Joanna Trollope

When Richie dies unexpectedly, Chrissie must now tell the truth to their three daughters: their parents were never married. There is more shock to come when his will is read: he never forgot the wife and son he left behind years ago. Now two families must confront their losses--and each other.

Gathering weekly to commiserate over their relationships, careers, and hardships, six women find their circle changing significantly when one of their number meets an enigmatic man who inadvertently tests their closely forged bond.

Gina and Laurence had been the best of friends ever since they were teenagers. When Gina's husband Fergus announces he is leaving her and their teenage daughter, she turns for emotional support to Laurence, her dearest friend. As Gina's misery ricochets through the two homes, however, there ends up being a lot more at stake than just her happiness.

A modern retelling of the Jane Austen classic follows the Dashwood sisters--Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret--as they, after the death of their father, must come to terms with the cruelties of life without the status of their country house, the protection of the family name, or the comfort of an inheritance.

The day Stacey Grant loses her job feels like the last day of her life. Or at least, the only life she'd ever known. For who was she if not a City high-flyer, Senior Partner at one of the top private equity firms in London? As Stacey starts to reconcile her old life with the new - one without professional achievements or meetings, but instead, long days at home with her dog and ailing mother, waiting for her successful husband to come home - she at...

It's been twenty-five years since Gus and Monica left England to start a new life in Spain, building a vineyard and wine business from the ground up. However, when Gus suffers a stroke and their idyllic Mediterranean life is thrown into upheaval, it's left to their three grown-up children in London to step in . . . Sebastian is busy running his company with his wife, Anna, who's never quite seen eye-to-eye with her mother-in-law. Katie, a successful...