The story of four mothers and their first-generation Chinese-American daughters; two generations of women struggling to come to terms with their cultural identity.

When Gervase Frant, Seventh Earl of St Erth, returns at last from Waterloo to his family seat at Stanyon, he enjoys a less than welcome homecoming. Only Theo, a cousin even quieter than himself, is there to greet him - and when he meets his stepmother and younger half-brother he detects open regret that he has survived the wars. The dangers of the Lincolnshire countryside could never be more unexpected...

She is the tormented ghost of a murdered girl, pitiless spirit of the wilderness, who prevails only upon living souls. And her name is the most dreaded in Russian folklore: Rusalka. Impetuous Pyetr Kochevikov, a fugitive from Vojvoda with a price on his head, has none of the superstitions of his fearful young companion, Sasha, as they flee through the vastness of the forest. But when they arrive exhausted at the cottage of the wizard Uulamets, Pyetr is dismayed to learn that he can mock the spirits no longer.

Dame Edna Everage: arguably the most popular and gifted woman in the world today. Housewife, investigative journalist, social anthropologist, swami, chanteuse, megastar. More than a show-biz autoBiographies, more than a housewife's diary, more than a chunk of history - this Dame Edna's gift to her fans arouns the world, her Hymn to Life itself

Rebecca' was Daphne du Maurier's most famous and best-loved novel. But what happened next? After the tragic fire at Manderley what did fate hold in store for the evil Mrs Danvers and the fatally flawed Maxim de Winter? What would be the destiny of Maxim's second wife, Rebecca's successor, the beautiful but lonely Mrs de Winter?

A man. A woman. The heat of an Iowa summer. And the passion of a brief encounter that will last a lifetime.

Jemima Shore feels she has better things to work on than a programme on the 'Golden Kids' at Oxford University. But when a startling confidence leads her to the handsome, disreputable and overprivileged Lord Saffron, at the heart of the closed world of Oxford Society, she soon changes her mind. For Saffron is not what he seems. And as her investigations probe deeper, Jemima finds that this elitist world is thick with sinister intrigue, envy and death. Someone is after Saffron's blood - and Jemima's too

Bryan de Courcy Cavanagh, Australian in Paris, top-notch international lawyer, happily-married New World gentleman, is sixty-five. But arriving on his birthday is a sealed letter from Rome, bearing the arms of the ancient house of the Farnese di Mongrifone. Affectionate, imperious, it is a summons from the woman he loved - and lost - forty years previously,in the stormy, opportunistic world of post-war Europe......

Beautiful, spoilt and irrepressibly witty, Emma Woodhouse enjoys a position of power and privilege in the small country town of Highbury. Lacking neither fortune nor consequence, Emma sees no attraction in marriage, preferring instead to exercise her considerable intelligence match-making between her friends and acquaintances. The arrival of sweet, silly Harriet Smith gives her the perfect opportunity to embark upon further schemes, greatly trying the patience of her old friend Mr Knightley.

London CIA chief Brendan Wallace knows better than to ignore a rumour. Especially one about a sensitive spot like Gibraltar. He hires his old friend, veteran Marine Jake Melrose, to investigate. Then Wallace is murdered, and the assignment is suddenly top priority. In an uneasy alliance with the informant, ex-SAS man Billy Vane, and with the beautiful wife of the secretary to the Defence Minister, Jake scents a conspiracy at the very heart of Whitehall.