Carole Matthews

Lucy loves running Chocolate Heaven but she hasn't spent time with her boyfriend, Aiden, in weeks. And then her ex-fiance turns up and things become even more complicated. Nadia hasn't let herself get close to a man in a long time, yet she can't help feeling drawn to Jacob. Will he be her last chance for a happy ending? Chantal and her husband, Ted, are besotted with their baby daughter Lana - but she's not sure that's enough to base a marriage on....

Cassie Smith has been out of work for a while but she has an idea. Drawing on her love of Christmas, she begins charging for small things: wrapping presents; writing cards; tree-decorating. She's soon in huge demand and Cassie's business, Calling Mrs Christmas, is born. Carter Randall wants to make Christmas special for his children, so he enlists Cassie's help, and his lavish requests start taking up all her time. Thank goodness she can rely on her...

In the dead of night, Ayesha takes her daughter, Sabina, and slips quietly from her home, leaving behind her abusive husband and a life of pain and heartache. Boarding a coach to London, Ayesha has her sights set on a new life for herself and her little girl. Hayden, a former popstar, has kept himself hidden away for years. In all that time, he's opened up his home to just two people - Crystal, a professional dancer with a heart of gold, and Joy,...

When Emma's boyfriend Leo turns up at her special birthday dinner unforgivably late & horribly drunk, embarassing her in front of her family, she decides enough is enough. Why can't someone just take him away & bring him back refurbished as a proper boyfriend & save her the trouble? Maybe what they need is a touch of magic!

Nell McNamara and boyfriend Olly are working back-to-back shifts just to make ends meet as they care for their daughter, Petal. After helping out with a makeover in the chip shop she works in, Nell begins designing handbags. It seems Nell's dreams are finally coming true, until she finds out Olly craves the simplicity of their old lives.

The ladies of The Chocolate Lovers' Club should be gearing up for Lucy and Aidan's wedding but life keeps getting in the way. Lucy can't wait to marry the love of her life but money worries are distracting her. Should she accept an offer to help from an untrustworthy source? Nadia may have found a good man to give her heart to but other areas of her life aren't so rosy. Something needs to change - but what? Autumn can't wait to meet her daughter for...

Fay and Danny are madly in love and it's all Fay's ever dreamed of. But she left everything - including the delightful cake shop she used to run - to be with Danny on his cosy canal boat The Dreamcatcher. And as she soon finds out, making delicious cakes on the water isn't always smooth sailing! Then Fay gets a call from her friends, a call that sends her back to where it all began, back to where she first met Danny, back to her friends and the Cake...