Carole Matthews

Fay and Danny are madly in love and it's all Fay's ever dreamed of. But she left everything - including the delightful cake shop she used to run - to be with Danny on his cosy canal boat The Dreamcatcher. And as she soon finds out, making delicious cakes on the water isn't always smooth sailing! Then Fay gets a call from her friends, a call that sends her back to where it all began, back to where she first met Danny, back to her friends and the Cake...

Million Love Songs is the Sunday Times bestselling sensation from the queen of laugh-out-loud, feel-good fiction. Ruby Brown is ready for a change. She's single for the first time in years and she's going to dive into this brave new world with a smile on her face and a spring in her step. The last thing she's looking for is a serious relationship. Mason represents everything Ruby wants right now: he's charming, smooth and perfect for some no-strings-attached...

The ladies of The Chocolate Lovers' Club should be gearing up for Lucy and Aidan's wedding but life keeps getting in the way. Lucy can't wait to marry the love of her life but money worries are distracting her. Should she accept an offer to help from an untrustworthy source? Nadia may have found a good man to give her heart to but other areas of her life aren't so rosy. Something needs to change - but what? Autumn can't wait to meet her daughter for...

Grace has been best friends with Ella and Flick since university. The late-night chats, shared heartaches and good times have created a bond that has stood the test of time. Now in their thirties, Grace is always a bit disappointed about how little time they get to spend together, so when Ella invites them all to stay for a week in her cottage in South Wales, Grace jumps at the chance to see her old friends. She also hopes that the change in pace...

Nell McNamara and boyfriend Olly are working back-to-back shifts just to make ends meet as they care for their daughter, Petal. After helping out with a makeover in the chip shop she works in, Nell begins designing handbags. It seems Nell's dreams are finally coming true, until she finds out Olly craves the simplicity of their old lives.

Christie Chapman is a single mum who spends her days commuting to her secretarial job in London and looking after her teenage son, Finn. It's not an easy life but Christie finds comfort in her love of crafting, and spends her spare time working on her beautiful creations. She makes intricately designed cards and personalised gifts and it's not long before opportunity comes knocking. Christie can see a future full of hope for her and Finn - and if...

When Emma's boyfriend Leo turns up at her special birthday dinner unforgivably late & horribly drunk, embarassing her in front of her family, she decides enough is enough. Why can't someone just take him away & bring him back refurbished as a proper boyfriend & save her the trouble? Maybe what they need is a touch of magic!

Christmas is fast approaching at the new Hope Farm and Bev has convinced a reluctant Molly to organise an open day to raise some much-needed funds ahead of the New Year. Their nativity tableau has everything they need: anti-social sheep, alpacas munching the Baby Jesus doll and a hairdresser dressed up as Santa Claus. But on Hope Farm it's going to take more than mulled wine and Christmas lights to get everyone in the festive spirit.

Juliet loves her family very much. She would do anything for them and she knows her husband, Rick, feels the same - which is a good thing because they ask a lot! With Christmas fast approaching, Juliet knows that she and Rick need to pull out all the stops to turn the chaos into calm otherwise it could be a disaster.

While looking for Mr Right, Teri has had a short history of painful relationships, until she is literally knocked off her feet on Platform 8 at Euston Station one evening by Jamie Duncan.