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Clare Hawken
Roger Kurmudge is rather smug about his affluent life and happy marriage. It’s just as well his wife, Jane, doesn’t know what he got up to in the past. But on his retirement day, Jane disappears. Roger’s about to panic. Will he have to sell some shares or – heaven forbid! – the house in Bordeaux to pay a ransom? Worse – has Jane discovered his guilty secret? Then Jane’s emails start arriving.
Take the dog to the vet. Look after grandson Alfie for the day. Do the washing, shopping and cooking. Host Christmas for the family.
Roger doesn’t know why Jane’s gone but he’s sure he can manage her ‘women’s work’. Although it’s harder than it looks.
As the weeks go by and Jane stays away, Roger is forced to re-examine everything he knew about his family, his life and himself. But even if Roger can change for the better, will Jane come back? Or has she been keeping some secrets of her own?
£9.99 on paperback
Clare Hawken
Meet Steph Barnacle, an English teacher at a private school, married to Dan. Her son has just left for university, her life is feeling a bit stale, and something weird is going on with the skin on her neck. And then Charles Kurmudge, the man she’s never forgotten, walks back into her world.
Charles’s life has fallen apart – he’s lost his job, his house and his marriage. Desperate to get back on track, he’s changed career. He’ll now be working for Steph, whose heart he broke over twenty years ago. He still finds her very attractive. What a shame she’s married.
Her husband, Dan, knows he loves Steph more than she loves him. And now that Charles is back in his wife’s orbit, he’s worried about their marriage. But surely Steph wouldn’t dream of leaving him for Charles, who’d treated her so badly … would she?
Is Steph strong enough to resist her first love? Or will she give him a second chance?