Last Chance Saloon

*** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2022*** Discover the gorgeously funny and heartwarming bestseller about final chances from the No 1. bestselling author of Grown Ups 'Moving, relatable and infinitely tender' INDEPENDENT 'Plenty of heart, lots of laughs, and a fantastic twist in the tail' COSMOPOLITAN ___________ 'Love is blind, there was no doubt about it. In Tara's case it was also deaf, dumb, dyslexic, had a bad hip and the beginnings of Alzheimer's . . .' Tara, Katherine and Fintan have been best friends since they were teenagers. Now in their early thirties, they've been living it up in London for ten years. But what have they to show for a decade of hedonism? Sure, Tara's got a boyfriend - but only because she's terrified of spending five minutes alone. Katherine, on the other hand, has a neatness fetish that won't let anyone too close to mess up her life. And Fintan? Well, he has everything. Until he learns that without your health, you've got nothing . . . All three are drinking in the last chance saloon and they're about to discover that if you don't change your life, life has a way of changing you . . . 'A comforting doorstopper of a read that's as addictive as solitaire' Daily Mail ___________ Praise for Marian Keyes 'An outstanding writer and chronicler of our times' Independent on Sunday 'Mercilessly funny' Times 'The voice of a generation' Daily Mirror

Soul searching was an unfamiliar exercise to Bill Stratton, and he found it intriguing as well as painful. He hadn't had much occasion for it in his life, given that he was fairly shallow, but then, on the verge of his sixtieth birthday, his wife told him she was leaving him for another man. He'd been under the impression they had a happy marriage. She assured him that for nearly forty years, in fact since the second week of their honeymoon, she'd known she was married to the wrong person. This all came as a bit of a shock to Bill. Hence the soul searching. Brought up to be a responsible sort of chap, and hitting young adulthood just the wrong side of the sixties, Bill had not had much experience of dating (or sex, for that matter) before he met and married Andrea. Post menopausal dating might be very different to dating in your twenties or thirties, but then he didn't know much about either scene. Still, as a mildly famous television newsreader who'd managed to hold on to (most of) his looks, it seemed he was about to have plenty of opportunities to find out. Simon Brett is the winner of The CWA Diamond Dagger 2014.

Brett Cassidy, professional gunfighter, has hung up his guns for the peaceful life of a trapper, but one day he receives an urgent letter from a beautiful young widow. The settlers in Lonesome Valley need him. Cheyenne war smoke is rising, and a greedy saloon owner and his hired guns are making life hell for the widow and her friends. Strapping on his guns for one last time, Brett rides to help the homesteaders in their hour of need. But he's alone and faces a stacked deck in the final showdown in the Last Chance Saloon.

Hannah, a woman in her sixties, thought she had found her last chance at love with Joe. But everything changes when Eamonn, an actor more than twenty years her junior, moves to their village, leaving behind his Hollywood lifestyle and a toxic marriage. Eamonn has returned to Ireland to be closer to his terminally ill father and is in search of inner tranquillity. He finds this with Hannah, who can offer him the peace and security that he needs. Despite Eamonn being smitten with Hannah, she resists him, feeling a little suspicious of his advances and questioning his motives. As well as having loyalty to Joe, she also carries the memory of a past trauma that has prevented her from enjoying her life to the full. Can Hannah forget her fears and suspicions and finally allow herself to be happy with Eamonn? A heart-warming story of love, healing and second chances set in Ireland.

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