Trudy Harris

PI Samantha Falconer is asked to return to Oxford to investigate the disappearance of a young woman. All paths lead back to the university which is unwilling to share its secrets. At the same time Sam must confront her own past.

Allyson Jaymes has it all - celebrity, power, and a glamorous marriage. Until her world is destroyed by the bitterest betrayal of all: her husband's explosive affair with her 19-year-old assistant, Tessa Dukes.

Tessa's ambitions burn fiercely. Her chilling manipulation of fame and her steady destruction of so many dreams and ambitions lead all concerned into a fatal minefield of sexual obsession, psychotic jealousy and deadly treachery.

Moving from the dazzling, yet sinister, lights of London, to the deceptive haven of Italy's romantic Amalfi Coast, Cruel Venus is a suspense-filled story of love at its very best - and absolute worst.

Sasha is bored and dissatisfied with her life as a wife and mother. With two friends she takes up the challenge to walk the Inca Trail in Peru. There she embarks on a love affair, and takes back her life before it is too late.

In 1854, Gideon is a navvy in the Crimean War whilst Alice waits for him to return home to Cornwall. When Alice's employer dies she loses her home and her work. Taken in by the Sisters of Mercy, she eventually gets the chance to nurse in the Crimea, where she hopes to find Gideon.

Jay always envied delphine, her well-organised, perfectly slim cousin. Now happily married with children and her own successful business, Jay decides she should try to be more like her cousin. But when Delphine returns from Australia, who is envious of whom?