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The Other Woman
The Other Woman
Mar 19, 2025 2:25 PM

Author:Jane Green

The Other Woman

The NO. 1 bestselling author of The Beach House and Mr. Maybe is back - exploring a dilemma that women everywhere will recognise in The Other Woman . . .

'A compelling page-turner from start to finish' Daily Express

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Ellie and Dan are proof that opposites attract.

He always follows instructions - she throws the manual away.

He loves sport - she's allergic to exercise.

She doesn't have a mother - his wants to take over EVERYTHING.

At first Ellie is thrilled to have Linda as her 'adopted' mother and to be a part of the close, loving Cooper family.

But when she and Dan decide to get married, she starts to find her future mother-in-law is just a bit too involved, and suddenly her wedding is turning into something she never even wanted. Is Ellie marrying Dan . . . or his mother?!

One thing's for sure, before the big day Ellie's going to have to work out who comes first in Dan's affections . . .

'Will send a shiver down the spines of brides everywhere' Daily Mirror

'Utterly compulsive' Company

Reviews

Praise for Mandy Baggot's feel-good Greek romantic comedies:

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—— MILLY JOHNSON , Sunday Times bestselling author

A perfect beach read, this one had me hooked!

—— JENNY HALE

A lush summery read. Scrumptious sun-kissed romance at its best!

—— SAMANTHA TONGE

Sizzling, summery and totally delightful. A gorgeous hug-of-a-book about friendship, family, fun and love - the ultimate summer romance

—— ZARA STONELEY

I absolutely loved it! Laugh-out-loud funny, full of heart and melting with hot romance. This is fun, flirty and heartfelt romance at its very best

—— ANNIE LYONS

This summer scorcher is the ultimate beach read

—— HEIDI SWAIN , Sunday Times bestselling author

Full of spirit and fun

—— Sunday Express

A sharp, funny novel about a woman returning (unwillingly) to a single life

—— Reader's Digest

Praise for Giovanna Fletcher

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Saucy, fun and full of heart. This book ticked every one of our must have boxes

—— Heat

Warm and romantic, this charming read will certainly brighten up your day

—— Closer

Giovanna Fletcher steals our hearts again with this touching tale

—— New Magazine

A gorgeous, gloriously romantic read with buckets of charm - I absolutely loved it!

—— Jill Mansell

A heartbreakingly beautiful story about friendship and unrequited love. I was totally and utterly captivated

—— Paige Toon

Warning: you will shed tears and end up booking a trip!

—— Prima

Prepare for tears and laughter

—— Fabulous

Unashamedly romantic

—— Sunday Express

Brilliantly evocative

—— Paige Toon

Brilliant, warm and beautifully judged - I raced through it

—— Cathy Kelly

A lovely, absorbing novel, full of beauty and mystery

—— Kate Eberlen

So evocative you can practically smell the paella and sangria

—— Closer

More than a book about sport it is a book about a young man struggling to find his groove in the rough and tumble of fairly unforgiving, male society.

—— Liam Heylin , Irish Examiner

In A Natural, Raisin delves into the life of a lower league English football team – a subject never covered before, as far as I know, in literary fiction. Perhaps it doesn’t sound an immediately appealing prospect. But he makes it wholly absorbing.

—— Theo Tait , London Review of Books

[A] gripping, well-written and moving story, which should interest anyone curious about enclosed worlds and hidden lives… Raisin captures both the sweat and the glory of football. He has mastered the register of manager-speak, with its urgently shouted clichés, and the earnest banter on fans’ messaging boards.

—— Sameer Rahim , Prospect

A Natural makes a conceptual leap that most old-style football fiction laboured to achieve: in the end its characters are as important as the milieu that tethers them and what emerges is an exceptionally good novel, which just happens to take place on a football pitch.

—— DJ Taylor , Guardian

Raisin provides an authentic portrayal of life in the lower divisions both on and off the pitch. The fine details are present in the pre-match nerves in the changing rooms, the neatly laid out kit and the smell of Deep Heat, but it is the unchecked laddishness, the fake camaraderie and the close scrutiny from supporters on social media that Raisin wants us to feel… This is a rare novel about the challenge of being a gay professional footballer and hopefully it will go some way to help changing perceptions in a sport that has still got a very long way to go.

—— Ian Aspinall , Late Tackle

Ross Raisin’s book about a gay footballer, demands about 200 pages of patience, but you won’t regret it. In the vertiginous second half of this rich, wise study of masculinity, Raisin demonstrates with extraordinary sensitivity how difficult it can be to attain E.M. Forster’s dictum, “Only connect!”

—— Claire Lowdon , Times Literary Supplement

The virtue of devastatingly simple storytelling was also felt in Ross Raisin’s A Natural…one of my favourite novels of the year, about a gay footballer hiding an affair with the groundsman at his struggling lower-league team.

—— Anthony Cummins , Daily Telegraph

A deeply moving portrait of fear and acceptance.

—— John Boyne , Irish Independent

This seems like one of those books designed to fold straightaway into contemporary liberal conversation.

—— The Skinny

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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