A new authorial voice relaying true stories that are likely to both horrify you and make you laugh out loud. Events and conversations are told with pace, humour and humanity as the author shares with you her memories of the situations she has lovingly endured while at the mercy of her numerous foster boys. It is heart warming, heart breaking and heartfelt in equal measures. It is a memoir of sorts but it is definitely not a misery memoir.C.E.A. Forster is youngish, conceivably push...

'A captivating novel of love, deception and misunderstanding' WOMANDan and Sally Oliver and their friend Chloe Hennessey are lucky to be alive. Three years on, after surviving one of the world's biggest natural disasters - the Boxing Day tsunami - their lives have changed dramatically.Dan and Sally are now parents. Dan is enjoying being a stay-at-home father taking care of their young son, and Sally is the breadwinner and loves her job as a partner in a Man...

Lose yourself in the twists and turns of love in the hilarious romantic comedy from the bestselling author of A Cornish SummerFinding true love's a piece of cake - as long as you're looking for someone else's true love . . .Polly McLaren is young, scatty and impossibly romantic. She works for an arrogant and demanding boss, and has a gorgeous if never-there-when-you-need-him boyfriend. But the day a handsome stranger recognises her...

**The multi-million-copy number one bestsellerOne of The Sunday Times's top 100 bestselling books of the past 50 yearsWelcome to Bridget’s first diary: mercilessly funny, endlessly touching and utterly addictive.**A dazzlingly urban satire on modern relationships?An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family?Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?As Bridget documents her struggles through the social min...

A dramatic short story from experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis.Baby Sarah is born to a crack-addicted mother on a freezing cold night in December. Rosie is woken a few short hours later, at 1am, and taken to the maternity unit by police escort to collect the infant and take her to a place of safety.But it soon becomes clear that Sarah is suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms. Knowing that separation is inevitable, Rosie tries to maintain a professional distance but th...

The tender, touching novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Sunny Days and Sea BreezesThe last place Anna Terry expects to fall in love is in the waiting room of her divorce lawyer's office, but that's where she meets Nick Diamond . . .Anna's first marriage ended before her pregnancy was over, and her second husband has disappeared, leaving her penniless and with two children. Nick's luck hasn't been any better: his wife has run off with anoth...

From the author of the bestselling The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots and One Little White Lie, comes a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about dating in the modern world…“Once upon a time, there was a young girl called Sarah Dubert who needed to fall in love in six weeks . . .”Thanks to food poisoning, broken dates, airport malfunctions and even death, Sarah Dubert has never had a boyfriend on Valentine’s Day. However this year she’s de...

How far would you go for love: a white lie, a small deceit, full-scale fraud...?When Charlotte Briggs' husband Ed is sent down for fraud, she cannot find it in her heart to forgive him for what he has done. Ostracised from their social circle, she flees to the wilds of Exmoor to nurse her broken heart. But despite the slower pace of life, she soon finds that she is not the only person whose life is in turmoil.There's Sebastian, enfant terrible of the Britis...

‘Five Go Glamping is a must-read story full of friendship, romance and self-discovery…. I loved it!’ – Little Northern SoulThe hilarious and heart-warming romantic comedy you need this year!Glamping Check listFestival ticketsDouble check best Instagram filterAvoid thinking about work/Connor/five year plan!!A four day break from her hectic life to relax in the...

Bill Vokes has played Santa at the children’s Christmas show for years. But with the show just hours away, he vanishes with no explanation. The whole village is baffled. Did something bad happen to loveable Bill: upstanding citizen, churchgoer, life and soul of the party and the holiday season?Jack and Sarah are on the case - and soon discover there are secrets about this Santa that no one could have imagined...

Liz Ward believed that it was possible to have it all. A glittering career, a successful marriage and a happy family. But it doesn’t take too long for Liz to realise that taking the job of programme controller at Metro TV could be the biggest mistake of her life. When she confesses to her friends, they are scandalized – Liz is their role model and she is shattering the myth they must all live by.But she is tired of pretending that there is no price to pay for her success. She has t...

A Powerful BBW Cowboy Romance StoryAfter her parents died in a car accident when she was a child, Eva ended up growing up on a farm with her grandparents, loving them to pieces but hating the hard work and early mornings. The only good thing she had for herself while living there were her teenage years and the boy from the farm next to them. Tommy Silver. Sweet, golden blonde and every bit a cowboy, Eva fell madly in love with him and spent every waking hour with him. They shared d...