CARO FRASER

Mark Mason is a successful business man with a smart wife and two sons who are about to leave the nest. He should be happy - but he's not. As his wife, Paula, embarks on a new business venture, Mark feels increasingly marginalised. It's not long before he seeks - and finds - solace in the arms of another woman. Intoxicated by new-found passion, but not wanting to hurt Paula, Mark secretly rents rooms in a house in Marylebone to carry on his affair. But Mark's double life ends almost as soon as it begins. Thrown out by Paula, Mark retreats to his rented rooms and begins to question where his unhappiness really came from. He looks for answers to questions he has never asked. What does he really want from life? Can he be happy in his old life? And will family and friends ever forgive him for seeking a world apart?

But Adam is torn between wanting to protect Harry's reputation and his instincts as a journalist, which drive him to tell the truth at any cost. He will even risk losing the admiration and friendship of Harry's beautiful daughter, Bella. For Harry's biggest secret of all involves Bella; and Adam is well on the his way to falling in love.

Love. Sometimes it feels like there should be a law against it. But even at a leading firm of barristers you can't legislate for the entanglements of the human heart. At 5 Caper Court Leo Davies QC - sexually ambiguous, charismatic and attractive to men and women alike - stirs the hearts of many. There's scheming, sexy Sarah; Anthony, an ex-pupil and friend; charming Gideon, a civil servant on the make; and sweet Camilla, a junior lawyer in Leo's chambers - to name a few. Plenty of opportunities, then, for a silver-haired sophisticate to have fun. But Leo is tiring of his hedonistic lifestyle. Perhaps what he really needs is honest emotion - even love? Could it be that the cool and controlling Leo will fall? But who for … ? In this compelling story of lust, love and jealousy, Caro Fraser once again brings the affairs, friendships and feuds of 5 Caper Court brilliantly to life.