The Lemon Tree Café

Mar 19, 2025 3:48 PM

Author:Cathy Bramley,Colleen Prendergast

The Lemon Tree Café

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Lemon Tree Café by Cathy Bramley, read by Colleen Prendergast.

The Lemon Tree Cafe was originally published as a four-part serial. This is the complete story in one package.

When Rosie Featherstone finds herself unexpectedly jobless, the offer to help her beloved Italian grandmother out at the Lemon Tree Cafe – a little slice of Italy nestled in the rolling hills of Derbyshire – feels like the perfect way to keep busy.

Surrounded by the rich scent of espresso, delicious biscotti and juicy village gossip, Rosie soon finds herself falling for her new way of life. But she is haunted by a terrible secret, one that even the appearance of a handsome new face can't quite help her move on from.

Then disaster looms and the cafe’s fortunes are threatened . . . and Rosie discovers that her nonna has been hiding a dark past of her own. With surprises, betrayal and more than one secret brewing, can she find a way to save the Lemon Tree Cafe and help both herself and Nonna achieve the happy endings they deserve?

Your favourite authors have loved reading bestseller Cathy Bramley:

'Delightful!' Katie Fforde

'Full of joy and fun' Milly Johnson

'Delightfully warm with plenty of twists and turns' Trisha Ashley

Reviews

Full of joy and fun

—— Milly Johnson

Delightful!

—— Katie Fforde

Brilliantly life-affirming

—— Good Housekeeping

Its gentle good humour and optimism will warm the stoniest of hearts

—— Daily Express

A lovely, warm, page-turner of a story filled with all the perfect ingredients - thought-provoking and emotional too, and with characters that feel like my kind of friends. Cathy’s best book to date!

—— Alex Brown

‘The Lemon Tree Café serves up double helpings of happiness, lashings of love, and leaves you feeling full, warm and hopeful.’

—— Debbie Johnson, author of Summer at the Comfort Food Café

a lively confection of the best kind…sweet as a piece of lemon shortbread

—— Fanny Blake, S Magazine

Uplifting, love-filled slice of brilliance *****

—— Heat

Uplifting . . . Books by Cathy Bramley are brilliantly life affirming

—— Good Housekeeping

Cathy Bramley serves up the perfect concoction of charm and escapism

—— Sunday Express

Romantic, touching and funny - the perfect recipe. I love Cathy’s writing and her characters - her books are delicious

—— Rachael Lucas

Perfect, feel-good loveliness

—— Miranda Dickinson

Delightfully warm with plenty of twists and turns

—— Trisha Ashley

Well plotted, absorbing read with a whiff of Agatha Christie

—— Woman and Home

'Hot Tickets' Pick of the Week

—— Hello Magazine

Sharp, funny writing is married to complex plotting that whisks through various alternative realities in this mind-bending, time-travelling junket of a novel

—— Daily Mail

Wise, honest, beautifully observed. One of the few writers I'll drop anything for

—— Jojo Moyes

Straight-from-life characters, knife-sharp insight and almost unbearable suspense will have you racing through it

—— Good Housekeeping

Perfect

—— Hello!

A hell of a good book. Funny and scary

—— Stephen King

A cracking story cleverly told

—— Fabulous

Fascinating and compassionate

—— Daily Telegraph

A funny, thought-provoking, acutely observed romantic comedy

—— Marie Claire

A bittersweet tale by a gifted writer

—— Women's Weekly

Brilliant and original

—— Sun

Absolutely brilliant

—— Closer

A hilarious page-turner

—— Yours

I love Fallon, she's in a category all of her own - her books are great fun and her characters are fabulous, believable women who take no nonsense

—— Marian Keyes

The ultimate choice . . . filled with the author's signature themes, think turbulent relationships, tricky families and the need for self-belief. Keyes' [is] an international treasure

—— Stylist

Cause for celebration . . . An engrossing novel full of wit and warmth. The humour never once detracts from the emotional depth.

—— Red

Cause for jubilation . . . This proves her to be the reigning queen of British chick lit . . . insightful, funny and poignant

—— Daily Mail

Praise for Marian Keyes

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Gloriously funny

—— The Sunday Times

Funny but poignant

—— Marie Claire

A total triumph

—— Daily Mail

Not only is it a great story with funny, loveable characters, it made me laugh out loud

—— Stylist

A beautifully written modern love story from Britain's best contemporary female author

—— Sun on Sunday

Wonderfully written and completely engrossing, with exquisitely drawn characters in a brilliantly plotted narrative. It will make you think long after you finish the final page

—— Daily Mail

A tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life. Bumper box of tissues required

—— Stylist

A beautiful read

—— Hello

Funny, heart-warming and extremely wise

—— Prima

A deeply satisfying book full of big emotions

—— Good Housekeeping

A laugh-out-loud, rollicking good read and a very touching love story

—— Sunday Independent

Moyes is the queen of the classy weepy

—— Elle

A delight

—— The Daily Mirror

A sparkling novel of hope and sacrifice’

—— Glasgow Herald

Magical, heart-warming and time-bending story.

—— Mslexia

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