Stephen Rabley

THE AMERICAN GIRLNick Harman stood at the back of the ship and watched England slowly disappear. 'That was a really wonderful holiday,' he said quietly.His wife, Clare, smiled. 'Two weeks of rain in Cornwall and you thought it was wonderful?!'Nick put an arm round her and laughed. 'Well, OK, the...

New York, June 1800 It is 7 o'clock on a warm summer morning. A ship is arriving in New York. Its name is the Red Rose. Two of the people on it are Sam Tinker and his daughter Jenny. Sam and Jenny are English, but now they are starting a new Ufe in America. "Look, Dad!" says Jenny. "We're here....

'Surprise!' Finn McGill couldn't believe it. Her office was full of people - completely full. Everyone at the London Fashion Company was there. For a second she just looked at them. 'How did . ?' she began. 'I mean, I only went out for five minutes. I wanted to get a sandwich!' Everyone...