Fall in love with Jilly Cooper, one of Britain''s most popular authors, in this up-beat and unmissable rom-com. Octavia is used to having anything (or anyone) she wants - but will she get her just desserts this time? Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Marian Keyes, Dolly Alderton and Jane Fallon.''Jilly is about bringing joy into your life: daft, silly, boozy joy ... There is no one else like Cooper'' -- Guardian''The Jane Austen of our time'' - HARPERS & QUEEN''Joyful and mischievous'' -- Jojo Moyes''Fun, sexy and unputdownable'' -- Marian Keyes''Outstanding read. If I could have given this book ten stars, I would have.'' -- ***** Reader review''Utterly timeless! Love it!'' -- ***** Reader review''Guaranteed to lift the spirits of every female who reads it. Brilliant!!'' -- ***** Reader review''Couldn''t put it down'' -- ***** Reader review********************************************************************As soon as Octavia catches a glimpse of Jeremy in the nightclub, she knows she just has to have him. It doesn''t matter that he''s just got engaged to an old school friend of hers: good natured Gussie. His look suggested bed rather than breakfast, and made her weak at the knees...Rich and stunning, Octavia is used to men falling in love with her at a moment''s notice and an invitation to join Gussie and Jeremy for a cozy weekend on a canal barge comes like a gift from the gods. How can she fail to hook Jeremy?But the other part of the foursome is whizz-kid business tycoon Gareth Llewellyn, a swarthy Welshman with all the tenderness of a scrum-half...definitely not Octavia''s type!And one way and another, he certainly manages to thwart her plans...