Jessica Stanley – författare

'LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE BIG LOVE STORIES OF 2025' THE SUNDAY TIMES, Books to Look Out for in 2025'I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END' LIANE MORIARTY, internationally bestselling author of BIG LITTLE LIES'AS WARM AS A DAVID NICHOLLS NOVEL' STYLIST'JOYFUL . . . I LOVED IT!' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, Books to Watch in 2025'CLEVER, JOYFUL AND SO FUNNY' NINA STIBBE, author of LOVE, NINA'DEEPLY APPEALING AND WINNING' MEG WOLITZER, New York Times bestselling author of THE INTERESTINGSWhat happens when you find love, but life keeps getting in the way?When she first meets Adam, Coralie is new to London and feeling adrift. But Adam is clever, witty, and - he insists - half an inch taller than the average British male. His charming four-year-old daughter, Zora, only adds to his appeal.And yet ten years on, something important is missing from the life Coralie and Adam (though let's face it, mostly Coralie) have built. Or maybe, having gained everything she dreamed of, Coralie has lost something she once had: herself.Set against an eventful decade that included the soap opera of five Prime Ministers plus Brexit and Covid, Consider Yourself Kissed puts the subjects of love and family on a grand stage, bringing to life how the intimate drama in our homes inescapably competes for energy and attention with the shared drama of our times.Consider Yourself Kissed is a captivating portrait of a woman in love which effortlessly balances sweetness with bite, the public with the personal, and humour with heart.***'Sweet and tender' PANDORA SYKES'Ringingly original and just absurdly good' CATHERINE NEWMAN, New York Times bestselling author of WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS'I'm annoyed I didn't write this book myself' MADELEINE GRAY, author of GREEN DOT'So astonishingly clever, but with a core of love. I adored it' DAISY BUCHANAN, author of INSATIABLE'Oh, how I loved and empathised with Coralie!' JENNIE GODFREY, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS'So well-drawn it was like peering through someone's kitchen window' CLAIRE DAVERLEY, author of TALKING AT NIGHTREADERS LOVE CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED . . . 'I predict this will be the book of the summer' 'So much more than a romance. Delightful, refreshing and thoughtful' 'Funny, insightful and thoroughly enjoyable' 'Exceeded my expectations and lifted me out of a real reading rut' 'The kind of book you want to share with everyone' 'An engaging and thought-provoking book about the messiness of love, the complications of family life, and the quiet losses that often go unnoticed until it's too late'

Brought to you by Penguin.What happens when you find love, but life keeps getting in the way?When she first meets Adam, Coralie is new to London and feeling adrift. But Adam is clever, witty, and – he insists – half an inch taller than the average British male. His charming four-year-old daughter, Zora, only adds to his appeal.And yet ten years on, something important is missing from the life Coralie and Adam (though let’s face it, mostly Coralie) have built. Or maybe, having gained everything she dreamed of, Coralie has lost something she once had: herself.Set against an eventful decade that included the soap opera of five Prime Ministers plus Brexit and Covid, Consider Yourself Kissed puts the subjects of love and family on a grand stage, bringing to life how the intimate drama in our homes inescapably competes for energy and attention with the shared drama of our times.Consider Yourself Kissed is a captivating portrait of a woman in love which effortlessly balances sweetness with bite, the public with the personal, and humour with heart.''Deeply appealing . . . At once a smart literary love story and an absorbing family drama'' MEG WOLITZER''Clever, joyful, familiar . . . and so funny'' NINA STIBBE''A beautiful romcom for grown-ups'' ELLA RISBRIDGER© Jessica Stanley 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025