CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN SERIES:

Down on One Knead

Down on One Knead

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Love is in the Cornish summer air... Charlie and Daniel are getting married. Wedding planner Ellie Moon, is determined to give them a day to remember. After a tough year, she's had to move out of her cosy cottage and in with her sister, while she rents her home out to a new tenant, the handsome mechanic Jago, who keeps popping up around the picture-postcard seaside village of Porthgolow.
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The Cornish Cream Tea Summer

The Cornish Cream Tea Summer

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Charlie, Delilah and their adorable cream tea bus have found themselves caught up in the filming of a lavish period drama on the Cornish coast and it isn't long before Lila finds herself drawn to the handsome male lead.But Lila has made a habit of making rash decisions and it's one of the reasons she's hiding out in Cornwall. Could this be one impulsive step too far for Delilah, or is there the promise of something wonderful on the sea air...?
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The Eclair Affair

The Eclair Affair

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

Part Two of the charming new series from the author of The Canal Boat Cafe. Perfect for cake lovers and old-fashioned romantics! 'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Charlie's unveils her signature bake...Charlie and Marmite finally arrive in the picture-postcard Cornish village of Porthgolow in thier vintage Routemaster bus. Not everything is as it seems and Charlie's friend, Juliette, tells her about the owner of the big hotel up on the hill who has managed to upset the locals. That doesn't stop Charlie and Marmite making new friends and the bus finds a new lease of life as the perfect mobile café for afternoon tea. But what will Charlie make of the enigmatic Daniel Harper when they meet, and more to the point, what will he think about Charlie and her bus parked outside his lovely hotel?
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The Icing on the Cake

The Icing on the Cake

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

Part Four of the charming new series from the author of The Canal Boat Cafe. Perfect for cake lovers and old-fashioned romantics! 'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Can Charlie pull off the perfect showstopper?Charlie has fallen in love with Porthgolow village and they adore her vintage bus, now getting a new lease of life as the best place to have a Cornish Cream tea in the whole of Cornwall. Charlie and her bus have heralded a new start for Porthgolow too, but the one fly in the ointment is Daniel Harper who is still resisting the charms of Charlie and her bus. Can Charlie bake her way into his heart or is it time to admit that her Cornish dream has got a soggy bottom?
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Don't Go Baking My Heart

Don't Go Baking My Heart

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

Part One of the charming new series from the author of The Canal Boat Cafe. Perfect for cake lovers and old-fashioned romantics! 'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Baking fanatic, Charlie Quilter, is surprised when her late uncle bequeaths his vintage bus to her in his will. Charlie thinks it will be the perfect mobile café for afternoon tea, and when her friend, Juliette, suggests Charlie comes to stay with her in the picturesque Cornish village of Porthgolow, she's thrilled at the chance of a new start.Charlie and her cute dog, Marmite, make new friends wherever their bus stops – except for the attractive but reclusive owner of the posh spa up on the hill, Daniel Harper, who isn't very pleased that her bus is parked outside his lovely hotel.Has Charlie's Cornish dream developed a soggy bottom? Or can she convince Daniel that her bus could be the start of something wonderful for the little...
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Scones Away!

Scones Away!

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

Part Three of the charming new series from the author of The Canal Boat Cafe. Perfect for cake lovers and old-fashioned romantics! 'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Charlie's toughest technical challenge yet...Now that Charlie's Cornish Cream Tea bus has taken off, everything should be going swimmingly – the locals love her baking, Marmite adores getting his paws wet in the crystal-clear sea at Porthgolow beach, but Charlie has manged to get on the wrong side of the mercurial owner of The Porthgolow Hotel, Daniel Harper. He wants her to pack up her doillies and pastry cutters and take her bus elsewhere, but can Charlie convince him that they have just got off on the wrong foot and that her bus could be the start of something wonderful for the little village?
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The Cornish Cream Tea Christmas

The Cornish Cream Tea Christmas

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

Praise for Cressida McLaughlin: 'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Hannah and Noah have not only got to know each other better, they are also starting to understand what Hannah's family connection to Porthgolow really is. But will the answers make Hannah happy? As Christmas approaches, could their yuletide escape send shivers up their spines? Or will it be as warm and toasty as a glass of mulled wine?
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The Cornish Cream Tea Bus

