KATHY LETTE

TO DO LIST 1) Buy hummus 2) Pay Pilates teacher 3) Find prostitute for son... When it comes to sex, even the best laid plans come unstuck - in the stickiest way possible As a crossword-addicted English teacher, Lucy never expected to be arrested for kerb-crawling. But her autistic twenty-year-old son Merlin is desperate to lose his virginity, and a prostitute seems like the only option . . . only Lucy picks up an undercover policewoman instead. Let off with a suspended sentence, Lucy resigns herself to the fact that her son will never have sex, let alone find love... until the morning she miraculously discovers Merlin in bed with a girl. But is tough, tattooed Kayleigh just taking Merlin for a ride? If so, why? And what has brought Lucy's snake of an ex-husband wriggling back into their lives? As all her best laid plans for Merlin's happiness chaotically unravel, will Lucy ever be able to cut her son's psychological umbilical cord and start to live her own life? And will the funny, quirky and marvellously magical Merlin ever find real love? With plenty of comic twists and emotional turns, Kathy Lette's riotous yet heartrending novel tackles the taboo subject of sex for the `differently abled' - and shows us that when it comes to sex, we all have special needs ...

Tilly has the day from hell when she's sacked from her barristers' chambers in the morning, then finds her husband in bed with her former best friend in the afternoon. She escapes to her mother, Roxy - a sassy solicitor whose outrageous take on men, work and family life is the despair of her more conventional daughter. Roxy comes up with a radical plan for their future - they'll set up a new-style, all female law firm which will champion women. Before long they are rescuing women who have been cheated, put upon, attacked, ripped off or ruined by the men in their lives. When a gun-toting Grandma bursts upon the scene having shot off the testicles of the men who raped her grand daughter, Tilly finds herself at legal logger heads with Jack Cassidy, the smooth-talking, politically incorrect, legal love god who broke her heart at law school. Jack is fluent in three languages - English, sarcasm and flirtation, and his specialist area is emotional break and enter. But if the man is so loathsome, then why is she committing Acute Lust in the 3rd degree? As Tilly struggles to keep her client out of jail and her own cravings under lock and key, will the rapists walk free? When Tilly's 13-year old daughter goes missing, she faces the biggest moral dilemma of her life. Should she betray her beliefs and take the law into her own hands?

Shelly, tímida profesora inglesa, sale de un concurso televisivo casada con Kit, un americano irresistible pero con muy pocas luces. Con él deberá aguantar supuestas infidelidades, revoluciones, aguaceros y volcanes en erupción durante su peculiar «luna de miel» en una exótica isla. Pero ¿de qué le sirve ahora haberse casado con semejante ejemplar si ni siquiera se quiere acostar con ella? ¿Será verdad que los hombres son como ciclones?: «Nunca sabes cuándo van a venir, cuánto se van a quedar… ni qué potencia van a tener». Una novela divertida y delirante con grandes dosis de erotismo y un final insospechado.

Rebecca tiene 32 años. Su novio, Julian, es un abogado de éxito, guapo, elegante y con dinero. Viven juntos desde hace tiempo y les va bien. Pero entonces, ¿qué necesidad tiene ella de estar vestida de novia en medio de flores, regalos y nervios mientras sus amigas, Anouska y Kate, hacen de ángel y demonio, respectivamente, susurrando en sus oídos, mientras Julian espera frente al altar? Una ventana lo suficientemente grande es toda una invitación... Por si acaso, la boda tendrá que esperar.

Kat Kennedy is bored with Australian life. Especially the men. So when she wins a part in a top American sitcom, she jumps at the chance to experience some Hollywood glamour. Even if they do wear sunglasses indoors. But even her new best friend, the straight-talking Tash, can't prepare Kat for a town where the men have love-bites on their mirrors, there is no law of gravity (skin sags upwards), and they say 'Have a nice day' - and then shoot you. And then there's the irresistible superstar Pierce Scanlen. But can Kat compete with the other great love of his life - himself?

The seven friends who get together for a girls' night out believe there are only two things wrong with men: everything they say and everything they do. Rowena has run away to a commune to 'find herself' (but by that time, will there be anybody home?); 'The Sushi Sisters' are trying to find fame as street singers; and Soula is trying to find a man who doesn't think monogamy is something you make dining room tables out of (does the teething ring in her boyfriend's pocket mean that he's married?)… In these hilarious tales of sun, sex and surf Kathy Lette reveals what women really say when men aren't around.

Tilly has the day from hell when she's sacked from her barristers' chambers in the morning, then finds her husband in bed with her former best friend in the afternoon. She escapes to her mother, Roxy - a sassy solicitor whose outrageous take on men, work and family life is the despair of her more conventional daughter. Roxy comes up with a radical plan for their future - they'll set up an all-female law firm which will only champion women who have been cheated, put upon, attacked, ripped off or ruined by the men in their lives. In court, Tilly finds herself up against Jack Cassidy, the smooth-talking, politically incorrect, legal love god who broke her heart at law school. Jack is fluent in three languages - English, sarcasm and flirtation...but if he's so loathsome, then why is she committing Acute Lust in the 3rd degree? When a case lands on the doorstep that threatens to change all their lives, Tilly finds herself dangerously close to taking the law into her own hands...Will Jack's cunning ways and expertise in emotional break and enter derail her quest for justice? Or will the women take on the boys...and win?

Shelly, tímida profesora inglesa, sale de un concurso televisivo casada con Kit, un americano irresistible pero con muy pocas luces. Con él deberá aguantar supuestas infidelidades, revoluciones, aguaceros y volcanes en erupción durante su peculiar «luna de miel» en una exó-tica isla. Pero ¿de qué le sirve ahora haberse casado con semejante ejemplar si ni siquiera se quiere acostar con ella? ¿Será verdad que los hombres son como ciclones?: «Nunca sabes cuándo van a venir, cuánto se van a quedar… ni qué potencia van a tener». Una novela divertida y delirante con grandes dosis de erotismo y un final insospechado.

Madeline Wolfe is a mischievous, mutinous, high-rise (the shortest she'd ever been was 'tall for her age') Aussie redhead, who can open beer bottles with her teeth and is on first name terms with every bartender in Bangkok. She's a woman in control of her life, and no man is ever going to tell her what to do. So how come she's ended up twelve thousand miles from home, in rainy London, with no friends, her visa about to expire, with no place to live - oh, yes, and pregnant? She fell in love with Alexander Drake, that's how. But she soon realises that Alex goes through the tunnel of love holding his own hand. He also has more secrets than MI5. Alex may not be the man she thought he was, but can she persuade him to be the man she needs him to be - preferably before the baby arrives?

Told with Kathy Lette's razor-sharp wit, this is a funny, quirky and tender story of a mother's love for her son - and of a love affair that has no chance of running smoothly Kathy is famous for her comic novels that speak straight to women, but this novel brings even more to the table than her trademark humour and wit It's heartfelt, touching and incredibly memorable...

Madeleine Wolfe is looking forward to taking her mind off things with some retail therapy - even if her budget stretches to prunes rather than Prada. But her day out takes an unexpected turn for the worse when she is mistakenly arrested in Harrods for shoplifting...