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'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.' • 'A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?' • If only • Amy's husband Hugh says he isn't leaving her • He still loves her, he's just taking a break - from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together • Six months in South-East Asia. And nothing she says can stop him • But when does a break become a break-up? • A lot can happen in six months. And it's enough to send Amy and her family of gossips, misfits and troublemakers teetering over the edge • When Hugh returns, if he returns, will he be the same man she married? • Will Amy be the same woman? • Because if Hugh is on a break from their marriage, then . . . isn't she on one too?

Meet Jessie, Cara and Nell • Married to brothers Johnny, Ed and Liam Casey • Three very different women tied to three very different men • Every family occasion is a party - until the day the secrets spill out • Playtime is over • But where are the grown-ups? • This book has been printed with four different colour designs: blue, green, pink and orange. Covers are assigned to orders at random so we are unable to accept specific requests

Losing the love of your life once is tragic. Twice looks like carelessness • Rachel Walsh is a survivor: she survived rehab and the loss of her greatest love • These days everything in her life is good - good job, good dog, very good boyfriend. Then Luke - her ex of six years - shows up • Suddenly she's fragile and falling • They ended badly and neither can speak of the secret hurt which drove them apart • But is it fear of what happened? Or what might happen next?

Penguin Picks are stories you'll want to read again and again. Beautifully and stylishly designed by a modern artist, they are not only stories you'll keep coming back to but also books whose looks will never go out of fashion • From the bestselling author Marian Keyes, the hilariously heartbreaking Angels follows the tale of the fabulous and uplifting Walsh sister, Maggie • 'Though he never said anything, I knew Garv blamed me • And that was OK, because I blamed me too.' • One day Maggie Walsh walks out on her husband of nine years and runs away to Hollywood. There she joins her best friend Emily, who is busily pitching scripts to studios, mixing with movie stars and generally living the heck out of the dream. Maggie should be enjoying herself but she can't stop thinking about her husband Garv and the life she's run away from

A highly entertaining and moving journal chronicling J. R. Ackerley's time in India • In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the Private Secretary to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur. Knowing almost nothing of India, he discovers Hindu culture, festivals and language, and reveals the fascinating attitudes of the Palace staff on women, marriage. the caste system and death. At the heart of Hindoo Holiday is the wonderfully unpredictable figure of his Highness the Maharajah Sahib who, ultimately, just wants 'someone to love him'

Meet Helen Walsh • Wasp-tongued private investigator Helen doesn't believe in love, fear or hot drinks • But when a missing persons case takes her into the dark, glamorous world of her dodgy ex, Jay Parker, she is drawn away from Artie Devlin, her distinctly unglamorous detective boyfriend • This isn't good news for Helen • For Jay's fame-hungry world is one of smoke and mirrors, and Helen is no longer sure what she's doing, or quite why she's doing it • To save herself from the brink, she'll have to start believing in something - and fast • But will it be fear? Or love?

'June the first, a bright summer's evening, a Monday . . .' • And into the busy, bustling homes at 66 Star Street slips, unseen, a mysterious visitor • As the couples, flatmates and repentant singletons of No. 66 fall in and out of love, clutch at and drop secrets, laugh, cry and simply try to live, no one suspects the visitor patiently waiting in the wings • For soon, as the light slowly fades to dark, everything is going to change

'I was still at that stage in my life when I thought that weekdays were for recovering from the weekend' • Twenty-six year old Lucy Sullivan is living it up (and occasionally down) in London • Hers is a life of quiet, undisciplined desperation. But when she and three friends visit a psychic for a bit of fun and the woman's predictions start coming true, Lucy is horrified • For the fortune teller insisted she'd soon be married - within the year, in fact • Not only does Lucy not have a boyfriend, but the chances of getting one are looking slim. Between the bottles of wine, antidepressants and her addiction to self-help books, she's not quite ready to walk, or even stumble, down the aisle sober • Is Lucy's fate really written in the stars? • Or will she finally take control of her own destiny?

Ever wished you could trade your life in for a better one? • One day, sitting in traffic, married Dublin mum Stella Sweeney attempts a simple good deed • When the result is a terrible car accident, she meets a handsome stranger with a Range Rover who wants her number - no, for insurance purposes - and in this meeting a seed is born which will change Stella's life forever • What happens next will take Stella thousands of miles from her old life, turning an ordinary woman into a superstar and, along the way, wrenching her whole family apart • Was meeting Mr Range Rover destiny or karma? • Should she be grateful or just hopping mad? • And can Stella grab a chance at real, honest-to-goodness happiness now it finally seems within her reach?

Meet Claire Walsh • On the day she gives birth to her first child, Claire's husband James tells her he's been having an affair, and that now's the right time to leave her • Right for who exactly? • Exhausted, tearful and a tiny bit furious, Claire doesn't know what to do. So she decides to go back to basics . . . and runs home to Mum and Dad • But it's not the sanctuary she'd been hoping for. Juggling her sisters' drama, her parents' pity and the demands of a baby, Claire desperately misses the way things were. So when James gets back in touch, eager to put things right, Claire faces a choice • Will she forgive and forget? Or can she find the courage to take a chance on herself, and start a life of her own?

Meet Maggie Walsh • Unlike the rest of her family, Maggie has always done everything right. At thirty-three she has a proper job, is happily married to Garv and never puts a foot wrong • So when she makes a break for Hollywood with her best friend, Emily, her family and friends don't know what to think • In the City of Angels, Maggie gets to do things she's never done before: mixing with film stars, pitching scripts, partying non-stop • No one ever expected predictable Maggie to do something so unpredictable. And in LA, Maggie can be whoever she wants to be • But sooner or later, Maggie must face the life - and the people - she left behind, and discover whether finding herself, means losing the people she loves

'Everybody remembers where they were the day they heard that Paddy de Courcy was getting married' • Slick, handsome politician Paddy de Courcy is on the up. His party is set to do well in the elections and he's just announced his engagement to the beautiful Alicia • Which is news to his girlfriend, Lola, who, within hours, finds herself dumped and warned not to talk to the press • Yet journalist Grace is on the prowl. She has been after Paddy ever since he ruined her sister Marnie's life way back in college • Grace is looking for the inside story and thinks Lola holds the key… • But do any of them know the real Paddy?