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Booklist

Adam, RuthI’m not complaining. 1977. Interline. 6v. UK Loan only.Madge Brigson is a teacher in a Nottinghamshire Elementary school in the 1930s. This is the story of her battles with the trials of that special world; hair nits, abusive parents and staff quarrels. But there is much to warm the heart as Madge copes with her pupils and with her own love affair.

Ahern, CeceliaP.S. I love you. 2004. 6v.Holly and Gerry had the perfect life. Or so they thought. When Gerry dies, Holly is devastated. On the eve of her 30th birthday, the man who was her lover, her best friend, her rock, has left her. But Gerry promised he'd always be there for Holly. And he is: his last bequest to her is The List, a bundle of notes which form a monthly mission for Holly to get her life back on track. As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged.

Alcott, Louisa MayMoods. 1864. American Braille. 4v.Seventeen-year-old Sylvia Yule goes on a camping trip with her brother, Mark, and his two friends, Adam Warwick and Geoffrey Moor; both of whom fall in love with her. Sylvia impulsively marries Geoffrey, but soon realises she is in love with Adam.

Alliott, CatherineThe wedding day. 2004. 6v.Annie has a blissful summer ahead to plan her wedding. But first she must escape and surround herself with calm in order to meet the horrible deadline set by the only publisher ever to have expressed interest in her writing. Giving mad Aunt-to-be Gertrude a cameo role in her novel is a small price to pay for the loan of a fabulous writer's retreat on a Cornish cliff with its own private beach. No sooner has she arrived, however, than the doorbell starts ringing. Everyone, it seems, has had the same idea for their summer holidays.

Austen, JanePride and prejudice. 1813. 5v or 7v. (Available Interline)Elizabeth Bennet's early determination to dislike Mr Darcy who is quite the most handsome and eligible bachelor, is a misjudgement only matched in folly by Darcy's arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to truer feelings in a comedy profoundly concerned with happiness and how it might be achieved.

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Bagshawe, LouiseTall poppies. 1998. 9v. (Interline)Through their dream of starting a diet and fitness company, three marginalized women from vastly different backgrounds come together. Between them they climb their way to the top of the industry, finding love and romance along the way. But danger threatens their future.(Contains sex scenes)

Balough, MarySilent melody. 1997. 3v. American Braille. UK Loan only.As a young child, Lady Emily Marlowe has a fever that leaves her deaf and unable to speak, yet she learns to communicate with Lord Ashley Kendrick in their own special language. So she is devastated when he goes to India and then marries. Later, in 1763 Ashley returns home, and Emily knows she loves only him - but she is engaged to someone else.

Bank, MelissaThe girls' guide to hunting and fishing. 1999. 4v. (Interline)This is a funny collection of connected stories and a portrait of Jane, a woman manoeuvring her way through love, sex and friendships. After following the advice from a manual called "How to meet and marry Mr Right", Jane learns that in love there is neither pattern nor promise, and never any rules.

Barber, NoelA farewell to France. 1983. 16v. Interline. UK Loan only.An American, who has lived for most of his life in France and fought with the Resistance, wanders through the chateau that was once his family home. It has now been despoiled by the German army. His mind returns to the secure, sun-filled days of 1931 when he and Sonia first became lovers, before the war wrenched his family apart. Barstow, StanA kind of loving. 1960. 7v.(Sequel 1)Vic Brown is attracted to the beautiful but demanding Ingrid. As their relationship grows and changes he comes to terms - the hard way - with adult life and what it really means to love. Set in the 1960s, the novel raises issues against a clearly-evoked social and historical context. Sequels also available.

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Beverley, JoForbidden magic. 1998. 5v.In Regency London, a young woman and her family are about to be evicted on Christmas Eve. In desperation she wishes upon an ancient heirloom in a bid to save them. She never expects her saviour to be a wealthy earl with a marriage proposal. However, as she accepts the good fortune granted to her, she is unaware that the magic of the statue exacts a high price in return.

