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Out of the Blue
Dec 31, 2025 1:01 PM

Author:Belinda Jones

Out of the Blue

If you want a dose of escapism, then look no further than bestselling author Belinda Jones's sparkling and sizzlingly seductive comedy set on the island of Crete. Fans of Jo Thomas, Lindsey Kelk, Sophie Kinsella and Paige Toon will not be disappointed!

'A cut above most romantic comedies...a gem' -- Woman's Own

'Perfect summer fun' - Sun

'This zippy tale is the perfect read for anyone who likes their food tasty and their men even tastier' - Cosmopolitan

'Absolutely loved this book...Belinda Jones never fails to deliver' -- ***** Reader review

'Had me hooked from the start and couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review

'I read this book every summer and have lent it out to all my friends. Such a lovely story. You will find yourself totally besotted. It's my favourite book' -- ***** Reader review

'This book is definitely worth a read as it cheers you up on a rainy day and really does make you feel like you have gone on holiday' -- ***** Reader review

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HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS...BUT WHAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR HOME IS?

Selena Harper has always thought she has the perfect job: working on a luxury cruise ship, she's whisked around the world from Alaska to Zanzibar with excitement and adventure awaiting her in every port.

But as she prepares for her latest shore-leave, she finds herself unexpectedly deserted by her newly-engaged best friend and begins to wonder if life on the ocean wave really is her dream come true.

Why is she the only one who isn't settling down? And how can she be feeling homesick when she has no home?

On a whim, she agrees to spend a week on the idyllic island of Crete, in the company of Alekos, a man she's convinced is an incorrigible womaniser. Steeped in mythology, the island soon starts to work its magic on Selena - and, more worryingly, so does Alekos.

Is he really the cad she thinks he is? Or could he be just what she needs?

Reviews

This zippy tale is the perfect holiday read for anyone who likes their food tasty and their men even tastier

—— Cosmopolitan

Perfect summer fun

—— Sun

Top holiday reading!

—— Closer

A wise and witty read about the secret desires within us

—— Marie Claire

As essential as your SPF 15

—— New Woman

Deliciously entertaining

—— heat

The Teahouse Fire is a novel as exquisitely intricate and carefully presented as the tea ceremonies it depicts. It is a masterful act, and a most captivating portrait of a changing society. A book to savour

—— Matt Haig, author of Dead Fathers Club

With meticulous detail and exquisite sensuality, Avery invites us into a lost world on the brink of transformation. The Teahouse Fire is an absolute spellbinder

—— Emma Donoghue, author of SLAMMERKIN

Fans of historical fiction, as well as those with an appetite for all things Japanese, should consider Ellis Avery's The Teahouse Fire... This brims with intricate details about Japanese culture: the ways of the samurai, the different castes, the role of women

—— USA Today

Wodehouse is so utterly, properly, simply funny

—— Adele Parks

I've recorded all the Jeeves books, and I can tell you this: it's like singing Mozart. The perfection of the phrasing is a physical pleasure. I doubt if any writer in the English language has more perfect music

—— Simon Callow

Wodehouse was quite simply the Bee's Knees. And then some

—— Joseph Connolly

I constantly find myself drooling with admiration at the sublime way Wodehouse plays with the English language

—— Simon Brett

Quite simply, the master of comic writing at work

—— Jane Moore

To pick up a Wodehouse novel is to find oneself in the presence of genius - no writer has ever given me so much pure enjoyment

—— John Julius Norwich

Compulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt - or a sense of humour!

—— Lindsey Davis

The Wodehouse wit should be registered at Police HQ as a chemical weapon

—— Kathy Lette

Witty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny

—— Arabella Weir

The funniest writer ever to put words to paper

—— Hugh Laurie

The greatest comic writer ever

—— Douglas Adams

P.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century

—— Sebastian Faulks

Sublime comic genius

—— Ben Elton

You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour

—— Stephen Fry

You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour

—— Stephen Fry
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