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Posted on Monday, April 5th, 2010 by Leah
For as long as she could write, banking analyst Laura McGregor has kept a diary. As the years have passed, her diary has changed from goold old pen and paper to an electronic diary she’s able to keep on her laptop.
She writes everything in her diary: from her lacking relationship with fellow banker Tom to her startling attraction to journalist Alex and also the fact that the numbers just don’t seem to be adding up in her boss Will’s accounts. When her diary is accidentally uploaded to the internet, though, Laura needs to find a way to delete the blog as quickly as she can but in the process, can she manage to juggle not only the stresses of her job but also her ever-changing love life?
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Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010 by Leah
Katy Carter is a secondary school teacher who dreams of being a bestselling author and secretly scribbles down her novel (a historic blockbuster) whilst in school meetings. Katy is also a huge fan of grabbing herself her own romantic hero and thinks she’s found him in James, her fiance.
However when a dinner party for James’s work colleagues goes disastrously wrong – with help from a lobster named Pinchy, a red-setter named Sasha and a cactus – Katy finds herself unceremoniously dumped by James. After a health scare Katy is determined to get her life back on track and heads down to Cornwall to stay with best friend Maddy with the hopes of finding herself her new romantic hero, but could her romantic hero be closer to home than she thinks?
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Posted on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 by Chloe
Although they are sisters, Grace and Susannah have never really been close. Susannah was always sickly as a child and consequently had the constant attention of their mother much to Grace’s chagrin. Grace, however, worked hard and was determined to make her father proud of her. She managed to do so, and is now happily married to Tom, and the pair have everything they could dream of. Everything, that is, except a baby.
Grace resents Susannah for the way she has treated her own 2 children, and the fact she’s never been a proper mother to them. Susannah sees the opportunity to get the power back from her wealth and successful sister by giving her the one thing in the world that she wants - a baby. But as they say, you can choose your friends, not your family. What happens when the sisters start to clash again, will Susannah keep the balance of power in her favour or is Grace determined to trump her sister once and for all?
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Posted on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 by Leah
After the murder of teacher Marcus Halnsley, Poppy Carlisle and Serena Gorringe find themselves suddenly in the glare of the worlds’ media. Poppy ends up convicted of the crime and gets life in prison whereas Serena gets to walk free. Years later Poppy gets released from prison and is determined to clear her name and get Serena to confess to killing Marcus.
Serena, however, wants to keep the past firmly where it is: in the past as she never actually got around to telling her husband Evan about the entire debacle. Which girl will win out? Will Poppy finally be able to clear her name and prove her innocence or will Serena manage to keep everything buried back in the 80’s? The most important question of all though is who exactly did kill Marcus Halnsley?
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Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010 by Leah
Like most teenagers, Sam Kingston believes she’s going to live forever. However on a rainy February Friday night, driving home from a party, Sam and her friends Elody, Lindsay and Ally end up in a car crash. A car crash that kills Sam. Trouble is, she wakes up the next day and it’s that same Friday.
As Sam keeps repeating that fateful Friday, she begins to realise that although she may not be able to save herself, she may well be able to save someone. The question is, will she be able to untangle all of the mysteries surrounding her death before her week is up?
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Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010 by Chloe
The Melville sisters might have money but does it always lead to happiness? Eldest daughter Elizabeth is determined to succeed in her family’s business, despite the fact her father and owner William Melville doesn’t seem to be very supportive of her plans. Elizabeth isn’t about to back down but is she one to work behind the scenes without the glory? Amber isn’t blessed with the business brains of her sister, but has the looks to carry her through. Amber doesn’t have any plans to work for the family company but she’s decided that modelling is the career for her. She moves to LA without her family’s blessing and meets up with some bad boys and gets into things she knows she shouldn’t. Unfortunately for Amber, she doesn’t know a way out.
Finally, illegimate daughter Caitlin is still coming to terms with the death of her beloved mother when she’s sent to live with her father William and his family. Caitlin soon feels she doesn’t belong in the opulent world of the Melville’s and breaks free as soon as she can. She’s determined to make her own way in the world without using her family name, but is she going to get the success and recognition she’s always wanted? And what about the family too?
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Posted on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 by Chloe
Sadie Drew thinks she’s the world’s worst wife. She doesn’t keep her home spotless, she’s a tad unorganised when it comes to paperwork and bills, and she’s not exactly fond of her mother-in-law either. However, she loves being a mum and wife to her husband Tom, and everything seems just okay as it is.
That is until Tom gets a promotion at works and starts to change towards Sadie. Suddenly, he’s not happy with the Sadie of old and wants his wife to change so she mixes in better with the other high-flying wives and makes him look good. Sadie’s devastated, and desperately wants to make Tom fall in love with her all over again. A chance meeting with Enid at the park might just be the answer to all of Sadie’s problems...
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Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2010 by Leah
Maeve Connolly is very flighty. She seems to find it very difficult to stay in any place for too long a time. Maeve is also impulsive and seemingly has a lot of bad luck, and on an impulse she decides to drive across America from North Carolina to LA to see her friend Laura. Maeve sets off on her journey along with her bird Oliver and soon finds herself visiting some relatively obscure (and fantastically named) towns across America.
However, Maeve’s bad luck doesn’t seem to have left her and she ends up stranded in Unknown, Arizona when her car Elsie breaks down. As the townsfolk of Unknown rush to help Maeve on her quest to get her car fixed, Maeve finds herself becoming part of the community. However Maeve begins to fall for her boss Noah and her only option appears to be to run again…
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