The Nanny - Tapa dura

When Jo Green takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend Shaun, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children - glittery warrior pixie Cassandra, bloodthirsty Zak and shy little Tallulah - are downright mystifying. Suddenly village life seems terribly appealing. Then, just as Jo's getting the hang of their designer lifestyle, the Fitzgeralds acquire a new lodger and suddenly she's sharing her nanny flat with the distractingly good-looking but insufferably grumpy Josh. So when Shaun turns up, things get even trickier...

Melissa Nathan was born and raised in Hertfordshire and now lives in north London. She is a journalist and is currently Deputy Features Editor for a national women's magazine. Her previous novels, Pride and Prejudice and Jasmin Field and Persuading Annie, were published to great acclaim.