Barbara Trapido - Sex and Stravinsky, Bloomsbury

Trapido combines South Africa, the country of her birth, with Oxford - the town she has made her home – in her latest novel. The story follows two relationships from the 1970s to the present day that take Josh from his wife in Oxford back to Hattie, his first love back in South Africa.

Rosie Thomas - Lovers and Newcomers, Harper Collins

Miranda Meadowe attempts to escape lonely widowhood by inviting five of her oldest friends to live with her and stave off the prospect of old age. They each have their reason for accepting, but they discover that the clock can’t be put back.

Linda Kelsey - The Twenty-Year Itch, Hodder

Kelsey's latest book tells what happens when Julie’s husband of 20 years announces that he is leaving work to go on a gap year. Turning to her friends for comfort and advice, is there no such thing as an enduring marriage?

Lucy Cavendish - A Storm in a Teacup, Penguin

Samantha Smythe is beginning to feel invisible, undervalued and fed up and heads off to the seaside with her four children in tow, in the belief that the holiday will somehow resolve all their problems. But is it possible her husband is finding his relaxation far closer to home?

Lucy Mangan - The Reluctant Bride, John Murray

Subtitled One Woman’s Journey (Kicking and Screaming) Down the Aisle - Tanzy Gallant isn't pregnant, in debt or in need of a passport, so what makes a marriage sceptic finally decide to tie the knot and go through the kind of activities she has spent her entire adult life avoiding.

Santa Montefiore - The Affair, Hodder

Bestselling children's book writer (and happily married) Angelica is amused and flattered at the attention of Jack, the owner of a vineyard in South Africa, whom she meets at a dinner party. What starts as a long distance friendship grows into something deeper... but things are never what they seem.

Jojo Moyes - The Last Letter from Your Lover, Hodder

Moyes delves into what happens when a journalist looks through her newspaper’s archives for a story and discovers a letter from 1960, written by a man asking his lover to leave her husband. A poignant and richly emotive tale interspersed with real 'last letters'.

Piers Paul Read - The Misogynist, Bloomsbury

Brooding over the end of his marriage, Jomier tries to work out where it went wrong. But it is only when his daughter falls ill with a rare blood disorder that he finally begins to reassess his feelings towards those he loves and his ability to forgive. A darkly humorous, bitingly satirical and moving book.

Simon Kernick - The Last 10 Seconds, Bantam

Kernick's ninth book has followed the usual route seamlessly up the bestsellers lists. And the plot? ‘A man, a woman and a sadistic killer. As they race towards a terrifying confrontation only one thing is certain: they’re all going to have to fight very hard just to stay alive.’