Nora Fountain: 4 books

Harriet lives with her brother, Jamie, who was injured in the car crash that killed their parents. Their cottage was tied to their parents’ jobs as head gardener and housekeeper at the nearby castle. Hubert Cotterill, the elderly owner of Stoneham Castle, was at the wheel that fateful day and died...

Adam and Rosie’s happiness is almost tangible, a fact which is very much resented by Rosie’s stepbrother, Greg Phillips. He envies them to the point of madness and schemes to get his hands on their money. Fuelled by drug addiction, he is prepared to kill to get what he wants, and he does. His...

Jilted by Tim, while dressing for her wedding, Sam’s first instinct is to escape. Tim has rushed off to Paris and into the arms of a former girlfriend. Where better for Sam to go than the empty villa in Lanzarote where she and Tim were to have spent their honeymoon? Tim’s odious stepbrother, Adam,...

Maddy is shocked when husband Rob announces he’s leaving. Why? She’d always thought they were a normal happy family. What about their four teenagers, studying hard and playing hard? Shock turns to anger and she’s determined to show that she’s capable of going it alone. She and the children...