First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

It's an early autumn day like any other as Miles Avery drives his wife, Jacqueline, to the station. At the station, Jacqueline gets out, takes an overnight bag from the back seat, then turns towards the platforms. This is the last anyone sees of her.

Since Susannah Cates's husband was sent to prison three years ago, life has been a constant struggle to provide for herself and their teenage daughter. Worried by her mother's unhappiness, 13-year-old Neve decides to take matters into her own hands.

A powerful tale of passion and betrayal and a woman's determination to find out the truth about her past -- from the author of The Hornbeam Tree.
A successful editor with a gorgeous husband, two adorable children and a beautiful London home, Julia has everything. But somehow she's still searching. Her beloved father walked out when she was sixteen and no one would tell her why. She's spent all her life missing him but wondering if she has blocked a memory too terrible to even contemplate. Julia's confusion over the past has come to dominate her present and is even threatening her idyllic...

Claudine Rafferty is rich, reckless and beautiful. So when she throws herself into an arranged marriage with the eminently eligible but notorious Francois de Lorvoire, everyone in Paris is amazed. Determined to cope with Francois' cruelty and indifference, Claudine soon finds herself driven to find love in the arms of Armand St Jacques.

Marian Deacon has always been overshadowed by her cousin Madeleine, a selfish model who will stop at nothing to reach the top. But their lives suddenly change with the arrival of Paul O'Connell, a charismatic writer who draws them into the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Hastings and the glamour and danger of her life in Italy and New York.

When Sandy Paull lands a job with one of London's theatrical agencies her dreams appear to be coming true, particularly when she meets Michael McCann, her handsome boss. Ellen Shelby has Hollywood at her feet. When she meets her rival, Michael McCann, there is a powerful attraction between them that they are powerless to deny.

It all started with a silly prank, a play, and a dance--a love so enduring, so indestructible that it would survive against all odds. Elizabeth Sorrill is the junior matron at Foxton's elite School for Boys. Blessed with the kind of beauty others only dream about, her attractions prove irresistible to Alexander Belmayne, the 17-year-old son of the Lord Chief Justice. But their passionate affair is shortlived as bitter lies and scandal force them apart. Angry and frustrated at Oxford, Alexander thrives on his reputation as a heartbreaker, until Bohemian beauty Jessica Poynter draws him into a...

When Alicia Carlyle returns to the home of her childhood after the tragic death of her husband, she is hoping to put the past behind her. But first she must come face to face with the woman who nearly destroyed her marriage and tore her family in two - her sister-in-law, Sabrina.

There are some choices no parent should ever have to make Nikki Grant has her whole life ahead of her when she discovers she is pregnant. But she welcomes the news with joy--the baby will be a wonderful addition to the happy household she shares with the love of her life, Spencer James, and three close friends. Nikki's parents have a very different view of what the baby is going to mean to their daughter's future. Deeply disapproving of Spencer and the friends Nikki has chosen, their frustrations reach breaking point when Nikki refuses to be controlled by them any more. A rift opens up...