Carole Matthews

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....

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....

Can the imperfect family really have the perfect Christmas? Juliet Joyce adores Christmas....

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

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....

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....

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....

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....

Fay and Danny are madly in love, and it's all Fay's ever dreamed of. But she left everything - including the delightful cake shop she used to run - to be with Danny on his cosy canal boat....

What if you had always dreamed of something more? It seems Nell's dreams are finally coming true, but her success doesn't come without a price....

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....

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado qué harías si tu relación hubiera perdido la chispa? Juliet tiene 45 años y una vida un tanto mediocre: un marido con el que...

Single mum and all-round superwoman Sally Freeman wants a better life for herself and her son, Charlie, so she sets about improving things for them. Just as her mission begins, enter Spencer Knight, who's offering Sally a ticket to a new life....

Ali Kingston is happily married with three children. She isn't the type to have her head turned - but then it isn't every day that a gorgeous younger man falls at her feet....

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....

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....

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

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

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....

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....