Ellie Andrews Has Second Thoughts (2011)

It's Ellie's wedding day but she's having more than last-minute jitters. As she squeezes herself into her gown and downs too many glasses of champagne to settle her nerves, she reflects back on her last few boyfriends as she wonders whether she's marrying the right man. There's Rupert, her double-barrel-name boss, and Jay, her best friend's brother who she's had a crush on since she was a teenager. Ellie literally crashes into the life of the very eligible Marcus while Xander is the rock star who lives next door to her sister. Ellie's four sisters - known as the Amazing Andrews - have all paraded down the aisle and Ellie is feeling the pressure to settle down too, particularly to make her mother proud. With readers left to wonder which of the men is actually waiting at the church for Ellie, the story goes into flashback mode as Ellie lurches from one disaster to another - from environmental protests and model rivals, to babysitting the kids from hell; and a Hawaiian holiday. No need for you to be having second thoughts about picking this one up - it's got a delightful heroine, laugh-out-loud scenarios and it'll keep you guessing about not only the groom but whether Ellie will actually take the plunge.

Katy Carter Wants a Hero (2010)

High school teacher Katy dreams of being a bestselling novelist, working on her historical romance about a highwayman whenever she can. But her own romantic happily ever after comes to a grinding halt when she is forced to play host to her ambitious fiance James' colleagues. The resulting dinner party fiasco makes Bridget Jones' blue soup incident look quite tame. After James dumps her, Katy heads to stay with her friend, the vicar's wife, in Cornwall. There she bumps into a famous romantic hero, Gabriel Winters, who's in town to shoot a movie. When the dreamy actor makes Katy an offer she can hardly refuse, Katy's life becomes more dramatic than even her imagination could have dreamt up. Definitely one of 2010's funniest stories, with Katy Carter the sort of chick lit heroine we've all been waiting for.

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