Louise Candlish

When Fi Lawson arrives home to find strangers moving into her house, she is plunged into terror and confusion. She and her husband Bram have owned their home on Trinity Avenue for years and have no intention of selling. How can this other family possibly think the house is theirs? And why has Bram disappeared when she needs him most? Bram has made a catastrophic mistake and now he is paying. Unable to see his wife, his children or his home, he has...

There is nothing as powerful as a mother's love. But how far will Ellen go to protect her son? Ellen Saint is just your average mum. Devoted to her family, she's no different from any other mother who wants the best for her kids. But when her teenage son Lucas brings a new friend home, cracks start to appear in Ellen's perfect family life. Kieran Watts isn't like Lucas. He's rude, obnoxious and reckless, and Ellen can only watch in despair as her...

It's summer, and for teachers Ed and Natalie Steele this means six weeks off work with their young daughter Molly. Their lives are predictable and uncomplicated - or, at least, they were - until they met the Channings. Suddenly, glamorous Lara Channing, a former actress leading an eccentrically lavish lifestyle, is taking Natalie under her wing and the stability of summer takes an exciting turn. But are there hidden motives behind this new friendship?...

Arriving on the windswept Ile de Re off the coast of France, Tabby Dewhurst is heartbroken and penniless, unable even to afford a room for the night. Then she overhears a villager repeating aloud the access code to her front door and, hardly believing her own actions, Tabby waits for the villager to leave and lets herself into the house - and so she enters the strange, hidden world of Emmie.

A man on honeymoon rescues a young boy from the Seine. This drama should have had a happy ending for all concerned - except no one is able to let go of the episode. Soon, both families have been turned upside down by an unbreakable new bond, a bond that transforms one woman's life beyond her dreams just as it devastates another.

When her marriage to Alistair ends with his infidelity, Kate vows she will not make the same mistake twice. Then Alistair announces that his new wife is pregnant and he intends to cut his financial support to Kate. She has to divide her home and make way for a lodger. Enter Davis, a tutor with a failed marriage of his own behind him.