Tackle!: Let the sabotage and scandals begin in the new instant Sunday Times bestseller

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The brand-new book from the legendary Jilly Cooper, featuring the iconic Rupert Campbell-Black. Be prepared for scandal, sex and sabotage - this time on the football field... Jilly Cooper's legendary hero returns! Rupert Campbell-Black, all-conquering racehorse owner-trainer and handsomest man in England, is in the darkest of places. His adored wife, Taggie, is about to undergo chemotherapy. His beloved leading stallion has been assassinated. Now his daughter Bianca is badgering him to buy into a failing local football club, Searston Rovers, so he can sign up her superstar striker boyfriend, Feral Jackson, and he and Bianca can return home from Perth to look after Taggie. Rupert dislikes football and his first impressions of Searston are distinctly unfavourable. But as their new and indelibly competitive Chairman, he won't stand for anything less than an Everest climb to the top of the Premier League. With the help of the club's ravishing and adorable secretary, Tember West, and his sassy Press Officer, Dora Belvedon, he becomes increasingly fond of his riotous mix of players, despite bawling them out whenever they face defeat. Rupert's explosive arrival at Searston causes outrage, so the fights are as furious off the field as on - particularly when glamorous WAGS flood in to stir up trouble and lust after Rupert... Nor do the rival local football team, their duplicitous chairman and their corrupt dealings make things easier - let the scandals, sabotage and seductions begin...

Reviews

A giddy, sexy, exuberant romp of a story...a total tonic, offering the sort of glorious escapism we're all desperately in need of. * Daisy Buchanan *
It's pure escapism - the perfect antidote to the read world, full of warmth, wit and Rupert Campbell-Black * Sunday Express *
A breathless plot that [...] sizzles with all the scandal, scheming and saucy shenanigans a reader could hope for * The Mail on Sunday *
Won't disappoint her many fans: bonking, balls and Campbell-Black. All present and incorrect * Sir Ian Rankin *
Bursting with fun, puns, and shenanigans * Jill Mansell *
If you loved Riders, and binge-watched Ted Lasso, then this is your dream novel. Pitch perfect and utterly swoon-worthy. Jilly is a genius * Clare Pooley *
A fabulous feast of fun, frolics and football * Jo Thomas *
Jilly is back on fine form bringing the world of football to brilliant life. A read that was fleet of foot and contained plenty of last minute surprises ... I loved it * Cesca Major *
I felt my mood perceptibly improve over the few days of reading ... The only problem with Tackle! is that you have to ration yourself or you'll gobble it up in one go * The Telegraph *
A jolly jolt of Jilly on a cold autumn day * The Times *
The queen of British bonkbusters * The Economist *
With her talent for boisterous plots and dialogue, Cooper delivers feisty fun ... With this novel, Cooper shoots again and scores * Daily Telegraph *
clever and enormous fun to read * i *
A total treat * Daily Mail *
Pure escapism - who could ask for more * Daily Express *
There's still something infectiously joyful and funny about [Cooper's] particular brand of very English writing * The Observer *

Author Bio

Jilly Cooper is a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lives in Gloucestershire. She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, and won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019. She was appointed CBE in 2018 for services to literature and charity.