Jane Green is the author of 17 books under the Chick-Lit genre, about to publish her 18th. Her books have been published in 25 languages, and more than ten million copies have been sold worldwide. Personally a journalist, Jane Green has her own radio show in London where she lives with her husband and blended family.
A highlight of her career has been, as a correspondent of ABC News, to work as a live correspondent at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Her upcoming book is going to be a cookbook titled "Good Taste" which had been long in plan since Jane Green is a graduate of a French Culinary Institute in New York.
Happily married for 18 years with two daughters, forty-three year old Gabby is the last person you would imagine to have an affair, that too - with an younger man! But as Gabby slowly finds herself losing to what she thought would be a passing relationship, will she find out what really matters in life in time? In a moment of passion, Gabby chooses to destroy everything that was sacred and dear to her, and no matter how much she tries, it seems highly unlikely that she will be able to go back to where she started from.
Buy "Promises to Keep"by Jane Green
Happily settle with a lovely family, Callie is a favorite of everyone who knows her. But when her family receives devastating news, she faces a gruesome year that is enough to break a person.
Buy "Summer Secrets" by Jane Green
Catherine Combs have always lived life to her own terms - working and partying hard. Then she suddenly stumbles upon a secret which changes her completely, in a mistake she made while she was visiting her family one fateful day. Overnight, Catherine changes and becomes a completely different person, but can she rectify her own mistakes? Years later, can she turn back the clock on the people she had hurt by being the person that she was before? As she struggles hard, can she earn back forgiveness and in the process, forgive herself?
Buy "The Other Woman" by Jane Green
Ellie considers herself the luckiest woman in the world, having found her soulmate in Dan - a man so perfect that she can't imagine being with anyone else ever. It is in his mother Linda that she finds the close knit family that she has always yearned for, until Linda starts showing overbearing and dominating characteristics that threaten to take over the newlyweds' lives. Just as Ellie starts to find Linda too much to handle, she faces trouble with her own ability to have children, and slowly she starts to understand just why her mother-in-law is how she is. It is only a mother who can understand the love of another mother for her child - Ellie comes to the conclusion!
Buy "Another Piece of my Heart" by Jane Green
Thirty-seven year old Andi has finally found the person she wants to spend her life with, but his daughters don't think so. For them, Andi will always be an outsider, an obstacle - no matter how much she tries to win them over! In Emily's eyes, Andi has come to take away their father and destroy their family. No matter how sincere Andi sounds in her affection for her and her sister, Emily can never trust her and is ready to do anything to remove her from their lives. Two women stand opposite to each other in their love for the same man, a lover and a daughter; who will win?
Buy "Spellbound/To Love and to Hold" by Jane Green
Alice Chambers is stuck in a marriage with a controlling and cheating husband, but she doesn't have an idea. She is unhappy in her marriage but not daring to do anything to change her circumstances. Not knowing that she is being dominated and lied to by the husband she loves and changed herself for, she has no idea what to do, until her best friend's boyfriend comes into the picture, and Alice suddenly has an idea of what a happy relationship should look like. Now the next question is: will Alice be able to move away from a relationship that the world deems perfect but is actually destroying her from the inside? Will she be willing to sacrifice her friendship to be with the man she is slowly falling in love with?
Buy "Babyville" by Jane Green
Three women's life changed by motherhood - Julia who desperately wants a baby but can't conceive, Mauve who is a career woman but finds out she is pregnant, inconveniently, and Samantha, who finds herself overwhelmed with a child despite having everything she wants in life. Motherhood, pregnancy and the overwhelming need to have a baby - these emotions change these three women forever. Can they go back to the people they were before babies came into the picture? Or, can they find happiness in their changed personalities and learn to live with the people they have become?
Buy "Bookends" by Jane Green
A group of thirty-something friends are suddenly haunted by the reappearance of a old college friend, the stunning Portia, who has once created barriers between them and almost destroyed their friendship. Has Portia really changed over the years? Did she actually become the "good" person she is showing the world, or is she still plotting revenge underneath her nice exterior?
Buy "Second Chance" by Jane Green
They were best friends in school, but soon drifted apart as real life dawned. Now, when a tragedy befell one friend, the others are united. Practically strangers, they go on a life-changing journey to get to know each other, and to know themselves, in the process.In one way, the passing away of a beloved but forgotten friend gives others the second chance they were desperately looking for in their own lives.