Bingham, CharlotteChange of heart. 1995. 12v. (Interline)American composer Frederick Jordan has rented Stoke Park in Worcestershire to escape from overwork and from his well-meaning but exhausting fiancée. He revels in the peace and beauty of the place, until early one morning, he happened upon the heart-stopping sight of the reclusive young occupant of the nearby Folly feeding deer, and realises that his life has been changed for ever.

Blume, JudySmart women. 1984. 5v. (Interline) UK Loan only.B.B. and Margo, two forty-year-old divorcees, are unprepared for the frustrations, pain, and passion which arise when B.B.'s ex-husband hits town in a story about a complex romantic triangle.

Bradford, Barbara TaylorVoice of the heart. 1983. 19v. UK Loan only. Katharine Tempest is a world-famous actress and star - a dark-haired beauty with a volcanic temperament. Francesca Cunningham is blonde, cool, distant - the aristocratic writer of bestselling historical romances. This is the story of the charismatic men whom the women loved and lost. Spanning the years 1956 to 1979, this is the story of two beautiful and successful women who meet in their early 20s and whose destinies are forever to be entwined.

Buck, Pearl S.Death in the castle. 1966. 4v. (Interline) UK Loan only.A wealthy young American is determined to buy an ancient English castle from its impoverished aristocratic owners and a lovely servant girl acts as mediator.

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Bushnell, CandaceTrading up. 2003. 8v.When Janey Wilcox makes it big as a Victoria's Secret model, she finally gets the celebrity status she has always craved. Suddenly the car of her dreams is hers, and even better, so is that house in New York's exclusive Hamptons. No longer will she have to choose her boyfriends according to who has a house she can summer in. At the most exclusive of Hampton parties, Janey finds herself mingling with Hollywood celebrities and the cream of New York society. But all this is secondary when she is charmed and captivated by a handsome, successful man, a man who quickly becomes her new beau. Janey, though, is not the type to live happily ever after, especially with her chequered past of far from good behaviour.

Cartland, BarbaraA ghost in Monte Carlo. 1951. 5v.Mistral was overwhelmed by despair, what could the Rajah have possibly said to Robert that so quickly turned his love to hatred? Why had her aunt brought them here to Monte Carlo under assumed identities? And what was the mystery of the grey pearls? The horror of not understanding made everything worse, for whatever Robert might feel about her now, Mistral knew she would love him always.

Clayton, VictoriaOut of love. 1997. 8v.Daisy and Min meet at a university reunion, speaking for the first time since Daisy’s affair with Min’s boyfriend. Why does Min suddenly think that history is about to repeat itself?

Colgan, JennyLooking for Andrew McCarthy. 2001. 6v. (Interline)Now that Ellie is 30, she has to admit that things haven't quite turned out the way she had anticipated. When did horrible flats, difficult relationships and meaningless jobs take over? And where is Andrew McCarthy now? Ellie is determined to get her idol to unravel some of life's great mysteries.

Colgan, JennyWorking wonders. 2003. 5v.Arthur thinks he's just another ordinary guy of 31, getting up in the morning to face another ordinary day in an ordinary town. But today there's something different about Arthur, and his dull life transforms as he sets out to win the heart of the enchanting Gwyneth, at the same time as attempting to make Coventry the new European City of Culture. The frustrations and petty vexations of office life are captured in this book.

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Conran, ShirleyLace. 1982. 17v. (Interline)(Sequel 1)Having triumphed, in a way, over abandonment, seduction, and exploitation, Lili, a world-famous movie star, demands to know which of four equally successful older women is her mother. Set against an international background of the rich, the famous and the depraved, this is the story of four women who dare to make a success of life. However they are dogged by a secret which has enmeshed their lives.(Contains sex scenes.)Sequel also available.

Cooper, JillyImogen. 1978. 3v. UK Loan only.Imogen, used to watching life from the sidelines, is swept off her feet by the attention of a glamorous tennis-star. Their holiday on the Riviera proves to be a real eye-opener for her. (Contains sex scenes.)

