Walton Merritt

Forgive Me If You Can, Friend Squeezing into the overcrowded minibus, Lily quickly dropped into the only

**A Love That Endured** A new family arrived in the village just as the local school was rebuilt.

Restless Charlotte Charlotte had dreamed of being a doctor since she was little. She lived with her parents

**Diary Entry** At last. When Emily got married, she had no idea her new husband, Daniel, had a drinking problem.

Who would have thought that two childhood friends, Emily and Lucy, could fall out so badly?

**An Outsider, Yet Family** Mum Faye, how are you? Anton and I were just passing by—coming from the shops—and

Not Quite Like the Soaps, But Close Emma adored soap operas and dreamed of her life being as perfect

Marina was now certain that women who divorced their husbands young and lived without them were far happier.

The Weight of Peace “Morning,” muttered Dana as she walked into the office, slumping into

**Diary Entry** After finishing teacher training college, Eleanor returned to her hometown in Sussex