Zoe wanted a baby more than anything. But her dreams will come at a price. An explosive and moving motherhood drama from the author of More Than Us.After years of struggling to conceive, Zoe and her husband face the prospect of never having a family. When Zoe's stepsister, Nadia, offers to be a surrogate it presents the perfect solution. A healthy girl, Louise, is born.But no one imagined just how hard it would be to know someone else was also moth...

A too-good-to-be-true family must heal their fractured selves—or go their separate ways—in a novel of hope and resiliency from the author of Let Her Go.Emily and Paul have a glorious home, money in the bank and two beautiful children. Since leaving Scotland for Paul to play football for an Australian team they have been blessed. But sadness lies behind the picture-perfect family—sixteen-year-old Cameron has battled with health troubles his entire life. The...

Even the perfect family can fall apart. This compelling, emotional debut from Dawn Barker now includes a bonus sample of her new book, Let Her Go.An unforgettable novel that brings to life a new mother's worst fears.Tony is worried. His wife, Anna, isn't coping with their newborn. Anna had wanted a child so badly and, when Jack was born, they were both so happy. They'd come home from the hospital a family. Was it really only six weeks ago?B...

When parents disagree on how to care for their child, is it justifiable to take extreme measures?Emily and Paul have a glorious home, money in the bank and two beautiful children. Since leaving Scotland for Paul to play football for an Australian team they have been blessed. But sadness lies behind the picture-perfect family - sixteen-year-old Cameron has battled with health troubles his entire life. There's no name for what he has, but his disruptive behaviour, OC...

Could you share your child with someone else?Zoe wanted a baby more than anything. But her dreams will come at a price…After years of struggling to conceive, Zoe and her husband face the prospect of never having a family. When Zoe’s stepsister, Nadia, offers to be a surrogate it presents the perfect solution. A healthy girl, Louise, is born.But no one imagined just how hard it would...

What happens when six pampered Westerners on a spiritual retreat in Bali end up fighting for their lives? A gripping novel from the bestselling author of The Mothers' Group.A breathtaking new novel from the bestselling author of The Mothers' Group and Wife on the Run.Six strangers from across the world meet on the tropical island of Bali to attend a course designed to help them face their fears. Their backgrounds are as diverse as...

On the night that Carla Reid plans on celebrating her wedding anniversary with her husband Kevin and their grown son Jack, their New Zealand farmstead has never felt more like home. But when Ben Toroa and another aspiring gang member brutally force their way into the house with robbery and more on their minds the night and the rest of both their lives take a radically different direction. As Carla struggles to come to terms with the aftermath and bereavement of different kinds, and Ben fac...

How well do you really know the one you love? With her customary page-turning style and potent themes, this is Caroline Overington at her thought-provoking best.‘Why do some people decide to get married when everyone around them would seem to agree that marriage, at least for the two people in question, is a terrifically bad idea?’The year is 1999, and Lachlan Colbert – Colby – has the world at his feet. He’s got a big job on Wall Street and a slee...

‘An emotional debut written straight from the heart’ – Julie Cohen, author of Dear ThingWaiting for You is an emotional and gripping debut novel you won’t be able to put down…You’d never guess that Fliss Chapron doesn’t have it allAll Fliss wants is to see two blue lines telling her she is pregnant with her much longed for second baby. But as the negative tests stack up, dreams of completing her perfect family feel...

A mother's greatest fear. A wife's worst nightmare. What would you do?When two technology-related disasters hit within days of each other, Paula knows her comfortable suburban life has been irrevocably blown apart. One involves the public shaming of her teenage daughter, the other is a discovery about her husband that shocks her to her core. With her world unravelling around her, Paula does the only thing that makes any sense to her: she runs away from it all.She pulls her ...

Bohenna is a small Cornish village, dominated by a thriving vineyard and the Pennyman family who run it. It’s an insular community, all gossip and rumour and intertwined lives. Claire knows everyone; she grew up there. She even married into the Pennyman family.Every summer tourists swarm over the vineyard and village. So when Claire’s young daughter disappears without trace, it’s obvious to everyone that a visitor took her. Who else would do such a thing?Six years later, he...

David, the younger brother of Eleanor and Marion, has always attracted bad luck. At the funeral of their aunt, they discover she was David's mother, a scandal that the greater family played down.