Dailey, JanetAfter the storm. 1975. 3v.Lainie was desperate for money to help pay for treatment for her invalid mother, and there was only one person she could turn to. Rad, the husband from whom she had been separated for the last five years, astonishingly, agreed to help, but on one condition - that Lainie should return to him as his wife.

Du Maurier, DaphneRebecca. 1946. 9v.A young and innocent girl comes to Cornwall as the second wife of Max de Winter. Out of her depth in the social grandeur, she fears the formidable housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, and grows aware of a mystery surrounding the death of the first Mrs de Winter.

Ebel, SuzanneThe double rainbow. 1977. 4v. (Interline)Faith Conway is astonished when eminent director, Emrys Lloyd, asks her to join his Two Rivers Theatre Company after she finishes university. Under his direction Faith becomes a talented actress and achieves fame. Then Emrys disappears. There are rumours and counter-rumours, but Faith seeks him out and finds a double rainbow of truth and love.

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Eden, DorothyWinterwood. 1967. 5v. (Interline) UK Loan only.A beautiful young woman is determined to remain detached when she has to take a temporary post as governess to a little girl; but she soon finds herself deeply and irrevocably involved.

Evans, NicholasThe horse whisperer. 1995. 8v. (Interline) UK Loan only.When Grace, the 13-year-old daughter of Annie and her lawyer husband Robert, is seriously injured, each searches for their own way to come to terms with it. Annie thinks if she can fix Grace's physically and spiritually battered horse, she'll mend her daughter's maimed soul in the process. And so the search for the mythical horse whisperer begins. He appears in the form of Tom Booker, a handsome, sensitive Montana cowboy. The story travels from Upstate New York to Manhattan, and then makes an eventful detour through the glorious foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

Faulks, SebastianCharlotte Gray. 1998. 10v. (Interline)In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a volatile but determined young woman travels to London from Edinburgh. There she conceives a dangerous passion for an English airman, who goes missing in France. Charlotte goes to France on an errand for a British organisation helping the Resistance and for her own private purposes. But unknown to her, she is also being manipulated by people with no regard for her safety.

Fenton, KateLions and liquorice. 1995. 5v. (Interline) UK Loan only.Impoverished novelist and occasional journalist, Nicholas Llewellyn Bevan, is bemused when a television company trundles into his dozy North Yorkshire valley, and he witnesses the glamorous invaders combine the filming of "Pride and prejudice" with the much less decorous pursuit of real-life romance with the locals. Particularly when the steely eye of the female director strays towards him. Should he just lie back and think of Hollywood?

Fforde, KatieLife skills. 1999. 7v. (Interline)When Julia breaks off her engagement to boringly safe Oscar, she decides to go for a complete change of life, as cook on a narrow boat. But even afloat, Julia's past catches up with her and she must contend with not only Oscar and his awful mother but also the arrival of the enigmatic Fergus.

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Fielding, HelenBridget Jones's diary. 1997. 6v. Interline.(Sequel 1)A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a drunk thirty-something? This book is an evocation of the life of a single girl, written with wit and humour.(Contains swear words)

Fielding, HelenBridget Jones: the edge of reason. 1999. 7v. (Interline)(Sequel 2)At the end of "Bridget Jones's diary", Bridget hiccupped off into the sunset with man-of-her dreams Mark Darcy. Now, in "The edge of reason", she discovers what it is like when you have the man of your dreams actually in your flat and he hasn't done the washing up, not just the whole of this week, but ever.(Contains swear words)

Fitzgerald. F. ScottTender is the night: a romance. 1934. 7v. (Interline)UK Loan onlyThe story of Dick and Nicole Divers, rich Americans holding court in their villa on the French Riviera during the 1920s. Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a film star, who is instantly attracted to them, but understands little of the dark secrets and hidden corruption that bind them.

Fowles, JohnThe French lieutenant’s woman. 1969. 6v.UK Loan only.Set in Victorian England, this is an epic love story of two people of insight and imagination seeking escape from the cant and tyranny of their age.