The Cornish Cream Tea Bus

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

Next stop, Cornwall! Hop on The Cornish Cream Tea Bus for a delicious, romantic adventure... 'Captivating' Heat Magazine 'Beautiful... heartwarming' Zara Stoneley 'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Baking fanatic, Charlie Quilter, is surprised when her late uncle bequeaths his vintage bus to her in his will. Keen to give the bus a new lease of life, Charlie thinks it will be the perfect mobile café for afternoon tea, and when her friend, Juliette, suggests Charlie comes to stay with her in the picturesque Cornish village of Porthgolow, she's thrilled at the chance of a new start.Charlie and her cute dog, Marmite, make new friends wherever their bus stops – except for the sexy but reclusive owner of the posh spa up on the hill, Daniel Harper, who isn't very pleased that her bus is parked outside his lovely hotel.Has Charlie's Cornish dream developed a soggy bottom? Or can she convince Daniel that her bus could be the start of something wonderful for the little...
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The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop

The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

The glittering new uplifting Christmas read from bestselling author Cressida McLaughlin. Praise for the Cornish Cream Tea series:'Gorgeous!' Phillipa Ashley'Perfect' Cathy Bramley'Warm-hearted fun with a sprinkle of love' Holly MartinOllie Spencer has started a new life in the idyllic Cornish seaside town of Port Karadow. Throwing herself into her job at the town's bookshop, A New Chapter, is one way to make friends. The shop is glitzing up for first Christmas and Ollie hopes her inspired ideas will give the shop the edge it needs to dazzle the town. But far from being the Sugar Plum fairy the place needs, Ollie is fast becoming its Christmas pudding. With the bookshop's success at stake, Ollie turns to twinkly-eyed café owner Max for help. Can he help Ollie to turn the page, and put the sparkle back into her Cornish dream?
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All Aboard

All Aboard

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

Hilarious and touching, The Canal Boat Cafe series will appeal to fans of Game of Scones, Wickham Hall and The Grand Reopening of Dandelion Cafe. Summer Freeman returns to the waterside village of Willowbeck to help with the Canal Boat Café, which used to belong to her mother. Valerie, a fortune teller, has been running things, but the business is in a pickle. The coffee machine is jammed, the cake offerings are paltry, and not all of the locals want to see the café succeed. And then there's the handsome wildlife photographer, Mason, from the boat next door, whose Border Terrier steals some bacon right under her nose. Her Bichon Frise, Latte, loves their boating neighbours, but Summer is less sure.As her old life and the community of Willowbeck begin to entwine, Summer finds herself setting sail on a new adventure but will she find herself navigating choppy waters instead?
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Twilight Song

Twilight Song

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

A gorgeous new romantic series from the bestselling author of The Canal Boat Cafe Spring is blooming at Meadowsweet nature reserve. Although the sunshine is drawing in the visitors like never before, events co-ordinator Abby knows she's treading on thin ice. She's spending more and more time with village newcomer Jack, and she'll need to make a real success of the springtime camping extravaganza at the reserve if she's to keep her disgruntled boss off her back. Abby hasn't thrown too many questions at Jack about his shadowy past – she's enjoying the budding romance, so why break the spell? But when the secrets start spilling out and a glamorous blonde presenter from the nature show, Wild Wonders, turns Jack's head, Abby knows it's time to face the music... The Bluebell is the third part of a four-part serial.
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Tinsel and Terriers, A Novella

Tinsel and Terriers, A Novella

Cressida McLaughlin

Cressida McLaughlin

Hilarious and touching, Primrose Terrace will appeal to fans of Game of Scones, Wickham Hall and The Grand Reopening of Dandelion Cafe. 'A gem...I loved it' Alexandra Brown 'Warm and wonderful...bursting with characters you'll adore' Miranda Dickinson Christmas is coming to Primrose Terrace, Pooch Promenade is doing brilliantly and Cat has made lots of new friends in the street, both dogs and their owners. Life seems good. Things start to go badly when Cat learns something about Mark that she wishes she hadn't. Then, when one of Ellen's lovable schnauzers, Chalky, gets ill, it looks like this Christmas could be turning into a dog's dinner. But Cat has never given up on anything in her life – and this is one Christmas that's definitely worth saving... Tinsel and Terriers is the fourth and final part of a serialized novel told in four parts – all set in Primrose Terrace.
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