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A vivid and compelling memoir recounting the real lives, loves and friendship of 1940s Soho and its working girls. Barbara Tate was 17 when she heard the whispered word that would change her life: Soho. It would take four years for Barbara to escape her loveless home but when she finally made...

Three women rent a holiday house in Cornwall for the summer. Each brings with her children, baggage (in every sense) and expectations... Imogen, who organised the holiday, is frighteningly capable and a bit of a control freak. With three children who are at the centre of her world, she's determined...

Sometimes you need to escape the spotlight to find yourself... Nina always dreamed of being a star. Unfortunately, her agent thinks she's more girl-next-door than leading lady and her acting career isn't going quite as planned. Then, after a series of very public mistakes and on the run from...

What's your recipe for happiness? Verity never thought she'd fall out of love with cooking...that is until her best friend passed away, taking their shared passion with her. And now it looks like Verity's career and love life might soon follow suit. Desperate to escape her problems, Verity...

One dream house. Two possible futures. One big risk. Thirty-something Sophie Stone's life is safe and predictable, which is just the way she likes it. But when a mysterious benefactor leaves her an inheritance, Sophie has to accept that change is in the air. There is just one big catch: in...

Love, friendship and family come in all different shapes and sizes... Gina has been going with the flow for years - she'd rather have an easy life than face any conflict. She runs her childminding business from her cottage at the edge of The Evergreens, a charming Victorian house and home to...

A sparkling summer story full of secrets and surprises! The city has not been kind to Lottie Allbright, it's time to cut and run. But when she packs up to move back home, she finds her family in disarray. In desperate need of a new place to stay, Lottie takes a live-in job managing a local...

Secrets, surprises and second chances are all on the menu... Out of work and a little desperate, Rosie Featherstone jumps at the chance to help her beloved Italian grandmother at the Lemon Tree Café - a little slice of Italy in the country. Surrounded by the rich scent of espresso,...

'A tale of illicit love, hate and loss in occupied France . . . confirming [Ann Widdecombe] as an eloquent storyteller' GLASGOW HERALD Catherine Dessin, a young French girl living in Paris during the occupation, falls for an older, married German officer. The novel examines the tensions this...

Quit sugar. Change your life. Two years ago Nicole Mowbray gave up sugar and the effects were astonishing. It changed her life, her body, her relationships, her face and her health. Now sugar is under fire and firmly in the dietary spotlight - the World Health Organisation have lowered...

The must-have guide to cosmetic surgery written by the world's leading independent consultant. Cosmetic surgery, once the preserve of the jet-setting rich, is now something more people than ever are prepared to consider, and the industry is worth almost £700 million in the UK alone. But what...

Told through the eyes of his daughter Evelyn, this is the true story of a father's fight to reclaim his children from the Irish government in the 1950s, now a major film. Desmond Doyle, 29, a painter and decorator, is married with six children and living in the infamous Fatima Mansions in Dublin...

A beautiful, atmospheric novel set in the heat of Crete from the author of the highly acclaimed THE HOUSE OF DUST AND DREAMS. It is the late 1960s and after her strict English boarding school, Angel is delighted to be back on Crete, the island she loves. She and her friend Chrissi are planning...

'This is the real Ireland, where pleasure and pain are inextricably linked' Val McDermid A brilliant break-through crime novel from one of the most respected names in the business... SERIAL opens with a haunting first person narrative. A middle-aged male describes picking up a lone girl...