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Authors: Claudia Carroll

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Just as prejudiced as I was. But whenever it does happen, I’ll just laugh it off and say yes, I know what you’re thinking, because that’s what I first thought too. But guess what? I was well wrong and so are you.’

I suppose the moral of my tale is this; don’t judge anything by its cover … you might just be very surprised.’

So there you have it, girlfriends everywhere.

You might well think that Valentine’s Day is complete rubbish and I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with you there. ‘A Hallmark holiday,’ my mother dismissively sniffs, claiming that back in her day, it just didn’t exist. Then of course, some bright spark sitting in a skyscraper on Madison Avenue, who I’d say scores of women would now want to disembowel if they ever met him, decreed that the gap between Christmas and Easter was just too long, and card companies needed something in between to keep their quarterly revenues looking rosy. And now here the rest of us all are, stuck with it, whether we like it or not.

Single people despise it, and with good reason; I mean, come on, who actually enjoys going to the newsagents only to have to battle your way through gakky heart shaped helium balloons and piles stacked high of garish pink and red overpriced chocolates? And you wonder; are these just ‘grab something at the last minute to keep herself happy’, type impulse buys for fellas, who know they’ll be murdered for daring to come home on the big day empty-handed?

Nor is it a barrel of laughs for couples either. The pressure of trying to be romantic, just because the card companies and newsagents decree it. And you just try getting a last-minute restaurant reservation on the big night, so you can pay hyper-inflated prices just to sit there looking at other stressed-out-looking couples all doing exactly the same thing.

But all I’m saying, is let’s try to get beyond this and see the bigger picture. Believe me I know from long and bitter experience all about being alone.

But I also know that romance is out there, and for all of us. After all, if I can meet someone, I know anyone can.

So if you’re reading this and you’re single, please let me leave you with this one final message.

Do not, I repeat, do NOT despair. Because trust me, he is out there. Somewhere.

And he’s just waiting for you …

Happy Valentine’s Day, keep the faith and much love,

From
,

Eloise Elliot

xxxxxxx

About the Author

Claudia Carroll was born in Dublin, where she still lives and works as a full-time writer.

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Where’s a magic wand when you need one .

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Jessie Woods absolutely believes in fairytale endings. So would you if you had a high flying career as a daredevil TV host, a palatial pink mansion, and the dream boyfriend.

But, quicker than you can say ‘Cinderella’, her life falls to pieces and suddenly her prince isn’t quite so charming, her party-loving friends disappear and even her faithful friend Visa no longer loves her …

Utterly heartbroken and jobless, Jessie is forced back home, to live with her stepmum and two evil stepsisters.

Is it time for her to give up on the dream – or will Jessie learn that happy endings can come in the strangest of places?

Claudia Carroll presents a tale of princes who turn out to be frogs, Manolo Blahnik glass slippers and not-so-happily-ever-afters …

‘It bubbles and sparkles like pink champagne.’ Patricia Scanlan

ISBN: 978-1-84756-208-1

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

What happens when two people decide to give themselves the year off … from each other?

Annie and Dan were the perfect couple. But now the not-so-newly weds feel more like flatmates than soul mates and wonder where all the fun and fireworks went …

When Annie lands her big break in a smash-hit show that’s heading for Broadway, she’s over the moon. Goodbye remote Irish village, hello fabulous Big Apple! But with their relationship already on the rocks, how will Annie and Dan survive the distance?

They’re hitting the pause button on their marriage. One year off from each other – no strings attached, except a date to meet in twelve months at the Rockefeller Centre to decide their fate.

Will they both turn up? Or is it too late for love?

Lose yourself in a fabulously entertaining and poignant love story – perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Marian Keyes.

‘Hilarious, effervescent, heart-warming.’
Irish Independent

ISBN: 978-1-84756-210-4

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

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Claudia Carroll asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Source ISBN: 9781847562722

Ebook Edition © July 2012 ISBN: 9780007494101

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