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?

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.

Laure, seventeen, beautiful and already abandoned twice in her young life. Once by the glamorous mother she can barely remember, a woman who brought shame on the St Lazare family name and fled to America; and then again by a handsome soldier who left her pregnant and alone, facing the wrath of her grandmother.Amelie, caught in a world where she''s neither servant nor mistress, trapped between the St Lazare family she''s always worked for and the simmering hostility of a country on the verge of meltdown. With a past she knows nothing about and no family of her own, she yearns to find a place that can be home.Melanie, the rock star''s daughter who has everything money can buy except the love she craves. A daddy''s girl caught in a whirl of damaging relationships, testing those closest to her. In one man she sees the chance to change her life for ever, but at what price?In a story that begins in the relentless heat of a Haitian summer and sweeps through the luxury of America''s elite to the colourful chaos of East End London, BITTER CHOCOLATE is a glorious tale of the quest for love, marriage and finding a place to belong.

A captivating family drama about sisters and long-held secrets spanning from the 1930s to the present day, perfect for fans of Downton Abbey. 1936, Chalfont Hall, Dorset. As the dressmaker puts the last pins in her dress, thirteen-year-old Kit is wondering why she has to go through the charade of seeing her sister Lily presented at Court. With her waves of auburn hair and her piercing green eyes, Kit knows that her sister's place on the social scene is guaranteed regardless of her dress, and as the door to a life of parties and eligible young men opens for Lily, Kit must make do with tiptoeing around the gallery of Chalfont, eavesdropping on the conversations of the grown-ups. But the arrival of a German visitor one evening soon sets in motion a chain of events that none of the family could have anticipated. Years later, the aftershock of events will be felt by a new generation ...