Trisha Ashley Books in Order
See all Trisha Ashley books in order, with short summaries, Lancashire series background, reading order help and tips on the best novels to start with.
Last updated: December 24, 2025
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases (at no extra cost to you).
Publication Order
27 books
The Christmas Retreat
by Trisha Ashley
2025
Shaken by a traumatic accident and a breakup, Ginny Spain reluctantly joins her formidable mother at a remote artists' retreat on the coast, where local widower Rhys Tarn, his young daughter and buried family secrets offer both challenge and the chance of a different Christmas.
The Wedding Dress Repair Shop
by Trisha Ashley
2023
After losing both fiance and job in one disastrous week, historical costumier Garland Fairford heads north to help a cousin build a wedding dress museum, where restoring vintage gowns and meeting old friend Thom again may stitch together a new future.
One More Christmas at the Castle
by Trisha Ashley
2022
Knowing it will be her last festive season at Mitras Castle, elderly Sabine hires party planner Dido Jones to recreate the grand Christmases of her childhood, a task complicated by feuding relatives, snowstorms and Dido's unresolved history with family friend Xan.
The Garden of Forgotten Wishes
by Trisha Ashley
2020
Fresh from a painful divorce, gardener Marnie takes a job reviving a rambling walled garden in a West Lancashire village, moves into a tied cottage and finds both healing work among roses and lavender and a complicated second chance with old acquaintance Ned Mars.
The Christmas Invitation
by Trisha Ashley
2019
Recovering from illness and burnt out on city life, musician and illustrator Meg accepts an invitation to spend the run up to Christmas in a snowy country house, only to find old flame Lex there and a web of family secrets waiting to unravel.
The House of Hopes and Dreams
by Trisha Ashley
2018
When TV interior designer Carey Revell unexpectedly inherits the slightly shabby Mossby Hall, he invites grieving glass artist Angel Arrowsmith to help restore its windows, and together they tackle awkward relatives, local legends and the possibility of turning the house into a shared home.
The Little Teashop of Lost and Found
by Trisha Ashley
2017
Abandoned as a baby on the Yorkshire moors, Alice Rose returns years later to the village of Haworth, taking over a rundown teashop and slowly building a business, a circle of friends and a path toward uncovering the truth about her own past.
Creature Comforts
by Trisha Ashley
2015
After a near fatal car accident as a teenager, Izzy has kept life quiet in the village of Halfhidden with her aunt and their rescue dogs, but returning memories, an inquest into the crash and a new arrival force her to risk change again.
A Vintage Christmas
by Trisha Ashley
2015
Lucy dreams of a simple village hall wedding in a vintage dress by a big Christmas tree, but clashes with her determined mother, disapproving future in laws and a wavering fiance, until the season itself nudges everyone toward a different kind of celebration.
A Christmas Cracker
by Trisha Ashley
2015
Wrongly blamed for fraud, Tabby loses her job, boyfriend and cat in quick succession, then finds a lifeline with kind Quaker Mercy, who asks her to help rescue a struggling Christmas cracker business while Mercy's suspicious nephew Randal watches her every move.
Footsteps in the Snow
by Trisha Ashley
2014
This short story collection gathers together some of Trisha Ashley's seasonal and everyday tales, from festive mishaps to small romances and family turning points, ideal for dipping into with a cup of tea on a cold afternoon.
Finding Mr. Rochester
by Trisha Ashley
2014
Bronte obsessed aspiring novelist Eleri Groves flees to a remote Yorkshire farm cottage to fix her love life and finish her book, but the landscape and a very real, very unexpected neighbour may offer her own version of Mr Rochester.
A Piece of Cake
by Trisha Ashley
2014
Professional cake maker Kate has written off sports mad Wes as loud and shallow, yet a calamity filled wedding day shows her a kinder, steadier side to him and makes her question whether she has misjudged both romance and herself.
Wish Upon A Star
by Trisha Ashley
2013
Single mum Cally moves back to remote Sticklepond to save for her daughter Stella's life saving operation, determined to avoid romance until laid back baker Jago slowly melts her defences and shows her that hope can look a lot like love.
Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues
by Trisha Ashley
2012
Starting over in Sticklepond, Tansy Poole transforms a shabby shop into Cinderella's Slippers, a haven for brides and chocolate shoe lovers, while listening to her great aunt's life story tapes and confronting family secrets, difficult exes and brooding neighbour Ivo Hawksley.
Twelve Days of Christmas
by Trisha Ashley
2010
Young widow Holly Brown agrees to house sit an isolated manor on the Lancashire moors to hide from Christmas, only to be snowed in with sculptor Jude Martland and his unruly family as blizzards, old hurts and new attractions collide over twelve festive days.
Chocolate Wishes
by Trisha Ashley
2010
In the village of Sticklepond, chocolatier Chloe Lyon crafts chocolate wishes filled with tiny predictions, yet never saw her own heartbreak coming, and when the new vicar arrives he turns out to be Raffy Sinclair, the charismatic ex rocker who once left her behind.
Wedding Tiers
by Trisha Ashley
2009
Wedding cake designer Josie Gray thinks she has it all with artist fiance Ben and an inherited cottage in Neatslake, until a glamorous friend returns to launch a wedding business and charming photographer Noah Sephton challenges everything she believes about love.
Happy Endings
by Trisha Ashley
2008
Tina Devino, a mid list romantic novelist and freelance manuscript critic, sees her career wobble when her ex husband becomes her publisher and her latest book must prove itself, all while she juggles flamboyant lover Sergei and a flood of outrageous aspiring authors.
