Susannah Bates — All About Laura

Arrow 2002 Paperback, 536pp. The irresistible new novel by the highly acclaimed author ofCharmed Lives. Everyone has a passion. David’s is called Laura… Mel Aston — hardworking and reliable — is tired of her image and is thinking about making a few changes to her life. David — a talented artist, likes Mel the way she is. With Mel, he is finally growing up and he’s even growing out of his obsession for women called Laura — a secret fixation inspired by one particular life model he could never quite forget. But Mel is changing. And when wealthy Joss Savil commissions a portrait of his new wife, David’s relationship with Mel is thrown into crisis. For Joss’s wife is the original Laura. (ISBN: 9780099415053). Fair.