The Best Katie Fforde Romance Books 

Sophie Apperly is the black sheep of her family, the one whose practical approach to life clashes with their academic focus. She's ready to strike it out on her own, so when her best friend Milly invites her to New York, she jumps at the chance. While living the high life in Manhattan, she's also hoping to find a way to fix her family's financial issues, even if they don't deserve her help. 

When an evening at an art gallery throws her into the path of Matilda, a spirited old lady who invites her to Connecticut for Thanksgiving, Sophie willingly accepts, much to the dismay of Matilda's grandson Luke. He's suspicious of this English girl in his grandmother's midst, for Sophie's part, she finds him to be insufferably arrogant. But then he makes a unique proposal. He'll help Sophie save her family from ruin, but at a price...

Thea traded her promising career as a photographer for the quiet countryside of the English Cotswalds, ready to start afresh and make something special out of her 30s. While holidaying in Provence, she meets the sexy Irish artist Rory. 

She's impressed by his paintings and wants to exhibit them, but it'll take a lot of convincing to get Rory to trust her with his work. Together, they'll need to turn an abandoned building into a cutting-edge gallery in the less-than-hip countryside she calls home. But that's no challenge compared to ignoring her growing feelings for him. 

Julia Fairfax has just lost her job and is now without a boyfriend, so it's time to make some big changes. A classified ad in the paper catches her eye with the promise of idyllic life of an old hotel boat floating down the canals of England. 

Now, she's working in a galley kitchen the size of a closet. The high seas these are not, with this rickety boat barely able to navigate narrow pathways, let alone major rivers. But there are some benefits to her unique occupation, including some very handsome guests who are seldom more than a few meters away at any given time...

Anna has finally earned her qualifications in interior design and is ready to begin her career. She's risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to everyone, but mostly her disapproving family, that she can make this work. 

But it'll be a far bigger undertaking than she'd first anticipated. The cottage is falling apart: no stairs, no downstairs flooring, and no electric lights. Anna's soon wondering whether she's bitten off more than she can chew. Her neighbor Chloe comes to the rescue, providing tea, wine and sympathy. And then there's Rob Hunter, who turns up one day to cause more chaos, both professionally and personally.

Grace Soudley's life is falling apart, between a recent divorce and her grandmother's beautiful old home literally crumbling to pieces around her. She needs to find the money to save it or lose her last connection to her gran. 

Artist Ellie Summers' life is unraveling too. She's pregnant, but her boyfriend has cold feet about becoming a dad and her own parents have all but kicked her out of the house. Ellie needs a lodger, so soon she and Grace are living together to renovate the house. When Grace discovers some beautiful and potentially valuable paintings, things get very messy very quickly. And that doesn't even include the hot guy who turned up on their doorstep offering his services.

For years, things have run quite smoothly for Perdita and her organic gardening business. She's doing fine without anyone's help, thank you very much. The last thing she needs is for her ex-husband to return to the scene. 

Lucas is the new chef at Grantly House, Perdita's number-one customer. Having always had a very high opinion of himself, Lucas has the questionable idea to put himself and his ex-wife together for a TV series called The Gourmet and the Gardener. Never mind that they haven't seen one another in years and things are less than cozy between them. 

Now, things are heating up in the kitchen, and the cameras are capturing it all. Here's hoping they haven't put together a recipe for disaster.

Hetty Longden is dealing with a broken heart. Her mother thinks it'd be a good idea for her to house-sit her Great Uncle Samuel's stately-yet-crumbling home. It seems like a nice way for her to be miserable in private, but now she has to deal with a whole new kind of family drama. 

Uncle Sam's heir has big plans for his inheritance, which the community around the manor are opposed to. The next thing she knows, Hetty's thrown head-first into their fight to save the manor. Between a wonderful village of new friends and a gorgeous local named Peter, she wonders if her heartbreak has a happy ending in sight.

Althea is struggling in the aftermath of her divorce, particularly with her mortgage payments on her too-large house. When she loses her job, she worries she might lose everything else with it. She decides to seek solace in a borrowed greenhouse and to develop her passion for gardening. 

When she wins the opportunity to design a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, she thinks it could be the exact thing she needs to get her life sorted. What she didn't expect was the presence of Patrick Donahugh, a gorgeous architect who has been drafted in to help with her garden. Maybe she'll dig up some romance as well as a new career.