It's hard for Lucy, being the sister of super-model Tracy, especially now that Tracy has landed a part in a major Hollywood movie and all Lucy ever wanted to do is act. Worse than that, Lucy's daughter wants to get to know her father - only Lucy never told him that she was pregnant. So, against the advice of her best friends and her doom-laden mother, Lucy begins the search to trace the boy she has tried so hard to forget ...
Adopted as a baby, Vicky McCarthy's curiosity about where she came from has finally got the better of her: she wants to trace her birth mother. If that doesn't cause friction enough, there's a new face to contend with at work: Ed O'Neill, whom Vicky is convinced is being groomed for her job as manager of Dublin toyshop Toys Galore. Sal, Vicky's go-getting best friend, thinks Ed is gorgeous, and that if Vicky doesn't bag him, she will. But Vicky is going out with Marti, manager of an up-and-coming boy band, with a six-year-old son and complications of his own . . . Something Borrowed is the brilliant fourth novel from Tina Reilly: a fresh, frank, funny tale of loves lost and found.
Meet Jan. She’s twenty-five and floundering. She wears too much make-up and too few clothes. Her job is a disaster and the only thing keeping her sane is Dave, a newly acquired boyfriend who seems oblivious to Jan’s attempts at seducing him.And then Jan’s life takes an unexpected turn and she realises that all the troubles she thought she had were nothing in comparison to the problems she now faces.But is there a flipside? And if so, what could it be?