Marian Keyes

Johnny Casey, his brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids are a happy family. Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. While some people clash, other people like each other far too much.. Everything stays under control until one careless remark at Johnny's birthday party, when the entire family are present. In the subsequent unravelling, the adults finds themselves wondering if it's time - finally - to grow up?

Anna has a life to envy. An apartment in New York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying job in beauty PR. Who wouldn't want all that?

Anna, it turns out. Trading a minor midlife crisis for a major life event, she switches the skyscrapers of Manhattan for the tiny Irish town of Maumtully, helping old friends set up a luxury coastal retreat.

Tougher than it sounds. Newflash: the locals hate the idea. So much so, there have been threats - and violence. Anna, however, worked in the beauty industry. There's no ugliness she hasn't seen. There's just one fly in the ointment - old flame Joey Armstrong. He's going to be her wingman. Never mind their chequered history. Never mind what might have been.

Because no matter how far you go, your mistakes will still be waiting for you…

Meet Rachel Walsh. She's been living it up in New York City, spending her nights talking her way into glamorous parties before heading home in the early hours to her hot boyfriend Luke. But her sensible older sister showing up and sending her off to actual rehab wasn't quite part of her plan. She's only agreed to her incarceration because she's heard that rehab is wall-to-wall jacuzzis, gymnasiums and rock stars going cold turkey - plus it's about time she had a holiday. Saying goodbye to fun will be hard. But not as hard as losing the man who she realises, all too late, might just be the love of her life .