Nice Girls Do [Paperback]

'A classier offering than your usual chick lit - perfect if you like your romance served with a dash of history and horticulture'

(Daily Mail )

'A romantic and highly enjoyable read'

(Closer )

'This is a light but cleverly plotted read, with a great 'will they, won't they?' love story at its heart - though you're not quite sure which guy's the right one to root for. And for those with literary tastes, there's lots of symbolism to add a deeper level of interest'

(Glamour )

'A romantic and highly enjoyable read about the need to love'

(Closer )

'There's more than a hint of early Jilly Cooper about Sarah Duncan's second novel, so maybe it's no surprise to learn she spent part of her teenage years babysitting Cooper's children. It's a classier offering than your usual chick lit - perfect if you like your romance served with a dash of history and horticulture'

(Daily Mail )

'A romantic and highly enjoyable read about the need to love.'
Four Stars.

'A mix of sex, drugs and a mysterious 18th century garden lifts
this beyond the usual chick lit.'

'This is a light but cleverly plotted read, with a great 'will
they, won't they'?' love story at its heart - though you're not quite sure
which guy's the right one to root for. And for those with literary tastes,
there's lots of symbolism to add a deeper level of interest.'

'Sarah Duncan brings a satisfying touch of chick lit to the
potting shed.'

Anna can cope with gardens, especially the historic ones it's her job to research, but when it comes to love and relationships she has lost her way, following the collapse of her short-lived marriage. Then she meets Oliver, destined to inherit a magical eighteenth-century house and garden from his ageing grandmother, and a man who, unlike her, is more interested in the future than the past. But is Oliver's interest in Anna entirely straightforward, or does he have a secret agenda? Will, the gardener, claims he has, but then Will has secrets of his own, and a past as mysterious as the garden he looks after. As Anna gradually deciphers the secret history of the garden, she realises that only by learning to read the messages will she find a way through the wilderness to the hidden heart at the centre, and discover where her own future happiness lies.

(20061021)

Sarah Duncan's first novel, ADULTERY FOR BEGINNERS, was shortlisted for the Joan Hessayon New Writers Prize, and has sold to France, Holland, Norway, Portugal, Brazil, Spain and the USA. Before she took up writing and teaching, Sarah worked as an actor, most famously as Rodney's girlfriend 'before Cassandra' in ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES. She lives in Bath. (20061021)