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‘Exciting, contemporary, heartfelt and clever’ Greg Mosse ‘Riveting, real and raw . . . a powerful journey’ Balvinder Sopal ‘Wisely and wittily leaps into the heart of friendships’ Sabrina Mahfouz ‘Dares to subject modern feminism to a tough and timely cross-examination’ T.J...

Carla the florist is surrounded by the duplicitous and the craven - and that’s just her flowers. The human beings are infinitely worse, especially the men. There’s Gwynne, her oafish and cold-hearted brother, Gerald, the suave and sophisticated doctor whose hidden agenda is unspeakable, and finally there’s David, the handsome, dashing lawyer whose deceit hurts most of all. If only God weren’t a fictional character then surely they’d get their just deserts...except, it is only through their perfidy that love finds a way into her world.

Herman's busy crawling up out of the underclass, and he can't relax. He's on a knife edge - one false move and the man will send back down into the depths. Then, he gets a break. Uncle Sonny, a psychopathic taxi driver, dies in prison, and Herman inherits his house and car. But Sonny's legacy proves to be poisonous, and Herman finds himself fighting to stop history from repeating itself.

The groomer shook her head, her stubborn silence adding fuel to my fury. She glanced at the dog as if he would back her up in some way, but I could tell he was beginning to get the idea. He was starting to understand that, despite his excellent breeding, he currently looked like a mangey pavement special. I wondered if I should get him a cone for his neck so that he wouldn't have to witness this new, burning humiliation.