DEANNA or THE DOMESTIC AMAZON

Deanna has seen something horrible in her bedroom mirror - the unguarded expression on Mike's face reflected there. She is shocked to the core and, in that instant, sees all her certainties about the future collapse into ruins.

Soon after this, she abandons her London career, and Mike, and takes a post in the Yorkshire Dales as housekeeper at a riding school and soon-to-be guest house. If she isn't going to have a husband, she has decided, she may as well have a child - or maybe two - without one. It is, after all, the Swinging Sixties.

Surprisingly soon she has a list of possible candidates who might assist in her aims. Not least of them is her employer's wickedly handsome, confirmed bachelor uncle. Certain people find it strange that he appears to be taking an interest in this over-tall, scary looking newcomer to the village.

Deanna, too, is mystified... With a wonderful supporting cast, this delightful book takes the reader through one woman's journey to a new life.