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The double christening of her sisters'' two kids gets Holly Bennett thinking. She would seriously love to have a baby one day, but for the first time in ages being adopted has become a stumbling block for her. Does she want to start a family of her own when she doesn''t even know who she really is or where she''s come from? With an on-off boyfriend who she''s swiftly falling out of lust with, Holly decides to move back to her home town to be near her adoptive family. Who knows, it may be the change she needs to get her life back on track - and the place to be if she wants to begin tracing her roots. But these roots prove trickier to trace than Holly has expected. That is, until she hires her own oh-so-sexy private investigator to take charge...

Bump number one - Just when Taz Norton''s life is on a smooth upward glide - youngest sales manager at a flagship department store, own flat, cat and vintage motorbike - her lover leaves her for her ex-best friend.Bump number two - is finding out she is pregnant the same day she is asked to handle the biggest store promotion in the company''s history. Bump number three - is the one in front of her. Goodbye toes and glamour, hello heartburn, morning sickness and support tights. Typically, Taz decides to be Superwoman. No one is going to tell her she can''t get to the top and be a single mum as well. But no one told her it was going to be so damned hard . . .

At twenty-five, Gemma and Rory decide to marry. Having been best friends and lovers since university it is a logical move. Just a quiet registry office affair and that will be that. Then both sets of parents get involved, and the idea of a laid back occasion is blown out of the water. Will Gemma and Rory''s relationship cope with the strain and can they find their happy ever after . . . ?Discover Piatkus Entice: temptation at your fingertips - www.piatkusentice.co.uk

When Claire inherits a house out of the blue, she thinks she''s struck it rich! But while the word ''cottage'' conjures images of romantic idylls and roses round the door, there''s nothing remotely heavenly about Paradise Cottage.It''s a tumble-down wreck in the middle of nowhere - more in need of a demolition expert than a decorator. Still, Claire''s not one to shirk a challenge.Much to the amusement of her hunky new neighbour, Aidan, she decides to renovate the cottage herself.After all, problem-solving, trouble-shooting - it''s what Claire does best.She''s used to planning events for thousands of people.She can sort out one little cottage . . . Can''t she?

Emma (ne Cox) and Joe Sheridan have just got married. Emma has been in love with Joe since school - marrying him was the happiest day of her life. But now the honeymoon is over and Emma''s having to cope with the reality of married life. She''s living in a new town, has a new job and a new husband, who hasn''t quite left his bachelor days behind him.Then there''s Emma''s interfering mother-in-law who''s expecting the patter of tiny feet before Joe''s even carried her over the threshold! Still, at least she and Joe are together at last. But Joe and Emma have never lived with each other before - and apart from the odd holiday - have never spent more than two weeks in each other''s company. Setting up home together for the first time might be romantic, but nobody told them that living happily ever after takes a lot of hard work . . .