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Now that the kids are off to college, Sylvie hopes that her marriage is about to bloom again. Until she discovers that her husband, Bob, has a mistress called Marla. It's small consolation that the other woman could be her identical twin - except for a gap of ten years and fifteen pounds.

Perdita James is thrilled with her new job, until a personality quiz reveals she's an attention-seeking peacock! Her boss, Edward Merrick, is a panther - forceful, decisive and more than a little ruthless.

Seeing Daniel Ramsay struggle with fatherhood makes memories of Freya's past come flooding back. Freya was a wild child, but on the inside she always dreamed of happy-ever-afters and white weddings. Now she's grown up, stunning and successful, and she knows she can help Daniel and his daughter.

Bubbly Lucy West has always thought she can handle anything. That's before she meets charismatic and utterly irresistible tycoon Guy Dangerfield, who challenges her to find a 'real job'.

Watching her daughter sleepig cradled in her arms, fragile and helpless, Grace realises she would do anything for her - even if it means meeting the man who broke her heart. The man who doesn't even know he has a child.

Bill Bryson's hilarious memoir of growing up in middle America in the Fifties - unabridged and read by the author.

This was a laugh-out-loud funny book which made my commute to work really enjoyable.

After surviving years of imprisonment in England, and now facing a seven year sentence in a new territory, convict Charlotte Badger dares to contemplate a future of freedom and fortune. Strong, short-tempered, but quick-witted, she is filled with determination for a better life.

Penniless, pregnant and alone, Iona Lockwood is desperate to settle and put down roots. When wealthy architect Daniel Hamilton finds Iona living in the empty building he's bought he knows he should be asking her to leave. But Daniel can't turn his back on a pregnant woman, and offers her a job as his housekeeper.

I realised that my TBR would look smaller if I made an effort to read some thick books. So that's what I decided to do - alternating a thick book and a thin (i.e. Harlequin) book until the pile looks more manageable.

This book was the thickest of the lot. A huge doorstop of a book. But oh, what a wonderful book. Here's the back blurb:

Millions of women drool over soap star Mac Harrison.And scriptwriter
Grace Wellington is no different - the hottie headlines in all her wildest fantasies.She keeps him firmly in his place there, however, because her days have no room for such ego-driven men.