<p>For the last few years, Beth and Ned have gone to the same Caribbean island to the same luxury spa hotel. But this year, home problems have somehow tagged along for the ride. Ned has been playing away—a bit of a drunken fling, that's all, Beth thinks. But although they have put it all behind them, Beth doesn't know that Ned's fling was with the female half of one of the couples they are vacationing with.</p>

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Literature & Fiction

Astley, Judy

Contemporary

Black Swan.

When Nell was a student, she and Patrick were a serious item. They were inseparable, and she really thought he was The One. But then Alex came along - the safer, more restful option - and thanks to her over-controlling mother, she opted for him instead. But now, Alex has left her to live in New York with a younger, blonder woman. Escaping to the Caribbean for a recuperative holiday, she is mugged at the airport and her bag is stolen. It’s crisis time – and she makes two decisions: First – she will take lessons in self-defense. Second – she will try and find Patrick again. Is she trying to put the past behind her...or setting out to ruin her future?  

Laying the Ghost

Bella has given up on men. Her latest boyfriend 'forgot' to tell her about his current wife, so she's single again. Now, her ex-husband has turned up, wanting to sell the family home in which she and their two teenage children are happily living their lives. Then Bella sees a chance to stay in the house and earn some money. She rents it out for a reality TV makeover programme. And it turns out that the house isn't the only thing that will benefit from a change...

The Look of Love

Other People's Husbands

Sara's mother told her that she shouldn’t marry Conrad, that the 25-year age gap between them would be their downfall. Conrad, a famous painter, has decided that it would be good to die before he gets seriously old, and so spends his time sorting out his chaotic life. Meanwhile Sarawhen not teaching art at a local collegefinds that she has plenty of male company in the form of other people’s husbands, all of whom are just good friends to her. But there’s one man that she somehow never gets around to mentioning to Conrad, and suddenly her little secret begins to impact the rest of her life.

Unchained Melanie

A summer holiday in Cornwall is full of surprises.     Every July, the lucky owners of Cornish holiday homes set off for their annual break. They close up their desirable semis in smartish London suburbs -- having turned off the Aga and turned on the burglar alarm -- and look forward to a carefree, restful, somehow more fulfilling summer.     Clare is more than usually ready for her holiday. Her daughter, Miranda, is hitting adolescence bigtime, and her husband Jack is harbouring unsettling thoughts of a change in lifestyle. No wonder that Clare is contemplating a bit of extra-marital adventure, possibly with Eliot, the successful, heavy-drinking author in the adjoining holiday property.     Unexpected disasters occur, revelations are made and, as the summer ends, real life will never be quite the same again.

Just for the Summer

Every July, the lucky owners of Cornish holiday homes set off for their annual break. Loading their estate cars with dogs, cats, casefuls of wine, difficult adolescents and rebellious toddlers, they close up their desirable semis in smartish London suburbs - having turned off the Aga and turned on the burglar alarm - and look forward to a carefree, restful, somehow more fulfilling summer. Clare is, this year, more than usually ready for her holiday. Her teenage daughter, Miranda, has been behaving strangely; her husband, Jack, is harbouring unsettling thoughts of a change in lifestyle; her small children are being particularly tiresome; and she herself is contemplating a bit of extra-marital adventure, possibly with Eliot, the successful - although undeniably heavy-drinking and overweight - author in the adjoining holiday property. Meanwhile Andrew, the only son of elderly parents, is determined that this will be the summer when he will seduce Jessica, Eliot's nubile daughter. But Jessica spends her time in girl-talk with Miranda, while Milo, her handsome brother with whom Andrew longs to be friends, seems more interested in going sailing with the young blond son of the club commodore. Unexpected disasters occur, revelations are made and, as the summer ends, real life will never be quite the same again.

Pleasant Vices

Astlley, Judy

Corgi

Seven For A Secret

British & Irish

Muddy Waters

This is the story of Stella, an advice columnist for a teenage magazine. Stella's friends assume she doesn't have any problems of her own and deluge her with their woes. Abigail, deserted by her husband, moves in with Stella, but then starts to move in on Stella's husband.

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Transworld Publishers

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Laying the Ghost

The Look of Love

Other People's Husbands

Unchained Melanie

Just for the Summer

Just for the Summer

Pleasant Vices

Seven For A Secret

Muddy Waters