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by Jill Mansell (£16.99, HB, Headline) PA Fen is thrilled to be invited on a five-star cruise by her doting grandmother Disa, though her motives may not be entirely pure. Jeweller Hattie joins her bes

There was a night as a boy when I couldn’t sleep ahead of a football match, too wired by thoughts of the sporting heroics I might achieve—or fall short of—the next day. While tossing and turning in my