Carmen Reid Books in Order

Newly married Bella believes she can balance motherhood, a demanding career, and a perfect home. Pregnancy and a newborn quickly expose the strain in that plan, leaving her and journalist husband Don struggling to redefine having everything.

Probation officer and mother of four Eve struggles to make room for herself after divorce and romantic disappointment. Her eldest son’s wedding brings former partners back into her life, prompting a fresh look at love and family.

After years of unsuccessful fertility treatment, Pamela and Dave face a strained marriage and a major upheaval. Leaving London to pursue Dave’s dream of an organic strawberry farm tests their hopes for a different future together.

Reporter Jo Randall pursues a potentially career-changing investigation while raising two daughters and managing a difficult ex-husband. An elusive environmentalist and the attentions of a chef make her already crowded life still harder to organize.

London personal shopper Annie Valentine can solve her clients' wardrobe problems but struggles to rebuild her own romantic life. Raising two children while grieving a lost love, she discovers that finding the right partner requires more than good taste.

Annie launches an after-hours shoe and handbag business to prove she can build something of her own. As ambition takes over her days and nights, mounting risks begin to threaten her family life and her relationship with Ed.

California teenager Gina is sent to her mother's old Scottish boarding school after too many late nights and shopping sprees. Adjusting to strict routines, unfamiliar sports, and new social rules becomes an unexpected test of independence.

Annie lands a television makeover show that promises to transform her family's fortunes. A tiny budget and unhappy participants soon challenge her confidence, forcing her to decide what success should mean and how to stay true to herself.

Returning to her Scottish boarding school after a summer in California, Gina struggles with jealousy and a disappointing reunion. Her dorm friends face insecurities of their own, making their friendship essential to surviving another complicated term.

Annie's fashion television series brings the fame she once wanted, but success puts her under growing pressure. With Ed caring for their newborn twins, the demands of celebrity begin pulling her away from family and her sense of self.

Gina eagerly awaits a visit from her California friends and mother, but divided loyalties spoil the reunion. Meanwhile her boarding-school friends confront romantic uncertainty, changing friendships, and pressure about appearance as tensions build across the group.

Four boarding-school friends face changes that unsettle their confidence and loyalties. New attraction tests Gina's relationship, Amy confronts financial upheaval, Niffy wants to transform her image, and Min's withdrawal leaves the others wondering what she is hiding.

A dream Manhattan assignment gives Annie a chance to explore New York with her teenage daughter. When Ed faces a scandal back in London, she must weigh a thrilling career opportunity against the family that needs her.

A demanding term brings the St Jude's friends new relationships, changing family circumstances, and the approach of summer exams. Keeping their friendship strong while making time for fun becomes another challenge alongside the pressure to succeed.

A visit to Gina's Los Angeles home promises excitement for the St Jude's friends. Questions about Amy's mother, Gina's romantic choices, and Min's consuming scientific interests bring unexpected complications to a trip they hoped would be carefree.

Three sisters arrive in New York seeking better lives, only to find their ambitions frustrated. After too many cocktails, a plan to rob an auction house promises fortune, freedom and consequences their tipsy planning has overlooked.

Annie loses confidence in her style just as her relationship with daughter Lauren deteriorates. A spa break with equally troubled friend Svetlana promises relief, but fresh disasters force them to confront the tensions they hoped to escape.

In occupied Brussels in 1940, fifteen-year-old Nicole joins the Belgian Resistance rather than accept Nazi rule. Taking the alias Coco, she enters a dangerous world of espionage where capture becomes an ever-present threat.

Unappreciated at home and work, Tess swaps her English country life for screenwriter River’s Los Angeles home. Each hopes the exchange will solve her problems, but living someone else’s life brings unexpected complications.

Sasha Greenhope dreads a reunion with the wealthy family that makes her feel inadequate. When her husband reveals their impending bankruptcy, asking for help exposes secrets that complicate an already fraught anniversary celebration.

After her partner’s secret shatters her London life, Jennifer returns to her childhood home in Scotland. Reconnecting with old friends and confronting family estrangement force her to reconsider the future she thought she wanted.

With her marriage in a rut, Annie thinks Ed's teaching job in Paris might provide useful space. When he attracts another woman's attention, she heads across the Channel determined to revive both their relationship and her struggling fashion career.

Angry and adrift after divorce, Lucie reluctantly drives her pregnant daughter and eccentric nephew across France to her ex-husband’s wedding. Breakdowns, unexpected company and family tensions make the journey a chance to rediscover herself.

Annie agrees to organize a charity fashion show for Svetlana, only to find herself without a venue or clothes. Family crises pile on, and her son's disappearance threatens to unravel a rescue she thought was finally within reach.