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Marriage–for love, sex or convenience? Tess is about to lose custody of her precious baby nephew, so it’s only natural for her to cry on her best friend’s shoulder–Rafe Farrar. To the rest of the female population, he’s sex on legs. So Tess is shocked when he suggests they marry to guarantee custody!Instantly, their friendship becomes more intimate. But how will they relate to each other as husband and wife? One place they seem to communicate perfectly is the bedroom. . . .

A collection of short stories featuring the ‘heart specialist’, Parker Pyne.Mrs Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in The Times which read: ‘ARE YOU HAPPY? IF NOT, CONSULT MR PARKER PYNE’.Equally adept at putting together the pieces of a marriage or the fragments of a murder mystery, Mr Parker Pyne was possibly the world’s most unconventional private eye – and certainly its most charming.