Garcia Marquez, GabrielLove in the time of cholera. 1988. 9v. (Interline)UK Loan only.When Dr. Juvenal Urbino died, aged eighty-one-and-a-half, his widow, the once breath-taking Fermina Daza, instinctively recoiled from the one hand extended to steady and comfort her. A hand which for her long life had always been within reach but which, in her haughtiness and guilt, she would not acknowledge: the hand of Florentino Ariza. Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature, tells a haunting love story.

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Gilliott, JackyA true romance. 1975. 7v. (Interline) UK Loan only.Olivia's confidence in her successful life is shaken by the death of her mother and her lack of sympathy and understanding for her three children.

Girls' night in.2000. 9v. (Interline)Why go out looking for entertainment when you can curl up and enjoy the company of the very best and brightest women writers around? Sexy, funny and at times heartrendingly poignant, this collection of short stories has something for everyone.

Goring, AnneMorwenna. 1976. 6v.When Morwenna Tregarth's father is accidentally ridden down and killed by young Maxwell Thurlow, the whole course of her life is changed. A penniless orphan, she is taken into the household of the wealthy Thurlow family to be educated and brought up as companion to Maxwell's half-sister, Jessica. She is quite content until Maxwell returns from the East Indies with his bride-to-be and her sinister Malay servant.

Goudge, ElizabethThe Dean’s watch. 1960. 5v or 6v. (Also in Interline)The romance between a chimney-sweep's apprentice and a young servant girl.

Graham, WinstonCordelia. 1949. 7v. (Interline)The love story of a girl who had both beauty and independence of mind and whose capacity for love and gaiety was not always in harmony with the traditions of Victorian England.

Harrison, SarahA flower that’s free. 1984. 12v. UK Loan only.Leaving her Kenya home to seek adventure in 1930s London, restless Kate Kingsley seeks escape from the stuffiness of rigid London society in a marriage to dashing Lawrence Drake, then encounters a kindred spirit in journalist Bill Maguire.

Harvor, ElisabethExcessive joy injures the heart. 2000. 4v. UK Loan only.Claire Vornoff is recently separated and plagued with insomnia. Her search for alternative healing leads her to meet, and eventually fall in love with, doctor Declan Farrell. As their relationship deepens and goes through multiple changes, Claire finds her life turned upside down by her conflicting emotions

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Henry, VeronicaHoneycote. 2002. 6v.Mickey adores his wife Lucy. So why is he cheating on her?

Holden, WendyFame fatale. 2002. 7v.Belinda wants a rich and famous man, whilst Grace only wants a quiet life. As Belinda makes the A-list and Grace finds fame thrust upon her in the shape of a handsome film star, their lives and careers spectacularly collide. It is then that their real problems begin.

Holt, VictoriaSecret for a nightingale. 1987. 12v.Susannah Pleydell, a young woman with a special gift for healing, marries Aubrey St. Clare, a charming dilettante, expecting happiness ever after. But during a Venetian honeymoon she discovers that all is not what it seems. And when disaster strikes she blames the sinister Doctor Damien. But it is after her travels as a nurse in the Crimean War that she finally comes to know her enemy.Hornby, NickHow to be good. 2001. 6v. (Interline)According to her own moral calculations, Katie has earned her affair. She's a doctor, after all, and doctors are decent people, and on top of that, her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. But when David suddenly becomes good - properly, maddeningly, give-away-all-his-money good - Katie's sums no longer add up, and she is forced to ask herself some very hard questions…

Howard, Elizabeth JaneOdd girl out. 1972. 5v. (Interline) UK Loan only.Anne and Edmund are dull and content until Arabella arrives and becomes attached first to Edmund and then to Anne; but finally she is the true casualty of her attractions.(Contains sex scenes.)

James, EricaThe holiday. 2001. 10v.In an effort to put the past behind her, Izzy takes up the offer of a holiday to Corfu. Once there, she’s tempted by a holiday romance with the irresistible Theo until writer Mark St. James comes along.

