Katie Fforde's brilliant new book, A SPRINGTIME AFFAIR, is now available in paperback

She has only one chance to turn her life around...

Allie is bored with her job and starting to wonder whether she even likes her boyfriend, Ryan.

The high point in her day is passing a cafe on her walk home from work. It is the sort of place where she'd really like to work.

Then one day she sees as advert on the door: assistant wanted. But before she can land her dream job, Allie knows she must achieve two things:

1. Learn to cook

2. End her relationship with Ryan, especially as through the window of the cafe, she spies a waiter who looks much more like her type of man.

And when she learns that the cafe is in danger of closing, Allie knows she must do her very best to save the day ...