Quercus Anything Could Happen Diamond Lucy

The loss of her mother has left Kali McKenzie with too many unanswered questions. But while clearing out Elena's art studio, she finds a drawer packed with postcard each bearing an identical one-line message from a Canadian gallery owner called Susannah Gillespie: thinking of you. Who is this woman and what does she know about Elena's hidden past? • Desperate to find out, Kali travels with her toddler, Finn, to Susannah's isolated home on a remote British Columbian island, a place of killer whales and storms. But as bad weather closes in, Kali quickly realises she has made a big mistake. The enigmatic Susannah refuses to talk about the past, and as Kali struggles to piece together what happened back in the 1970s, Susannah's behaviour grows more and more erratic

You have the perfect life . . . How far would you go to protect it? • Professor Olivia Sweetman has worked hard to achieve the life she loves, with a high-flying career as a TV presenter and historian, three children and a talented husband. But as she stands before a crowd at the launch of her new bestseller she can barely pretend to smile. Her life has spiralled into deceit and if the truth comes out, she will lose everything • Only one person knows what Olivia has done. Vivian Tester is the socially awkward sixty-year-old housekeeper of a Sussex manor who found the Victorian diary on which Olivia's book is based. She has now become Olivia's unofficial research assistant. And Vivian has secrets of her own • As events move between London, Sussex and the idyllic South of France, the relationship between these two women grows more entangled and complex

The McKenzies are your average complicated family: knotted together by in-jokes, arguments and a few closely-guarded secrets. Thirty-something sisters Leni and Alice became inseparable following the divorce of their parents, Belinda and Tony, with younger brother Will always trying to keep up. They're not perfect, but they love each other - most of the time, anyway • But then one ordinary summer day, an accident changes the family forever. Questions arise, guilt surfaces and secrets begin to emerge. Scattered by grief and seeking comfort in the unlikeliest of places, can the McKenzies find their way back to each other? • Set over the course of one life-changing year, The Best Days of Our Lives is a warm, big-hearted and poignant story, full of hope, heartache and love

Sweet Temptation is an incredibly funny and sharply observant novel, from bestselling author Lucy Diamond • Maddie's getting it from all sides. Her bitchy new boss at the radio station humiliates her live on air about her figure, her glamour-puss mum keeps dropping not-so-subtle hints that Maddie should lose weight and her kids are embarrassed to be seen with her after the disastrous Mums' race at their school sports day. Something's got to change… • Maddie joins the local weight-watching group expecting more humiliation but instead finds two unlikely allies -bitter divorcee Lauren who, despite running a dating agency, has signed off romance for ever and shy Jess, the beautician, who's desperate to fit into a size ten wedding dress for her Big Day

Hens Reunited is a humorous story of friendship and romance, from the author of The Beach Cafe, Lucy Diamond • Katie, Georgia and Alice were at each other's hen nights but now the chickens have come home to roost; their marriages have fallen apart and their friendships have been tested to the limits • Control-freak Katie has become a commitment-phobe - there's no way she wants to get married again. Is there? • Ambitious Georgia always puts her career first. If anyone gets hurt, it's their look-out - right? • And faithful Alice wants to make a fresh start, but can't get over her cheating ex - and Georgia's betrayal • Hearts have been broken, and feathers ruffled . . . can the hens ever be reunited?

For better. For worse. Forget him • Over You is a compelling story of friendship pushed to its limits by bestselling author Lucy Diamond • What the fans say: 'Full of friendship, family and how when life throws something at you, you have to fight back!' Emily • Josie, Nell and Lisa go back a long way - they were flatmates, soulmates and best mates back in their twenties when life was one long party • Five years later, things are different. Josie is married with kids in deepest suburbia, free-spirit Nell has travelled the world, and Lisa is on the path to career glory (and the salary Premiership). A reunion weekend in London seems a great idea to Josie… until she discovers something which will change the course of her life forever

The Beach Cafe is Lucy Diamond's classic bestseller, a story of new beginnings, love and adventure • Evie Flynn has always been the black sheep of her family - a dreamer and a drifter, unlike her over-achieving elder sisters. She's tried making a name for herself as an actress, a photographer and a singer, but nothing has ever worked out. Now she's stuck in temp hell, with a sensible, pension-planning boyfriend. Somehow life seems to be passing her by • Then her beloved aunt Jo dies suddenly in a car crash, leaving Evie an unusual legacy - her precious beach cafe in Cornwall. Determined to make a success of something for the first time in her life, Evie heads off to Cornwall to get the cafe and her life back on track - and gets more than she bargained for, both in work and in love

Meet the women in love with three very different brothers • Izzy's determined to escape her troubled past with a new start by the sea - but flirtatious Charlie Jones is causing complications • Alicia's been happily married to loyal Hugh for years but secretly craves excitement. Maybe it's time to spice things up? • Emma's relationship with David was once fun and romantic but trying for a baby has taken its toll. Then temptation comes along • As the future of the family's B&B becomes uncertain, Izzy, Alicia and Emma are thrown together unexpectedly. It seems that keeping up with the Joneses is harder than anyone thought • From Lucy Diamond, Me and Mr Jones is a sparkling tale of heartbreak, hope, friendship and love

"Ребенок в пляжном кафе" - увлекательный рассказ, продолжение бестселлера Люси Даймонд "Пляжное кафе" • Эви нравится управлять своим пляжным кафе в Корнуолле, но из-за того, что скоро родится ребенок, ей велели поднять ноги. Позволить кому-то другому взять управление? Маловероятно • Хелен приехала в Корнуолл, чтобы сбежать от стресса городской жизни. Она надеется, что жизнь на берегу моря станет воплощением всех ее мечтаний. Когда она видит объявление о работе в кафе, это звучит идеально • Но две женщины сталкиваются, и летят искры... а затем события принимают драматический оборот. Смогут ли они вдвоем забыть о своих разногласиях во время кризиса? • Книга на английском языке • A Baby at the Beach Cafe is an engaging short story follow-up to Lucy Diamond's bestselling novel The Beach Cafe