Mwah-mwah - Tapa blanda

Shipped off to France for Easter for some continental 'culture', Hannah finds herself staying with her mother's best friend. And her mother's best friend's daughter. Who happens to be tall, horribly stylish and has that irritating way of turning a scarf into the latest fashion accessory. To make matters worse (if possible) the daughter's friend is coming to stay with them - doubly bad for the ego, twice the competition for the bathroom. But then 'Michel' turns out to be a boy Cue rivalry with a continental flavour in a fantastically scandal-rich and brilliantly compelling teen coming-of-age drama.

Chloe Rayban has written books for children of all ages, both under her pen name Chloe Rayban and her real name Carolyn Bear. Love in Cyberia was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal and her novel Virtual Sexual Reality was runner-up for the Guardian award. Formerly an advertising copywriter, she now writes full-time and lives in a Manoir in France. She has two grown-up daughters.