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It Should Have Been Me: The heartwarming and escapist book from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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Curl up with this heart-warming romance by the sea, by a Sunday Times bestelling author.

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Everything you want in a romance story'

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Wittily romantic'

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A page-turner from start to finish... tender and sweet'

Can the fresh Cornish breeze heal a broken heart . . . ?

When Carrie's fiance Huw suddenly calls off their wedding, and announces his engagement to another woman, Carrie is heartbroken.

Desperate to get away, Carrie jumps at the suggestion of a road trip around the West Country in a VW camper van with her best friend, Rowena.

Then Rowena has to pull out and Matt Landor, an old friend of Huw's, ends up filling the breach. Will fate take the pair on an altogether different journey?

A heart-warming read brimming with romance by the sea. Fans of Sarah Morgan and Trisha Ashley will be hooked from the very first page, and readers have fallen in love...

'You get sucked in from the start and can't stop until you devour the whole book in one sitting' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'This one will make you leap into the nearest VW camper van and head for the coast' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'A wonderful book which contained all the trademarks of a Phillipa Ashley novel - great characters, humour and page-turning romance' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Charming' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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Praise for It Should Have Been Me

  • Quirky and fun...an appealing and realistic male lead, whose eyes will smoulder even for the reader.Easy to love, laugh and identify withA delightful book with great characters, romance and a wonderful journeyABSOLUTELY LOVED IT... a perfect balance of humor with interesting characters and dialogA wonderful escape for lovers of British chick litDelivers on the promise of a crazy cross-country trip, with a fun main character and a sexy leading guyA happy read that will warm your heart

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Phillipa Ashley

Phillipa Ashley

Phillipa Ashley is a Sunday Times and Amazon best-selling author of uplifting romantic fiction. After studying English at Oxford University, she worked as a copywriter and journalist before writing her debut novel, Decent Exposure. It won the Romantic Novelists Association New Writers Award and was filmed as a Lifetime TV movie, 12 Men of Christmas, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Hopkins.

Since then, Phillipa's novels have sold well over a million copies and been translated into numerous languages. She is also an Audible number 1 best-seller.

Phillipa lives in an English village with her husband, has a grown-up daughter and loves nothing better than walking the Lake District hills and swimming in Cornish coves.

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