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  • Published: 15 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804994221
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 720
  • RRP: $28.00
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Rivals




The drama-packed sequel from Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestselling author of Riders

Welcome to the 80s, the decade of decadence…

‘Joyful and mischievous’ Jojo Moyes
‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’ ­Marian Keyes

The glamorous, cutthroat world of 1980s British television is all about power, a time when the affluent elite exist in a bubble of immense wealth and influence, and will use any means to get what they want. Lord Baddingham is desperate to retain his Corinium TV franchise, and to do so he’s hired Declan O’Hara, an Irish talk show mega-star. Baddingham has also enticed on board Cameron Cook, a gorgeous and brash executive, to produce Declan’s program. But Declan and Cameron detest each other, soon provoking a storm of controversy.

Enter into the fray everyone’s favourite hate-to-love-him bad-boy, Rupert Campbell-Black. As a rival group emerges to pitch for the franchise, reputations ripen and decline, true love blossoms and burns, marriages are made and shattered, and everyone is competing—in bed and in the boardroom—to come out on top.

‘Flawlessly entertaining’ Helen Fielding
‘Pure, unadulterated joy’ ­Sophie Kinsella

  • Published: 15 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804994221
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 720
  • RRP: $28.00
Categories:

About the author

Jilly Cooper

Jilly Cooper was a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lived in Gloucestershire where her groundbreaking Rutshire Chronicles series was set.

Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.

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