Ellie and Dan are living proof that opposites attract. He always follows instructions and she throws the manual away. He loves sports whereas Ellie's allergic to any form of exercise. Ellie doesn't have a mother, Dan does - a mother who wants to take over everything. Will be backed by a dazzling nationwide advertising campaign to include golden bus supersides.

Vicky Townsley and Amber Winslow are not happy with their lives. Until one day, Amber decides to step into Vicky's shoes. This novel is the story of what really happens when two women decide to walk in one another's shoes for one month.

At twenty-seven, Libby thinks there's a lot to be said for a rich husband. So when Nick comes along - lovely, funny, handsome Nick, who has no money whatsoever, lives in a grotty bedsit and thinks the perfect night out consists of the pub and his mates - she decides he's only good for a fling. No strings attached. Investment banker Ed, on the other hand, could possibly be the answer. His house in Regent's Park makes up for his hideous moustache and she can probably overlook his irritating habits, and anyway, he's crazy about her. But does Libby really know what she needs? Is she just in love...

Cath and Si are best friends, both unlucky in love. Cath is scatty whilst Si is impossibly tidy. When Portia steps back into their lives, her reappearance sets off a chain of events that tests them to the limit.

Jemima lusts after Ben at the newspaper where she works, but being overweight is an obstacle to her amorous intent. A chance encounter with Brad from L.A. on the Internet means she'll have to reinvent herself, but can she do such a thing?

Alice knows she should be happy. After all, she has a handsome husband, a beautiful apartment and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband and anything in a skirt are becoming harder to ignore?

Step inside an intelligent woman's mind - no holds barred. Follow Tasha's odyssey to find fulfilment and the right kind of love in this real, true novel that is very funny, painfully honest, sometimes sad, and always on the button.

Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends - friends she hasn't seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years. On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and it's not quite so straightforward.

When Nan, a widow whose family has flown the nest, discovers that the money she thought would last forever may mean losing her home, she knows it's time for a drastic change.

Love is not an abstract idea. It is not saying 'I'm here for you, let me know if you need me'. It's making the decision, when someone close to you is in trouble, about what you will do to fix as much as you can for them. It's a 'doing' thing. A verb.