TY - BOOK AU - Darling, Annie, TI - The little bookshop of Lonely Hearts SN - 9780008173111 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - Harper KW - Bookstores KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Quakers KW - Love stories KW - Romance fiction KW - lcgft KW - fast N2 - Once upon a time in a crumbling London bookshop, Posy Morland spent her life lost in the pages of her favourite romantic novels. So when Bookend&#x;s eccentric owner, Lavinia, dies and leaves the shop to Posy, she must put down her books and join the real world. Because Posy hasn&#x;t just inherited an ailing business, but also the unwelcome attentions of Lavinia&#x;s grandson, Sebastian, AKA The Rudest Man In London. Posy has a cunning plan and six months to transform Bookends into the bookshop of her dreams &#x; if only Sebastian would leave her alone to get on with it. As Posy and her friends fight to save their beloved bookshop, Posy&#x;s drawn into a battle of wills with Sebastian, about whom she&#x;s started to have some rather feverish fantasies&#x; Like her favourite romantic heroines, will she get her happy ever after too? ER -