Lucy Vine

'Lucy Vine's writing is so warm and funny– her books are the literary equivalent of an amazing girls' night out' BETH O'LEARY Sometimes the people who give the best advice are the worst at taking it. Liv's furious - but you'd never know. Morning telly's favourite relationship therapist has to stay cheery and composed. She's worked hard to build a non-nonsense, easy-breezy reputation. But when she's caught on video having a meltdown over tiramisu after her long-term boyfriend fails to propose, Liv goes viral for all the wrong reasons. Suddenly everyone knows the woman whose mantra is 'keep calm and carry a condom' can't keep her cool. Her boss gives her an ultimatum: anger management or unemployment. It should be easy enough. Except her therapist, Edward, is insufferable. Understanding, infuriatingly perceptive, and, worse, devastatingly attractive. Six sessions stand between Liv and returning to the life she’d built . . . she only has to resist Edward’s annoyingly hot, knowing stare. Praise for Lucy Vine 'By turns proper laugh-out-loud funny and heart in the mouth moving' MIKE GAYLE 'Her books are unapologetically fun and unabashed escapism' KIRSTY GREENWOOD ‘Opening a Lucy Vine book is the literary equivalent to cocktails with your girlfriends’ LINDSEY KELK

'Book Boyfriend is Lucy Vine at the absolute top of her game' MIKE GAYLE 'A proper love letter to love stories and the people who read them' DAISY BUCHANAN 'From belly laughs to heartfelt emotion, this book is absolute peak romcom' LINDSEY KELKJemma has lived a thousand lives through books. The only life she isn’t living is her own. That is, until the day she finds a note from a stranger in her favourite library book. When she replies, the pair begin a longhand conversation about their love of novels that sees Jemma finally coming out of her shell. Is she ready to fall in love for the first time – with someone she’s never met? Clara has always run away from her problems, but this might finally be one she can’t escape. Everyone wants to know what happened to Clara in America – but Clara isn’t talking. Instead she’s focusing all her energy obsessing over a hot new actor, starring in the TV adaptation of her twin Jemma's favourite book. Soon, Clara is reading every interview, trawling his social media, and following him to showbiz parties in the hopes he’ll notice she’s The One. As the sisters fall hard for two men they’ve never met, it’s time to ask the question: Can either relationship survive the real world?

Pre-order BOOK BOYFRIEND, the hilarious new romcom coming from Lucy Vine in Summer 2025. Ginny is about to turn 32. It’s a year she’s been thinking about for a long time because sixteen years ago she crossed paths with a psychic who made some key predictions about her thirty-second year . . . Three Bad Things: A heartbreak, a loss of independence and a death. Three Good Things: A life-changing trip, reconnecting with someone and meeting her soulmate. It's all nonsense – obviously! Especially since Ginny is getting married in a month. But when some of those pesky predictions start coming true, she finds herself wondering what will happen next . . . 'The perfect laugh-a-minute summer read' STYLIST

This anthology showcases the very best in humorous short story writing, by outstanding contemporary women writers, including Kathy Lette, Sadia Azmat, Lucy Vine, Josie Long, Paula Lennon, and many more. It includes the winning and shortlisted stories from the Comedy Women in Print Short Story Prize. From tales of a narcoleptic biscuit lover, con artists with a twist, and the accidental death of a hamster; to consequences of accidental gluing, the imagined world of extreme shopping, and the delightfully surreal world of canine dating, these 15 boldly imaginative stories range across a multitude of genres and themes. Each proves the power of the short story to disarm, tickle or simply entertain.

Smart, roligt och pirrigt om sju missade chanser och jakten på mr right. När 29 åriga Esther och hennes bästa vänner är ute, för att sörja ytterligare en misslyckad dejt i Esthers kärlekslösa liv, hittar de ett gammalt magasin. Halvt seriöst bläddrar hon fram till sidan om kärlek och relationer. Enligt artikeln i tidningen kan man ha sju olika typer av relationer i sitt liv, och någonstans bland dem finns den rätta. Första kärleken, jobbmisstaget, KK-relationen, reboundet, den missade chansen, idioten och den seriösa. Vännerna skrattar men Esther inser att hon alldeles för tydligt kan placera alla sina ex i varsin kategori. Hon bestämmer sig för att ta sig an uppdraget, trots att det innebär att hon måste träffa sina sju ex igen.

