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Chris Manby

Author of Girls Night In

54+ Works 2,613 Members 55 Reviews 4 Favorited

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Series

Works by Chris Manby

Girls Night In (2004) — Editor — 579 copies
Girls' Night Out (2006) — Editor — 225 copies
Girls' Night In (2000) — Editor — 174 copies
Seven Sunny Days (2003) 155 copies
Ready or Not? (2005) 126 copies
Girl Meets Ape (2004) 125 copies
Getting Personal (2002) 124 copies
Getting Over Mr. Right (2012) 93 copies
Lizzie Jordan's Secret Life (2000) 90 copies
The Matchbreaker (2005) 87 copies
Girls' Night Out/Boys' Night In (2001) — Editor & Contributor — 82 copies
Girls' Night In, Gentlemen by Invitation (2001) — Editor — 74 copies
Running Away from Richard (2001) 68 copies
Deep Heat (1999) 60 copies
Marrying for Money (2007) 59 copies
Flatmates (1997) 57 copies
Second Prize (1827) 48 copies
Vintage (2008) 43 copies
Crazy in Love (2009) 38 copies
Spa Wars (2008) 37 copies
Kate's Wedding (2011) 33 copies
A Proper Family Holiday (2014) 26 copies
A Proper Famly Adventure (2015) 17 copies
Priceless (2009) 17 copies
A Wedding at Christmas (2015) 16 copies
What I Did on My Holidays (2011) 16 copies
A Proper Family Christmas (2014) 14 copies
A Fairy Tale for Christmas (1807) 13 copies
Three Days in Florence (2019) 9 copies
The First Kiss (2013) 8 copies
Once in a Lifetime (2018) 8 copies
One More Kiss (2013) 6 copies
Temptation (2010) 4 copies
G-Strings (X Libris) (2000) 3 copies
Just In Case (2014) 2 copies
The Snow Baby (2014) 2 copies
Saying Goodbye to Tuesday (2021) 2 copies
Tras una máscara (2015) 1 copy
Připravená? (2006) 1 copy
Diary of a Crayon (2010) 1 copy
Jak rozchodit rozchod (2011) 1 copy
Tras el telón (2016) 1 copy

Associated Works

American Girls About Town (2004) — Contributor — 309 copies
In bed with … (2008) — Contributor — 56 copies
Short Stories (2004) — Contributor — 7 copies
Sunlounger 1 (2013) — Contributor — 6 copies

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Reviews

 
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LisaBergin | Apr 12, 2023 |
This was a joy to read from start to finish, each character had their own story to tell and had me smiling each time I turned a page. There are even recipes to follow which is an added bonus in my eyes.

I have always adored Chrissie’s work, she always makes a dark day bright. This book as with all of her work, should be on NHS Prescription as I am positive it will help many people feel better.
 
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TheReadingShed01 | 1 other review | Feb 25, 2023 |
The twist at the end of the book was really surprising. I totally didn't expect it.
 
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Nicole_girl | 1 other review | Mar 8, 2021 |
A lovely, light-hearted, easy, seasonal read of the chick lit variety, available as a Kindle Single.

Hailing originally from Gloucester, former Denmark Road school student Chrissie Manby apparently owes her career to achieving only a lower second class degree at Oxford, which meant that she had not scored sufficiently highly to get in the graduate programmes and therefore didn't become an accountant. (If only I'd worked a little less hard at Uni!)

Several very successful chick lit novels later, I doubt Manby regrets her degree result.

In this e-book novella, Milly Arnold loves Christmas; until, that is, her boyfriend of 11 months dumps her at the end of November. Despite not feeling at all festive, she joins in the family tradition of sending a letter to Santa Claus, listing the things she'd love for Christmas. And then she finds that all of her wishes start coming true. So what will happen if she wishes for a kiss that will change her life?

While it won't win any awards for literature, this is a lovely seasonal story that will leave you feeling warm and cosy. Settle yourself in front of the fire, with a glass of red wine and a bar of Galaxy, and get reading

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Statistics

Works
54
Also by
4
Members
2,613
Popularity
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Rating
3.2
Reviews
55
ISBNs
268
Languages
7
Favorited
4

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