Open house

Love is always just around the corner in a Jill Mansell novel - with a few surprises and a lot of humour on the way to happiness Nell O'Driscoll's known Marcus Kilburton for years - according to her diary, she even had a crush on him as a teenager.

When he decides to open Kilburton Castle to the public, Nell takes a job as his assistant - and soon sparks are flying between them.

But is Nell free to pursue Marcus, when a figure from her past refuses to let go?

Meanwhile, Nell's best friend, Hetty Brewster, has other problems.

Her husband has abandoned her for a bitchy but successful writer.

Now the press is full of stories about the frumpy, boring wife losing out to a younger, slimmer model.

But Hetty's about to get her chance for sweet revenge - if she can stop being a nice person long enough to take it!