21 Best contemporary books like The Boy I Loved Before by Jenny Colgan

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The Boy I Loved Before

By: Jenny Colgan

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

While attending her best friend Sashy's wedding, Flora Scurrison realizes that this monotonous, nin…

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1. Mr. Maybe

By: Jane Green

3.48

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

To Libby Mason, Mr. Right has always meant Mr. Rich. A twenty seven-year-old publicist, she's barel… read more

Similar categories in Jane Green's Mr. Maybe book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
"But maybe love doesn't have to be about lust, maybe I could learn to love, maybe."

-Jane Green, Mr. Maybe

"As Carrie Fisher once said in a film, everyone thinks they have good taste and a sense of humour."

-Jane Green, Mr. Maybe

"I'm just scared that you've fallen for the way he's treating you rather than for the man himself."

-Jane Green, Mr. Maybe

"Men haven't changed: they love the thrill of the chase, and if you hand yourself over on a plate they'll lose interest."

-Jane Green, Mr. Maybe

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2. The Wedding Girl

By: Madeleine Wickham

3.51

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When ‘I do’ gives you déjà vu it could be a problem. . . At the age of eighteen, in that first gol… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Wickham's The Wedding Girl book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
"You want to bask in your perfect marriage, with your perfect wife and kids, and gloat at the rest of the world! Dont you? And now you've found a flaw, you cant stand it. Well, stand it, Simon! Stand …"

-Madeleine Wickham, The Wedding Girl

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3. A Place to Call Home

By: Carole Matthews

4.24

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In the dead of night, Ayesha takes her daughter, Sabina, and slips quietly from her home, leaving b… read more

Similar categories in Carole Matthews's A Place to Call Home book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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4. Christmas at the Cornish Café(The Cornish Café Series, Book 2)

By: Phillipa Ashley

4.09

Format: 116 pages,

'An utterly glorious, escapist read from one of the freshest voices to emerge in women's fiction to… read more

Similar categories in Phillipa Ashley's Christmas at the Cornish Café(The Cornish Café Series, Book 2) book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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5. Vince and Joy

By: Lisa Jewell

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

Remember falling in love for the first time? Remember thinking, This is The One? Remember life gett… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's Vince and Joy book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Cents And Sensibility

By: Maggie Alderson

3.44

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Stella Fain has a rule for men she likes: make them wait ... But the gorgeous Jay proves an excepti… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Alderson's Cents And Sensibility book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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7. Swapping Lives

By: Jane Green

3.30

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

What if a successful, single Londoner and a comfortable, Connecticut mother of two were to walk in … read more

Similar categories in Jane Green's Swapping Lives book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary

8. Straight Talking

By: Jane Green

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Meet Tasha--single and still searching. A producer for Britain's most popular morning show working … read more

Similar categories in Jane Green's Straight Talking book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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9. The Boy I Loved Before

By: Jenny Colgan

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

While attending her best friend Sashy's wedding, Flora Scurrison realizes that this monotonous, nin… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • time travel
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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10. The Rose Revived

By: Katie Fforde

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Love is in the air. A wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Timesbestselling author of R… read more

Similar categories in Katie Fforde's The Rose Revived book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance

11. Perfect Timing

By: Jill Mansell

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Poppy Dunbar is out on her hen night when she meets Tom Kennedy. With his dark eyes and quirky smil… read more

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12. Miranda's Big Mistake

By: Jill Mansell

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Paperback

Love is always just around the corner in a Jill Mansell novel - with a few surprises and a lot of h… read more

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13. Confetti at the Cornish Cafe (The Cornish Cafe series - #3)

By: Phillipa Ashley

3.97

Format: 12 pages, Kindle Edition

The heart-warming new novel in Phillipa Ashley's bestselling Cornish Cafe series Cal and Demi are p… read more

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14. Summer at the Cornish Cafe (The Penwith Trilogy #1)

By: Phillipa Ashley

4.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One summer can change everything . . . Demi doesn't expect her summer in Cornwall to hold anything … read more

Similar categories in Phillipa Ashley's Summer at the Cornish Cafe (The Penwith Trilogy #1) book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

15. Orange Blossom Days

By: Patricia Scanlan

3.78

Format: None pages,

Ina beautiful southern Spanish town, where the sea sparkles and orange blossoms scent the air, the … read more

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16. The Little Flower Shop by the Sea

By: Ali McNamara

3.91

Format: 434 pages, Paperback

Poppy Carmichael, 30, certainly never intended to own a florist. But when she inherits her grandmot… read more

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17. No Filter

By: Orlagh Collins

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is the story of THAT SUMMER ... the one when everything changes. Emerald has grown up in a pri… read more

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18. It's Now or Never: The No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership

