Grumbling guests and escaping piglets are precisely what Martha doesn't need. She's already struggling to run a holiday cottage and a rather large smallholding single-handedly. Since her husband Mark died, three years ago, her rural property in France, beautiful as it is, has become an increasingly heavy millstone around her neck.So whilst she's horrified to stumble across a corpse at the local farm supplies shop, it does at least distract her from her own woes. Best friend Lottie s...

Cackling Carol must be the only witch in the world who hates cats! But she really wants a pet to keep her company and so she decides to get a dog instead. Together with her faithful and very clever Broom, she visits a dogs' home. She's after a nice small dog that will fit on on Broom with her. But who does she come out with? Big Roddy, the biggest, bounciest and shaggiest dog you could imagine. All Cackling Carol's witchy friends fall about laughing when they meet him. But just who is it t...

It's nearly Christmas at the little French llama farm. Nick and Noelle are looking forward to a quiet, romantic Christmas together, but at the last moment Noelle is asked to book the local agricultural 'halles' for the imminent national llama show. The original venue went up in smoke.Noelle does as asked, thinking that's all she'll have to do. She couldn't be more wrong! On top of all the extra work this good deed makes for her, various friends and relatives start turning up on the ...

Tom has always been fascinated by volcanoes. So this summer Mum takes him, his sister Anna and his best friend Kevin for a holiday close to a dormant one in France. It's their first holiday away since Tom's dad died two years ago.They explore the area and make friends with a scientist studying a cave system nearby. Everything is peaceful and fun - until one morning the volcano comes to life again.

It's nearly Christmas, a time for peace and goodwill. Or maybe not.First the house of a Spanish family of flamenco dancers is burned down, then a Dutch man is nearly battered to death with his own clogs. On the night of the carol service, at which the Worldwide Friendship Club's choir is singing, a Scottish bagpiper is found dead. By Martha, who has come across enough dead bodies already this year to last her a lifetime.Convinced there's a link to the choir, Martha and best f...

Cam's career and romantic prospects take a nose dive once she becomes guardian to her young nephew. She leaves a bustling Dutch city to move to a small, dull country town in England, and where once she restored magnificent old paintings to their former glory, now she operates the paint-mixing machine at a soulless hardware store. As much as she adores little Rowan, life has lost some of its sparkle.However, a handsome and charming customer causes her heart to flutter once more. Fate...

Emma has started at a new school and wants to make friends. So when the twins in her class announce that they have started an animal rescue club, she's determined to become a member.She begins to hunt for an animal to rescue, but that proves to be much harder than she ever imagined.Will she ever be a member of the Animal Rescue Club?

Welcome to the Stone Age! Flint Dog is the story of a ten-year-old boy, Youngest. He has just two dreams — the first is to be a Hunter like his big brother and his father, and his second is to have a new dog of his own, after his beloved White Tail dies. Both dreams are fulfilled in the form of misshapen lump of flint — the flint dog of the story's title.On the way Youngest has several adventures concerning baskets, caves, a mammoth and a menhir.Flint Dog, set in France, has ...

'You are invited to attend the funeral of Dominic Ignatius McCoy on Friday 29 December at St Mabel's Crematorium, Guildtown, at 11a.m., and afterwards to a meeting and finger buffet at the offices of Woodville-Leyton, Kensington-Harris and Snodkins, where you will learn something to your advantage.'Ethel Porter has no idea who this Dominic chap is. But free food is hard to resist, and advantageous tidings don't come along every day. So, on the fifth day of Christmas, she attends th...

Kelly is throwing everything she's got into her new bone health Pilates course. Her elderly landlord, ex-policeman Tom, and his friends help distribute leaflets so news of the forthcoming classes reaches our other main characters of gardener Ginnie and her relentless mother-in-law Mabel; self-employed, vivacious and voluptuous sewist Violet; quiet, retired deputy-headteacher Heather, and her son's partner of French descent, Vincent.Pharmaceuticals sales rep Aidan sees a leaflet too...

It's very nearly Christmas and, temporarily jobless and homeless, Noelle is back living with her parents. However, a phone call from her cousin Joe, who runs a house-and-pet-sitting service, saves her from a festive season of Whist, boredom and overindulging.So Noelle is off to France to mind a dozen South American mammals. She arrives amidst a blizzard and quickly discovers that something is definitely wrong at the farm. The animals are there all right, but pretty much nothing else...

Mum and Dad are going away to a farming conference, so Auntie has come down from the city to look after Robyn and Paul. No one is looking forward to it. Auntie doesn't like dirty farms, and Robyn and Paul think Auntie is boring. But this time round, Auntie's visit is very exciting - for all sorts of reasons! A fun story for young, confident readers.