‘A magnificent storyteller who defies categorisation’ Guardian

‘Few writers have brought such joy to the nation’ Harper’s Bazaar

‘Jilly Cooper’s non-fiction is just as entertaining as her novels’ Pandora Sykes

‘Being prepared is the secret to a more harmonious Christmas. If Joseph had booked a room in advance, Jesus would not have been born in a stable.’

Christmas is looming.

Will your mother-in-law present you with yet another hideous jersey this year? How are you going to cope with Granny’s dog or the ghastly in-laws? Has the row about where to spend the holiday already started, though summer is not yet a distant memory?

Never fear: Jilly Cooper has the answer to everything.

Whether you should seek refuge in the cooking sherry or suggest a wholesome family walk, Jilly offers sound but often hilarious advice about how to get through the roller-coaster ride that is the festive season.

Praise for the legendary Jilly Cooper:

‘Cooper was a master at serving relatability […]. She majored on joy, pleasure, tenderness, and romance’ The Standard

‘There is no one else like Cooper’ Guardian

‘The queen of glamorous escapism‘ Woman & Home

‘The funniest and sharpest writer there is’ Jenny Colgan, bestselling author of The Christmas Bookshop

‘Jilly Cooper is the very best’ Daily Mail

‘Hilarious, witty, wise, astute [and] flawlessly entertaining’ Helen Fielding, bestselling author of Bridget Jones’s Diary

‘Jilly is a genius’ Clare Pooley, bestselling author of The Authenticity Project

‘No one else can make me laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time, quite like Jilly Cooper’ Gill Sims, bestselling author of Why Mummy Drinks

Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024

Everyone wants to get on top . . .

‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’ – Marian Keyes
‘Pure, unadulterated joy‘ – Sophie Kinsella
‘Hilarious, witty, wise, astute [and] flawlessly entertaining‘ – Helen Fielding

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Welcome to the 80s, the decade of decadence?

The glamorous, cutthroat world of 1980s British television is all about power, a time when the affluent elite exist in a bubble of immense wealth and influence, and will use any means to get what they want. Lord Baddingham is desperate to retain his Corinium TV franchise, and to do so he’s hired Declan O’Hara, an Irish talk show mega-star. Baddingham has also enticed on board Cameron Cook, a gorgeous and brash executive, to produce Declan’s program. But Declan and Cameron detest each other, soon provoking a storm of controversy.

Enter into the fray everyone’s favourite hate-to-love-him bad-boy, Rupert Campbell-Black. As a rival group emerges to pitch for the franchise, reputations ripen and decline, true love blossoms and burns, marriages are made and shattered, and everyone is competing-in bed and in the boardroom-to come out on top.

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PRAISE FOR DAME JILLY COOPER

‘Joyful and mischievous. I know of no woman my age who won’t admit that Rupert Campbell-Black nearly ruined them for other men for life . . .’ – Jojo Moyes
‘Jilly Cooper is the funniest and the sharpest writer there is’ – Jenny Colgan
‘A combination of drama, sex, and good social comedy … unputdownable‘ The Sunday Times
‘Jilly Cooper is the very best … elegant, glamourous, wonderful fun‘ Daily Mail

Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024

Jilly Cooper’s legendary hero returns!

Rupert Campbell-Black, all-conquering racehorse owner-trainer and handsomest man in England, is in the darkest of places. His adored wife, Taggie, is about to undergo chemotherapy. His beloved leading stallion has been assassinated.

Now his daughter Bianca is badgering him to buy into a failing local football club, Searston Rovers, so he can sign up her superstar striker boyfriend, Feral Jackson, and he and Bianca can return home from Perth to look after Taggie.

Rupert dislikes football and his first impressions of Searston are distinctly unfavourable. But as their new and indelibly competitive Chairman, he won’t stand for anything less than an Everest climb to the top of the Premier League.

With the help of the club’s ravishing and adorable secretary, Tember West, and his sassy Press Officer, Dora Belvedon, he becomes increasingly fond of his riotous mix of players, despite bawling them out whenever they face defeat.

Rupert’s explosive arrival at Searston causes outrage, so the fights are as furious off the field as on – particularly when glamorous WAGS flood in to stir up trouble and lust after Rupert?

Nor do the rival local football team, their duplicitous chairman and their corrupt dealings make things easier – let the scandals, sabotage and seductions begin?

‘Bursting with fun, puns, and shenanigans’ – Jill Mansell

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Jilly Cooper’s legendary hero returns!

Rupert Campbell-Black, all-conquering racehorse owner-trainer and handsomest man in England, is in the darkest of places. His adored wife, Taggie, is about to undergo chemotherapy. His beloved leading stallion has been assassinated.

Now his daughter Bianca is badgering him to buy into a failing local football club, Searston Rovers, so he can sign up her superstar striker boyfriend, Feral Jackson, and he and Bianca can return home from Perth to look after Taggie.

