Wendy Holden

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1998
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Right Royal Romantic Comedy

Marrying Up (Aug-2012)

Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • The Full Monty

    The Full Monty is a brilliant and original comedy about six men driven to face their fears of inadequacy and loss in hard times. Broke, out of work and on the verge of losing their wives and children, they come up with a desperate, brilliant plan: Ma...

  • Waking Ned

    Inspired by a true story, Waking Ned is an hilarious novelisation of a new film about everyone's dream -- to win the lottery. Set in Southern Ireland in the tiny coastal village ot Tulaigh Morh, Waking Ned is the comic tale of Jackie O'Shea and Micha...

  • Simply Divine

    Champagne looked pointedly at Jane's dress. "I tried that one on," she said sweetly. "But it looked cheap and nasty on me." She paused. "Suits you, though." Champagne D'Vyne is a celebrity socialite with a charmed life -- and a mania for men,...

  • Bad Heir Day

    "Deliciously wicked and hugely entertaining.” -- BooklistAnna’s boyfriend is impossibly handsome, impossibly rich, and generally just impossible. When he inevitably dumps her, she vows to give up men and throws herself into her career as an aspi...

  • Farm Fatale

    A witty, beloved novel of heart and heartland, Farm Fatale skewers the culture clash of city vs. country in the snappy, observant style that made Wendy Holden famous. Cash-strapped Rosie and her boyfriend Mark are city folk longing for a country cot...

  • Gossip Hound

    Grace Armiger's humdrum professional life as a publicist for a London publisher and personal life with a nagging mother, dishonest boyfriend, and dismal apartment are turned upside down by a chance encounter with a famous celebrity and by ruthless ta...

  • Azur Like It

    A witty, winning escapade through the south of France from the internationally bestselling author of Gossip Hound.

    The only intrepid reporter in her hometown hamlet, Kate Clegg has dreams of parlaying her dead-end job at the Mercury, or Mock...

  • The Wives of Bath

    Bath, England--the swanky town once home to ancient Roman spas and Jane Austen heroines--is the setting for Wendy Holden's brilliant new novel. Birthing class brings together two sets of expectant parents who couldn't be more different. Hugo and his ...

  • School for Husbands

    Neil and Sarah are the ultimate happy couple. Until, that is, Neil's new job leaves Sarah alone to juggle the baby, domestic drudgery, and her own career. When Neil fails to come home one night, Sarah rushes home to her mother, who has always wished ...



  • Beautiful People

    A witty, utterly addictive novel from bestselling author Wendy Holden, Beautiful People is a tale wicked in its observations yet buoyant at its heart: an irresistible confection you'll want to devour immediately. Darcy-a struggling English rose ac...

  • Gifted and Talented

    It's the new university term among the dreaming spires. The start of a whole new life.

    Meet Isabel, beautiful, clever, shy - and leaving home for the first time.

    Meet Olly, recently graduated, idealistic and a little hopeless, a man wh...

  • Marrying Up

    A Right Royal Romantic Comedy

    Beautiful but broke student Polly and scheming social climber Alexa may have grown up in the same place, but they couldn't be more different. Polly's just fallen for Max, a handsome country vet. But Alexa can't be bothered with love -- any guy with a...

  • The Sense of Paper

    ""Think for a moment what paper means to people. How ubiquitous it is in everyday life….A material of paradoxes, it can be used and abused in a thousand ways and still be the same under its skin. It is the embodiment of man's achievement, yet ...

  • Haatchi and Little B

  • Born Survivors

  • Laura Lake and the Hipster Weddings

    A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that fans of The Devil Wears Prada and Sophie Kinsella will love!
    'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER.
    'Funny and smart' INDIA KNIGHT.
    'Total bliss' DAILY MAIL.

    Laura Lak...

  • Laura Lake and Luxury Press Trip

    Laura Lake is the deputy editor of glossy mag Society. She's been asked to write an exclusive on celebrity getaway Coconut Cay, a private paradise belonging to billionaire businessman James Redmond.

    When a couple of pompous journalists...

  • Three Weddings and a Scandal

    She'll need a triple-barreled name for the castle one. She'll need a gallon of glitter for the woodland one. She'll need a lobster-shaped hat for the Shoreditch one. Laura Lake longs to be a journalist. Instead she's an unpaid intern at a glossy maga...

  • Last of the Summer Moet

    TREAT YOURSELF to a sparkling romantic comedy... Last of the Summer Moët is a bottle of champagne in book form!

    'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER.
    'Funny and smart' INDIA KNIGHT.
    'Total bliss' DAILY MAIL....



  • A View to a Kilt

    Forget about Cool Britannia and Gallic Chic. Scotland is having a fashion moment...
    'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER.
    'Funny and smart' INDIA KNIGHT.
    'Total bliss' DAILY MAIL.

    London's most glamor...

  • The Cruelty of Beauty

    A beautiful glassmaker. Two damaged men who love her. Set in exotic Bohemia and the wilderness of an English coast, this is a story of obsession and passion and fear... When Ben meets glassmaker Katerina at a London art gallery he quickly falls under...

  • The Governess

  • The Royal Governess

    Sunday Times bestselling author Wendy Holden brings to life the unknown childhood years of one of the world’s most famous figures, Queen Elizabeth II, and reveals the spirited young governess who made her the icon we love today -- a story that has...

  • The Duchess

    It was a love so strong, a king renounced his kingdom -- all for that woman. Or was she just an escape route for a monarch who never wanted to rule? Bestselling author Wendy Holden takes an intimate look at one of the most notorious scandals of the 2...

  • The Princess

    "Readers are transported to 1961 Britain in this fascinating tale about beloved Princess Diana....What follows is an astonishing story of Diana's route to the altar and beyond." -- Woman's WorldThe whole world saw Diana Spencer step from a gilded car...

  • Kavanagh Q.C.

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    Against a sometimes conspiratorial atmosphere in chambers, lawyer James Kavanagh's cases include defending a British ambassador's daughter accused of murder, and a Stateside visit to represent a murderer on Death Row. Back in Britain, fraternal jeal...

  • Pastures Nouveaux

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    The witty new novel from number one bestselling author of "Simply Divine" and "Bad Heir Day". Artist Rosie has always dreamed of a peaceful country cottage - but once she gets what she wants she finds out that village life is not the way she predicte...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Wendy Holden has published 27 books.

Wendy Holden does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Princess, was published in August 2023.

The first book by Wendy Holden, The Full Monty, was published in March 1998.

Yes. Wendy Holden has 1 series.
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