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The double christening of her sisters' two kids gets Holly Bennett thinking. She would seriously love to have a baby one day, but for the first time in ages being adopted has become a stumbling block for her. Does she want to start a family of her own when she doesn't even know who she really is or where she's come from?With an on-off boyfriend who she's swiftly falling out of lust with, Holly decides to move back to her home town to be near her adoptive family. Who knows, it may be the change she needs to get her life back on track - and the place to be if she wants to begin tracing her roots.But these roots prove trickier to trace than Holly has expected. That is, until she hires her own oh-so-sexy private investigator to take charge...

Nothing is going to go wrong with Belle Craine's dream wedding. Her mum won't let it. Unfortunately, nobody's told an Australian girl called Mona Starr, who turns up on the Craines' doorstep without warning and announces that she's Belle's long-lost half-sister. It's bad enough, but Belle also has to face the fact that her fianc, Kieran, is spending an awful lot of time with ex-model Mona - a fact which her teenage sister, Jax, delights in pointing out. Is Belle being paranoid, or has she got a fight on her hands if she wants to keep her man? And more to the point: is he worth fighting for?

Lorna has everything she's ever wanted. And then one day, her beloved husband Ed dies - leaving her widowed and pregnant at 29. Eighteen months later, Lorna misses Ed as much as ever, but knows she must get out and make a new life for herself and her kids. When her mum and dad suddenly find themselves desperate for somewhere to live, what could be more natural than for them to come and live with Lorna? It'll be a great opportunity for her to go back to her job as a midwife, while they get to know their grandchildren. But that's before the mishaps, the arguments over childcare, or the rows that break out when Lorna announces that she's met a hunky doctor and is ready to start dating again.

Single mum Hannah and her husband have a friendship-based marriage with no passion, leading to an amicable divorce after eight years. While he is kind to her step-daughter, Hannah is surprised when he quickly finds a new partner, questioning the nature of their friendship.

Emma (ne Cox) and Joe Sheridan have just got married. Emma has been in love with Joe since school - marrying him was the happiest day of her life. But now the honeymoon is over and Emma's having to cope with the reality of married life. She's living in a new town, has a new job and a new husband who hasn't quite left his bachelor days behind him. Then there's Emma's interfering mother-in-law who's expecting the patter of tiny feet before Joe's even carried her over the threshold! Still, at least she and Joe are together at last. But Joe and Emma have never lived with each other before - and apart from the odd holiday - have never spent more than two weeks in each other's company. Setting up home together for the first time might be romantic, but nobody told them that living happily ever after takes a lot of hard work...

Running a dating agency is not perhaps the most logical career step for a woman who has sworn off romance. But for Laurel Page it's perfect - old-fashioned, civilized, safe - she only wishes the quiet life wasn't so, well, quiet. Maybe Laurel should be more careful what she wishes for.

Gina and Matt were rebellious teenagers determined to save the world until their mothers intervened. Fourteen years later, Matt is still Gina's dream man, but now he appears as a typical bureaucrat with an ex-wife and three kids, leaving Gina in shock.

All she wants is a job, a man - and a life! Everyone has one really bad day in their life. One really bad day. For Cally Storm it's the day she loses her job, her marriage and her home. While everyone around her seems to be settling down with Mr Right and 2.4 children, Cally is back living with her mother. Still when you've hit rock bottom the only way is up . . .Everyone's got an opinion on what will turn her life around: a new man, a new career . . . But the only job she can get is at a local wildlife park. And as for romance - well, if good men are so hard to find, frankly she'd rather not bother. Only she's reckoned without the collective matchmaking efforts of her friends and a strange - almost animal - attraction to her unconventional colleague, Will. Can this wrongest of Mr Wrongs ever turn out to be Mr Right?

When Claire inherits a house out of the blue - she thinks she's struck it rich! But while the word 'cottage' inspires images of romantic idylls and roses round the door, there's nothing remotely heavenly about Paradise Cottage. It's a tumble-down wreck in the middle of nowhere - more in need of a demolition expert than a decorator. Still, Claire's not one to shirk a challenge. Much to the amusement of her hunky new neighbour, Aidan, she decides to renovate the cottage herself. After all, problem-solving, trouble-shooting - it's what Claire does best. She's used to planning events for thousands of people. She can sort out one little cottage . . . Can't she?

All Gemma wants for her wedding to Rory is a quick jaunt to the registry office, followed by a few drinks down the pub. Suddenly her quiet wedding is hijacked by her parents and turned into a Hollywood style extravaganza. To top it all her relationship with Rory is coming apart at the seams.