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The Books
Desire
A compulsive, edge-of-your-seat read from a bestselling author, combining glamour, thrills and dangerous passion
Lisa Costello is leading a charmed life – until she wakes up the morning after her glamorous Thailand wedding to find her new husband Josh dead in their bed, the murder weapon in her hand. She remembers learning at the wedding that Josh had been unfaithful, but she certainly doesn't remember killing him. As Lisa flees the scene for Europe, ex-FBI trainee Sam Murray is on her trail. Catching up with her, he's quickly convinced she's been set up, and they start to work out which of movie producer Josh's many enemies could be behind the hit. It's a race against time to unearth the truth and keep Lisa out of jail – or gunned down by the professional assassin tailing them. And the danger only adds to the excitement of the passion brewing between them... |
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Passion
A super-charged, irresistible tour de force about two people fighting their own feelings - and fighting for their lives...
A failed marriage between Melissa Elmett and Will Hyde did a lot of damage. She was too young, he was hurt when she left him. Years later, Melissa becomes the target for a kidnap plot, a consequence of her father’s ground-breaking energy-saving invention, and Will is the only man who can protect her. Now they’re on the run, thrown together again by the pursuit of vengeance, will their passion for each other reignite
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Glitz
All's fair in love and war - especially when there's a trust fund at stake...
Haughty, social climber Juno, her ditzy, style-free sister Athena and their cousins, It girl Diana and wannabe actress Venus are accustomed to living the high life, thanks to a trust fund set up by their super-rich, reclusive Uncle Clem. But when Uncle Clem summons his nieces to his mansion in the Seychelles to announce his engagement to Bai-Ling, a woman young enough to be their baby sister, the four girls instantly know trouble's afoot...
Can they stop the wedding? What happens when four pampered princesses have to cope without their trust fund? Who will learn to stand on their own two feet... and who will fall?
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Glamour
Three powerful women. Once best friends. Now deadly rivals...
Texan honey Sally Lassiter, English rose Jane Morgan and Jordanian Helen Yanna meet at an exclusive girls school and become best friends. They form a bond which will never be broken Years later, the three girls are grown-up, co-founders and millionaire co-owners of the exclusive GLAMOUR chain of stores. They are fabulously wealthy, instantly recognisable, adored and revered. Or are they? The GLAMOUR empire is on the verge of collapse and the three women are embroiled in a bitter feud.
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A Kept Woman
Wealth. Luxury. Privilege. Overrated?
Diana’s combination of beauty and class has bagged her marriage to publishing mogul Ernie Foxton, and with that comes a stunning New York apartment, a designer wardrobe and a manicurist, hairdresser and masseuse on tap. With little more to do with her days than shopping and socialising, this is the life for which she was born.
But then, without warning, the bottom drops out of Diana’s meticulously constructed world, and she finds herself without a home or a husband, and with barely a dime to her name. For the first time in her life, she might just have to look after herself. But, given how many people would love to see her fail, it’s not going to be a walk in the park…
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Sparkles
Crossing decades and continents, SPARKLES is the totally compelling story of the Massot family. Fabulously wealthy, internationally adored, the Massots own one of the last great aristocratic jewellery firms in Paris.
But where is its owner Pierre, missing presumed dead for 15 years? And what will happen to his beautiful young widow Sophie? The answers lie rooted in the past and form part of the future - in a way no-one could ever have guessed...
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Venus Envy
If you can’t join them, BEAT THEM AT THEIR OWN GAME
At twenty-seven, Alex Wilde feels like her life is going nowhere. She’s stuck in a dead-end job and her relationship history is a tale of woe. What’s more, she’s put on a few pounds lately…
Sharing a house with three gorgeous girls doesn’t help. Her sister Gail got more than her fair share of the good genes, Keisha is an ice-cool man-magnet and Bronwen is so hip it hurts. With competition like this, is it any wonder Alex feels so inadequate?
Alex has two choices: she can retreat to the safety of her duvet and stuff herself with chocolate or she can smarten up her act and face the world head on. Never one to choose the easy option, Alex realises she needs to up her game if she wants to stay in it…
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Career Girls
All’s fair in love and war?