Jenkins, Amy. Honeymoon. 2000. 6v. (Interline)Honey has doubts about her nice, suitable man and about commitment. She still carries a torch for the man she calls the love of her life - Alex, a man she spent just

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one night with seven years ago. As fate would have it, Honey and Alex do meet again -on their respective honeymoons.

Jewell, LisaRalph's party. 1999. 6v. (Interline)A novel about a group of young (and not so young) Londoners and their relationships, describing what it's like to be living in London in the late 1990s.

Johnson, Pamela HansfordThe good husband. 1978. 5v. (Interline)Toby Roberts, a self-assured and uncommitted man of 30 meets 40-year-old Ann. Their relationship develops steadily, but it is some time before he can accept this new commitment. Kelly, CathyBest of friends. 2003. 9v.Abby's television career is taking off and now she and her husband, Tom, can have the life they've dreamed of in the lovely town of Dunmore. But after seventeen years of marriage, when you're feeling taken for granted, an old boyfriend can spell danger.

Keyes, MarianLucy Sullivan is getting married. 1997. 11v. (Interline)Lucy Sullivan is getting married, or is she? Mrs Nolan has read her tarot cards and predicted that Lucy will be walking up the aisle within the year. There is the small matter of no boyfriend, but then Lucy meets Gus and starts to wonder: Could he be the future Mr Lucy Sullivan?

Kinsella, SophieCan you keep a secret? 2003. 5v.Emma is a nervous flyer and she can't help but tell the man next to her - quite a dishy American, but she's too frightened to notice - all her innermost secrets. She survives the flight, but when the American boss of the whole corporation visits the company, he seems strangely familiar.

Lambert, AngelaKiss and kin. 1998. 7v. (Interline)A family divided by a feud gathers to celebrate a child's birthday. As they assemble in London from France and Dorset, the unthinkable occurs, and two older members of the family fall passionately in love.

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Lipman, ElinorThe ladies’ man. 1999. 2v. American Braille.UK Loan Only.Thirty years after abandoning his intended bride at their engagement party, Harvey Nash shows up on her doorstep.

Mansell, JillOpen house. 2003. 5v. UK Loan Only.Nell O'Driscoll's known Marcus Kilburton for years - she even had a crush on him as a teenager. When he decides to open Kilburton Castle to the public, Nell takes a job as his assistant and soon sparks are flying between them, but a figure in Nell's past refuses to let go.

Matthews, JessicaA nurse’s courage. 2002. 2v. UK Loan only.Nurse Rachel Wyman had come back to Hooper to get over a tragedy and think about a new career. Dr Nick Sheridan adored Rachel and knew she was a brilliant nurse. He needed her, and so did Hooper General Hospital. If getting her back to work and winning her love meant helping her conquer her fears about nursing, then he would. But success depended on one other thing: Rachel's courage to take them both on.

Maxted, AnnaBeing committed. 2004. 5v.Hannah thinks you have to be absolutely mad to want to get married. She's quite content with her life - her job as a private investigator (albeit not a very successful one) for Hound Dog investigations, Jason (her boyfriend of ten years standing), and her relationship with her wonderful dad (pity her mum is such a disaster). So when the long-suffering Jason proposes Hannah doesn't think twice about turning him down. But would she have said no quite so quickly had she known that only a month later he'd have gotten engaged to another person?

McMillan, TerryHow Stella got her groove back. 1998. Interline. 8v.When Stella takes a spur-of-the-moment trip to Jamaica, her whole universe is shaken to the core by Winston, a tall, lean, sensuous Jamaican who smells of citrus and the sea - and is half her age. Winston brings Stella's neglected sensuality back to life and compels her to confront long-forgotten issues, about her life in general and love in particular.

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Mitchell, MargaretGone with the wind. 1936. 23v. (Interline)Set in Georgia at the time of the Civil War, this is the story of headstrong Scarlett O'Hara, her three marriages and her determination to keep her father's property of Tara, despite the vicissitudes of war and passion.

