My book club

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

Maybe it was time for Conrad to loosen up a little

IT had been a long, hard drive. Frances had left early, hoping to get away before the rush hour – only to discover that the rush hour started earlier still. She stopped for a break further south than

I’D seen an advertisement in my father’s newspaper for women to work on the canal boats. It said applicants should be of a robust constitution. I’m quite robust, so why not? I’d give it a go. “Look, D

Something was missing from Roxanne’s life – but what was it?

Mary was as good as any lad – and she was going to prove it