction, but it is my most autobiographical work to date. Eve’s story is my story.”—Sophie Kinsella Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumor growing in her brain. As Eve learns to walk, talk, and write again—and as she wrestles with her diagnosis, and how and when to explain it to her beloved children—she begins to recall what’s most important to her: long walks with her husband’s hand clasped firmly around her own, family game nights, and always buying that dress when she sees it. Recounted in brief anecdotes, each one is an attempt to answer the type of impossible questions recognizable to anyone navigating the labyrinth of grief. This short, extraordinary novel is a celebration of life, shot through with warmth and humor—it will both break your heart and put it back together again. “Why did I write such a personal book? I have always processed my life through writing. Hiding behind my fictional characters, I have always turned my own life into a narrative. It is my version of therapy, maybe. Writing is my happy place, and writing this book, although tough going at times, was immensely satisfying and therapeutic for me.”—Sophie Kinsella A PARADE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Sparks fly in this delightful novel about two burned out professionals who meet at a ramshackle resort on the British seaside—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher. “I devoured The Burnout in one greedy gulp. It’s funny, sad, relatable, and brilliantly done. Sophie Kinsella is the queen of romantic comedy.”—Jojo Moyes She can do anything . . . just not everything. Sasha has had it. She cannot bring herself to respond to another inane, “urgent” (but obviously not at all urgent) email or participate in the corporate employee joyfulness program. She hasn’t seen her friends in months. Sex? Seems like a lot of effort. Even cooking dinner takes far too much planning. Sasha has hit a wall. Armed with good intentions to drink kale smoothies, try yoga, and find peace, she heads to the seaside resort she loved as a child. But it’s the off season, the hotel is in a dilapidated shambles, and she has to share the beach with the only other occupant: a grumpy guy named Finn, who seems as stressed as Sasha. How can she commune with nature when he’s sitting on her favorite rock, watching her? Nor can they agree on how best to alleviate their burnout (Sasha: manifesting, wild swimming; Finn: drinking whisky, getting pizza delivered to the beach). When curious messages, seemingly addressed to Sasha and Finn, begin to appear on the beach, the two are forced to talk—about everything. How did they get so burned out? Can either of them remember something they used to love? (Answer: surfing!) And the question they try and fail to ignore: what does the energy between them—flaring even in the face of their bone-deep exhaustion—signify?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Your Life comes a humorous and heartwarming novel about family and finding a second chance at love, set against the backdrop of the most fabulous party you’ve ever snuck into. “Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter.”—Jojo Moyes, author of The Giver of Stars and The Last Letter from Your Lover It’s been almost two years since Effie’s beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had. Since then, she’s become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista. And now, more earth-shattering news: They’ve sold Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie has always called home. When Krista decides to throw a grand “house-cooling” party, Effie is originally left off the guest list—and then receives a last-minute “anti-invitation” (maybe it’s because she called Krista a gold-digger, but Krista totally deserved it, and it was mostly a joke anyway). Effie declines, but then remembers a beloved childhood treasure is still hidden in the house. Her only chance to retrieve it is to break into Greenoaks while everyone is busy celebrating. As Effie sneaks around the house, hiding under tables and peeping through trapdoors, she realizes the secrets Greenoaks holds aren’t just in the dusty passageways and hidden attics she grew up exploring. Watching how her sister, brother, and dad behave when they think no one is looking, Effie overhears conversations, makes discoveries, and begins to see her family in a new light. Then she runs into Joe—the love of her life, who long ago broke her heart, and who’s still as handsome and funny as ever—and even more truths emerge. But will Effie act on these revelations? Will she stay hidden or step out into the party and take her place with her family? And truthfully, what did she really come back to Greenoaks for? Over the course of one blowout party, Effie realizes that she must be honest with herself and confront her past before she’ll ever be able to face her future.

Becky Brandon, geborene Bloomwood, ist endlich angekommen – und das nicht nur im Leben und in der Liebe, nein, in Hollywood! Der Rodeo Drive und die Stars: Becky ist in ihrem Element. Und wie kombiniert man seine Leidenschaft fürs Shoppen mit dem Wunsch, selbst einmal über den roten Teppich zu laufen? Ganz einfach – der Shopaholic wird Stylistin für die Stars. Leichter gesagt als getan, denn die Crème de la Crème von Hollywood ist nicht gerade für jedermann offen. Doch Becky wäre nicht Becky, würde sie nicht durch verrückte Aktionen auffallen. Nein, auch Hollywood kann ihr nicht lange widerstehen ...

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Fixie Farr sering berpikir apakah nama panggilannya sebuah anugerah atau malah kutukan. Fixie selalu merasa harus membereskan sesuatu. Ia merasa bertanggung jawab mempertahankan toko keluarga Farrs peninggalan mendiang sang ayah karena kedua kakaknya tidak peduli. Namun saat ibu mereka sakit dan berlibur, tiba-tiba kedua kakak Fixie ikut campur bahkan nyaris membuat toko bangkrut! Fixie tidak berdaya menghadapi kedua kakaknya yang dominan. Ia selalu merasa rendah diri dan tidak pantas. Fixie harus berubah! Tetapi masalah muncul ketika ia mulai mencoba ÒmemberontakÓ. Selalu ingin membereskan sesuatu ternyata tidak selalu berakhir baik. Kini Fixie harus memilih: tetap memegang teguh keyakinannya, atau kehilangan orang yang ia cintai?

