About the author:
Katie Fforde (born 1952) is an English novelist. She has lived near Stroud, Gloucestershire for over twenty years. She didn't start writing until she had moved there and had the third of her three children. Most of Katie’s experiences, however minor, tend to end up in her books. She was for many years a committee member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and is founder of the Katie Fforde Bursary for writers who have yet to secure a publishing contract.

Bibliography: (Red = Posted Audiobook)

- Living Dangerously (1995)
- The Rose Revived (1995)
- Wild Designs (1996)
- Stately Pursuits (1997)
- Life Skills (1999)
- Thyme Out (2000)
- Artistic Licence (2001)
- Highland Fling (2002)
- Paradise Fields (2003)
- Restoring Grace (2004)
- Flora's Lot (2005)
- Practically Perfect (2006)
- Going Dutch (2007)
- Wedding Season (2008)
- Love Letters (2009)

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PARADISE FIELDS




A widow for 10 years, Nel Innes has kept busy with raising her three nearly adult children on her own and taking care of the many family dogs. A vast numbers of friends, multiple charitable interests, and organizing a farmer's market in the town's Paradise Fields, have also filled her life quite well, if chastely, until now...

When her old friend and local bigwig Sir Gerald dies, leaving his estate (and the connecting land that a hospice uses for recreation and fund-raising) to his developer son, Pierce, and Pierce's sexy American wife, Kerry Anne, Nel is furious! How dare these soulless big-city chumps take away the land the hospice so desperately needs? And how, fueled by righteous anger as she is, can she find herself falling so hard for the couple's dashing and equally big-city solicitor, Jake Demerand?

Development is inevitable; how it will be done is the issue that Nel takes on--determined to fight for the land and the market she loves. But whom can she trust? She's pretty sure her friends Sacha and Vivian are on her side. Her sensible boyfriend Simon, a real estate agent, seems to want to help, but something tells her there's a conflict of interests. And then there's the issue of Jake, who's been stealing kisses from her under the mistletoe...

Maybe she's been a celibate widow for far too long...

British Chick-lit veteran Katie Fforde will charm readers everywhere with [i]Paradise Fileds; funny, witty and engaging; lovable secondary characters carry the day; funny scenes such as Nel going undercover to track her teenage daughter to a trendy nightclub, are by turns poignant and hilarious. More passionately sexual than some of Fforde's previous novels, this is nevertheless diverting in its own very British way.

Audio Release: 2003
Narrator: Julia Franklin
Version: Unabridged CDs
Length: 11 hrs and 6 min
Format: 10 mp3 files
Bit rate: 64 kbps
Size: ~ 321 MB


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RESTORING GRACE




Grace Soudley's life has been coming apart for more than a couple of months. Abandoned by her unsuitable husband for another woman, her only real security is the wonderful old house she was left by her godmother, but unless she can find a fortune, the house will disintegrate around her.

Artist Ellie Summers’ life is unraveling too. She’s pregnant, but her boyfriend is less than enthusiastic about parenthood, and her parents are not exactly inviting her to move back home. She has to come up with a new plan. Fast.

When Ellie and Grace meet, the two very different women suddenly find they can help each other out. Ellie needs a place to stay; Grace needs a lodger. Both of them need a friend, and together they begin the work of fixing up the house.

But then Grace’s step-daughter unexpectedly arrives on the scene, followed by a disconcertingly handsome man, who is apparently determined to help. And when Grace discovers some beautiful painted panels hidden behind the tattered dining-room curtains, the whole business of restoration starts to get serious...

Audio Release: December 2005
Narrator: Gerri Halligan
Version: Unabridged CDs
Length: 12 hrs
Format: 11 mp3 files
Bit rate: 96 kbps
Size: ~ 497 MB


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PRACTICALLY PERFECT




Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it's time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. She's risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage, so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living.

Outside, the cottage is perfect, but inside all is chaos and Anna's soon wondering whether she's bitten off more than she can chew. But, just as Anna is starting to believe she's found the perfect idyll, the good-looking yet impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene...

Audio Release: June 2007
Narrator: Julia Franklin
Version: Unabridged CDs
Length: 10 hrs and 56 min
Format: 10 mp3 files
Bit rate: 64 kbps
Size: ~ 315 MB


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GOING DUTCH




When Jo's husband trades her in for a younger model, she suddenly finds herself living on a barge. Used to being a kept woman, she soon realises she'll need more than a few culinary skills to keep herself afloat.

Aware she was about to make a terrible mistake, Dora has fled from a huge wedding, her fiancé, her mother and a very critical village to come under Jo's protective wing.

Though they may not know much about boats they're determined to make the best of things. One thing's for certain, though, they've both sworn off men for good. Of course, life has other plans and inflicts arrogant but attractive Marcus, who's the oracle on all things nautical, and laid-back, charming, jack-of-all-trades Tom on their ordered lives.

And as if they didn't have enough to worry about, they've discovered they have to take the barge to sea...

Audio Release: January 2008
Narrator: Julia Franklin
Version: Unabridged CDs
Length: 12 hrs and 20 min
Format: 10 mp3 files
Bit rate: 96 kbps
Size: ~ 507 MB


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