Elizabeth Buchan

Tessa and Becky, who have been friends since the beginning of their City careers, face many choices in their lives, not least the choice presented by biology - children.

Fanny Savage has always been the dutiful party wife to Will, a politician with big ambitions. After twenty years of marriage and self-sacrifice she starts to question whether being a Good Wife has been worth it!

When the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when her husband Bror collaborates with the enemy to save his family home. As they are drawn further into danger, Kay is faced with a wrenching moral dilemma. Who will be sacrificed next for the cause? Can she and Bror ever find their way back to one another?

Last to know that her husband is having an affair, Rose is doubly shocked to find that his mistress is her friend and colleague, Minty. Left alone, Rose looks back and wonders if she can recapture an earlier life!

Agnes Campion inherits her beloved Flagge House from her uncle, but its upkeep soon becomes a burden to her. Should she sell as property developer Julian advises, or keep it regardless of the problems?

Siena has a high-powered job and sees the toll having children has on women, but her husband longs for a baby! In 1959 Barbara was the perfect housewife and mother until she met Alexander who taught her to think. The inner lives of these two women are woven together as they try to find a resolution between families and their own desires!

As the Second World War draws to a close, Intelligence Officer Gus Clifton surprises his sisters when he introduces Krista - the German wife whom he has married secretly in Berlin. But Gus's sisters can only see the enemy he has brought under their roof. Haunted by passion and betrayal these damaged souls are propelled towards a spectacular resolution.