Hello. I''m called Ella Brook and I live in a town called Cherrywood. My best friends at school are Tom and Lenka. My worst enemy is Zoe. And then there is my mummy. She looks normal, like any other mummy . . . but she''s not. Because she can turn into a fairy. She just has to shut her eyes tight, say ''Marshmallow'' . . . and POOF! She''s Mummy Fairy. Ella''s family has a big secret - her mummy is a fairy! She can do amazing spells with her computawand. Only, sometimes the spells go a bit wrong, and that''s when Ella steps in to the rescue. In this brand-new book of magical adventures, there are very naughty monkeys, a swimming pool filled with ice cream, and the best birthday party ever - complete with giant cakes and fairy dust.

When they learn they will live another sixty-eight years together, Sylvie and Dan plan to create little surprises for each other to keep their relationship fresh, but a scandal from the past reveals how little they truly know about one another.

Katie Brenner has the perfect life- a flat in London, a glamorous job, and a super-cool Instagram feed.OK, so the truth is that she rents a tiny room with no space for a wardrobe, has a hideous commute to a lowly admin job, and the life she shares on Instagram isn?t really hers. But one day her dreams are bound to come true, aren?t they?Until her not-so-perfect life comes crashing down when her mega-successful boss Demeter gives her the sack. All Katie?s hopes are shattered. She has to move home to Somerset, where she helps her dad with his new glamping business. Then Demeter and her family book in for a holiday, and Katie sees her chance. But should she get revenge on the woman who ruined her dreams - or try to get her job back? Does Demeter - the woman who has everything - actually have such an idyllic life herself? Maybe they have more in common than it seems. And what?s wrong with not-so-perfect, anyway?Everybody loves Sophie Kinsella-"I almost cried with laughter" Daily Mail"Hilarious . . . you''ll laugh and gasp on every page" Jenny Colgan"Properly mood-altering . . . funny, fast and farcical. I loved it" Jojo Moyes"A superb tale. Five stars!" Heat

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shopaholic series comes a terrific blend of comedy, romance, and psychological recovery in a contemporary YA novel sure to inspire and entertain. An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey''s daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus, her brother''s gaming teammate, she is energized. She connects with him. Audrey can talk through her fears with Linus in a way she''s never been able to do with anyone before. As their friendship deepens and her recovery gains momentum, a sweet romantic connection develops, one that helps not just Audrey but also her entire family.

Hollywood ! La ville des stars ! Le paradis du shopping ! Pour l''irrésistible Becky, c''est la consécration, un vrai rêve. Mais aveuglée par les sunlights, notre accro du shopping pourrait bien se brûler les ailes... Depuis qu''elle s''est installée à Los Angeles avec Luke et Minnie, Becky croit vivre un conte de fées. La Cité des Anges ! Hollywood ! A elle les premières glamour, le shopping sur Rodeo Drive, le job de rêve d''habilleuse de star ! En vérité, Becky s''ennuie un peu. Luke est trop occupé à gérer la carrière de la superstar Sage Seymour, elle n''a été invitée à aucune soirée et pas évident de se faire de nouveaux amis quand on ne connaît que les employées du spa. Heureusement, tout cela va changer : Suze arrive, avec mari et enfants ! A elles la belle vie, Hollywood, les voici ! Sauf qu''au pays des stars, les apparences sont souvent trompeuses et notre incorrigible accro va vite comprendre à ses dépends que derrière les paillettes règne un monde sans pitié. Aveuglée par les sunlights, désireuse de se faire une place dans la A-list, Becky pourrait bien se brûler les ailes, et mettre en danger ce qu''elle a de plus cher : son couple, sa famille, son amitié avec Suze... A Hollywood plus qu''ailleurs, il n''y a pas de place pour les sentiments.

Tiring of commitment-phobic boyfriends, Lottie readily accepts her ex''s offer of marriage in fulfillment of a safety pact made years earlier that they would marry if they were still single in their thirties, a rushed arrangement that prompts family disapproval and an unexpected renewal of passion. By the best-selling author of the Shopaholic series.

Meet Rebecca Bloomwood. She has a great flat, a fabulous wardrobe full of the season''s must-haves, and a job telling other people how to manage their money. She spends her leisure time...shopping. Retail therapy is the answer to all her problems. She knows she should stop, but she can''t. She tries Cutting Back, she tries Making More Money. But neither seems to work. The letters from the bank are getting harder to ignore. Can Becky ever escape from this dreamworld, find true love, and regain the use of her credit card? The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic... the perfect pick me up for when it''s all hanging in the (bank) balance.

After her phone is stolen during a hotel fire drill, Poppy Wyatt, discovering an abandoned phone in a trash can, crashes into the life of the phone''s owner, Sam Roxton, when she uses his phone to make her wedding preparations.

