Zoe͏̈ Barnes Livres

Colly décide de reprendre sa vie en main après plusieursz échecs. Elle franchit l'enceinte d'un drôle de zoo.

Quinze ans. Quinze ans que Gina rêve de Matt. Fougueux, idéaliste, écolo... Leur amourette adolescente a laissé à la jeune femme un goût d'idéal et de paradis perdu. Aussi lorsque Matt réapparaît dans la vie de cette charmante cuisinière alternative - elle ne jure que par le bio, et tient une ferme -, Gina sent-elle renaître de ses braises les flammes de la passion. Mais l'homme de sa vie, l'amant parfait, le mâle par excellence lui revient sous le costume-cravate du trentenaire divorcé, père de deux monstres en bas âge et... comptable ! Elle qui rêvait, hier encore en faisant la vaisselle, d'aller sauver en couple les requins pèlerins du Japon... Il en faut plus que ça pour dégonfler un soufflé et Gina, en bon cordon-bleu, ne compte pas rendre de sitôt son tablier...

Bump number one - Just when Taz Norton's life is on a smooth upward glide - youngest sales manager at a flagship department store, own flat, cat and vintage motorbike - her lover leaves her for her ex-best friend. Bump number two - is finding out she is pregnant the same day she is asked to handle the biggest store promotion in the company's history. Bump number three - is the one in front of her. Goodbye toes and glamour, hello heartburn, morning sickness and support tights. Typically, Taz decides to be Superwoman. No one is going to tell her she can't get to the top and be a single mum as well. But no one told her it was going to be so damned hard. . .

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.

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?

Après six ans d'amour fou, la vie de Rory et Gemma bascule brutalement : ils vont s'unir pour le meilleur, le pire et pour toujours ! Amy la richissime et désoeuvrée mère du futur marié prend les choses en main et décide d'organiser une fête comme on les aime à Hollywood : robe 100 % tulle pour la mariée, kilts en satin pour les deux cents invités et joueurs de cornemuse pour une ambiance intime... Son imagination est à la mesure de son budget : sans limite. Très vite, le rêve de Gemma se transforme en cauchemar peuplé de demoiselles d'honneur en pleurs, d'oncles et de cousins perdus de vue depuis des lustres : quand la famille s'en mêle, mariage peut rimer avec dérapage...

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...

Running a dating agency is not perhaps the most logical career step for a woman who has sworn off romance. But for Laurel Page it's perfect - old-fashioned, civilized, safe - she only wishes the quiet life wasn't so, well, quiet. Maybe Laurel should be more careful what she wishes for.

Nothing is going to go wrong with Belle Craine's dream wedding. Her mum won't let it. Unfortunately, nobody's told an Australian girl called Mona Starr, who turns up on the Craines' doorstep without warning and announces that she's Belle's long-lost half-sister. It's bad enough, but Belle also has to face the fact that her fianc, Kieran, is spending an awful lot of time with ex-model Mona - a fact which her teenage sister, Jax, delights in pointing out. Is Belle being paranoid, or has she got a fight on her hands if she wants to keep her man? And more to the point: is he worth fighting for?

Gina and Matt were rebellious teenagers determined to save the world until their mothers intervened. Fourteen years later, Matt is still Gina's dream man, but now he appears as a typical bureaucrat with an ex-wife and three kids, leaving Gina in shock.