In so many families there is a ‘yours’ and a ‘mine’ scenario. Your children. My children. And sometimes ‘ours’. Dawn and Dutch had both had it rough. Their partners had both moved on. Leaving them both thinking that they were pretty useless. In everything including the bedroom duties. Which really was not the case. It was a Sunday afternoon when Dawn had taken her family out to lunch that she met Dutch. Dutch was with his family doing the karaoke. At a little pub come restaurant. Dawn became the star performer but soon had to run off. Soon enough Dutch and Dawn started dating. They weren’t youngsters. But the feelings coursing through their bodies were both new and strange. They hadn’t lived their lives when they should have. They had one tiny little tiff which provoked the little jealous monster. But it soon blew over. Dutch’ family soon became Dawn’s. Dawn’s family admired Dutch. It ended up as ours. A chuckle awaits you! Enjoy!

The perfect Mother's Day gift, from the author of About Us, Seven Letters and The Baby Trail _______________________ What's a few more branches on the family tree? Things are finally looking up for Anna. Seventeen miserable years of marriage to man-child Connor have left her drained and ready for a new start. So when they separate, she couldn't be more thrilled to move in with James, a handsome lecturer who is everything her ex-husband is not: kind, thoughtful, and above all, reliable. But Anna and James's kids hate living with the loved-up couple and the new set-up. Their teenage daughters - one a studious high achiever and the other a cool rich girl unbothered by grades or exams - have nothing in common. And Anna's wild football-mad nine-year-old son declares war on bookish James. Nobody said step-parenting was easy; Anna and James are about to find out exactly how complicated it can be. With exes, new partners-of-exes and money all in the mix, home life is fast becoming a minefield and their new-found happiness hangs in the balance. Do they have what it takes to make their blended family work? ________________________ 'Yours, Mine, Ours is her best to date . . . a hopeful book, full of love' MARIAN KEYES 'A great read, lots of twists and turns, lots of humour' CLAIRE BYRNE 'A story filled with heart and wit. It's impossible not to root for the characters' RACHAEL ENGLISH 'Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant . . . I was on the edge of my seat to know whether it would all work out in the end . . . Sinéad is a true national treasure' CLAUDIA CARROLL

Smarting from his recent divorce, newly single attorney Mike Conroy wanted only one thing to be the best dad ever. And if that meant he needed to lead a life of celibacy, he could handle that. Until he met his new next–door neighbour, that is. Flame–haired Amanda Scott was as passionate as the colour of her hair and as determined as Mike to be a fantastic parent to her daughter. Not only was the rugged Mike her polar opposite, but she'd also sworn off the opposite sex for keeps. But sometimes love can be as close as right next door .

Yours, Mine & Ours by Jennifer Greene After a recent divorce, attorney Mike Conroy wanted only one thing to be the best dad ever. If that meant he needed to lead a life of celibacy, he could handle that. Until he met his new next–door neighbour Flame–haired Amanda Scott was as passionate and determined as Mike to be a fantastic parent to her daughter. Not only was Mike her polar opposite she'd also sworn off men for keeps. But sometimes love can be as close as right next door. Mitzi's Marine by Rogenna Brewer It's bad enough that Sergeant Bruce Calhoun lost his best friend, Freddie, in Iraq. But being stuck in his hometown with his ex–fiancee and Freddie's sister Mitzi Zahn, is complete torture! Bruce still loves Mitzi, but knows he can't have her. Not when he's hell–bent on recovering from his injury and rejoining the fight overseas. Not even if Mitzi's love proves to be the most powerful force of all

An analysis of the sense of mine and yours. Anni Bergman proposes that this grows out of an earlier sense of ours, and that achieving separateness and achieving mutuality coincide. She reflects on both the theoretical and clinical aspects of the development of the sense of self.

Yours, Mine & Ours by Penny Jordan\Cathy Gillen Thacker\Marisa Carroll released on Jan 24, 1997 is available now for purchase.

He took one look...and fell in love From the moment Rudy Vaccaro saw her, he was a goner. Never mind that his twelve-year-old daughter hated the house on sight. The old girl might be nothing to look at, but Rudy saw her potential. So did Violet Kildare. The house was supposed to be hers! Now Violet would have to find another place for her and her two sons to live. And then Rudy made an offer the struggling single mother couldn't refuse. There was plenty of room at the inn. But Rudy needed Violet's help--actually, he needed Violet, period. Somehow he had to show the once-burned mom that what was his was hers--and vice versa!