Dear Thing (2013)

Claire is shattered when her latest IVF treatment fails and tells husband Ben that she has given up hope of ever having a child. But then Ben's friend, Romily, a single mother, offers to be their surrogate. At first Claire is worried that anyone could selflessly give up a baby she has carried but Romily reassures them that she doesn't want another child. And she would love to repay them for all the support they have given her and daughter Posie over the years. But there is one thing that Romily hasn't told them - she's been in love with Ben for years. This is a beautifully told and compelling story which leaves readers wondering how the issue will be resolved. Cohen has given great depth to the characters and her handling of such an emotional subject takes her writing to a whole new level.

Getting Away With It (2010)

LA-based stuntwoman Liza, having recovered from a stunt gone wrong, has returned to her English hometown to attend a charity dance organised by her identical twin Lee. But Lee seems to have disappeared. Mistaken by the villagers as her sister, Liza - relishing the opportunity of being treated as the likeable, responsible one for once - keeps pretending to be Lee. She takes over the family's ice-cream company, looks out for her ailing mother but evens the bad twin draws the line at assuming her place in Lee's boyfriend's life. This is a really enjoyable life swap story about one sister getting away from it all, while the other learns she is more capable than she ever thought.

Girl From Mars (2009)

Comic book illustrator Fil Brown hangs out with her nerdy friends - winning pub quizzes and watching X-Files marathons. When one of the usually socially inept group, Stevo, drifts away after finding himself a mate, she and the others, Jim and Digger, swear a pact (partly in Klingon) that they will forsake all romantic relationships. On the workfront, Fil finds her comic Girl From Mars is about to get a big shake-up, thanks to the grandson of the creator, who wants to inject some romance into the heroine's life - and as it turns out Fil's as well. Read this for a totally different type of heroine. You may well get into the Girl From Mars comic story just as much as Fil's.

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