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10 Reasons Not to Fall in Love

1) I’d have to shave my legs – even in winter

2) Couldn’t get away with wearing big knickers

3) Or having spaghetti hoops for tea

4) He’d have to meet my mother

5) My boss is my ex and no man could accept that

6) Single mums are about as attractive to men as syphilis

7) ‘I’ll Never Fall in Love Again’ is my theme tune

8) Last time I was dumped for a weathergirl

9) I no longer trust men

And most importantly…

10) Can’t risk Alfie getting hurt again

Jo Gilroy gave her heart away once.

She won’t be making the same mistake twice.

In fact, she’s got 10 reasons not to fall in love.

Until Dan Brady comes along, with some reasons of his own…

When Claire Cooper was 15 she’d swear on her Wham! album that…

1) Big hair and rah-rah skirts were here to stay

2) Spandau Ballet would never split up

3) She would marry her idol, heart-throb footballer Andy Pailes

Fast forward twenty years and things haven’t gone quite to plan.

And when Claire discovers a sealed envelope containing the ‘dream list’ she wrote as a teenager, she realises how far removed her life is from the one she’d imagined. Divorced, stuck in a dead-end job and dating an ambulance-chasing personal injury lawyer, she decides it’s time to put her life back on track.

But what really happened between Claire and her teen idol back in the eighties?

And is meeting him again the way to make her dreams come true?

Or a huge mistake?

‘A book for any woman who ever had a poster of her idol on her bedroom wall.’

Alison is a marriage mender. Her job is to help couples who fear they have reached the end of the line. But the trouble with spending your time sorting out other people’s problems is that you tend to take your eye off your own.

Even when her husband’s ex Lydia arrives on the doorstep demanding to see her son, Alison thinks she can handle it.

But what Alison doesn’t realise is that Lydia is the one person who has the ability to destroy their happy family. And sometimes the cracks can run so deep that even a marriage mender can’t repair them.

When Sam, Jackie and Anna successfully campaign to save their children's school lollipop lady, they are asked by a TV reporter if they fancy standing in the general election.

It is, of course, a crazy idea: Sam's youngest son has an incurable disease, Jackie is desperate for another child and her mum is struggling with Alzheimers, Anna's teenagers - and marriage - are in danger of going off the rails.

But sometimes the craziest ideas turn out to be the best. And just think what they could do if they got to run the country...

Everything in Mel Taylor's life is perfect - she has the man she loves, a gorgeous daughter, a great job and a dream home. But Mel's happiness is overshadowed by a niggling feeling that it's all been a bit too easy. And, as Mel is about to find out, all good things must come to an end.

Sarah Roberts used to be good.

Then she did something bad. Very bad.

Now, seven years later, she’s trying to make up for her past by leading a respectable life, working as a local newspaper reporter and living with her saintly boyfriend Jonathan. She has no intention of ever doing a bad thing again.

Until Nick walks back into her life.

And suddenly, what’s good and bad aren’t so clear to Sarah any more.

I DID A BAD THING is dark, funny, wicked and true. Because haven’t we all got a guilty secret?

Depuis quelques jours, Jess Mount vit un véritable cauchemar. Son fil d’actualité Facebook semble totalement déréglé, et la transpose dans un futur où… elle n’existe plus. Elle serait vraisemblablement morte dans un accident. Mais avant cette fin tragique, elle se découvre un petit ami, un mariage, et même un bébé. Pourtant lorsque de nouveaux messages suggèrent qu’elle a été assassinée, le doute s’installe. Et s’il ne s’agissait pas d’une simple blague mais de son véritable destin ?

Jess comprend bientôt que si elle change l’avenir pour sauver sa vie, le bébé qu’elle a commencé à aimer n’existera peut-être jamais…

« Avant même votre cerveau, c’est votre corps qui se rend compte que vous avez perdu votre enfant. Le cordon ombilical invisible qui vous lie tous les deux se rompt. À l’intérieur de vous, tout s’amollit et se relâche. Et ce n’est qu’à cet instant que votre cerveau enregistre ce qui se passe. »

Un, deux, trois... Lisa Dale ferme les yeux et compte jusqu'à cent lors d'une partie de cache-cache avec sa fille. Quand elle les rouvre, Ella, quatre ans, a disparu. Sans laisser la moindre trace.

La police, les médias et la famille de Lisa font corps pour retrouver la fillette. Et si leur instinct les éloignait d'Ella ? Si le ravisseur était connu d'eux tous ?

Quelques instants avant sa mort, la grand-mère de Nicola, Betty, lui chuchote qu'il y a des bébés au fond du jardin. La mère de Nicola prétend qu'elle disait n'importe quoi. Cependant, lorsque la fille de Nicola trouve un os en jouant dans le jardin de Betty, il est clair que quelque chose de sinistre s'est produit. Mais découvrir de douloureux secrets de famille finira-t-il par déchirer la famille de Nicola ?

Le roman à suspense chargé d'émotion de Linda Green, l'auteur à succès de While My Eyes Were Closed et After I've Gone '. Émouvant.