Carole Matthews

One day she had everything - the next it was gone. William and Amy love their busy city life, but when Will collapses on his way into work he decides enough is enough and moves his family....

Molly Baker is living her best life. Thirty-eight years old, she lives on the 25-acre Hope Farm in Buckinghamshire, surrounded by (mostly) four-legged friends and rolling hills. An ex-teacher, Molly runs the farm as an alternative education for kids who have special needs....

A Christmas fling, or has Janie found the real thing? Thirty-something hairdresser Janie Johnson's single status is a constant source of gossip for her friends and clients....

When Emily's boyfriend posts compromising photos of her on the Internet, her life goes into sharp decline. Emily is about to lose everything - including the man she thought she loved....

Cassie Smith has been out of work for a while but she has an idea. Drawing on her love of Christmas, she begins charging for small things: wrapping presents; writing cards; tree-decorating....

When Jake tells Lyssa it's not working, she knows he's not talking about the toaster. In a bid to escape, she embarks on a trekking holiday in Nepal....

The ladies of the Chocolate Lovers' Club should be gearing up for the wedding of the year, but life keeps getting in the way....

Kate Lewis is 35 and feeling restless. She's fed up of worrying about the ironing and would like her husband, Jeffrey, to pay more attention to her than to his golf clubs....

Spend the most wonderful time of the year at Hope Farm....

For Lucy Lombard, there's nothing that chocolate can't cure. From heartache to headaches, it's the one thing she knows that she can rely on - and she's not alone....

Grace has been best friends with Ella and Flick forever....

In the dead of night, Ayesha takes her daughter, Sabina, and slips quietly from her home, leaving behind a life of full of pain....

Juliet Joyce has been happily married to Rick for 25 years. But with two children who treat the house like a hotel, a mother who's moved in with them and a father who's announced a radical life change, Juliet and Rick have little time for themselves, let alone romance....

Survival tips for times of stress: 1. Take deep breaths. 2. Count to 10. 3. Eat chocolate....

Christmas is just around the corner, but the women of The Chocolate Lovers' Club have more to worry about than present shopping....

Fay Merryweather runs her cake shop from her beautiful garden. She whips up airy sponges and scrumptious scones while her customers enjoy the lovely blossoms and gorgeous blooms....

Christie Chapman is a single working mother who spends her days commuting to her secretarial job in London and looking after her teenage son, Finn....

Teri has dated more men than she's had low-calorie, low-fat dinners, and she still hasn't found Mr Right. She's found other men, though: Mr Lazy, Mr Greedy, Mr Completely Selfish, Mr Pervert....

Lily and Laurence had it all: the money, the car, a beautiful home in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Then Laurence loses his job, and everything disappears....

The last place Anna Terry expects to fall in love is in the waiting room of her divorce lawyer's office, but that's where she meets Nick Diamond....