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Meet Caroline Gray: divorcee and newly single mother. Firmly closing the door on her acrimonious divorce, Caroline and son Ben have moved to trendy Frencham, where they join Caroline's longtime best friends, Heather and Eva. Settling into their new life is easy, but nothing has prepared Caroline for the demands of motherhood at The Sycamore, the school the trio's beloved offspring attend. Forget classroom bullies, forget trips to the head's office, this is full-scale adult playground politics. This is battle with the mothers who won't take no for an answer - the Playground Mafia.

The ninth part takes place in a restaurant, leased by a recently divorced businesswoman who wanted to forget about the divorce of her husband and father of their two adult children. However, what she failed to realise was that she did not have the slightest understanding of the restaurant business and actually didn't enjoy it at all. Contents: Don't let your emotions rule your common sense. Do business only in fields that you enjoy. Watch out for people who try to make you believe they care for you, while only caring for your property.

It was love at first sight for Antonia 'Toni' Ward and her fiancé, Justin Metcalfe. The young couple holiday in Spain, but their whirlwind romance is soon in jeopardy as jealousy threatens to tear them apart. Can Justin really be trusted? When Justin sprains his ankle playing golf and ends up in a Spanish hospital, Toni meets Aaron Osborn, who suffered serious injuries after a horrific skiing accident which killed his wife. As Toni's friendship with Aaron flourishes, her relationship with Justin comes under increasing pressure.

Shortlisted for the 2016 Historical Novel Society Indie Award. Late 1960s. Sent to Berlin to investigate silver smuggling, former Praetorian Aurelia Mitela barely escapes a near-lethal trap. Her old enemy is at the heart of all her troubles, and she pursues him back home to Roma Nova, but he has struck at her most vulnerable point - her young daughter.

Joanna Jepson was born with a facial deformity that led to her being mercilessly bullied through childhood and adolescence while a strict evangelical upbringing imposed further challenges. Reconstructive facial surgery and a religious meltdown left her unrecognizable and disorientated and triggered a search for identity and belonging.

The scientifically proven route to enriching and enhancing your state of mind. Emma Young has no history of mental illness; just like everyone else, occasionally she gets down, anxious, and disproportionately stressed. Disappointed that her mind does not always deal well with the pressures of modern life, Emma decided to go on a mind-toning journey. Is it possible to tone your mind just as you can tone your body so it becomes more resilient and better prepared to deal with what life throws at you?

If life is cheap, how much is love worth? It's 1914, and young Rose Courtenay has a decision to make. Please her wealthy parents by marrying the man of their choice - or play her part in the war effort? After escaping to work in France, she meets Lieutenant Alex Denham, a dark figure from her past. But he's the last man in the world she should get involved with....

True honour is endless. Join us. Norfolk, 1935. War is looming in Great Britain, and the sprawling country estate of Alderberen Hall is shadowed by suspicion and paranoia. Thirteen-year-old Delphine Venner is determined to uncover the secrets of the hall's elite society, which has taken in her gullible mother and unstable father. As she explores the house and discovers the secret network of hidden passages that thread through the estate, Delphine uncovers a world more dark and threatening than she ever imagined.

It’s been five years since Rose’s mother, Kathy, went missing, and all Rose wants to do is get on with her life. Then police officer Henry Thompson comes calling: a body has been found buried in the garden of Rose’s old house. The body of a missing teenage girl. Rose and Joshua have one last chance to clear their parents’ names. But if they fail, the consequences will be deadly…

Joshua's uncle has survived a near fatal accident and Rose and Joshua drive to Newcastle to visit him, along with their friend Skeggsie. Joshua is convinced they are being followed. Can it be true, or is it just his paranoia? And then the precious murder notebooks are stolen. Somebody out there really does not want Rose and Joshua to find their parents. But who? And why?

Jessie Warburton has been hopelessly in love with the rakish Earl of Ashbourne for years. Tired of being ignored, she accepts the proposal of the Reverend Henry Lusty, and goes to London to stay with her fiancé’s sister. Mrs Machin, a secret writer of sensational novels, is delighted to learn that her visitor is closely acquainted with a rake, and seeks to take advantage of the situation.

The death of Charlie Parker in a car accident exposes a web of deceit and changes the lives of three women. His wife, Lauren, discovers that her marriage was not what it seemed. While caring for Betty, her difficult mother-in-law, she also finds herself providing for Charlie's teenage daughter Katie, a girl neither of them knew about.

Rebellious society girl Arabella Raynsford is leading a double life as a music hall singer but to escape a possible scandal, she flees to Constantinople to join Florence Nightingale. Arabella’s ambitious mother wants her to marry wealthy Irish landowner Oswald Delaney but she has fallen in love with humble engineer Nat Sloane, a man her parents will never accept as a suitable husband.

1931 is the year that changes everything for Daisy Denham. Her family has not long swapped life in India for Dorset, England when she uncovers an old secret. At the same time, she meets Ewan Fraser - a handsome dreamer who wants nothing more than to entertain the world and for Daisy to play his leading lady. Ewan offers love, and a chance to escape with a touring theatre company. But can first love last forever?

Rose and Joshua meet when Joshua and his dad come to live with Rose and her mum. Then their world is shattered when their mother and father go out one evening and never return. With police inquiries going nowhere, Rose and Joshua are separated and sent to live with relatives. Then Rose is witness to not one, but two murders. Why is this happening? And how does it fit in with the disappearance of their parents?

"Trying to escape, were you?" Tassie bit her lip. Why hadn’t he turned her over to the constables? She certainly wasn’t going to try to run past him, even if he did have a limp. This man towered over her – six foot of hardened muscle, strong booted legs set firmly apart. Major Marcus Forrester. All ready for action. And Tassie couldn’t help but remember his kiss…

Ever since Juliet's mother abandoned her husband and child in mysterious circumstances, Juliet has felt responsible for her actor father. Once headed for stardom, Marcus is now a shadow of his former self and when Juliet finds him in a run-down London flat, he is mired in debt and constantly drunk. Juliet brings Marcus to live with her by the seaside as she tries to rebuild his shattered confidence one step at a time. Things even seem to be looking up when Marcus is offered theatre work...

Rose's mother and Joshua's father have disappeared. Police inquiries have gone nowhere, but Rose and Joshua still believe that they are alive. Joshua is determined to work out the meaning of the cryptic ‘murder’ notebooks they have discovered. Rose receives some odd, desperate messages from Rachel, a former best friend, followed by the terrible news that Rachel is dead. But what does Rachel have to do with their parents?

Daisy Kirk is a sucker for a love story, which is why she opened up her gift shop - because there’s nothing that makes Daisy happier than when she’s helped someone find the perfect Christmas gift for their loved one. And she does not just sell 'soppy presents and frilly pants', as her brother’s best friend, Eli, is fond of suggesting. But whilst Daisy is helping others with their love lives, hers is nonexistent. But when unusual circumstances take Daisy and Eli on a road trip from London to rural Wales, will she finally get the happily ever after to her own Christmas love story?

Workaholic art historian Aurora Black doesn’t have time for fairy tales or Prince Charmings, even in the most romantic city in the world. She has recently been hired by a Parisian auction house for a job that could make or break her career. Unfortunately, daredevil journalist Cédric Castel seems intent on disrupting Aurora’s routine. As Aurora and Cédric embark on a journey across France, they get more than they bargained for as they find themselves battling rogue antiques dealers and personal demons, not to mention a growing attraction to each other.