Family comes first

Published date22 January 2022
Publication titleDaily Record, The / Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Amber owns a stained-glass art studio, Raffaele has opened a hair salon, and Lachlan is wowing the locals with his fine-dining restaurant

Their beloved foster mother May has sadly died but, after much encouragement, Teddy books a cruise around the Mediterranean. Not only does he see new countries, he also meets Olga.

Since this glamorous Russian is much younger than Teddy, his foster children fear she's more interested in his wallet than his heart.

Amber, Lachlan and Raffaele have their own romantic complications to deal with too. Raffaele is trying to get over a difficult break-up. Amber has fallen hard for Lachlan and yearns to tell him how she feels. But she's scared of ruining their friendship and, anyway, he's tangled up in "friends with benefits" relationships.

Will any of them find the courage to declare their feelings?

Jill Mansell is the queen of feelgood romance but, while this is a book to make readers smile, she also tackles serious issues such as how past trauma affects present lives.This is a witty, heartwarming story of friendship, family and enduring love.

ANNE CATER Anything Could Happen by Lucy Diamond (Quercus, £14.99) Eliza has just turned 18 and, although she hasn't seen her father Steve in years, she now wants to reconnect with him.

But when they meet, Steve tells her that her real father is a man called Ben who her mum Lara spent a night with in New York but never saw again.

Lara didn't tell Ben about her pregnancy so, when headstrong Eliza tries to track him down, she dreads admitting the truth. When the three meet, their lives change forever. They go on a journey of discovery and revisit old haunts, culminating in mum and daughter going to the Big Apple where the story began - and where Lara and...

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