Rupert dislikes football and his first impressions of Searston are distinctly unfavourable. But as their new and indelibly competitive Chairman, he won’t stand for anything less than an Everest climb to the top of the Premier League.

With the help of the club’s ravishing and adorable secretary, Tember West, and his sassy Press Officer, Dora Belvedon, he becomes increasingly fond of his riotous mix of players, despite bawling them out whenever they face defeat.

Rupert’s explosive arrival at Searston causes outrage, so the fights are as furious off the field as on – particularly when glamorous WAGS flood in to stir up trouble and lust after Rupert?

Nor do the rival local football team, their duplicitous chairman and their corrupt dealings make things easier – let the scandals, sabotage and seductions begin?

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Praise for Jilly Cooper:

‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’ Marian Keyes
‘A combination of drama, sex and good social comedy . . . unputdownable’ Sunday Times
‘Flawlessly entertaining’ Helen Fielding
‘Jilly Cooper is the very best . . . elegant, glamorous, wonderful fun’ Daily Mail
‘Joyful and mischievous’ Jojo Moyes

Jilly Cooper’s observations from her days as a much-loved newspaper columnist cover everything to do with sex, socialising and survival – from marriage, friendship and the minutiae of family life, to the tedium of going to visit people for the weekend, the stress of hosting dinner parties and the descent of middle age.

Entertaining and full of heart, this classic collection of journalism from the legendary author explores the highs and lows of everyday life with wit, wisdom and warmth.

Praise for Jilly Cooper:
‘Joyful and mischievous’ Jojo Moyes
‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable’ Marian Keyes
‘Flawlessly entertaining’ Helen Fielding

Jilly Cooper’s observations from her days as a much-loved newspaper columnist cover everything to do with sex, socialising and survival – from marriage, friendship and the minutiae of family life, to the tedium of going to visit people for the weekend, the stress of hosting dinner parties and the descent of middle age.

Entertaining and full of heart, this classic collection of journalism from the legendary author explores the highs and lows of everyday life with wit, wisdom and warmth.

Praise for Jilly Cooper:
‘Joyful and mischievous’ Jojo Moyes
‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable’ Marian Keyes
‘Flawlessly entertaining’ Helen Fielding

Everybody loves Jilly Cooper:
‘Sex and horses: who could ask for more?’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Joyful and mischeivous’ Jojo Moyes
‘A delight from start to finish’ Daily Mail
‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable’ Marian Keyes
‘Escape into an alternative universe in which all is right with the world’ Guardian
‘Flawlessly entertaining’ Helen Fielding

‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’ Marian Keyes
‘Flawlessly entertaining’ Helen Fielding
‘Joyful and mischievous’ Jojo Moyes

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Brooding hero Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands even the most difficult horse or woman is charmed, is driven by his loathing of the dashing darling of the show ring, Rupert Campbell-Black. Having pinched each other’s horses and drunk their way around the capitals of Europe, the feud between the two men finally erupts with devastating consequences at the Los Angeles Olympics . . .

A classic bestseller, Riders takes the lid off international show jumping, a sport where the brave horses are almost human, but the humans behave like animals.

‘Sex and horses: who could ask for more?’ Sunday Telegraph

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Readers can’t resist Riders
‘wildly entertaining’
‘pure racy escapism’
‘Rupert really is as fabulous as people say!’

Everyone wants to get on top . . .

‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’ – Marian Keyes
‘Pure, unadulterated joy‘ – Sophie Kinsella
‘Hilarious, witty, wise, astute [and] flawlessly entertaining‘ – Helen Fielding

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Welcome to the 80s, the decade of decadence?

The glamorous, cutthroat world of 1980s British television is all about power, a time when the affluent elite exist in a bubble of immense wealth and influence, and will use any means to get what they want. Lord Baddingham is desperate to retain his Corinium TV franchise, and to do so he’s hired Declan O’Hara, an Irish talk show mega-star. Baddingham has also enticed on board Cameron Cook, a gorgeous and brash executive, to produce Declan’s program. But Declan and Cameron detest each other, soon provoking a storm of controversy.

Enter into the fray everyone’s favourite hate-to-love-him bad-boy, Rupert Campbell-Black. As a rival group emerges to pitch for the franchise, reputations ripen and decline, true love blossoms and burns, marriages are made and shattered, and everyone is competing-in bed and in the boardroom-to come out on top.

_______________________

PRAISE FOR DAME JILLY COOPER

‘Joyful and mischievous. I know of no woman my age who won’t admit that Rupert Campbell-Black nearly ruined them for other men for life . . .’ – Jojo Moyes
‘Jilly Cooper is the funniest and the sharpest writer there is’ – Jenny Colgan
‘A combination of drama, sex, and good social comedy … unputdownable‘ The Sunday Times
‘Jilly Cooper is the very best … elegant, glamourous, wonderful fun‘ Daily Mail

Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024