Nene Davies: 4 books

Isobel's life has changed. All but destroyed one sunshiny day; just like that, when she wasn't looking. She needs to wake up and realise that unless she starts swimming, the waters might close completely over her head.

Where there's smoke there are liars. When Melbourne firefighter Jack Adams discovers his stunning wife's secret double life, he doesn't have a chance to confront her - she's already dead; murdered in bed while their apartment burns. A broken man, Jack retreats to the country and books...

Isobel Richardson can cope wtih most things; her husband's redundancy, a shortage of money, three spirited kids and a demanding old house on the West Wales coast. She sees the loss of Leo's job as a chance for new beginnings and her drive and determination propel the family towards a sparkling new...

Isobel Richardson is torn. With an elderly dependent mother on one side of the world and her husband and children in Australia, her priorities are drifting further and further away from one another. She tries to stretch around the globe with a hand on each household. If only she could be in two places at once; be everything to everyone. Perhaps then her family wouldn't be falling apart.