Laura Bradbury

Could the man I hate be the perfect match I need?

I’m Jules Kelly, a certified bohemian boss babe, whose hip tech company just won subsidized office space in the coolest co-working space in town. From a distance I seem poised to take over the world (or at least the travel industry), and I would be if it weren’t for two big complications:

1. A rare and seriously inconvenient disease is tanking my health by the day, and my only hope for a cure—a transplant—is moving further from my grasp.

2. A soulless database company is sharing my new office space, and its coldly gorgeous, judgmental, CEO is on a path to world dominance (at least in his mind).

Tom Davenport represents the very worst of bro culture in the start-up world. Naturally, we despise each other.

The thing is, as much as Tom's antagonism annoys me, he has an uncanny ability to conjure up my fighting spirit and vitality at a time when my illness is robbing me of both. I'm drawn to him in ways I can't (or would really rather not) understand.

A mysterious angel investor forces our companies to compete for a life-changing amount of money just when my relationship with Tom becomes infinitely more complicated. To make matters worse, things get cutthroat just as my time starts to run out.

In order to survive, I must decide if I can truly trust my most unlikely ally of all.

Unlikely Match is a high-stakes and steamy workplace romance that will leave you feverishly turning pages.

For those of you who love wry (and sometimes a wee bit dark) humor, emotional intensity, loyal friendships, insane chemistry, and forced proximity in the context of high medical stakes, Unlikely Match is for you

Unlikely Match 

Cedar Wild came to Oxford University to learn, but it turns out it's her aristocratic young advisor who needs the lesson. Enjoy this heart-warming, culture clash romantic comedy by Laura Bradbury, the bestselling author of the Grape Series.

Oxford Wild

"A twenty-six year old newlywed on the path to a prestigious legal career in London buys a decrepit, revolutionary-era ruin in the tiny Burgundian village of Magny-les-Villers. Was that split-second, life-altering decision profoundly wise or utterly insane? Find out in My Grape Escape -- a story for anyone who's imagined taking a U-Turn in life to seize their joy. Could an Oxford law student schooled in overachievement trade it all in for the humble work of polishing metal door hinges forged in 1789 at the dawn of the French Revolution? Laura Bradbury found out when, as a twenty-six year old newlywed on the path to a prestigious legal career in London, she leapt off the ladder to success to buy a decrepit ruin in the tiny French village of Magny-les-Villers with her Burgundian husband. Trading in her academic cap and gown for a ruthlessly traditional French winemaking town brought a myriad of unsettling new experiences. Laura's idealistic visions of bicycling through the French vineyards with fresh baguettes under her arm had not included being confronted with a steaming plate of veal brains for breakfast or taming an ogre of an electrician named Tin Tin who hunted wild boars in his spare time. Still, as Laura learned the art of bartering for antique armoires and rekindled romance with her husband she also gained a newfound perspective on herself, including her recurrent panic attacks and her inability to carry on conversations with the Virgin Mary like her Catholic husband and the rest of his family. Laura's tale of her escape to the vineyards of France is told with humor and a large dollop of honesty. It allows readers to travel to France without needing to buy a plane ticket!"--provided from Amazon.com.

A Memoir

My Grape Escape

In the third part of the trilogy Laura takes readers back to where it all began, her exchange year in Burgundy, where she meets the man who will become her husband.

My Grape Year

My Grape Year takes fans of Laura Bradbury's 'Grape' series back to where it all began. In a last-minute twist of fate, Laura is sent to Burgundy, France for a year on an exchange. She arrives knowing only a smattering of French and with no idea what to expect in her first foray out of North America. With a head full of dreams and a powerful desire to please, Laura adapts to Burgundian life, learning crucial skills such as the fine art of winetasting and how to savor snails. However, her inability to resist the charming young men of the region means that Laura soon runs afoul of the rules, particularly the 'no dating' edict. Romantic afternoons in Dijon, early morning pain au chocolat runs, and long walks in the vineyards are wondrous, but also present Laura with a conundrum - how does she keep her hosts happy while still managing to follow her heart?

My Grape Quebec

The Grape Series

Five years after "My Grape Escape," Laura and Franck are back in Burgundy to tackle their newest project, a derelict 16th century winemaker's cottage located behind Franck's family home. Not only is this a daunting rebuild from the ground up, Laura and Franck now have two preschoolers adjusting to the foreign customs of a French school. Navigating the different rules for raising children and managing a family in a small French village prove every bit as challenging for Laura as learning to drive a stick shift through narrow streets, or arguing with the Architect of French Monuments over permissible paint colors (spoiler alert: any color as long as it's gray). Come along on this evocative and honest journey where love, coupled with good French food and local wine, pave the way to la belle vie.

My Grape Village

"She loved better, with no sugar in her coffee" Not in a Fairy Tale is a poetry collection describing the beauty and pain of passion, love, heartache and sorrow. The pages uncover musings on the highs of falling, the despair in saying goodbye, and the butterflies felt after spotting a crush. From missing an ex, meeting an old flame, being caught in an affair, feeling love at first sight, to realising a relationship is over. Divided in four sections to read when you want to express your thoughts with meaningful words. With love I see, Your beautiful heart Covered in thorns, Like the roses you once gave me. So soon they died, Leaving a vase and a pricked thumb, When the cut's blood stopped tricking, My body Prepared for bleeding inside. Years of blood, Our forever goodbye. This intimate and relatable debut from writer and relationship blogger, Laura Jane Bradbury, tells the many stories of love and the feelings in between.

Poems on Passion, Love, Heartache and Sorrow

Not in a Fairy Tale

What could go wrong when New Yorker Sadie spends Christmas in France with her best friend Luc on his incredible winery in Burgundy? Everything, as it turns out. Sadie, fresh off a devastating blow to her career as an archaeologist, makes the trip with her gorgeous twin sister Stella, who Luc her childhood friend Luc has been in love with since they were all seven. Luc has decided that the time has come to finally make Stella his, but an unexpected kiss between him and Sadie throws everything into chaos. Just as Luc starts to wonder if his heart was mistaken all along, Sadie begins a life-changing dig with a handsome and aristocratic British archaeologist and Stella arrives back on the scene. Among the delicious wine and scrumptious food of French wine country, family secrets are revealed, hearts are changed, and true love might even find a way in the rolling vineyards of France.

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