Shelby Hearon has been widely praised for the insight, wit, and subtlety with which her novels limn the complexities of marriage and family ("What Jane Austen is to courtship, Shelby Hearon is to marriage" --New York Newsday), and the ways in which place can profoundly affect us all. Now, with Ella in Bloom, Hearon gives us her sharpest, funniest, most telling novel yet. It is the story of Ella, who has always lived in the shadow of her "perfect" older sister. A gutsy single parent eking out a living for herself and her intrepid teenage daughter Birdie, Ella invents a genteel life, writing to her mother in drought-baked Texas about her heirloom roses, her linen dresses, and other amenities of a respectable life in Old Metairie, Louisiana. Little does her mother know about the run-down, scruffy house Ella really lives in, or that she makes ends meet by watering rich people's houseplants when they flee the coastal summer heat. But when Ella's beautiful sister Terrell, on the way to meet her lover, is suddenly killed in a chartered plane crash, old family patterns are shattered. And Ella, confronting the reality of her life (and of the man she had relegated to the past) comes, finally and fully, into bloom. Wise, wicked, and moving, in Shelby Hearon's hands this portrait of a woman--a woman we all know--is guaranteed to give extraordinary pleasure.

"If you want to live the spectacular life, then you have to love and dream big." It is the endless summer of 2019, just before the pandemic, when two of the most adorable and larger-than-life characters are about to cross paths. Ella, a young fashionable, witty and fun-loving woman from the city of Montréal, has the mighty ambition of making exciting and game-changing entertainment productions for Netflix. Bloom, a handsome young Brit and thrill-seeking entrepreneur from London, has it all; perfect life and good looks—yet, he is searching for something more. He is visiting Montréal from London and staying in the city for a week. On one adventurous night, their two worlds collide when they randomly meet on the streets of Montréal, and their encounter turns into a fiery romance across New York, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Montréal, Vancouver and London. From making passionate love in New York City at Kimpton on the twenty-first floor while holding on to the large glass windows overlooking the lit up Empire State Building, to romantically kissing under the magical waterfalls of Niagara and witnessing galaxies within galaxies of stars on their road trip… Is Bloom the dream guy Ella has been waiting for all of her life? Book Reviews: "The story is demonstrative and proof that this novel has a huge potential to become an all-time bestseller. What a fulfilling experience! I enjoyed every single minute of the editing of a very captivating and compelling story." Johanna, New York Times Bestseller Editor. "I love this story. It gives me somewhat of a Fifty Shades of Grey vibe, how Ella and Bloom feel about each other. Brilliant!" Erin-Leigh. "I love that your story is set in Montréal and London! Two of my favourite cities in the world! I love the main characters Ella and Bloom. These characters are extremely likeable." Alexandra. "I loved the story and already feel invested in Ella and Bloom's romance and where the journey will take them!" Lauren. This beautiful book explores the meaning of true love, beauty, passionate sex, fashion, fun, happiness, adventure, travel, dreams and life from a woman and man’s perspective.

'I absolutely adore Clare Nolan's approaches to garden planning and creative use of color in her designs. This gem is sure to delight any flower lover.' - Erin Benzakein of Floret Flower Farm Planting cut flowers brings that 'grow-your-own' excitement to a whole new level - being able to step out of the back door and pick a single stem for beside the bed or pull together a posy for a friend is a joy. In this beautifully designed book, brimming with inspirational photographs, Clare Nolan reveals her secrets for growing a bountiful harvest as well as styling spectacular homegrown displays that will fill your home with colour and the gorgeous scent of the garden year-round. She takes the mystique out of what to grow and guides you through the entire process - from choosing the plants to suit both your garden and home décor and laying out your cutting patch, to planning ahead so you get your perfect palette of colour, texture and shape to play with at the right time. A whole chapter on arranging will inspire you to create spectacular arrangements for your home without the need for complicated floristry techniques.

Amazing Grace - After years spent traveling the world as a flight attendant, Gracie Walden is ready to stay a little closer to her roots, starting with two weeks at home in Amarillo, Texas. But there's unexpected turbulence between her mother, Ella, and her older sister, Hope - and it will lead to a revelation that changes Gracie's life in amazing ways...

Sweetpea soon to be a major TV series starring Ella Purnell She’s back and killing for two...

My new boss likes rules, but there's one nobody dares to break... No touching his banana. Seriously. The guy is like a potassium addict. Of course, I touched it. If you want to get technical, I actually put it in my mouth. I chewed it up, too... I even swallowed. I know. Bad, bad, girl. Then I saw him, and believe it or not, choking on a guy's banana does not make the best first impression. I should backtrack a little here. Before I ever touched a billionaire

The only way to secure her dream is to marry a handsome stranger . . . When Rose and Jack meet, she has just lost her uncle, and with him her dream of owning a coffee shop. Rose wanted nothing more than to open a café in her uncle’s building. But her uncle’s will is clear – the building goes to Rose’s husband. Not to her. Then, his lawyer, Jack, offers an unusual solution… she can marry him. She’ll get the café and he’ll get the building. For some reason, Rose agrees. It might be a marriage of convenience but it’s anything but simple. Despite it being his idea, Jack is unbearably surly... But then he does something that shows Rose he might just have a softer side. Maybe love can start with a contract… but will Rose still feel that way when she learns the full terms of their deal?