Niffenegger, AudreyThe time-traveller’s wife. 2004. 7v.This is the story of Henry and Clare, who have known each other since Clare was 6 and Henry was 36 and were married when Clare was 20 and Henry 28. This is possible only because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he flashes to other points in time.

North, FreyaLove rules. 2005. 5v.An intelligent, fun and feel-good novel about best friends, about settling down and about throwing it all away! Do you fall in love with your heart or your head? Two best friends have two different attitudes to love: one is sensible, practical, and contented with her kind husband; the other makes impetuous romantic choices that lead to broken hearts and high drama. But what happens when the married friend encounters real passion for the first time? When she starts to wonder if she's made the right choice?

North, FreyaPip. 2003. 5v. UK Loan only.Pip McCabe takes her role as a clown very seriously, whether at spoilt kids' parties or on children's hospital wards. Zac Holmes is popular, charming and affluent, with a six-year-old son. So what can a clown and an accountant possibly have in common?

O’Flanagan, SheilaIsobel’s wedding. 2002. 10v. UK Loan Only.The wedding dress is gorgeous. The honeymoon's booked. And her lovely Tim is the most perfect bridegroom a girl could wish for. Except, two weeks before the wedding, he changes his mind. Isobel's wedding is off. Her world in tatters, she turns to Spain, a new job, a new life, and new men.

O'Flanagan, SheilaSuddenly single. 1999. 10v. (Available in Interline)Alix Callaghan thinks she is in control of her work-packed life. Then her long-term boyfriend insists on settling down to sensible existence - complete with children,

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proper meals and early nights - but with someone else. How will she cope with being suddenly single again?

Packer, JoyValley of the vines. 1955. 7v. (Interline)A young orphan finds her life and love inseparably linked with the fortunes of a South African vineyard.

Parks, AdeleLarger than life. 2002. 5v. UK Loan only.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?

Pasternak, BorisDoctor Zhivago. 1958. 10v. (Interline)Classic love story set in Russia at the time of the revolution. Yuri Zhivago, physician and poet, wrestles with the new order and confronts the changes cruel experience has made in him, and the anguish of being torn between the love of two women.

Robins, DeniseLove me no more. 1948. 6vIris had lived an idyllic, sheltered life in Egypt, but when her father died his final wish was that she be sent to England to live with her aunt. Determined to remain in her beloved home, Iris impulsively asked the mysterious Prince Usref to marry her, little realising that British diplomat Stephen Daltry would soon arrive to sweep her off her feet! Though she yearned to be with Stephen, her fear of Usref drove her to a fateful decision. For the insidious Prince would stop at nothing, not even murder, to make her his lifelong slave.

Rodi, RobertFag hag.1994. 6v. (Interline)Natalie loves Peter, a commercial artist who is on the prowl for his Mr Right. Peter loves women as well as men, and to Natalie's dismay, Peter sees her more as sidekick than siren. Natalie has managed secretly to poison all Peter's romances by drawing out the nightmare side of each new dreamboat.

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Saxton, JudithSir Walter’s Lady. 2003. 3v. The story of the relationship between Elizabeth’s Maid of Honour, Bess, and Sir Walter Raleigh.

Scanlan, PatriciaDouble wedding. 2004. 6v. Jessica and Carol, two childhood friends, are both engaged to be married. Secretly afraid her fiancé is going to chicken out, Carol is insisting on a double wedding. Jessica is appalled at the idea: she doesn't want to share the happiest day of her life with whining Carol and her womanising boyfriend. Unfortunately for her, she has a very soft heart and is easily persuaded to agree. Then her mother goes ballistic. Will Carol's family come to blows? Will her fiancé do a runner? Will they make it to the altar? And can Jessica and Carol's friendship survive a double wedding?

Seale, SaraBy candlelight. 1963. 3v. (Interline) UK Loan only.Ever since they were children together in Ireland Giles had been Marny's dear friend. Now at seventeen, she loved him with a women's love, and he - a brilliant young artist - knew that without her, he was only half alive. Then suddenly everything changed.