Buy "Straight Talking" by Jane Green
The story of four girlfriends - Tasha, Mel, Andy and Emma, and the unreliable men who come and go into their lives. All four with different lives and different goals in sight - will they ever find the right one to settle with?
Buy "Swapping Lives/Life Swap" by Jane Green
The classic tale of swapping lives between a happily married mother and a single woman, but one that does not have a fairy-tale ending. Once they have swapped places, can they ever go back to their own lives? Will the career-minded woman finally realize the need for a family of her own? Will the stay-at-home mom realize how much she had been missing working outside the house? Are they willing to make changes to the life they had thought was perfect, but was missing something at all time? More importantly, will they be happy with the people who were in their lives before they undertook this life-changing adventure?
Buy "The Beach House" by Jane Green
65-year-old Nan Powell lived the dream life, in her own beach house until she realizes that money is about to run out. She advertises to rent her beloved house and slowly the drama starts to unfold in the young renters who move in one after another. Everything seems perfect when her son returns amidst the laughter and the fun of her young renters, and Nan is over the moon with happiness. However, someone else returns to their beloved beach house - a shadowy figure from the past who has the power to destroy everything with the secrets he is bringing in!
Buy "Mr. Maybe" by Jane Green
Libby Mason is at her wit's end struggling to support her extravagant lifestyle with her meager income. For her, Mr. Right needs to be right around the corner - handsome, funny and very. very rich! He loves her on-and-off boyfriend Nick, but is tired of having to pay the bills for this struggling screenwriter. So when wealthy businessman Ed - single and dashing - enters the picture, Libby immediately starts doodling his name with hers! Now all she has to do is to convince her heart to fall for Ed, when clearly it is Nick that her heart is yearning for.
Buy "Jemima J" by Jane Green
The woes of a socially unacceptable girl comes into words in this novel about Jemima - a 100 pound overweight girl who is looked upon by her thinner roommates and colleagues. In her despair, Jemima finds comfort only in food, and more food, thus adding to her problem. When the sexy and kind Ben enters her office, Jemima falls head over heals in love and knows that this is the right time to change herself. In order to acquire her love, she needs to become what society deems beautiful in women.
A highlight of her career has been, as a correspondent of ABC News, to work as a live correspondent at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Her upcoming book is going to be a cookbook titled "Good Taste" which had been long in plan since Jane Green is a graduate of a French Culinary Institute in New York.
Happily married for 18 years with two daughters, forty-three year old Gabby is the last person you would imagine to have an affair, that too - with an younger man! But as Gabby slowly finds herself losing to what she thought would be a passing relationship, will she find out what really matters in life in time? In a moment of passion, Gabby chooses to destroy everything that was sacred and dear to her, and no matter how much she tries, it seems highly unlikely that she will be able to go back to where she started from.
Buy "Promises to Keep"by Jane Green
Happily settle with a lovely family, Callie is a favorite of everyone who knows her. But when her family receives devastating news, she faces a gruesome year that is enough to break a person.
Buy "Summer Secrets" by Jane Green
Catherine Combs have always lived life to her own terms - working and partying hard. Then she suddenly stumbles upon a secret which changes her completely, in a mistake she made while she was visiting her family one fateful day. Overnight, Catherine changes and becomes a completely different person, but can she rectify her own mistakes? Years later, can she turn back the clock on the people she had hurt by being the person that she was before? As she struggles hard, can she earn back forgiveness and in the process, forgive herself?
Buy "The Other Woman" by Jane Green
Ellie considers herself the luckiest woman in the world, having found her soulmate in Dan - a man so perfect that she can't imagine being with anyone else ever. It is in his mother Linda that she finds the close knit family that she has always yearned for, until Linda starts showing overbearing and dominating characteristics that threaten to take over the newlyweds' lives. Just as Ellie starts to find Linda too much to handle, she faces trouble with her own ability to have children, and slowly she starts to understand just why her mother-in-law is how she is. It is only a mother who can understand the love of another mother for her child - Ellie comes to the conclusion!
