Holly Bourne and Lorraine Kelly

Family, friendships and love are the centre of new books by Holly Bourne (author of the Spinster Club series) and Lorraine Kelly (ITV’s Lorraine), and the two authors join forces to examine our love for fictional family dramas.

Bourne’s new novel So Thrilled for You is about four friends reunited at a baby shower on a sweltering hot summer day. When someone starts a fire at the house, everyone’s a suspect and the group’s relationship is changed forever.

Kelly’s The Island Swimmer follows Evie, who returns to Orkney after her father falls desperately ill. As she clears out her father’s neglected house to prepare it for sale, she is drawn to a group of cold-water swimmers led by her old friend Freya, who find calmness beneath the waves.