A special Christmas gift for fans of Sophie Kinsella, available to download for free! Includes a mini short story, Six Geese a-Laying, and sneak peak at the first chapter of Sophie''s fabulous new novel, I''ve Got Your Number. In Six Geese a-Laying, Christmas is approaching, and Ginny is looking forward to the birth of her first baby. It''s a pity her partner Dan is so useless, and she has to keep reminding him where he''s going wrong. Luckily she''s enrolled into the most exclusive antenatal class going - all the highest achieving, smartest mothers-to-be aspire to be taught by the legendary Petal Harmon. Like the other five women in the class, Ginny already knows exactly what she wants, and how she''s going to handle motherhood. But when they turn up for the final class it isn''t quite what they expect. As Ginny discovers what parenthood is really going to be like, she begins to realize the things that really matter...

L''accro du shopping a le plaisir de vous annoncer la naissance de... Becky est aux anges ! Dans quelques mois, elle donnera naissance au plus adorable, au plus magnifique, au plus looké des bébés. D''ici là, elle s''évertue à mettre en pratique sa toute nouvelle théorie : le shopping soignerait les nausées matinales. Tout irait pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes si notre accro ne s''était pas mise en tête d''être suivie par l''accoucheuse des stars, la sublime Venetia Carter... qui n''est autre que l''ex-petite amie de son mari, Luke ! Et qui semble bien décidée à le redevenir... Entre les deux femmes, la guerre est déclarée. La pauvre Becky survivra-t-elle aux humiliations de la vénéneuse Venetia ? Quand la situation semble désespérée, notre fashionista a plus d''un tour dans ses sacs !

Dernier volet des aventures de Becky racontant les préparatifs de son mariage avec Luke : le bonheur est à son comble pour l''accro des boutiques !

Fleur is beautiful, unscrupulous, and has a large wardrobe of black designer suits. With the help of The Times announcements page she gatecrashes the funerals and memorial services of the wealthy, preying on rich, vulnerable men. She charms her way into their lives and onto their platinum credit cards, takes what she can, and then moves swiftly on. When Richard, a dull but wealthy businessman, meets Fleur at his wife''s memorial service, he''s bowled over. Gradually Fleur works her spell on Richard''s family - transforming their lives while she moves in on their wealth. But she finds herself lingering longer than she meant to ...

At the age of eighteen, in that first golden Oxford summer, Milly was up for anything, and that included marrying her American friend Allan, so he could stay in the country with his lover Rupert.

Crazy Shopping! Zo moeder zo dochter Becky Brandon (geboren Bloomwood) is dol op haar tweejarige dochtertje. Maar de opvoeding van Minnie valt vies tegen. De kleine meid heeft al op prille leeftijd een verzameling Dolce & Gabbana-laarsjes en kasten vol designkleding. Haar favoriete woordje is `hebben en overal waar ze komt, van de peuterspeelzaal tot Harrods, laat ze enorme puinhopen achter. Van wie zou Minnie dat toch hebben? Becky is ten einde raad. Haar man Luke zit na de dood van zijn geliefde stiefmoeder ook al niet lekker in zijn vel. Becky besluit hem op te fleuren met een geweldige surpriseparty. Dat is het begin van vele gênante leugentjes om bestwil tot de zaken wederom gierend uit de hand dreigen te lopen. Een absolute Kinsella-klassieker, waarin de kleine Minnie kennismaakt met `online shopping en mammies creditcard Met alle kenmerkende humor, warmte en chaos in overvloed - en de fantastische `shopping heldin Becky zelf natuurlijk

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Sophie Kinsella''s Wedding Night. Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie—a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance—mysteriously appears, she has one request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie’s possession for more than seventy-five years, because Sadie cannot rest without it. Lara and Sadie make a hilarious sparring duo, and at first it seems as though they have nothing in common. But as the mission to find Sadie’s necklace leads to intrigue and a new romance for Lara, these very different “twenties” girls learn some surprising truths from and about each other. Written with all the irrepressible charm and humor that have made Sophie Kinsella’s books beloved by millions, Twenties Girl is also a deeply moving testament to the transcendent bonds of friendship and family.

Young Rebecca Bloomwood, a financial magazine writer whose perpetual shopping has dug her into a huge debt hole, tries to turn her life around when she meets the desirable Luke Brandon.

Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She’s made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they’ve hired a lawyer–and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can’t sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the #@%# ironing board to open. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope–and finds love–is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake. But will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does…will she want it back?

After the worst day of her life, Emma Corrigan spills her darkest secrets to a stranger on an airplane, but when he re-emerges in her life, she will have to face the things she said to him, and her growing feelings for him.

Becky Bloomwood is delighted when her boyfriend proposes, but her visions of a perfect wedding day dissolve as her mother plans a backyard wedding and her high-society mother-in-law-to-be insists on a lavish affair at the Plaza Hotel.

TV financial guru Becky Bloomwood has finally paid off her debts and credit card bills, until her boyfriend, Luke, invites her to accompany him when he moves to New York, and she discovers sample sales, power lunches, and Fifth Avenue.