1937. In a village on the Dorset coast, 14-year-old Mitzy Hatcher has endured a wild and lonely upbringing - until the arrival of renowned artist Charles Aubrey, his exotic mistress and their daughters, changes everything. Over the next three summers, Mitzy sees a future she had never thought possible, and a powerful love is kindled in her. A love that grows from innocence to obsession; from childish infatuation to something far more complex.

Bath, 1821. Rachel Crofton escapes her unhappy employment as a governess by marrying a self-made businessman. But her new life soon takes an unexpected turn. Reclusive Jonathan Alleyn is a man tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice. Starling, foundling child and now servant, is convinced that Alice, the woman she loved as a sister, was stolen from her. Did Alice run away? Or did something altogether more sinister occur? As Starling tries to expose the lies behind Bath's immaculate facades, others want only to forget, and will go to extreme lengths to do so. And the...

This work contains three chapters, each examining the hormonal imbalance disease polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) from a different perspective. Chapter 1 describes various characteristics of PCOS and reviews recent approaches for treatment strategies, including antioxidant supplementation, anti-inflammatory agents, and lifestyle modification. Chapter 2 reviews possible health risks and complications of PCOS. Finally, Chapter 3 aims to provide an understanding and wider concept of pathogenesis and intricacy of various pathways pertaining to the heterogeneity of this syndrome that can help to...