Is love just an illusion? To the outside, Clare has everything: a beautiful home, a devoted husband and daughter, and plenty of money. But she is bored. And she is plagued by doubts. Her husband Clive spends most of the year abroad--but what does he do after work hours? And her daughter Sally claims to spend all her time with horses and homework--but what about boys? Lonely, thwarted, and unfulfilled--and against Clive's wishes--Clare takes a job managing a cafe. Her ambition is to experience real life, to escape the imaginary feelings that plague her. But when a handsome stranger walks...

In the Norfolk town of Haisby, Harbour Hill climbs from the harbour to the cliff-top--a road of run-down grandeur, its mansions now bedsits and guest houses. It is here that two girls take a flat in the mouse-ridden premises owned by Gilbert the Grope. Nicola tries to forget the past and learn independence, whilst Ceri meets Tom, but how can anyone love a man who laughs at everything, including her? Harbour Hill is the compelling story of the dramatic events which change--and enrich--their lives.

This is one of bestselling author Katie Flynn's contemporary novels, reissued for the first time. For the shopkeepers who work in the arcade in the seaside town of Haisby, life is not always easy. Diane Hopgood has moved from the bright lights of London to start a fashion boutique. Expecting a quiet life, she finds both love and drama. Anthea, her assistant, has finally managed to free herself of the dark memories of her father's sadistic abuse. But a terrible event changes everything for her. Marj cooks and waits tables at the wine bar, under the watchful eye of Martin, a chef of undoubted...

A fabulous contemporary romance from the bestselling author Katie Flynn. She can hardly believe it s happening. Not so long ago, Sophie had been the type of girl who could only make friends with people as lonely and friendless as herself. And yet now, here she is with a London flat, a job in television, and the kind of figure that is beginning to get her noticed. Particularly by Stephen, one of the directors. But despite her newfound confidence, when things start to go wrong, Sophie can t help wondering whether she s lost a bit of herself along the way."

Two children go on a desperate journey to find their family. Jimmy Trewin and his little sister are devastated by their mother's death, and horrified to find themselves entrusted to the far from tender care of a hated neighbor, Mrs. Huxtable. They hope their father will rescue them when his ship comes into port, but this does not happen, and when Cyril Huxtable is seen by the children hiding "a wad of notes" away, a wad which subsequently disappears, they realize they are in deep trouble. Cyril accuses them of theft and threatens a terrible revenge, so they decide to leave Liverpool and try...

It is 1936. Polly's guardian angel has to work overtime when her large family is forced to move from the countryside they love into central Liverpool. Money is desperately short and with her mother working and her father sick, Polly is easily led astray by a new pal, the handsome, idly Sunny Anderson. But soon war looms, and Sunny joins the navy.