Robyn Sisman’s seventh novel, Sweet Nothings, was due for release in March 2010 but has been put back until 6th May 2010. The synopsis, which sounds great, reads:

Kate is a rising star in one of London’s top barristers’ chambers. Smart, competitive and driven, she is jubilant when she lands a high-profile case representing the film-maker and charity activist Jez Carnaby. Children are involved, as are houses, helicopters, racehorses, private islands, and money - lots of it. Winning this case will guarantee Kate the success and stability she craves.

There’s only one problem: the man leading the opposing legal team is her own husband, Riki. Frost settles on their previously hot marriage. Kate is outraged by Riki’s sympathy for his female client, whom Kate sees as a negligent mother and freeloader. Riki is disgusted that contact with Carnaby is making her as selfish as her client. Suddenly issues which they could laugh off or resolve in bed erupt into quarrels, whether about who puts out the rubbish bin or about Kate’s ambivalence towards having children..

Through fighting the case in the court by day while sharing a bed by night, both must reassess their ideas about parenthood, fidelity and the equality of men and women in a modern marriage. From the leafy quadrangles and panelled chambers of London’s legal heartland to glitzy country mansions; from courtroom ritual to party excess, SWEET NOTHINGS is a fun and fast battle of the sexes, packed with wit and emotional truth.

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