Solomon Arbuthnott is a man who can bring colour and warmth to her drab life in sixties London - and what's more, he is a young, handsome soldier with excellent prospects. Someone who wants to give her everything she has dreamed of. Someone who can promise her blue skies, laughter, sun and always, always love. And for a while, life is truly like a song. They stroll hand-in-hand by the Serpentine, dance cheek-to-cheek in Soho's smoky bars, and begin...

Horatia Winwood doesn't play by the rules. So when she devises a plan to marry the wealthy and eligible Earl of Rule in place of her older sister - allowing her sister to marry her true love - the Earl relents and marries the headstrong Horatia instead. But the Earl is still seeing his mistress, Lady Massey, and despite her life of luxury Horatia finds herself drifting alone through high society. When she meets the attractive, dangerous Lord Lethbridge,...

A classic tale of how a perfectly knitted life can unravel in the space of days. Alexandra Ludd is an actress playing Nora in Ibsen?s A Doll?s House. In the eyes of the world she has everything a woman could want: husband, home, child, income, good looks, good friends, the plaudits of the crowd and the affection of neighbours. But Alexandra inspires envy as well as love: she was unwise to forget it, she was complacent, perhaps a little vain - and...

The author takes a light-hearted look at marriage from all angles. She combines stories and tips collected from couples of all ages with quotes and extracts on the joys and pains of married life.

Sixteen weeks into her second pregnancy, psychologist Jessica Zucker miscarried at home, alone. Suddenly, her career, spent specializing in reproductive and maternal mental health, was rendered corporeal, no longer just theoretical. She now had a changed perspective on her life's work, her patients' pain, and the crucial need for a zeitgeist shift. Navigating this nascent transition amid her own grief became a catalyst for Jessica to bring voice to...

It's all gone wrong with the man Lottie thought was Mr Right. Then out of the blue she gets a call from her first love. She decides it must be Fate, and rushes off to marry him and rekindle their sizzling Greek island romance. Lottie's older sister can't believe she's doing something so crazy. No more Ms Nice Sister, she's stopping this marriage. Right away! And she'll go to any lengths to do so ...

When you have everything, you have everything to lose ... Alexandra Inglis is a respected family doctor, trusted by her patients to keep their most intimate secrets. And if sometimes the boundaries between duty and desire blur ... well, she's only human. But when Alex oversteps a line with Jonathan, one of her patients, she knows she's gone too far. Jonathan is obsessive, and to get what he wants he will tear Alex's world apart - threatening not only...

Clarissa really falls in love with the house - a beautiful Tudor manor in the Welsh Marches - and marrying Thomas is simply the best way to get it. But life there isn't quite the idyll she expects. Thomas is so busy with the farm that he doesn't see the need for a social life, and his two elderly, eccentric aunts - though charming - aren't the most stimulating companions. When Evan appears on the scene, Clarissa is ripe for a little diversion. But...

Anton Chekhov presents a heartfelt attempt to create a novel of Moscow life. In it, he paints a poignant portrait of the struggles and frustrations that go hand in hand with human relationships.

Readings at your wedding ceremony can add meaning to the day and are a great way to involve family and friends. An informative introduction offers advice on how to choose your perfect wedding reading and suggests what themes to consider.