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Michael and Joshua can't find Michael's aunt Lydia or uncle Marcus. Their house is empty on Christmas day but there's a pool of blood beneath the kitchen table. A chance accident and inspirations of love bring Michael and Joshua's family and friends together for a comic evening of misunderstandings, confessions and partings. But only Lydia sees the whole story and understands the real cost of love.

The Naturalist is a novella in two parts, but is the eponymous narrator also a man with two lives? After a chance encounter with a man who looks like Galen, his first love, the narrator reconsiders the violent impact of love. Robert has moved to Peckham Rye to be close to the common and to satisfy his need for change. His developing relationship with Alex opens him to new experiences in which joy and sorrow go hand in hand.

A heavy winter is made all the colder by Christophe's disillusion about love. A chance encounter with a stranger opens a new world to him, but after his chilling disappointment has he the heart to begin a new life? Accidents on the roads, and on the Eiffel Tower, not to mention accidents of love, give Christophe a broken nose, a broken heart and a chance to heal.

Timothy finds himself abandoned after the revelation of his wife's affair with a younger man. Lucy has retreated to Brighton to come to terms with the unexpected events which have ended her marriage. Narrated in the first person by its two central characters this thoughtful and very immediate book takes the reader on an intimate journey into the nature of love and our desire for certainty. Jane has been sent to Northumbria on a one week Zen...

Peter has taken up the piano after moving to Nunhead but his new start, and his friendship with Edward, are complicated by a mysterious accident that he refuses to discuss. His new neighbour, Jane, is grieving the death of baby Rosalie and her estrangement from her daughter. Jane's best friend, Patricia, tries to help, but like Edward has to decide how to love, and whether to love, when the price is blood and tears.

In Fermata David has been attending the Thursday evening worship circle at Friends House for a year when Mona visits for the first time. Obviously upset about something - and pretty - she distracts him from higher things. Despite his good intentions, and his many prayers, David is ashamed of what comes up that Thursday evening... This novella is a meditation on healing, the unexpected, and the earthly power of divine love. Jane is driving e...

Evangelos Darley Comes to Dinner is an intimate and warm-hearted portrayal of three elderly friends and a thoughtful exploration of desire and ageing. Evangelos has always loved the inscrutable Lydia and been a good friend to her brother Marcus. On a cold December evening they celebrate their friendship with a meal watched over by a Madonna given to Lydia by her friend, and possible lover, Mary. Told in 104 short chapters inspired by Haydn's 1...