Segal, ErichLove story. 1970. 2v. (Interline)(Sequel 1)Book on which the famous film was based. Oliver Barrett IV went to Harvard and Jenny Cavilleri to Radcliffe. He was rich, she was poor. He was sporty, she played music. But they fell in love. This is their story.Sequel also available.

Sparks, NicholasThe notebook. 2004. 3v.Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, "The notebook" begins with the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner recently returned from the Second World War. Noah is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met fourteen years earlier. Unable to find her, yet unwilling to forget the summer they spent together, Noah is content to live with only memories until she unexpectedly returns to his town to see him once again. With her impending marriage only weeks away, Allie is forced to confront her hopes and dreams for the future, a future that only she can shape.

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Steel, DanielleEchoes. 2004. 4v.A story of love and war. By glimmering Lake Geneva, a quiet Jewish beauty met a young French officer and fell in love. Knowing that her parents would never accept her marriage to a Catholic, Beata followed her heart anyway. As the two built a new life together, Beata's past would stay with her, and when Europe faces war once again, Beata must watch in horror as Hitler's terror threatens her family.

Syal, MeeraLife isn't all ha ha hee hee. 1999. 6v. (Interline)A story of Chila, a nice Punjabi girl married to the urbane Deepak, and her two childhood confidants: Sunita, the former activist law student, now an overweight, depressed housewife and mother; and the chic, beautiful Tania, who has rejected marriage in favour of a high-powered career in television and life in a trendy apartment with her English boyfriend.(Contains swear words.)

Trigiani, AdrianaLucia, Lucia. 2003. 4v.Lucia Sartori the beautiful daughter of a fine Italian family in Greenwich Village, New York, catches the eye of a handsome customer in the chic department store where she is working as an apprentice.

Vincenzi, PennyAlmost a crime. 2000. 16v. (Interline)Tom and Octavia Fleming have a power marriage - high-profile and mutually supportive, but when Octavia discovers that Tom is having an affair, and that it is by no means his first, every single aspect of her life threatens to disintegrate.

Walker, FionaBetween males. 2000. 10v. UK Loan only.Odette decides to gives up her high-powered job that doesn't leave time for relationships, and start her own club/restaurant. But thanks to a rival chef, the venture seems doomed before it has begun. Odette plots her enemy's downfall, but ends up getting her fingers burnt and her heart broken.(Contains swear words and sex scenes.)

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Walker, FionaSnap happy. 1998. 14v. (Interline)A budding stand-up comic, Juno is voluptuous, hedonistic, funny and terminally untidy. On her thirtieth birthday, she decides to have a wild one-night stand. But seducing her new flatmate before he's had a chance to unpack is not a wise move. Just over from New York, Jay Mulligan is intense and mysterious. It's only when they both get out of bed, three days later that the problems start.(Contains sex scenes.)

Waller, Robert JamesThe bridges of Madison County. 1993. 3v. (Interline)UK Loan only.We all dream of the chance meeting, that moment when we feel we are really living. The author has recreated just such a situation in this bitter-sweet tale of profound love. A brief encounter in the heat of an Iowa summer fans a life-time passion.

Weir, ArabellaDoes my bum look big in this?: the diary of an insecure woman. 1997. 4v. (Interline)Jacqueline M. Pane is an ordinary woman in her thirties and like all women she knows that life would be perfect if only she had a small bum, a Prada handbag and didn't grow a moustache once a month. Follow Jacqueline as she misjudges Perfect Peter, enrols on a cellulite away-day and eats chocolate to annoy her father.(Contains swear words.)

Weir, ArabellaStupid cupid. 2002. 4v.Hat Grant is getting married. She is having a proper, big wedding. That is until something goes wrong. Six weeks before the day her fiancé Jimmy Mack dumps her. Hat is devastated. It can't be happening. This is her special day. She can't cancel everything - what about the flowers, her dress, the photographer, the caterers, her ghastly mother? So, she doesn't. She decides to go ahead with the wedding plans come what may.

Compiled June 2007

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