Darling Island Series by Polly Babbington

Lucie Peachtree is feeling all the Darling Island feels; picnics on the beach, long evenings watching the sun go down, and dipping into the waters of Darling Bay.As she revels in life in the old coastguard’s house, it seems as if everything is going her way, from her romance, to her job, to her small, but busy, business.We watch the love story from the sidelines and swoon in excitement as the biggest moment in Lucie’s life looms... moreLucie Peachtree is feeling all the Darling Island feels; picnics on the beach, long evenings watching the sun go down, and dipping into the waters of Darling Bay.As she revels in life in the old coastguard’s house, it seems as if everything is going her way, from her romance, to her job, to her small, but busy, business.We watch the love story from the sidelines and swoon in excitement as the biggest moment in Lucie’s life looms. But, just as she’s least expecting it, life decides it might just like to shake things up a little bit for Lucie. A curveball comes along slap bang into the middle of her world on Darling and leaves her more than a little bit confused as to what to do. less

The funny, heart-breaking and uplifting new novel in Polly Babbington’s 'Darling Island' series.It's time for us to get back to Darling Island where the local time is so very far from care. Please remain seated with your seat belts fastened and trays in the upright position until we have crossed over on the floating bridge. Get ready for the ride, people. This is going to be good.Life for Jane Le Romancer is all sorts of small... moreThe funny, heart-breaking and uplifting new novel in Polly Babbington’s 'Darling Island' series.It's time for us to get back to Darling Island where the local time is so very far from care. Please remain seated with your seat belts fastened and trays in the upright position until we have crossed over on the floating bridge. Get ready for the ride, people. This is going to be good.Life for Jane Le Romancer is all sorts of small. She goes to work, sits in her office, talks to her laptop, swirls around in a sea of numbers, goes home, talks to her laptop again, has dinner and the next day does the same thing again. Rinse and repeat.With her only son away and her only friends scattered all over the place, she’s wondering what life is all about. She lives day to day via her online groups, cooking for one, pottering with her garden and receiving one too many visits from the postman.One morning as she’s sitting in the office after a particularly interesting conversation with her laptop, an online post catches her eye: 'House Swapper Wanted'.Come and stay in my gorgeous old mews house on Darling Island and enjoy all the coastal delights in the sweetest little house nestled by the sea. With its floating bridge, vintage Darling Street trams, delightful cosy pubs, gorgeous old fishing boats and secret cafes tucked away down little lanes, while away your days Darling style. Enjoy long walks by the sea, get to experience the blue waters of Darling Island’s bay and lap up the special flora and fauna all around.Before Jane knows it, she’s swapping her three-storey house in a leafy London street for a tiny little place on an island shrouded in a hazy blue.Will Jane’s life swap end up opening her eyes to everything that’s been missing in life or will she be wondering what in the world she’s done?Something About Darling Island is the FIRST book in Polly's Something trilogy, it is book FOUR in the Darling series overall.All Darling Island and Pretty Beach cosy trilogies and all books finish with a conclusion and can therefore be read as standalones. Each trilogy within the series can be read on its own and out of order. less

From the author of The Coastguard's House Darling Island comes the next instalment in the tale of Jane Le Romancer and her adventure with a house swap by the sea.For Jane, everything is looking on the rather lovely side of rosy. Her new beau Oscar is proving to be fabulous and her once beige life is no longer quite as small – in fact, it’s growing every which way she turns... moreFrom the author of The Coastguard's House Darling Island comes the next instalment in the tale of Jane Le Romancer and her adventure with a house swap by the sea.For Jane, everything is looking on the rather lovely side of rosy. Her new beau Oscar is proving to be fabulous and her once beige life is no longer quite as small – in fact, it’s growing every which way she turns.As Jane settles nicely into her relationship with Oscar and falls not only in love with him but with Darling Island too, she wonders what the next few months will bring. She starts to ponder where her life is going and whether she could, indeed, stay put on Darling for a while, but when someone close is not quite as they seem, Jane starts to question many things. As the conundrum engulfs her in a sea of concerns, she actually begins to wonder if being small wasn’t such a bad thing after all.We watch from the sidelines, looking onto the cosy little island with its floating bridge, vintage trams, and heritage buildings, and cheer Jane on, as perplexed she surveys all around and wonders quite what to do.The story of Jane Le Romancer is Polly’s second Darling Island trilogy. Darling Islands follows on from her 18-book Pretty Beach series which starts with The Boat House Pretty Beach. All books and all trilogies can be read as stand-alones as they all end with a conclusion and all trilogies can be read out of order. If you want to jump in right at the beginning start with The Boat House Pretty Beach. less

As the snow falls on Darling Island, we meet up for a cream-topped hot chocolate in Darlings café with Jane Le Romancer and catch up on all she’s got going on.She’s recovered from the plethora of wobbles about her new, not as small life, and is loving Christmas done Darling style.We swoon at just about everything on Darling at Christmas… And when there’s a Christmas wedding to beat all weddings on the horizon, we get dressed up for the party and wonder just how it’s going to turn out…