Persuading Annie

From the bestselling author of The Learning Curve

This is one to gobble up in a single sitting

Melissa Nathan was born and raised in Hertfordshire. A journalist for twelve years, she turned to writing novels full time in 1998 and shortly afterwards Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field and Persuading Annie were published. Melissa discovered she had breast cancer whilst writing her first novel for Random House, The Nanny, which hit the Sunday Times Top Ten in the spring of 2003. She went on to write another top ten bestseller, The Waitress, and finished her fifth novel The Learning Curve in February 2006. Sadly she died two months later, aged 37. A new literary award, The Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance, has been established to honour her. She is survived by her husband, Andrew, and young son, Sam.

It was the perfect opportunity for 'closure'... 
 
Meet Annie Markham. Gentle, sweet and kind. Except for her dark side. A dark side called Jake Mead. Seven years ago he'd been her entire world, even though her godmother had tried to persuade her to dump him. But when the going got tough, Annie's 'tough' got going. Jake's hasty departure from her life proved that a) godmothers are cleverer than they look and b) the only thing reliable about men is that they're totally unreliable. 
 
Now Jake is back in her life. And he's the one man who may just save her family's ailing company. 
 
But what Annie doesn't know is that Jake has an Achilles' heel. An Achilles' heel called Annie Markham. He's never quite got over her treatment of him all those years ago. This is the perfect opportunity for what some may call 'closure'. But what Jake calls, 'revenge'.

The Learning Curve

A CAPTIVATING NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NANNY...

Funny, tender and sharp, The Learning Curve is for anyone who has been inside a school - or, indeed, for anyone who has been in love

Book of the Month - The Learning Curve: A hilarious novel ... you can sit back and enjoy the ride with all the fab ups, heart-rending downs, cruel realities and (eventually) that wonderful heart-felt surety which every great romance should create

This is a feel-good book you'll want to devour in one sitting

The Learning Curve teaches that you can reach for the stars and you're never too old to do it either

Melissa Nathan was born and raised in Hertfordshire. A journalist for twelve years, she turned to writing novels full time in 1998 and shortly afterwards Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field and Persuading Annie were published. Melissa discovered she had breast cancer whilst writing her first novel for Random House, The Nanny, which hit the Sunday Times Top Ten in the spring of 2003. She went on to write another top ten bestseller, The Waitress, and finished her fifth novel The Learning Curve in February 2006. Sadly she died two months later, aged 37. A new literary award, The Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance, has been established in her honour. She is survived by her husband, Andrew, and young son, Sam.

Nicky Hobbs loves teaching at the local primary school. She's idolised by her class - in particular ten-year-old Oscar Samuels - but she's starting to find she'd quite like some adult adoration for a change. 
 
Mark Samuels is a frazzled single father working all the hours God gives to provide for his beloved son, Oscar. But he's unable to see that Oscar would prefer his presence to his presents once in a while. 
 
Ms Hobbs knows Mr Samuels is a heartless workaholic. Mr Samuels is certain Ms Hobbs is an interfering busybody. But when they finally meet they start to discover that first first impressions can be deceptive. And perhaps they've both got a bit of learning to do...

The Waitress

A hilarious romantic novel from the bestselling author of hit intelligent chick lit novel The Nanny. A must buy for fans of funny and romantic chick lit from bestselling author Jill Mansell.

Take this book on holiday and you’ll come home bursting with exciting plans to shake up your life

The leading comic romantic novelist of her generation

This is one to gobble up in a single sitting

Melissa Nathan was born and raised in Hertfordshire. A journalist for twelve years, she turned to writing romantic comedy novels full time in 1998 and shortly afterwards Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field and Persuading Annie were published. Melissa discovered she had breast cancer whilst writing her first novel for Random House, The Nanny, which hit the Sunday Times Top Ten in the spring of 2003. She went on to write another top ten bestseller, The Waitress, and finished her fifth novel The Learning Curve in February 2006. Sadly she died two months later, aged 37. A new literary award, The Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance, has been established in her honour. She is survived by her husband, Andrew, and young son, Sam.

Katie Simmonds wants to be a film director. Last week she wanted to be a writer, the week before that an educational psychologist, and the week before that a florist. One thing Katie isn't short of is ambition, but she knows for certain that none of her ambitions are to be a waitress. Unfortunately, Katie Simmonds is a waitress. 
 
Hassled by customers, badly paid and stuck with the boss from hell, Katie's life hasn't turned out quite as she'd planned. As for relationships, she's starting to discover that a career choice isn't the only commitment she has problems with. But just when she thinks that things can't get any worse, the cafe where she works is taken over by the last man in the world she wants to see again. Maybe Katie's been waiting at tables - and waiting for Mr Right - for a little too long... 
 
A heartwarming, laugh out loud novel about love, hopes, dreams... and waitressing.

The Nanny

The bestselling romantic comedy from the author of top ten bestseller, The Waitress. A must buy for fans of funny and romantic chick lit from top authors such as Jenny Colgan, Fiona Walker and Jill Mansell.

This is one to gobble up in  a single sitting

When Jo Green takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend Shaun, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children - glittery warrior pixie Cassandra, bloodthirsty Zak and shy little Tallulah - are downright mystifying. Suddenly village life seems terribly appealing. 
 
Then, just as Jo's getting the hang of their designer lifestyle, the Fitzgeralds acquire a new lodger and suddenly she's sharing her nanny flat with the distractingly good-looking but inexplicably moody Josh. So when Shaun turns up, things get even trickier... 
 
A heartwarming, laugh out loud romantic novel with a fantastically dysfunctional family and complicated love triangle to amuse every reader.

Melissa Nathan

Tremendous fun - an ingenious update of the greatest love story of all time

A modern-day Lizzy and Darcy tale you won't be able to put down

A witty spin on the nation's favourite novel ... with a loveable, contemporary heroine at its heart

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large ego must be in want of a woman to cut him down to size... 
 
When journalist Jasmin Field lands the coveted role of Elizabeth Bennet in a one-off fundraising adaptation of Pride and Prejudice she discovers that the play's director, Hollywood heart-throb Harry Noble, is every bit as obnoxious as she could have hoped. Which means a lot of material for her column. And a lot of fun in rehearsals. 
 
And then disaster strikes. Jazz's best friend abandons her for a man not worthy to buy her chocolate, her family starts to crumble before her eyes and her award-winning column hits the skids. Worse still, Harry Noble keeps staring at her. As the lights dim, the audience hush and Jazz awaits her cue, she realises two very important things, one: she can't remember her lines, and two: Harry Noble looks amazing in breeches...

Melissa Nathan

Praise for Acting Up

Tremendous fun - an ingenious update of the greatest love story of all time

A modern-day Lizzy and Darcy tale you won't be able to put down

A witty spin on the nation's favourite novel ... with a loveable, contemporary heroine at its heart

Tremendous fun - an ingenious update of the greatest love story of all time

A modern-day Lizzy and Darcy tale you won't be able to put down

A witty spin on the nation's favourite novel ... with a loveable, contemporary heroine at its heart

Tremendous fun - an ingenious update of the greatest love story of all time

A modern-day Lizzy and Darcy tale you won't be able to put down

A witty spin on the nation's favourite novel ... with a loveable, contemporary heroine at its heart

Books by Melissa Nathan

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