Victoria Connelly





Victoria Connelly

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Victoria Connelly grew up in Norfolk before attending Worcester College where she studied English Literature. After graduating, she worked her way through a number of jobs before becoming a teacher in North Yorkshire.

In 2000, she got married in a medieval castle in the Yorkshire Dales and moved to London. Five weeks after their wedding, her husband, a television news cameraman, was sent to Israel. Convinced something terrible would happen to him, she came up with the idea for a novel about a young widow who starts seeing angels on her desk at work, but was scared to write it in case she tempted fate. It was only years later that her husband admitted to having a bullet graze his shirt sleeve whilst filming in Israel!

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I’m delighted to announce the launch of my brand new paperback - Wish You Were Here. Set on a tiny Greek island, it tells the story of Alice Archer who, fed up of never being noticed by the opposite sex, makes a wish on a statue of Aphrodite and suddenly finds herself irresistible to men!


Wish You Were HereI loved writing this novel and have become particularly fond of my hero – the gorgeous Greek gardener, Milo....

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Average rating: 3.35 · 3,562 ratings · 733 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors
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3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 1,813 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions
Dreaming of Mr. Darcy (Aust...
3.05 of 5 stars 3.05 avg rating — 1,064 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
Mr. Darcy Forever (Austen A...
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
Molly's Millions
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions
The Runaway Actress
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2012
Christmas with Mr Darcy
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2012
The Perfect Hero
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
Escape to Mulberry Cottage
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013
Wish You Were Here
4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013
Three Graces
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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“I wonder what it is about a certain novel that ticks the boxes for a reader. I mean, for me, a story can have the most fascinating plot in the world, but if the narrator's voice is dull, then the plot counts for nothing. For me, authorial charm is everything.”
Victoria Connelly

“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not just for entertaining us, although that would be enough.”
Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

“Why is life a constant disappointment?'
'Because we read fiction,' Mia said, and Shelley nodded, knowing it was true.”
Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

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