title: The Hopeless Romantic's Handbook: A Novel
author:  Gemma Townley 
description: The latest from Townley (Learning Curves, etc.) features Kate Hetherington, interior stylist at London low-end makeover TV show Future: Perfect. Kate has come up empty in her search for true love; longtime friends Sal and Tom think she's unrealistic, but their own solutions aren't terrific: Sal has settled for a sensible marriage to Ed, a financier, while Tom, a surgeon, plays the field and avoids commitment at all costs. Desperate after an embarrassing speed dating incident, Kate buys The Hopeless Romantic's Handbook on eBay. Though the book, excerpted amusingly throughout, turns out to be chauvinistic and out of date, Kate soon she meets Joe Rogers, an American actor bartending while he attempts to jumpstart his career in London. Kate follows the book to the letter-putting off sex, showering Joe with attention, flattering his ego-and it works. Kate's bliss affects everyone around her, with unexpected consequences, in this optimistic and satisfying read. <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  His Darling Belle
  
  
  
  
  
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  Elizabeth Bramwell
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Also by Elizabeth Bramwell
  
  
  The Dashing Widow
  
  The Foolish Friend
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Forthcoming in 2017:
  
  
  The Rebel Wife
  
  A Novel Miss
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  © Elizabeth Bramwell – all rights reserved
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Adam.
  
  
  I love you.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  “Well now, Isabella Snowley, you’ve really managed to make a mull of things
  this time, haven’t you?” Bella muttered to herself. She stared at the long row
  of townhouses stretching out in the darkness before her, each one seemingly
  identical to its neighbours. The thick opera cloak was pulled tight about her
  shoulders, but the chill wind still found a way to cut right through to her
  skin.
  
  The plan had seemed so simple a few hours earlier, but now it had become
  painfully obvious that her rage had masked one tiny but rather important flaw:
  although she knew that the Earl of Colbourne lived on this street, she had no
  idea which hous