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Adele Parks

(b.1969)

Adele Parks is one the biggest selling women's fiction authors in the UK. She has sold over a million copies of her novels in the UK and her books have been translated into over fifteen languages.

Adele is well respected for tackling the complex issues of the lives we lead today with her trademark wit and her up-front, tell-it-as-it-is style. Young Wives' Tales examines those compelling, perennial issues that interest us all. She scrutinizes our concepts of love, motherhood and infidelity with sincerity and humour.

Genres: Mystery, General Fiction, Romance

New and upcoming books

March 2025

First Wife's Ghost

August 2025

Our Beautiful Mess

Novels

   Playing Away (2000)
   Game Over (2001)
   Larger Than Life (2002)
   The Other Woman's Shoes (2003)
     aka Lust for Life
   Still Thinking of You (2004)
   Husbands (2005)
   Young Wives' Tales (2007)
   Tell Me Something (2008)
   Love Lies (2009)
   Men I've Loved Before (2010)
   About Last Night (2011)
   Whatever It Takes (2012)
   The State We're in (2013)
   Spare Brides (2014)
   If You Go Away (2015)
   The Stranger In My Home (2016)
   The Image of You (2017)
   I Invited Her In (2018)
   Lies, Lies, Lies (2019)
   Just My Luck (2020)
   Woman Last Seen (2021)
     aka Both of You
   One Last Secret (2022)
   Two Dead Wives (2023)
     aka Just Between Us
   First Wife's Shadow (2024)
   First Wife's Ghost (2025)
   Our Beautiful Mess (2025)

Collections

Truly, Madly, Deeply (2014) (with others)
Love Is A Journey (2016)

Series contributed to

Quick Reads 2008
Happy Families (2008)

Books containing stories by Adele Parks

Love Stories (2022)
edited by
Tasmina Perry

First Edition (2020)
Celebrating 21 Years of Goldsboro Books
edited by
Daniel Gedeon and David Headley

And Then He Kissed Me (2013)
Stories of love, heartbreak and other unnatural disasters

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Award nominations

	2021 British Book Award Page-turner of the Year (shortlist) : Just My Luck
	2020 British Book Award Fiction Book of the Year (shortlist) : Lies, Lies, Lies
	2008 RNA: Romantic Novel Award (nominee) : Young Wives' Tales

Adele Parks recommends

The Death of Us (2025)
Abigail Dean
"You haven't read anything like this beautiful, brilliant, brave novel, and you are unlikely to ever do so again. A rare mix of propulsive thriller and beautifully drawn characters, it is in a class of its own."

Notes on a Drowning (2025)
Anna Sharpe
"A witty and warm political thriller."

Happy Bloody Christmas (2024)
(Christmas Murder Mysteries, book 1)
Jo Middleton
"This hilarious, sweary, cheerful whodunnit is a full-on festive romp that will make you laugh out loud."

Roseland (2023)
Judy Finnigan
"Utterly captivating."

Cuckoo in the Nest (2023)
Fran Hill
"A warm and wonderful story."

Becoming Ted (2023)
Matt Cain
"Original hopeful and totally charming."

The Sound of It (2022)
Alison Jean Lester
"An honest and gripping look at parenting, step-parenting and later-in-life love."

The Last Dress from Paris (2022)
Jade Beer
"An elegantly and evocatively written, thoroughly researched novel that will prove to be an absolute must read for romantics and fashionistas. Transportive, dreamy and aspirational, guaranteed to uplift and entertain."

Just Got Real (2022)
Jane Fallon
"Jane just keeps getting better and better. Her books are so smart, funny and warm. I really love her relatable characters, who appear fragile until they become warriors we cheer for."

Deadly Cure (2022)
Mahi Cheshire
"This is a thrilling story with a compelling hook."

Edgware Road (2022)
Yasmin Cordery Khan
"An incredibly accomplished debut... This is an affecting debut focussed on the themes of family and identity."

That Night (2021)
Gillian McAllister
"Incredibly tense and gripping."

Lucky (2021)
Rachel Edwards
"A fresh, exhilarating voice."

The Heartbreak Club (2021)
Eva Woods
"Life-affirming."

Just Between Friends (2020)
Rosie Nixon
"Emotional and honest. Every new mum will want to read this."

The Catch (2020)
T M Logan
"Tense, tight and totally absorbing."

The Book of Longings (2020)
Sue Monk Kidd
"Unleashes the reader's imagination with glorious evocations of extraordinary times and places, allowing our minds to roam... Original, challenging, beautiful."

Precious You (2020)
Helen Monks Takhar
"Dark, disturbing, compulsive . . . I was genuinely terrified reading this."

She (2020)
HC Warner
"Brutal and brilliant, this novel will leave you breathless."

The Missing Daughter (2019)
Emily Gunnis
"Utterly gripping, taut and powerful. Such an emotionally charged, compulsive, moving novel."

The Carer (2019)
Deborah Moggach
"Beautifully written, oozing interesting characters that you genuinely care about."

After the End (2019)
Clare Mackintosh
"A tender, heart-breaking, uplifting, truthful marvel of a novel. Clare Mackintosh has taken her already wonderful writing to a whole new level."

The Hunting Party (2018)
Lucy Foley
"Chilling. You won’t sleep."

One Thousand Stars and You (2018)
Isabelle Broom
"Pack your passport, because Isabelle Broom is about to take you on a beautiful emotional journey."

Bad Twins (2018)
Rebecca Chance
"Edgy, cheeky, knowing, Rebecca Chance sparkles."

Mine (2018)
J L Butler
"Gripping, intelligent, thrilling."

Shelter (2017)
Sarah Franklin
"Beautiful."

Something Only We Know (2015)
Kate Long
"One of the authors that I rush out to buy straight away. I find her work challenging, witty, fresh and real."

Billy & Me (2013)
(Billy & Me, book 1)
Giovanna Fletcher
"An enchantingly romantic tale, with an irresistible hero and the loveliest heroine; you'll cross your fingers for them. A modern day fairy tale."

One Day (2008)
David Nicholls
"The ultimate zeitgeist love story for anyone who ever wanted someone they couldn't have."

The New You Survival Kit (2001)
Daisy Waugh
"A hilarious, witty comedy of modern manners."

Father Frank (2001)
Paul Burke
"Refreshing."

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