Diana Goode & Andrew Douglas are a California couple who seem to have it all, & after their wedding, Diana teases that she will make a baby on their honeymoon. But long afterwards, she is still not pregnant. As they wait out each month with anticipation, only to be disappointed, they are forced to question just how much they are willing to go through to have a baby, & at what cost to their marriage. Charlie Winwood, having grown up as an orphan, dreams of a house filled with children, but his bride -- fun seeking actress Barbie Mason -- has other ideas. Their marriage is strained, but Charlie is convinced a baby will solve it all. Pilar Graham, a prominent attorney in her early forties, astonishes her friends by marrying Judge Brad Coleman, a man in his sixties & the father of two grown children. Pilar begins to wonder if some day she will regret not having a baby with Brad, but it will not be easy for them as they encounter the world of high-tech medicine & the bittersweet rewards it brings. ...

For Venus Stanton, the attractive young vicar of Thurston, life could not be better. When she first came to this traditional parish, with its beautiful church & conservative congregation, many people found it hard to accept a woman priest. After a tricky start, however, she is now accepted by most of her parishioners, even though some people cannot & will not recognize her.

But vicars have their personal lives as well, although many people often forget this, & to the delight & surprise of the parish Venus is to marry Nigel, the doctor from the local practice. Her eleven-year-old daughter Becky, after some misgivings, has accepted the idea & there is a joyous ceremony at the church, after which the happy pair set off for honeymoon in France. On their return, they try to settle down to their new life, but Venus soon finds that marriage, motherhood & her priestly duties do not always go together

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Diana Goode & Andrew Douglas are a California couple who seem to have it all, & after their wedding, Diana teases that she will make a baby on their honeymoon. But long afterwards, she is still not pregnant. As they wait out each month with anticipation, only to be disappointed, they are forced to question just how much they are willing to go through to have a baby, & at what cost to their marriage. Charlie Winwood, having grown up as an orphan, dreams of a house filled with children, but his bride -- fun seeking actress Barbie Mason -- has other ideas. Their marriage is strained, but Charlie is convinced a baby will solve it all. Pilar Graham, a prominent attorney in her early forties, astonishes her friends by marrying Judge Brad Coleman, a man in his sixties & the father of two grown children. Pilar begins to wonder if some day she will regret not having a baby with Brad, but it will not be easy for them as they encounter the world of high-tech medicine & the bittersweet rewards it brings. ...

At the age of eight Diane Lazarus first experienced the power of her amazing gift by seeing, hearing & speaking to spirits. Since then Diane has learned to control her gift, switching it on & off at will. Today she is rated in the top five professional psychics worldwide & was recently the winner of the TV series Psychic Challenge.

Her ability to visualize past & future events means she

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When Natalie Crawford is offered the job as manager of a tennis club in a wealthy English suburb, she jumps at the chance. There's an extra perk, too: Paul, the club's coach, is handsome & charming, & she wastes no time in making him her lover. Then she hires Chris, a coach from a rival club, whose confidence & sexual prowess swiftly puts Paul in the shade. Natalie cannot believe the tactics Chris uses to get female club members to improve their game. & when he embroils Natalie into his kinky sex capers, will she be able to keep control of her business aims, or will her lust for the arrogant sportsman get out of control? ...

' Stephen Fry is one of the great originals... This autobiography of his first twenty years is a pleasure to read, mixing outrageous acts with sensible opinions in bewildering confusion... That so much outward charm, self-awareness & intellect should exist alongside behaviour that threatened to ruin the lives of innocent victims, noble parents & Fry himself, gives the book a tragic grandeur & lifts it to classic status.' Financial Times ...

Stepehn Fry was born in 1957, & after a year or so of comparative silence, began to talk coherently in 1960. His first written work ' Mummy' was awarded the Sunnyvale Primary School Gold Star for Neatness in 1961. There followed years of neglect from the literary establishment until the Stout's Hill Preparatory School Senior Greek Prize of 1969 of 1969. A play Latin! won the Edinburgh Fringe First Prize ten years later. Four years after this Fry wrote the script for the award-winning musical Me & My Girl. There followed some years of acting, Fry & Laurie, Blackadder, Jeeves & Wooster, some plays, some films, some books, a brief visit to bruges in 1995 &, this year Making History, this third novel. Stephen divides his time between Norfolk, London & New York City & has established something of a reputation as a knowledgeable colletor of late twentieth century parking tickets. ...

a) A fatuous, wasted, degenerate & wholly useless existence captured in delicate, lyrical & exquisitely realised prose. b) Lightly amusing anecdotes & tender reminiscences of the great men & women encountered during a rich, varied & rewarding lifetime, fondly remembered in the tranquil evening of a career of public service. c) The autobiography of a dizzying life fuelled by the lust for power & the search for ever more degrading downward paths of repulsive sexual adventuring & self-destructive debaucheries: the unrepentant libertine author seeks revenge on his many enemies & tears the lid off the private life of blameless churchmen & librarians. Fry`s autobiography is all & none of these. too old to rock & roll, too young to die, the author looks back with bruising frankness at his life so far. ...