'Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer ...'
So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting...
Mike Engleby has a secret...
This is the story of Mike Engleby, a working-class boy who wins a place an esteemed English university. But with the disappearance of Jennifer,...
In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith returns home to Edinburgh and the glorious cast of his own tales of the city, the residents of 44 Scotland Street, with a new set of...
1995, Scotland. The prison of Cornton Vale.
Laura Brannigan is in jail for murder. For two years she's been battling for justice - insisting that she didn't kill her best...
Life has been tough for village midwife Zara. Recently divorced and living with her grandmother, Zara is struggling to get back on track.
Until one day, love walks in, in the...
August, 1918. World War I is entering its final stages. A generation of young men have given up their lives for their country - and the young women left behind are hard put to...
Friday nights, the best night of the week, the night they all looked forward to more than they cared to admit - talking, drinking, laughing and crying together.
They...
1934. Next-door neighbours Lizzie and Celia are the best of friends. But their families, the Miltons and the Slatterys, are the worst of enemies, divided by religion and by...
In theory, life for Sam as a stay-at-home dad is idyllic and stress-free. Months of honing his childcare programme have enabled him to run a ship-shape home with productive days...
Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who abandoned her when she was five. Now, having left home for art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds...
Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem during the usually turbulent teens. Now Adi is always fighting for or against...
A heart-warming story of love and friendship in wartime. It's September 1940 and the London Blitz has begun. For the four girls living at No. 13 Article Row, life must go on,...