Nokkelan hauska ja samastuttava romaani tosirakkauden etsimisestä eksien joukosta. Kenestä ei olisi kannattanut luopua? Rakkauselämässään onneton Esther on viettämässä iltaa ystäviensä kanssa, kun hän sattuu löytämään vanhan naistenlehden. Lehden artikkelin mukaan naisella on seitsemän erilaista suhdetta ennen kuin hän löytää sen oikean: Ensirakkaus, Duunimoka, Sivusuhde, Kaveripano,Menetetty mahdollisuus, Mulkku ja Vakava juttu. Esther tajuaa, että hänen seitsemän eksäänsä sopivat näihin kuvauksiin vähän liiankin täydellisesti. Onko joku seitsemästä Estherin tosirakkaus, jonka hän on päästänyt käsistään? Hän päättää ottaa yhteyttä heistä jokaiseen. Alkaa jäljitys- ja stalkkausoperaatio täynnä kommelluksia, naurua ja kyyneleitä. Löytyykö sydämen mielitietty, vai onko tosirakkaus vain haavehöttöä?

A delightful rom-com about a woman who decides to revisit each of her seven exes, convinced that one of them is "the one who got away." Seven Exes. Seven Missed Chances. Who was the one who got away? Esther is nearing thirty, with a great job and a flat she shares with her two best friends, Bibi and Louise. But her life is missing that special someone. Tired of being single and sick of bad date after bad date, she thinks she's found the answer to her romance problem in an old women's magazine. According to the magazine's dating column, there are seven archetypes a woman will date before finding Mr. Right. It all seems silly at first, until Esther realizes she has exactly seven exes that match the profiles: The First Love, The Work Mistake, The Overlap, The Friend with Benefits, The Missed Chance, The Bastard, and The Serious One. Is it so hard to believe that perhaps one of them is The One? Deciding she must have left her true love in the reject pile, Esther contacts each of her old boyfriends. But finding her soulmate isn't as simple as she hoped it would be. Madness, mayhem, laughs, and tears ensue as she valiantly works her way through her past love life and faces up to her previous mistakes. It's an odyssey of the heart that will teach her a lot about herself . . . and just might lead her to the man of her dreams.

Tænk, hvis du havde mødt din eneste ene ... og droppet ham? Da Esther er ude med sine venner for at drukne sorgerne over sit sørgelige datingliv, finder hun et gammelt dameblad. På jagt efter et godt grin læser de højt fra en artikel, der påstår, at en kvinde kun vil møde syv forskellige mænd, før hun finder den eneste ene: Den Første Store Kærlighed Fejltagelsen På Arbejdspladsen Overlappet Bollevennen Den Forpassede Chance Røvhullet Den Seriøse Esthers eks’er passer perfekt til typerne, så hun må allerede have mødt sin eneste ene ... og droppet ham. For at rette op på fejlen, beslutter hun at opsøge dem alle igen for at se, om hendes store kærlighed faktisk ligger gemt i fortiden. Pressen skriver: ”Lucy Vines bøger er den litterære ækvivalent til en fantastisk tur i byen med veninderne.” – Beth O’Leary ”Latterfremkaldende, charmerende og nostalgisk blik på at fylde 30 og alt det rod, der følger med. Superb!” – Laura Jane Williams „Bridget Jones for Tinder-generationen.“ – Magasinet Closer om Hot Mess „Fik mig til at bryde sammen af grin.“ – Marian Keyes om Er vi der snart?

Nogle siger, at enhver rejse begynder med det første skridt … Den her begynder med en kæmpe bommert. Efter en fatal 30-års fødselsdag med for mange kedelige kærestepar, stærke shots og upassende sms’er til chefen, beslutter Alice, at der skal ske noget. Hun skal væk fra sit kedelige liv og opleve mere af verden på bedste Spis bed elsk-manér. Alice rejser afsted med målet om at realisere sig selv og møde en fyr eller to på vejen. Bevæbnet med en veludviklet forestillingsevne forvandler hun selv de dårligste dates til en #blessed-oplevelse på rejsebloggen. Men Alice må indse, at selvom hun rejser halvvejs rundt om kloden, så følger hendes problemer med, og uanset hvor stor afstand hun lægger mellem sig selv og det, hun helst vil glemme, så er nogle ting umulige at løbe fra. Hvis svarene hverken findes hjemme i London, i det glamourøse LA eller på en strand i Thailand, hvor kan de så være gemt?

