Octavia: a light-hearted, hilarious and gorgeous novel from the inimitable multimillion-copy bestselling Jilly Cooper
<p><b><i>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.</i></b><br /><br /><b>'Jilly is about bringing joy into your life: daft, silly, boozy joy ... There is no one else like Cooper' -- <i>Guardian</i></b><br /><b>'The Jane Austen of our time' - <i>HARPERS & QUEEN</i><br />'Joyful and mischievous' -- Jojo Moyes<br />'Fun, sexy and unputdownable' -- Marian Keyes</b><br /><b>'Outstanding read. If I could have given this book ten stars, I would have.' -- ***** Reader review<br />'Utterly timeless! Love it!' -- ***** Reader review<br />'Guaranteed to lift the spirits of every female who reads it. Brilliant!!' -- ***** Reader review<br />'Couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review</b><br /><br /><b>********************************************************************</b><br />As soon as <b>Octavia</b> catches a glimpse of <b>Jeremy</b> 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 <b>Gussie</b>. His look suggested bed rather than breakfast, and made her weak at the knees...<br /><br />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?<br /><br />But the other part of the foursome is whizz-kid business tycoon <b>Gareth Llewellyn</b>, a swarthy Welshman with all the tenderness of a scrum-half...definitely not Octavia's type!<br /><br /><b>And one way and another, he certainly manages to thwart her plans...</b></p>