You're the One
That I Don't Want
What if you found your soulmate...
and then discovered you couldn’t lose him?
When Lucy meets Nate aged 18, it is love at first sight. As far as she’s concerned, he’s The One. Caught up in the whirlwind of first love, they kiss under the Bridge of Sighs in Venice at sunset and – according to the legend – are tied together indefinitely.
But ten years later, they’ve almost forgotten about each other. That is, until fate starts to bring them together. Again. And again. And again. It doesn’t seem as wonderful as it had before, but if Nate’s not The One – then why on earth is it proving so hard to break up with him?
A funny and magical romantic comedy about what happens when every girl’s dream of finding her dream man comes very true indeed...
Hodder, coming August 2010
Do You Come Here Often?
What becomes of the broken-hearted?
Grace was only a teenager when she first had her heart broken by Jimi. But since then she's moved on and is engaged to Spencer, her Mr Right. Or is he?
You give love a bad name
Jimi has moved on too. He's getting married to Kylie. Until she jilts him days before their wedding...
More than a feeling?
So when Grace and Jimi bump into each other in their thirties they never expected to be single again. And they never expected to become the best of friends. But is that all there is between them? One thing is for sure - as the radio plays its late-night love songs, one girl is about to find out that the best lines can actually be the ones you write yourself...
A romantic comedy that looks at being single again, finding true love and how it can all get very, very complicated...
Hodder, January 2010
Who's That Girl?
If only you knew then what you know now…
Imagine you could go back ten years and meet your younger self – would you recognise her? And what advice would you give?
- Wear sunscreen
- Back away from those PVC trousers
- DON’T give that idiot your phone number
- Lemon juice won’t bleach your hair – it just attracts wasps…
- He's The One - don't let him get away
For Charlotte Merryweather, there’s no need to imagine. She’s about to find out for real. With some surprising consequences…
Alexandra Potter on Who's That Girl
If you would like to know more about Who's That Girl I have made a short video about the book and my inspiration behind it.
Hodder, January 2009
Me and Mr Darcy
Every girl is looking for their Mr Darcy...
After a string of disastrous relationships, Emily Albright has decided she’s had it with modern-day men.
Forget going out on dates, she’d rather curl up with Pride and Prejudice and step into a time where men were dashing, devoted and honourable, strode across fields in breeches, and weren’t into splitting the bill, two-timing and internet porn.
So when her best friend invites her to Mexico for a week of margaritas and men, Emily decides to book a guided tour of Jane Austen country instead. She knows she’s not going to find her dream man here. The coach tour is full of pensioners, apart from one Mr Spike Hargreaves, a foul-tempered journalist sent to write a piece on why Mr Darcy’s been voted the man most women would love to date.
But then she walks into a room and finds herself face-to-face with Darcy himself.
And every woman’s fantasy suddenly becomes one woman’s reality…
Hodder, June 2007
Be Careful What You Wish For
`I wish I could get a seat on the tube… I hadn’t eaten that entire bag of Maltesers… I could meet a man whose hobbies include washing up and monogamy…’
Heather Hamilton is always wishing for things. Not just big stuff - like world peace or for a date with Brad Pitt - but little, everyday wishes, made without thinking. With her luck, she knows they’ll never come true…
Until one day she buys some heather from a gypsy. Suddenly the bad hair days stop; a handsome American answers her ad for a housemate; and she starts seeing James - The Perfect Man - who sends her flowers, excels in the bedroom, and isn’t afraid to say `I love you’…
But are these wishes-come-true a blessing or a curse? And is there such a thing as too much foreplay?
Hodder, January 2006
Do You Come Here Often?
Mr Right… or Mr Alright For Now?
Grace never expected to wake up on her thirty-first birthday and realise that Mr Right had turned into Mr Wrong. She never expected to break off her engagement. But then she never expected to go on honeymoon with her ex-boyfriend either.
Set against the backdrop of a late-night radio show hosted by Dr Cupid who promises to sort out the love lives of his listeners, this is a romantic comedy that looks at what it’s like to be single again, about finding love, and how it can all get very, very complicated…
Black Swan, March 2004
Calling Romeo
If she’s Juliet, then where the hell is Romeo?
Juliet and Will are in a rut. After two years of living together the romance has fizzled out and been replaced by piles of dishes, dirty laundry and evenings spent slobbing in front of the TV. Things go from bad to worse when Will stands her up on Valentine’s Day.
So when she meets a sexy Italian called Sykes, who works at a rival advertising agency, and offers to whisk her away to Verona for a romantic weekend, she can’t help wondering if this is her very own Romeo…
Black Swan, September 2002
Going La La
What do you when your boyfriend tells you he wants space?
You give him six thousand miles of it…
Frankie’s life is falling apart. In less than a week she’s gone from having everything – a great job, lovely flat and gorgeous Hugh – to having nothing at all.
Devastated, she packs her bags and flies to Los Angeles to stay with an old friend. Her goal? To sort out her life and get over Hugh. She does not, repeat not, go to LA to fall in love with an American photographer called Reilly and get married in Vegas.
But what happens when Hugh wants her back? Who will she choose? And is it true that whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas…
Forth Estate, March 2001
What's New, Pussycat?
What do you do when your boyfriend of ten years proposes?
Shout yes, grab the diamond solitaire and take out a subscription to Brides magazine?
Or panic, and realise it’s time to leave.
Delilah has made a big decision.
She's leaving Yorkshire, leaving her boyfriend Lennie, and taking her Tom Jones collection, her pet whippet, Fatso and herself to the bright lights of the big city.
A chance encounter with Charlie, a TV producer, takes her to Notting Hill where she meets Vivienne, an eccentric Trustafarian and her friend, Sam, the sweet café owner. Down-to-earth Delilah is just what London is waiting for and thrown into a whirl of parties, high fashion and blonde highlights, it’s not long before she finds new love and a new life.
The only question is: Can she find herself?
Forth Estate, April 2000
© Alexandra Potter 2009