‘my husband became a woman – i love her, but miss him’

Words can be all-powerful, as these three couples discovered. They reveal the romantic and unusual ways books brought them together…

I can still remember the words from my classmates as we sat debating homosexuality in a religious studies class at school. ‘It’s wrong to be gay!’ one classmate said with conviction. ‘It’s not natural

We looked like the ideal family but the reality was so different

He controlled every part of my life, right down to my haircut

A commotion outside her flat aroused Sarah’s suspicions. Just what was her fella up to?

A trip down memory lane saved my old friend’s life