The new laugh-out-loud, deliciously relatable story of female friendship from the bestselling author of HOT MESS'So VERY funny' Marian Keyes'Furiously, fiercely funny, warm and uplifting' Daisy Buchanan'Warm, nostalgic and laugh-out-loud funny' Beth O'Leary'Ferociously funny' RED Magazine'Heartwarming, heart-shattering and hilarious' Isy Suttie***Two friends. Two decades. One big mistake... Nat and Zoe have always shared everything. Hopeless crushes, emergency tampons, messy sex stories, work triumphs, those days where you can't stop crying in the loos, those days where you can't stop dancing on the bar. They even share the same birthday, FFS. The struggle is real, but they'll always have each other. Except best friends forever is a hard promise to keep... Eye-wateringly hilarious, tender and true, this a story about growing up, falling apart, and the friendships that hold us together.***Praise for Bad Choices:'Brutally funny, painfully accurate, unfailingly warm and wise' Lauren Bravo'Genius... I loved it' Lindsey Kelk'Funny, sad, moving, joyous... One Day for people who make their friends the priority' Caroline Hulse'Outrageously good' Helly Acton'Utterly hilarious, moving, relatable and full of nostalgia and heart. Perfection' Lia Louis'Full of heart, nostalgia and classic Lucy Vine comedy' Olivia Beirne'A laugh-out-loud read about growing up, falling apart and the special bond that is female friendship' CLOSER'Deliciously entertaining' Sara Ella Ozbek'Lucy at her most divine' Hannah Doyle'Hilarious and extremely relatable' Anna Bell'Lucy never fails to make me laugh out loud' Paige Toon

'Made me scream laughing. I enjoyed it SO much' Marian Keyes'Have you ever messed up so badly you had to leave the country? This feelgood journey contains one of the best vagina jokes ever. We didn't want it to end' Heat MagazineAlice is turning thirty and is stuck in a rut. Her friends are all coupling up and settling down, while she's still working as a temp, trying (and failing) not to shag her terrible ex, getting thrown out of clubs, and accidentally sexting her boss... She decides to throw caution to the wind and jets off on a round-the-world adventure to #FindTheFun and find herself. Of course, she's no more likely to find the answer to true happiness on the beach in Thailand than she is at the electric beach in Tooting, but at least in Thailand there's paddleboard yoga. Can Alice find happiness on her travels? Or is she more likely to lose herself all over again...?'Really, really funny, but also kind of heart wrenching' Sophie Kinsella'Hilarious and touching' Louise O'Neill 'Warning: read this book and you will doubtless snort with laughter in inappropriate public places. Quite simply, #brilliant' Ella Dove'Her best work yet: it's funner, it's more tender . . . You need to have this in your beach bag' Laura Jane Williams'I tore through this quicker than a duty-free Toblerone . . . Wickedly funny and painfully perceptive' Lauren Bravo'Utterly addictive and utterly charming...her best yet' Daisy Buchanan'A bawdy breath of fresh air' Sunday Mirror

'Totally relatable and hilarious - one of the best books I've read' - Heat'Laugh-out-loud funny. Truly, the Bridget Jones for our generation' - Louise O'NeillWhat do you get if you cross a dozen drunk hens with one shiny Butler in the Buff? Meet Lilah Fox. She's on the hen do from hell. Then she gets a message (44 of them, actually) from her best friend with big news: she's getting married in six months. Oh, and Lilah's her maid of honour. Which means she just got signed up for:- A military schedule of wedding fairs and weekly planning meetings- Excel spreadsheets and endless hen emails- All the enforced, expensive fun you can imagine... What fresh hell is this?**********Everyone loves Lucy Vine:'So ridiculously accurate I had to take a lie down from all my genuine laughing-out-loud' Laura Jane Williams'Relatable to the max...fans of Hot Mess will love it' Grazia'Feisty, fresh, gag-packed comedy' Daily Mirror'Brilliantly written' Daily Mail'Very funny and a joy to read! I adored it!' Joanna Bolouri, bestselling author of The List'I LOVED this. Caps for emphasis... This is relatable AF and you need it in your life' Hanna Doyle'One of my very favourite writers... It's wildly funny AND about my very favourite genre of everything - painfully obsessive wedding planning. I inhaled this. If you like laughing a lot, I recommend that you pre order immediately' Daisy Buchanan'What Fresh Hell is so brilliantly, hilariously, on-point about the nutso psychology of hen dos. For anyone whose ever found themselves thinking, "Oh £260 for the weekend. That's not too bad." READ IT' Holly Bourne

