Elizabeth has wanted two things her entire life to keep her happy and fulfilled - an Italian husband and lots of rosy-cheeked bambini. The first is ticked off now she's bagged dark and sexy Roberto, the second is proving harder to achieve. Is Elizabeth's desire for a baby enough to hold her marriage together or is it ripping it apart?

Fern is glaring thirty in the face and can't ignore the love lies any longer. Life with Adam was amazing once - although these days swinging from the chandeliers means DIY not SEX. She believes a romantic wedding should be the next step but Adam just won't go down on one knee.

So Bella plans never to reveal her secret after all, it's just a silly piece of paper, lodged at a registrar's office in Aberdeen, isn't it? She hasn't seen Stevie for years probably never will again. Except that Bella's best friend Laura has fallen in love, and when she introduces her new man to the gang it is none other than Stevie.

A work of women's fiction.

Lucy steals her friend Rose's husband, Peter. Rose was the ideal wife and is the ideal mother; Lucy was the perfect mistress. Connie - best friend to both Lucy and Rose - is stuck in the middle. But Connie has her own troubles: she's just got the hang of family life when an old flame pops up to rekindle a bit of passion - on the side.

A sexY man is about to destroy Connie's peace of mind, her plan for living happily ever after with her loving husband Luke. What will happen if her husband finds out? What will happen if he doesn't?

Eliza and Martha are sisters, but that's where the similarity ends. Martha appears to have the perfect life, with two lovely children and plenty of money, whilst Eliza lives in a one bedroom flat with her musician boyfriend Greg.

Georgina has loved Hugh Carter, and only him, since she was eighteen. She is now 32 and Hugh has finally moved in with her. All goes well until one little miscalculation leaves her pregnant. After 14 years of seeing the world through a Hugh-tinted filter can George start to make up her mind?

Cas Perry doesn't want a relationship. When her father walked out on her and her mother she decided relationships, love, marriage, the whole shegang, simlpy weren't worth the heartache. But is Cas, immoral most of the time and amoral when it comes to business, going too far with her new TV programme, Sex with an Ex ?