A Winter's Tale
by Trisha Ashley
2008
When single mother Sophy Winter unexpectedly inherits Winter's End, a decaying mansion in the Lancashire countryside, she finds herself juggling crumbling walls, quarrelsome relatives, rumours of a young Shakespeare and two very different men who both want a place in her life.
The Magic of Christmas
by Trisha Ashley
2007
In Middlemoss, Lizzy is about to leave her cheating husband when tragedy forces her to stay put, throwing herself into a Christmas recipe circle, a rivalry with local food writer Nick and a Boxing Day mystery play that might transform her future.
Lord Rayven's Revenge
by Trisha Ashley
2007
Alys Weston secretly writes Gothic novels while her widowed father drinks away what little money they have, but when notorious rake Lord Rayven reenters her life and draws her into a dangerous hellfire club, she must decide whether he is enemy or saviour.
The Generous Gardener
by Trisha Ashley
2005
Fran March seems content in her Welsh village with husband Mal, daughter Rosie and her rose filled cottage, until TV gardener Gabriel Weston and ex boyfriend Tom both reappear, threatening old secrets about Rosie's father and the future of her marriage.
Singled Out
by Trisha Ashley
2003
Abandoned by her long term married lover, writer Cassandra Leigh is left alone in a damp cottage, caught between dependable friend Jason, mysterious manor house owner Dante Chase and the past she has tried to outrun, even at a charity auction.
Every Woman for Herself
by Trisha Ashley
2002
After her husband abruptly demands a divorce, Charlie Rhymer retreats to her chaotic family home on the Yorkshire moors, where eccentric siblings, witchy neighbours and brooding actor Mace North combine to pull her back into life and unexpected love.
The Urge to Jump
by Trisha Ashley
2001
Facing forty and still single, Sappho Jones is tired of being the eccentric friend and starts to wonder if the one adventure she has never tried, motherhood, might be worth the risk with charming potter Nye as a potential donor.
Good Husband Material
by Trisha Ashley
2000
Romantic novelist Tish thinks she has done the sensible thing by marrying dependable James and moving to a country cottage, until her first love, rock star Fergal, buys a house in the same village and unsettles everything.
Where should I start?
If you want cosy Lancashire village romances: The Magic of Christmas → A Winter's Tale → Wedding Tiers → Chocolate Wishes.
If you love festive reads: Twelve Days of Christmas → Wish Upon A Star → The Christmas Invitation → One More Christmas at the Castle → The Christmas Retreat.
If you prefer sharp, funny standalones: Every Woman for Herself → Good Husband Material → Singled Out → The Generous Gardener.
If you enjoy stories about healing and fresh starts: Creature Comforts → The Little Teashop of Lost and Found → The House of Hopes and Dreams → The Garden of Forgotten Wishes.
If you just want a quick taste: Finding Mr. Rochester → A Piece of Cake → A Vintage Christmas → Footsteps in the Snow.
Author bio
Trisha Ashley writes romantic fiction that blends down to earth humour with small village drama, food and flowers, giving readers a gentle escape into communities that feel lived in and slightly eccentric.
She was born in St Helens in West Lancashire, in the room above her mother's shoe shop, and had poems printed in the local paper before she was a teenager. Failing the 11 plus meant she went to Rivington Secondary School, where an English teacher, Miss White, encouraged her writing and arranged touch typing lessons that became vital as Ashley's eyesight worsened over the years.
After school she moved away to study architectural glass at art college in Swansea, learning to work with light, colour and pattern. Before she could support herself through novels, she patched together a living from a string of part time jobs, including work for a lead light maker and a stint as a plumber, experiences that later fed into her practical, hands on characters.
Her early manuscripts were domestic satires, with a brief detour into historical romance, and one of them, My Place in the Country, was shortlisted for the Constable Trophy for Northern Writers. With the guidance of her agent Judith Murdoch she began nudging those sharp observations toward romantic comedy, shaping the voice readers now recognise in books like Good Husband Material and Every Woman for Herself.
Ashley has since written more than two dozen novels, many of them Sunday Times bestsellers, and her work has been shortlisted several times for major romantic fiction prizes. Every Woman for Herself was voted one of the three best romantic novels of the last fifty years by magazine readers, while A Winter's Tale and later titles such as The Little Teashop of Lost and Found and The Garden of Forgotten Wishes have built a loyal audience who like their love stories mixed with wit and a bit of weather.
Her books often return to the same patch of northern landscape, from rural West Lancashire to West Yorkshire and the Welsh borderlands. Villages like Sticklepond and the moorland towns of her Christmas novels feel grounded in real winter light, muddy lanes and village halls, even as she threads in recipes, folklore and the occasional whisper of magic. Again and again she circles back to the same three F words she jokes about in interviews: food, flowers and friendship.
Ashley herself lives in North Wales, divorced with one grown son, and has long been a quiet presence in the writing community there. She helped found Novelistas Ink, a group of novelists who meet regularly in North Wales, and she is a long standing member of the Society of Authors, swapping solitary writing days for lively lunches when she can.
Readers who pick up one of her novels can expect eccentric extended families, women rebuilding their lives in old houses or overgrown gardens, plenty of dogs, and a reassuring sense that however messy things get, a hopeful ending is still on the table.
Edited by
Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.
Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.













































Comments
Did we miss something? Have feedback?
Help us improve this page by sharing your thoughts