Blonde, beautiful, upper-class Rowena Gordon is the perfect English rose. Topaz Rossi is a feisty, Italian-American red-head from Brooklyn. Both are determined and talented. And there’s nothing they wouldn’t do for each other.
Until Rowena hooks up with Topaz’s boyfriend.
Now, years later, they are star career girls at the top of their game; Topaz in journalism, Rowena in the music industry. When their paths cross again, Topaz is not about to just forgive and forget. She’ll do everything in her power to shatter Rowena’s success. And Rowena will do anything to stop her…
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The Devil You Know
Three heads are better than one…
What do a feisty New Yorker, an LA rock chick and a dreamy English public schoolgirl have in common? On paper, not a lot. But even though they live thousands of miles apart and have never met, Rose Fiorello, Poppy Allen and Daisy Markham have the strongest of bonds. They just don’t know it yet.
A sinister secret is buried deep at the heart of all their pasts, and sooner or later it has to come out. When that happens, one thing’s for certain: the three girls’ lives will never be the same again. But will it finally bring them together? After all, when there are old scores to settle, there’s definitely strength in numbers…
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The Movie
Hollywood: where dreams come true?
Eleanor Marshall, Roxana Felix and Megan Silver are from very different worlds. But they all have something the other could use.
Eleanor Marshall, just made president of Artemis studios, is one of the most powerful women in Hollywood. What she wants now is a smash hit. When she’s offered the chance to make a movie with two sure-fire stars, rock ‘n’ roll idol Zach Mason and queen of the catwalk Roxanna Felix, she knows it’s an opportunity too good to miss.
Roxana may be a model rather than an actress, known for her devastating beauty and acid tongue, but she has the on-screen magnetism Eleanor needs. And when Megan Silver, waitress and struggling writer, appears with a dynamite script, it looks like they have all the ingredients for a runaway success…
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Tuesday's Child
The heroine of this novel is a tomboy. She loves her Doc Martens, heavy metal, and hanging out with her best friend, Ollie. She may have been born on a Tuesday, but graceful she isn't. However, Lucy's world is about to change. Ollie gets engaged, and her new boss wants her to smarten up. Lucy tries to turn herself into the kind of girl she thinks they want her to be - with hilarious and unexpected results.
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Tall Poppies
‘You’ve got to cut down the tall poppies’
With her public school education, trust fund and castle for a family home, Elizabeth Savage has seemingly led a privileged life. But the one thing she really wants, the chance to prove herself in the world of work, is the one thing she can’t get.
New Yorker Nina Roth, on the other hand, was born the wrong side of the tracks, and it’s sheer grit and determination that have made her the successful career woman she is. Set on making a better life for herself, she’s done what needed to be done. But has she gone one step too far?
Two women from two different worlds, but these tall poppies have much more in common than they think. And, as both will find, the trouble with being a tall poppy is people will try and cut you down to size…
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Monday's Child
According to the old rhyme, ‘Monday’s child is fair of face’ - but life isn’t always so simple.
Gorgeous goddesses seem to surround script-reader and wannabe movie-maker Anna Brown - from her deranged glamour-queen boss to her perfect, pouting flat-mates - for Anna, being less-than-beautiful is very hard to bear.
With a dead-end job and a ghastly boyfriend to boot, she wonders if she can ever be a success. In fashion and beauty crazed London, perhaps being talented just isn’t enough.
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When She Was Bad
Hell hath no fury…
Lita Morales knows she’s destined for great things. But with her pretty face and humble Bronx upbringing, she fast learns that if people are to take her seriously, she’s going to have to be ruthless.
Trust fund princess Rebecca Lancaster already has great things. But it turns out running a country estate and the family company is a full-time job. Being rich just isn’t as easy as it looks.
Two girls from two very different worlds, but Lita and Rebecca do have one thing in common: a man. So when their paths finally cross, it’s no surprise it’s hate at first sight. But when they’re both betrayed - in the most mortifying of ways - they realise their best hope for revenge might just lie with each other…
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