Catherine Carson

Lorrie Belmont has known Iain Maxwell all her life as their parents have lived next door to each since before she was born. She was an only child and was seven years younger than the boy next door and had always considered him the big brother she never had....that is until she reached her teens and realised that her feelings went way, way beyond brotherly love. Iain's younger sister Hannah was the same age as Lorrie and he had watched over them as a big brother should; but after an incident when Lorrie was eighteen he fought to keep his feelings in check and on a brotherly level. Lorrie was resigned to always being the girl next door and Iain stubbornly stuck to his principals that it was wrong for them to be anything other than good neighbours.

Through the Garden Gate or The Girl Next Door

Lisa Hope Tillitson uses an unexpected inheritance to escape her domineering and abusive Father to set up the Best Hope Agency providing staff in a number of fields throughout the business and domestic world. When a glitch in the system causes Ellis Preston of Preston Renovation and Conversions to cancel a lucrative contract Lisa is drawn into a situation over her Father’s demands and the realisation that the Mother she thought dead is very much alive.

Hope's Conflict

Ruth Carter had always felt she was considered the pale shadow of her sister Stephanie, but when she meets Scott Davidson, her sister’s boyfriend, she feels an attraction which threatens to disrupt her safe existence as a collator of antiquities in the local Museum. The story is told in a series of flashbacks by some of the guests at the evening celebrations of a family wedding; but which sister will be with Scott as the last dance is announced?

Sibling Rivalry

Brake Bedford returns to the village with the intention of expanding his growing chain of coffee shops not realising his plans will cause upheaval to friends of long standing. Fiona Graham enjoys life in her bakers shop listening to her customers as they chat about the comings and goings in the village, until the return of a local hero turns her life upside down.

Coffee and Cakes

Return to the Past

Kenneth Fordyce needs to find a wife before his thirtieth birthday in order to inherit the company he has worked hard to build. Callie Shields accepts the conditions of their convenient marriage but things do not work out quite as they expect when they are thrown into a world of suspicion and betrayal.

Overall Construction

Kali Pearce is employed by Hunter Graphics as an encryption coder for the games the company produce but following an unfortunate misunderstanding finds she has become a domestic help for the promotional weekend held at the home of Florence Weston, the grandmother of Dominic Hunter...the CEO of the company. During her time with the company Kali has come to think of Dominic as the White Knight and his PA, Mark Reynolds the Black Knight, because of their contrasting appearance. Over the course of the weekend Kali finds she is drawn to both men and enters a liaison with Mark in order to make the aloof, unfeeling Dominic open his closed heart. In their efforts to help Dominic things become complicated between Kali and Mark and she decides on a new course for her life. Starting a new career which opens new horizons for her Kali meets a new friend, Bernie Ridge, before being once again thrown into contact with the Knights.

White Knight Black Night

After almost eighteen years of marriage Katie Cameron is left by her husband Brogan as he apparently feels he has been trapped into a life he is not ready to accept. Their twin son and daughter, Mitchell and Libby, take matters into their own hands when it appears Katie and Brogan are drifting towards a permanent break-up. Will they succeed in a reconciliation...or is it too late?

A Second Chance

Rafe Fleming travels to the north of England to finalise the takeover of a printing workshop catering for the needs of independent writers and owned by Selwyn Pickles; but finds that the sale will only go ahead if Selwyn's granddaughter Maggie is given a secure position within Fleming Associates. He is angry that a pampered heiress should take up a position she would be unsuitable for. When he is finally introduced to her he is somewhat taken aback to find his preconceived ideas are totally unfounded. What he does not know is that Maggie believes she has a very valid reason for acting as she does and finds it necessary to fight her growing attraction to him for his own good.....

Afraid to Love

After being given an ultimatum by his Italian grandfather, Nico Robinson travels to Sorrento in the company of his father's PA, Cat Redcape in the guise of an engaged couple. On the flight from London, Nico realises there is much more to Cat than he thought and he is determined to discover her reluctance to talk of her life prior to leaving the North of England to take up her career in London. Cat's hopes of keeping her past strictly behind her end when Nico's parents arrive at the Conti Lemon Grove determined to expose her to Nico and his Grandfather.

When Life Gives You Lemons

An Open Book

After Emma met and fell in love with her best friend’s brother Jack Scott, they married, sure that their love was strong and long lasting. Unfortunately within twelve months her life had changed completely as the man she loved had created a new life for himself thousands of miles away across the Atlantic Ocean. Now ten years later he has returned but only to secure a divorce from his estranged wife; but what he did not know was that Emma had been pregnant when he had made the decision to remain alone in the United States. How will he cope when he finds out he is the father of ten year old identical twins boys; but more to the point, how will his sons cope when they discover the father they love and thought was working hard to be with them, knows nothing of their existence?

Estranged Husband & Father

Leah Olivier Brown is angry when her beloved identical twin sister Mia is cruelly ditched by Ed Scott after a discussion with his brother Jay had left him with serious doubts about their relationship. Determined to uncover Jay Scott’s reason for interfering in his brother's and consequently Mia’s life, Leah drops her surname and becomes Leah Olivier and applies for a position within the Scott Partnership. Unfortunately Jay Scott is aware of her subterfuge regarding her name but mistakenly thinks she is Mia Brown and plays along in order to discover the motive for her duplicity. How will the situation be resolved.......?

Identical Mistake

A Precious Jewel

Kali Pearce is employed by Hunter Graphics as an encryption coder for the games the company produce but following an unfortunate misunderstanding finds she has become a domestic help for the promotional weekend held at the home of Florence Weston, the grandmother of Dominic Hunter...the CEO of the company. During her time with the company Kali has come to think of Dominic as the White Knight and his PA, Mark Reynolds the Black Knight, because of their contrasting appearance. Dominic has dirty blonde hair and blue eyes and Mark is raven black with eyes to match. Over the course of the weekend Kali finds she is drawn to both men and enters a liaison with Mark in order to make the aloof, unfeeling Dominic open his closed heart. In their efforts to help Dominic things become complicated between Kali and Mark and she decides on a new course for her life. Starting a new career which opens new horizons for her Kali meets a new friend, Bernie Ridge, before being once again thrown into contact with the Knights.

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