By: Carole Matthews

3.86

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Can it ever be too late to chase your dreams? The witty, clever and heartbreaking new novel from th… read more

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19. Wish You Were Here

By: Phillipa Ashley

3.81

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

A very young Beth and Jack met, fell passionately in love and had a whirlwind engagement several ye… read more

Similar categories in Phillipa Ashley's Wish You Were Here book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

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20. The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove (Dove Pond #3)

By: Karen Hawkins

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Three lives converge as a wildly talented baker returns to Dove Pond to face her past in this entry… read more

Similar categories in Karen Hawkins's The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove (Dove Pond #3) book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
" It's good to take chances. That's how all great discoveries are made. But do so armed with thought, caution, and an accurate measuring cup. Better to overprepare than to underwhelm. "

-Karen Hawkins, The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove (Dove Pond #3)

"There were three things Italian and Southern women had in common: a firm grasp of the importance of family, a love for a really good homemade sauce, and the beauty of hair teased, sprayed, or torture…"

-Karen Hawkins, The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove (Dove Pond #3)

" It isn't about perfection, but about richness. It isn't about sweetness, but about love. It isn't about the prettiness of the decorations, but about sharing something you made with your own hands wi…"

-Karen Hawkins, The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove (Dove Pond #3)

"Every time he saw her, every time he thought about her--- every time he smelled vanilla or caramel or chocolate--- she was the food that fed his desires. Her kisses tasted of pralines, her thick blon…"

-Karen Hawkins, The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove (Dove Pond #3)

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21. This Could Change Everything

By: Jill Mansell

3.91

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

If only Essie hadn't written that letter - the one that went viral...On the one hand, if Essie hadn… read more

Similar categories in Jill Mansell's This Could Change Everything book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
"Life isn't fair. You know it isn't," said Lucas. "I do know that, but it's still not fair that it isn't fair."

-Jill Mansell, This Could Change Everything

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22. An Almost Perfect Holiday

By: Lucy Diamond

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Almost Perfect Holiday is a warm and witty story of friendship, family and hope, by the Sunday T… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Diamond's An Almost Perfect Holiday book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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23. A Rose Petal Summer

By: Katie Fforde

3.65

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO FALL IN LOVE... Caro Swanson has taken a job in a remote part of Scotland… read more

Similar categories in Katie Fforde's A Rose Petal Summer book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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24. One Summer in Paris

By: Sarah Morgan

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan returns with this heartwarming novel about the power of f… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Morgan's One Summer in Paris book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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25. Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café

By: Jessica Redland

4.46

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Starfish Café - where you will find stunning views, delicious food and lifelong frie… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Redland's Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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26. Welcome to the School by the Sea (School by the Sea #1)

By: Jane Beaton

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The first book of Jenny Colgan's delightful new four-part series, set at a charming English boardin… read more

Similar categories in Jane Beaton's Welcome to the School by the Sea (School by the Sea #1) book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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27. Rules at the School by the Sea (School by the Sea #2)

By: Jane Beaton

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It's summer, but school is in session in the delightful second book of New York Times bestselling a… read more

Similar categories in Jane Beaton's Rules at the School by the Sea (School by the Sea #2) book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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28. How to Keep a Secret

By: Sarah Morgan

4.11

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

When three generations of women are brought together by crisis, they learn over the course of one h… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Morgan's How to Keep a Secret book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
"She'd read somewhere that if you gave your brain tasks to do it stopped overthinking. She'd given herself a lot of tasks. Sometimes she felt like a robot. It seemed like a lifetime since she'd felt h…"

-Sarah Morgan, How to Keep a Secret

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29. Sunny Days and Sea Breezes

By: Carole Matthews

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Jodie Jackson is all at sea, in every sense. On a ferry bound for the Isle of Wight, she's leaving … read more

Similar categories in Carole Matthews's Sunny Days and Sea Breezes book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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30. A Country Escape

By: Katie Fforde

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Fran has always wanted to be a farmer. And now it looks as if her childhood dream is about to come … read more

Similar categories in Katie Fforde's A Country Escape book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
"Then she made herself a hot-water bottle, for company as much as warmth, and went slowly up to bed."

-Katie Fforde, A Country Escape

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31. My Year of Saying No

By: Maxine Morrey

3.96

Format: 548 pages, ebook

Lottie Wentworth has never been more pleased to hear Big Ben ring in the new year and wave goodbye … read more

Similar categories in Maxine Morrey's My Year of Saying No book and Jenny Colgan's The Boy I Loved Before

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance

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Jane Green

3.48

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3.51

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4.24

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4.09

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Veronica Henry

3.94

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Tommi Kinnunen

4.24

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Jenny Colgan

3.84

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