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  Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

  She was supposed to keep him out of trouble.

  When Shelby Roberts is forced to resign from the police, the only work she can get is as a ‘minder’ to movie star Luke McFadden. Still, spending three weeks on location in the historic city of Bath doesn’t sound too bad.

  After all, how much trouble can one actor get into?

  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

  After the chaos of her childhood, all Caitlin ever wanted was a secure family life. Children, of course, and a husband who loved her – it wasn’t much to ask. But on the day she learns she’s pregnant, she discovers her hotelier husband, Hugh, in bed with Amanda. And guess what? Amanda is pregnant too.

  Before Caitlin can decide what to do next, Hugh is killed in a mysterious fire – but her troubles are just beginning. Hugh had taken out extra insurance before he died, the fire was started deliberately and the police are eyeing her up as their number one suspect.

  But just when Caitlin really feels her life cannot get any worse, fate has another nasty shock in store.

  A Girl’s Best Friend

  Are diamonds really a girl’s best friend?

  Danielle van der Straaten certainly thinks so. Her boyfriends cheat on her, her sister drives her mad and her father only wants to see her married with children, despite all the work she’s put into the family jewellery business.

  Diamonds are the only thing she can rely on.

  Her sister, Isabel, doesn’t care about diamonds, provided she has something sparkly to wear to a party and a gorgeous man to dance with. Life is for living and having fun.

  And if their money disappeared tomorrow? She’d be in serious trouble!

  Jemma Stortford can no longer afford diamonds and finds it hard seeing Danielle and Isabel living the life that should have been hers. When she wakes up one morning to find the handsome Nico Morales in her bed, it appears her luck has finally changed.

  But is Nico who he claims to be? And why is he so interested in the van der Straatens?

  As the three women are about to find out, sometimes diamonds aren’t a girl’s best friend at all!

  Breathless

  Nothing ever happens in the seaside village of Port Rell, which is why Lainey Jennings is so keen to leave it. She’s only twenty-four, there’s so much more she wants to do with her life. Crazy and outlandish things; like ice diving in Alaska, explore the underwater caves in Mexico, maybe even search for the lost city of Atlantis. Stay in Port Rell forever? Talk about purgatory!

  Since the death of her father, she’s struggled to keep the family diving business from bankruptcy. There’s just one thing that keeps her going. Her dream that one day she’ll discover the lost wreck that her father was so obsessed with, the legendary Mary Eliza – responsible for destroying Port Rell almost four hundred years ago.

  When an old, unknown wreck is discovered in the bay, sleepy Port Rell is under siege once again. This time it’s from the media, including a team from the Wreck Raiders TV show, led by handsome archaeologist Zac Nelson. The villagers are quick to cash in on their unexpected popularity, but ancient wrecks aren’t the only things waiting to be discovered in Port Rell.

  Because someone in Port Rell has a secret.

  Nemesis

  Fifteen years ago Natalie found her sister lying dead in a lily pond. Now she’s written a book based on the murder. In every interview she gives she talks about the diary her sister kept, listing her lovers under code names.

  Natalie’s intention is to lure the murderer into the open but, as she’s about to find out, you can’t pick and choose which secrets are revealed – and which ones stay hidden.

  Because when the first of her sister’s ex-lovers is killed, it doesn’t take Natalie long to realise she’s not the only one out for revenge.

  So who will catch the murderer first? And who will end up being caught?

  Something Wicked

  Evil can be tempting …

  Ten years ago Katrina Davenport washed up on a beach, with no memory of how she got there. Now she’s returned to find out the truth.

  She’s taken over her aunt’s coffee shop at the notorious Raven’s Cottage – once the home of a 17th century witch. Some locals believe the cottage is haunted by Magik Meg and her demon lover, but Kat doesn’t believe in witches, or ghosts, or anything that goes bump in the dead of night. Every strange occurrence must have a perfectly logical explanation.

  Unfortunately it doesn’t matter what Kat believes, because something wicked has returned to Raven’s Cottage.

  And this time it’s come for Kat.

  What You’re Proposing

  Five short stories, one band, one whole heap of trouble …

  The Indecent Proposal

  When Megan sees a photo of her rock star boyfriend Ryan with another girl, she dumps him and heads off to Sorrento on holiday. Unfortunately Ryan’s had exactly the same idea …

  (A shorter version of this story appeared in the anthology Sunlounger)

  The Accidental Proposal

  Luca has walked out on the band in the middle of their American tour and headed off to New Orleans. Disgraced gossip columnist Gaby is determined to find out why, while her sister Pris is equally determined to have the best holiday ever.

  (A shorter version of this story appeared in the anthology Sunlounger 2)

 
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