LESLEY LOKKO

Sam, the ugly duckling who grew into a swan Now beautiful and wealthy, with a glittering career, no one can understand why she's still on her own When she meets a handsome stranger on holiday, things finally seem to be falling into place Meaghan, a true survivor...

In a beachfront mansion in Martha's Vineyard, Annick and Rebecca relax, safe in the knowledge that their young children are in the care of life-long friend Tash. But by the end of the afternoon, one of the children will have vanished...Annick, daughter of an actress and an assassinated president, has spent her life running from the truth of her family's wealth. Rebecca has always done the right thing. Perfect daughter. Perfect wife. Perfect mother. She's beginning to wonder if she'll ever get chance to live for herself. And Tash, free from the poverty of her heritage, has the world at her feet. So why is she struggling to keep a grip on her life? This is the sweeping story of three very different women; their pasts, their secrets, and their friendship.

Lexi Sturgis is a woman in a man's world, a war correspondent whose life has taken her to some of the world's most troubled regions. Lexi is never happier than when she's dodging bullets, chasing down the leads that other reporters only dream of getting, or swapping stories with her rivals at the bar. She thrives on risk, danger and the thrill of the chase, while keeping everyone else at arm's length - colleagues, friends and lovers. TV executive Jane Marshall needs a Big Idea. With her career nose-diving and her colleagues circling for her job, she needs to pull something major out of the hat. And Lexi might just be what she needs. When a young British woman is kidnapped in Egypt, both Lexi and Jane are thrown together on a journey which will change their lives entirely. It will take them into a world where no one is quite what they seem and menace lurks in every corner. Sometimes, when your back's against the wall, the only thing to do is trust in the person closest to you...An enthralling story of two women brought together in extraordinary circumstances from the bestselling author of LITTLE WHITE LIES.

Nothing fazes Lexi Sturgis. She's faced bullets, battles and bitter rivals to chase news stories other reporters would kill for. Living for risk and adventure, she abides by one rule: don't let anyone get too close. Jane Marshall is feeling desperate. Her family is in disarray and her once high-flying TV career is sinking. She needs a big scoop, fast - and it seems Lexi might be the one to help. For dedicated medical student Deena, the horrors of a war-torn Egypt are too shocking to ignore. She travels across the world to offer help, leaving her younger sister shattered with worry. In a journey fraught with danger, secrets and uncertainty, these women are thrown together in an extraordinary struggle. Can they overcome the pains of their pasts and find the courage to trust each other?

Five stories of secrets, love and friendship from the bestselling author of A PRIVATE AFFAIR.Comprises: SUNDOWNERSSAFFRON SKIESBITTER CHOCOLATERICH GIRL, POOR GIRLONE SECRET SUMMER.

A very 21st Century blockbuster, this has all the classic elements - nailbiting narrative, absorbing relationships, glamorous locations - with an extra shot of intelligence COSMOPOLITANBest described as a sort of Blockbuster Plus - in this case plus a little bit more intelligence and social and political grip than is normal . . . Agreeably glamorous and pageturning DAILY MAILTake four friends... Rianne: beautiful, wealthy and thoroughly spoilt, she has the world at her feet but is about to risk everything. Gabrielle: intelligent, loyal and always worrying about everyone else, now its time for her to start looking after No.1. Nathalie: petite, pretty and with a shrewd eye for business, she uses her work to help her forget the one man she cant have. Charmaine: flirty and outrageous, she knows all about the good life. She just needs someone to pay for it... Then a chance encounter changes everything - and for Rianne and her friends, nothing is going to be the same again...

With five decades of family feuds, sibling rivalry and love affairs . . . an exciting, intelligent blockbuster EVEThis is everything youd expect of a blockbuster - glamorous locations, ambitious female protagonists and a singing, gliding narrative - but with a little more intelligence GLAMOURLove, sex, adventure, glamour. What more could you ask for? DAILY EXPRESSMAX SALL, powerful, wealthy and utterly ruthless, a man without a past ... His wife, ANGELA, a society debutante who fell in love with the dark, handsome stranger, and broke her parents hearts when she married him ... His mistress, FRANCESCA, the glamorous air stewardess, who saw in Max her ticket out of the Italian provinces and grabbed it - and him - with both hands ... And his daughters: AMBER, more like her father than shell ever know, smart, shrewd and determined to achieve, whatever the cost; and PAOLA, groomed by her mother to succeed where she failed, in getting a man to marry her. Maxs women are very different, but they all demand his attention. While Amber and Paola are growing up in the 1970s, their mothers somehow find a way to share Max between them. But when Amber and Paola fall in love with the same man two decades later, theyre determined that this time there will be no sharing...

Amber crece en una familia de vida opulenta, pero al lado de una madre alcohólica, con un padre casi siempre ausente y un hermano castigado por las circunstancias. Pero cuenta con dos amigas que la ayudan a sobrellevar las circunstancias. Por su parte, a miles de kilómetros de distancia, la hija de la amante de su padre, su hermanastra italiana, Paola, ha sido educada para seducir. Al igual que sus madres respectivas, siempre celosas de la otra relación del hombre al que aman, también Amber y Paola acabarán compitiendo por un mismo hombre, y repitiendo la historia de celos de sus madres. Hasta que Amber encontrará una salida yéndose a vivir al África, bajo unos "cielos de azafrán".

Amber crece en una familia de vida opulenta, pero al lado de una madre alcohólica, con un padre casi siempre ausente y un hermano castigado por las circunstancias. Pero cuenta con dos amigas que la ayudan a sobrellevar las circunstancias. Por su parte, a miles de kilometros de distancia, la hija de la amante de su padre, su hermanastra italiana, Paola, ha sido educada para seducir. Al igual que sus madres respectivas, siempre celosas de la otra relacion del hombre al que aman, tambien Amber y Paola acabaran compitiendo por un mismo hombre y repitiendo la historia de celos de sus madres. Hasta que Amber encontrara una salida yendose a vivir a Africa, bajo unos Cielos de azafran.