Fall in back in love with life in this gripping read about fate and second chances. The eagerly awaited new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Thirty year old Izzy Dane has a peaceful life. She lives in the sleepy village of Halfhidden with her aunt Debo, who runs the local kennels, a home from home for waifs and strays in the area. You couldn't say that Izzy's life is particularly exciting, but that's just how she likes it, she's bid farewell to a dramatic life since a terrible accident when she was a teenager and for now, she's perfectly content with her aunt and the dogs in Halfhidden. So what happens when someone forces Izzy to fall in love with life again? Will her painful past stand in the way of her future happiness? Can you make an omlette without breaking a few eggs?

Perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Carole Matthews, Every Woman for Herself is a hilarious account of divorce and dating when you're the wrong side of 40. When Charlie's husband Matt tells her that she's failed as a wife and he wants a divorce she has to start from scratch. Suddenly single, broke and the wrong side of 40 she is forced to return to her childhood home in the Yorkshire moors. Living with her father and eccentric siblings could be considered a challenge but soon Charlie finds her new life somewhat refreshing. Now that she's single she's got no need to dye her roots or be the perfect wife and she can return to her first love — painting. But just as she begins to feel settled, handsome, bad-tempered actor Mace North moves in down the road and starts mixing things up for Charlie in more ways than one...

Another warm, wise and witty offering from Sunday Times bestseller Trisha Ashley. Becoming a single mother was never in Cally's plan, but when her little girl Stella is born with a rare heart condition, she throws herself into finding her the best medical care. When that means a pioneering operation in America, Cally must move home to Sticklepond in order to save up. She couldn't imagine the support the villagers would give, raising money and raising spirits. One villager in particular, baker Jago, will become very important indeed...

Another warm, wise and witty offering from Sunday Times bestseller Trisha Ashley. James is everything Tish has ever wanted in a husband — she's married a man who even her mother approves of. He's handsome, dependable, and will make an excellent father — unlike Tish's first love, the disreputable Fergal. Her teenage sweetheart abandoned her for a music career and now lives a typical celebrity lifestyle. Fergal broke her heart — James helped mend it. Now, they've bought a cottage in the country. The next step — kids and a lifetime of domestic bliss. Well, that's the plan. And even if James has a slight tendency to view the village pub as a second home, their relationship is still in pretty good shape after seven years of marriage. So why is marriage to Mr Right making her long for Mr Wrong?

When Tansy Poole inherits a run-down shoe shop tucked away in the village of Sticklepond, 'Cinderella's Slippers' is born — providing the footwear to make any fairytale wedding come true! Carrying everything a bride would want to walk down the aisle in, Tansy's shop soon expands to carry shoe-themed wedding favours, bridesmaid gifts and even delicious chocolate shoes. It's the dream destination for any shoe-lover! If only everything in her personal life could be as heavenly — but with a fiance trying to make her fit into a size 8 wedding dress, not to mention the recent discovery of disturbing family revelations, Tansy takes refuge in the shop's success. But one man isn't thrilled by the stream of customers hot-footing it to Cinderella's Slippers! Actor Ivo Hawksley, resident of the cottage next to the shop, is troubled by a dark secret in his past and has come to Sticklepond to nurse his own broken heart. However, Ivo realises that he and Tansy have a link in their past and soon, they both find out how secrets shared can make a very strong bond indeed! Forget the Jimmy Choos, Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues is the only accessory you need for spring 2012!