Hot Mess [n.] – en, der er tiltrækkende, men ikke har styr på en skid. Har du nogensinde dukket op til brunch søndag morgen, stadig med lugten af lørdag nat hængende omkring dig? Valgt din seng, Netflix og pizza i stedet for menneskelig kontakt? Været den, der kunne underholde venneflokken med fortællinger om dine tinderdates fra helvede? Så mød 29-årige Ellie Knight. Hendes liv er ikke blevet, helt som hun havde tænkt sig det. Hun hader sit job, alle hendes venner har fundet den seriøse, eneste ene og de fleste med babygylp ned ad nakken. Og hendes roomies er rent ud sagt bizarre. Men hvem har egentlig styr på sit liv, når det kommer til alt? Hot Mess er blevet kaldt Bridget Jones for Tinder-generationen. En livsbekræftende og latterfremkaldende roman om at overleve dates fra helvede, chefer fra ditto og det kvælende pres fra venner, familie og omverdenen om, at man ikke kan være lykkelig uden en bedre halvdel. Om at finde sin egen vej gennem tilværelsens labyrint – og at det er helt okay ikke at have styr på sit liv! ”Hot Mess vil få dig til at føle dig mindre ensom og stolt af at være den uperfekte helt i dit eget liv.” – Emma Gannon ”En vanvittig sjov bog, som alle singler alle steder vil kunne relatere til.” – The Sun ”Et friskt pust, der behændigt vender vrangen ud på nogle af chicklittens største klicheer. Du er garanteret mindst et øjebliks total genkendelse pr. kapitel.” – Stylist ”En respektløs og interessant roman om, hvordan der er andet i livet end at finde den eneste ene.” – Glamour ”Hot Mess har du-er-ved-at-dø-af-grin-øjeblikke på hver eneste side. Vanvittigt sjovt og ægte.” –Heat ”Det sjoveste, jeg har læst i meget, meget langt tid.” – Cosmpolitan ”Lucy Vine er altid vanvittigt sjov og med Hot Mess overfører hun sin unikke, skarpe blik på det at være single og millennial. Jeg ville swipe til højre for Hot Mess.” – Grazia ”Denne bog vil få dig til at grine højt og minde dig om, at du ikke er alene. En Bridget Jones for Tinder-generationen.” – Closer ”Mere selvstændig og rapkæftet end Carrie Bradshaw, mere 2017 end Bridget Jones. Dette er sjovt, tilfredsstillende læsning til alle dem, der ikke har alle svarene på, hvad der er det perfekte liv.” – Woman’s way

Hot Mess [n.] - someone attractive, who is often in disarray. Have you ever shown up to Sunday brunch still smelling of Saturday night? Chosen bed, Netflix and pizza over human contact? Stayed in your mould-ridden flat because it's cheap? Meet your spirit animal, Ellie Knight. Her life isn't turning out exactly as she planned. She hates her job, her friends are coupling up and settling down, and her flatmates are just plain weird. Some people might say she's a hot mess but who really has their sh*t together anyway? For fans of Fleabag and Girls, this is a fresh and funny coming-of-age story with a single-girl heroine that will speak to millennials everywhere. Everyone is talking about Hot Mess - the hilarious laugh-out-loud Bridget Jones for a new generation:'More lifestyle-affirming than Bridget Jones' Sarah Knight, author of The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck'If you love dirty jokes, dating horror stories and hilarious dialogue, this book is for you' Emma Gannon, author and podcast host of Ctrl Alt Delete'I laughed and sighed with recognition as I turned every page' Daisy Buchanan, author of How To Be a Grown-Up