Sophie Lane has a plan: climb the career ladder, keep her love life neatly tucked away, and avoid her clumsy streak at all costs. But fate has other ideas—starting with an ill-timed coffee spill, a broken heel, and one very public tumble straight into the arms of Daniel Reid, the annoyingly handsome architect who seems to turn up everywhere she goes.From mistaken hotel rooms to disastrous dinner dates, Sophie and Daniel keep colliding in the most awkward (and hilarious) of ways. An...

With the outbreak of World War I, German-born Kitty Marion, suspected of being a German spy and placed under surveillance, sailed from Liverpool for New York. She left a dramatic and colourful life behind: a hectic and fascinating 20-year career as a performer crisscrossing Britain first as a singer, dancer and actress on the musical comedy and pantomime stage, and then in music hall as a ‘refined comedienne’. She campaigned against the sexual abuses rife in the theatre of the day which le...