Meet Rebecca Bloomwood. She's a journalist. She spends her working life telling others how to manage their money. She spends her leisure time shopping. She knows she should stop, but she can't. She tries Cutting Back, she tries Making More Money. But neither seems to work. Can Becky regain the use of her Switch card?

At the end of Bridget Jones's Diary , Bridget hiccuped off into the sunset with man-of-her-dreams Mark Darcy. Now she discovers what it is like when you have the man of your dreams actually in your flat and he doesn't do the washing up, not just the whole of this week, but ever.

Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine, her only consolation is food. That and a passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben. Her life needs to change and soon. But can Jemima reinvent herself?

If you think Brazilian is a nationality, that PJ's are pyjamas and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Syke's heroine is British but has moved to America, working for a glossy magazine.

The literary agent Jojo has just made a very bad career move: she's jumped into bed with her married boss Mark... The bestseller Jojo's sweet-natured client Lily's first novel is a roaring success. She and lover Anton celebrate by spending the advance for her second book. The unknown Gemma used to be Lily's best friend - until Lily 'stole' Anton.

Kate MacKenzie is an idealistic office worker, reluctant deliverer of termination notices and queen of instant messaging. Mitch Hertzog is an ever-smiling corporate lawyer. Ida Lopez is a cake, cookie and pastry-maker extraordinaire. Together they must battle tyrants and despots to find truth, justice and the perfect double fudge pudding.