One word echoed round her head.Why?Why hadn’t she been good enough for him? Why had he gone back to Felicity when by all accounts the old trout had made his life a misery by being the ultimate high-maintenance girlfriend?‘Alice,’ he’d said, ‘you’re such a relief after her.’Relief.At the time she’...
She thought about reaching for her book, yet her arm never seemed to make it off the duvet. It was still very early—just before six—but she had to get up soon, because she was due to take a catamaran cruise down the western side of the island, with various stop-offs to see the most popular touris...
Unfortunately, her magical powers deserted her suddenly and unexpectedly one New Year’s Day—around the same time a dishevelled arrangement of trumpet lilies and green hit her in the chest and then fell upside down into her waiting hands. How had that happened? She’d been actively retreating as he...
Kelly squinted at her in the low sun. There’d been just enough time to get a trip to the park in before bedtime. She sighed. Thank goodness for long summer evenings. Sometimes, despite all the mayhem her boys caused, she longed for those days when she’d been a stay-at-home mum and hadn’t had to s...
Unfortunately, her magical powers deserted her suddenly and unexpectedly one New Year’s Day—around the same time a dishevelled arrangement of trumpet lilies and green hit her in the chest and then fell upside down into her waiting hands. How had that happened? She’d been actively retreating as he...
Thinking hard. He balanced the minibasketball on his fingertips and narrowed his eyes as he visualised the ball dropping through the net, then he tensed his arm muscles in readiness and... There was a sharp rap on the office door. The ball soared across the room and crashe...