The Year Trilogy tells of the strong bond of friendship between five thirty something girls; Ginny, Jules, Mel, Lucy and Jess. Follow their recovery from heartbreak, of finding love and the ups and downs life brings. These sexy romances will make you smile, maybe shed the odd tear too but guaranteed to leave you immensely satisfied and uplifted. You will fall in love with the characters and they will stay with you long after the books have been read. ‘Chances’ the second book of the series, tells the story of Mel, a special needs teacher. Having escaped and survived from a disastrous marriage with the help from her friends Ginny, Jules, Lucy and Jess, she has decided to keep away from men and therefore any chance of getting hurt again. The one thing she longs to do is to travel to Europe and paint, and seeing Ginny take a risk then make a new life for herself has spurred her on to approach the head teacher and ask if she could take a sabbatical. Daniel, a widower and father of eight year old Louise, has been offered a villa in Kefalonia for the summer, it’s an offer he is desperate to accept but knows he would need someone to travel out there with them too, someone to look after Louise whilst he was working, someone to help her with her school work, and the person he is thinking of is Mel, Louise’s teacher whom she adores. So he decides to approach the head teacher of Louise’s school first to see what she thinks of his idea. Mel is tempted by the offer, but six weeks is a long time to be on a Greek Island with someone as delicious as Daniel Wright, she’s convinced he wouldn’t look twice at her anyway, especially once he’d seen the scars she’s kept hidden. But she loves his daughter Louise and relishes the idea of helping her keep up the steady progress she has been making of late through out the summer holidays Should she take this chance and put some excitement back in her life, or stay safely at home? Once again her friends help her decide to take a chance and once she makes her decision they help her to recapture the Mel she had once been. Daniel had better watch out…. Book One ‘Choices’ (released December 2013) Book Three ‘Changes’ (to be released June 2014) The Year Trilogy - Sexy, romantic, feel good fiction – the perfect escape reads.