Listen, you daft fool, William spat, slumping onto the old oak log beside the Millers cottage. I married her, and she cant cook a proper roast...
Sophie was sprinting to work, absolutely late a total nightmare! If she didnt get past the turnstile before the editorinchief, Peter Mitchell, shed have to write...
Dear Diary, This evening a harsh knock announced someones arrival. Lucy tossed off her apron, wiped her hands, and went to answer the door. On the...
Mystery This morning Emily woke up feeling rotten. Just a day before shed been at the old churchyard down in Yorkshire. Her husband, James, asked her...
April 12th I found myself replaying that night over and over in my mind, begging myself to think twice before signing the consent to give my...
Margaret had long been stewing over a particular planshe would adopt a child from an orphanage. Her husband of six years had deserted her for a...
You’re not the lady of the houseyoure just the help, Molly, dear, just a little more of this salad for the lady, the voice of my...
I married the widower next door, Arthur Bennett, whos eighttwo, just to keep the care home at StAlbans from taking him. Are you mad? my sister...
Ah, my lads arrived, my mother, Evelyn, shouted with delight. I stood at the door, cap in my hand, and said, Hello, Mum. Im not alone....
A young woman, cradling a little girl, stepped off the omnibus at the sign that read Willowmere Village of Willowmere. Mary! cried a tearstreaked voice as...
A small, sootgray kitten named Poppy was given to me by my neighbour, a kindly young woman who loved all...
Neither one nor the other. Im done flying off with your daughter! I cant keep pretending Im happy about it....
He was deadset on a DNA test Mum was already whipping things up. Listen, Im not going to raise a...
Emily, youve ripped my nerves to shreds! she snapped, eyes flashing. Now you expect me to sign paperwork? Exactly why...
25May2025 Dear Diary, Tonight the kitchen felt like a battlefield. Pippa stormed in, ladle clutched in her hand, eyes swollen...
When we first laid eyes on that redbrick cottage in the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, I felt it was...
No, really, youve got to be kidding Emily snapped at her sister, tone sharp. Have all the decent lads in...
What did you expect? James snorted. You think I lied? I told you Im not a fan of kids! Ethel...
I walked in on my wife, Martha, shouting at me as I tried to straighten myself out of the sheets....
I was staying at a little spa resort in Cheltenham and thought Id join the dance night they were running....