Buy "Another Piece of my Heart" by Jane Green
Thirty-seven year old Andi has finally found the person she wants to spend her life with, but his daughters don't think so. For them, Andi will always be an outsider, an obstacle - no matter how much she tries to win them over! In Emily's eyes, Andi has come to take away their father and destroy their family. No matter how sincere Andi sounds in her affection for her and her sister, Emily can never trust her and is ready to do anything to remove her from their lives. Two women stand opposite to each other in their love for the same man, a lover and a daughter; who will win?
Buy "Spellbound/To Love and to Hold" by Jane Green
Alice Chambers is stuck in a marriage with a controlling and cheating husband, but she doesn't have an idea. She is unhappy in her marriage but not daring to do anything to change her circumstances. Not knowing that she is being dominated and lied to by the husband she loves and changed herself for, she has no idea what to do, until her best friend's boyfriend comes into the picture, and Alice suddenly has an idea of what a happy relationship should look like. Now the next question is: will Alice be able to move away from a relationship that the world deems perfect but is actually destroying her from the inside? Will she be willing to sacrifice her friendship to be with the man she is slowly falling in love with?
Buy "Babyville" by Jane Green
Three women's life changed by motherhood - Julia who desperately wants a baby but can't conceive, Mauve who is a career woman but finds out she is pregnant, inconveniently, and Samantha, who finds herself overwhelmed with a child despite having everything she wants in life. Motherhood, pregnancy and the overwhelming need to have a baby - these emotions change these three women forever. Can they go back to the people they were before babies came into the picture? Or, can they find happiness in their changed personalities and learn to live with the people they have become?
Buy "Bookends" by Jane Green
A group of thirty-something friends are suddenly haunted by the reappearance of a old college friend, the stunning Portia, who has once created barriers between them and almost destroyed their friendship. Has Portia really changed over the years? Did she actually become the "good" person she is showing the world, or is she still plotting revenge underneath her nice exterior?
Buy "Second Chance" by Jane Green
They were best friends in school, but soon drifted apart as real life dawned. Now, when a tragedy befell one friend, the others are united. Practically strangers, they go on a life-changing journey to get to know each other, and to know themselves, in the process.In one way, the passing away of a beloved but forgotten friend gives others the second chance they were desperately looking for in their own lives.
Buy "Straight Talking" by Jane Green
The story of four girlfriends - Tasha, Mel, Andy and Emma, and the unreliable men who come and go into their lives. All four with different lives and different goals in sight - will they ever find the right one to settle with?
Buy "Swapping Lives/Life Swap" by Jane Green
The classic tale of swapping lives between a happily married mother and a single woman, but one that does not have a fairy-tale ending. Once they have swapped places, can they ever go back to their own lives? Will the career-minded woman finally realize the need for a family of her own? Will the stay-at-home mom realize how much she had been missing working outside the house? Are they willing to make changes to the life they had thought was perfect, but was missing something at all time? More importantly, will they be happy with the people who were in their lives before they undertook this life-changing adventure?
Buy "The Beach House" by Jane Green
65-year-old Nan Powell lived the dream life, in her own beach house until she realizes that money is about to run out. She advertises to rent her beloved house and slowly the drama starts to unfold in the young renters who move in one after another. Everything seems perfect when her son returns amidst the laughter and the fun of her young renters, and Nan is over the moon with happiness. However, someone else returns to their beloved beach house - a shadowy figure from the past who has the power to destroy everything with the secrets he is bringing in!
Buy "Mr. Maybe" by Jane Green
Libby Mason is at her wit's end struggling to support her extravagant lifestyle with her meager income. For her, Mr. Right needs to be right around the corner - handsome, funny and very. very rich! He loves her on-and-off boyfriend Nick, but is tired of having to pay the bills for this struggling screenwriter. So when wealthy businessman Ed - single and dashing - enters the picture, Libby immediately starts doodling his name with hers! Now all she has to do is to convince her heart to fall for Ed, when clearly it is Nick that her heart is yearning for.
Buy "Jemima J" by Jane Green
The woes of a socially unacceptable girl comes into words in this novel about Jemima - a 100 pound overweight girl who is looked upon by her thinner roommates and colleagues. In her despair, Jemima finds comfort only in food, and more food, thus adding to her problem. When the sexy and kind Ben enters her office, Jemima falls head over heals in love and knows that this is the right time to change herself. In order to acquire her love, she needs to become what society deems beautiful in women.
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