Zoe͏̈ Barnes Knihy

Svobodná, těhotná a nezávislá, tak lze charakterizovat hlavní postavu Taz a její životní problémy v humorném příběhu, ve kterém si musí poradit jak s těhotenstvím, kariérou, tak s partnery. Taz se ocitá ve finančních potížích, které vyřeší tím, že vezmem do bytu podnájemníka, advokáta Adama. Ten se sice stává jejím milencem a pomáhá jí s dítětem, ale když se Taz vrací do práce, z bytu odchází. Gareth se dovídá, že je otcem, a projevuje zájem se s chlapcem stýkat. po prvním odpoledni však usoudí, že boj s plenami a kojeneckou výživou je nad jeho síly. Zachová se však čestně a slibuje, že až bude chlapec větší, vynasnaží se mu být dobrým otcem. Taz zvládla první kroky mateřství a je odhodlána být nadále úspěšnou ženou i dobrou matkou.

Jako oddechové čtení autorka nabízí příběh jednoho manželství, kde si po osmiletém soužití manželé uvědomí, že vzájemná úcta a přátelství ke spokojenému svazku nestačí a dohodnou se na přátelském rozvodu, nepočítají ale s řadou nečekaných komplikací. Hrdinka jako svobodná matka v těžké situaci nadšeně přijala nabídku rozvážného a svědomitého muže, který se stal vynikajícím nevlastním otcem její dcery. Po osmi letech se ale ze vztahu vytratila vášeň a obdiv a žena začíná vidět i mužovy nedostatky. Rozhodnutí o rozvodu se odbývá přátelsky a kultivovaně, hlavní problém ale spočívá v devítileté dcerce, která otce miluje a s rozvodem se nechce smířit. Žena znovu přehlíží uplynulá léta, utvrzuje se ve správnosti svého rozhodnutí a doufá v nový nevšední vztah, přesto ji ale nepříjemně zaskočí, když si její muž brzy najde mladou milenku. Oba manželé pak najednou zjistí, že i přátelský rozvod mezi dvěma rozumnými dospělými lidmi má svá úskalí.

Mladý pár se rozhodne pro sňatek, ale se svatbou má značné potíže, protože rodiny snoubenců mají o ní různé představy.

Single mum Hannah and her husband have a friendship-based marriage with no passion, leading to an amicable divorce after eight years. While he is kind to her step-daughter, Hannah is surprised when he quickly finds a new partner, questioning the nature of their friendship.

Lorna has everything she's ever wanted. And then one day, her beloved husband Ed dies - leaving her widowed and pregnant at 29. Eighteen months later, Lorna misses Ed as much as ever, but knows she must get out and make a new life for herself and her kids. When her mum and dad suddenly find themselves desperate for somewhere to live, what could be more natural than for them to come and live with Lorna? It'll be a great opportunity for her to go back to her job as a midwife, while they get to know their grandchildren. But that's before the mishaps, the arguments over childcare, or the rows that break out when Lorna announces that she's met a hunky doctor and is ready to start dating again.

All Gemma wants for her wedding to Rory is a quick jaunt to the registry office, followed by a few drinks down the pub. Suddenly her quiet wedding is hijacked by her parents and turned into a Hollywood style extravaganza. To top it all her relationship with Rory is coming apart at the seams.

All she wants is a job, a man - and a life! Everyone has one really bad day in their life. One really bad day. For Cally Storm it's the day she loses her job, her marriage and her home. While everyone around her seems to be settling down with Mr Right and 2.4 children, Cally is back living with her mother. Still when you've hit rock bottom the only way is up . . .Everyone's got an opinion on what will turn her life around: a new man, a new career . . . But the only job she can get is at a local wildlife park. And as for romance - well, if good men are so hard to find, frankly she'd rather not bother. Only she's reckoned without the collective matchmaking efforts of her friends and a strange - almost animal - attraction to her unconventional colleague, Will. Can this wrongest of Mr Wrongs ever turn out to be Mr Right?

When Claire inherits a house out of the blue - she thinks she's struck it rich! But while the word 'cottage' inspires images of romantic idylls and roses round the door, there's nothing remotely heavenly about Paradise Cottage. It's a tumble-down wreck in the middle of nowhere - more in need of a demolition expert than a decorator. Still, Claire's not one to shirk a challenge. Much to the amusement of her hunky new neighbour, Aidan, she decides to renovate the cottage herself. After all, problem-solving, trouble-shooting - it's what Claire does best. She's used to planning events for thousands of people. She can sort out one little cottage . . . Can't she?

The double christening of her sisters' two kids gets Holly Bennett thinking. She would seriously love to have a baby one day, but for the first time in ages being adopted has become a stumbling block for her. Does she want to start a family of her own when she doesn't even know who she really is or where she's come from?With an on-off boyfriend who she's swiftly falling out of lust with, Holly decides to move back to her home town to be near her adoptive family. Who knows, it may be the change she needs to get her life back on track - and the place to be if she wants to begin tracing her roots.But these roots prove trickier to trace than Holly has expected. That is, until she hires her own oh-so-sexy private investigator to take charge...

Emma (ne Cox) and Joe Sheridan have just got married. Emma has been in love with Joe since school - marrying him was the happiest day of her life. But now the honeymoon is over and Emma's having to cope with the reality of married life. She's living in a new town, has a new job and a new husband who hasn't quite left his bachelor days behind him. Then there's Emma's interfering mother-in-law who's expecting the patter of tiny feet before Joe's even carried her over the threshold! Still, at least she and Joe are together at last. But Joe and Emma have never lived with each other before - and apart from the odd holiday - have never spent more than two weeks in each other's company. Setting up home together for the first time might be romantic, but nobody told them that living happily ever after takes a lot of hard work...