Rivals

Everyone wants to get on top . . .

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tackle! and Riders, now a series on Disney+

'A combination of drama, sex, and good social comedy ... unputdownable' The Sunday Times
'Jilly Cooper is the very best ... elegant, glamourous, wonderful fun' Daily Mail
‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’ - Marian Keyes

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Welcome to the 80s, the decade of decadence…

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.

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Praise for the Rutshire Chronicles series:

‘Pure, unadulterated joy’ - Sophie Kinsella

‘Jilly Cooper’s writing is hilarious, witty, wise, astute, [and] flawlessly entertaining’ - Helen Fielding
‘Joyful and mischievous. I know of no woman my age who won't admit that Rupert Campbell-Black nearly ruined them for other men for life . . .’ - Jojo Moyes
‘Jilly Cooper is the funniest and the sharpest writer there is’ - Jenny Colgan



Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024