Girl On The Run (Shortlisted For Melissa Nathan Award 2012)

Description: Four white-chocolate Magnums. Three hot men. Two dress sizes. And one great big charity race...Abby Rogers has been on health kicks before - they involve eating one blueberry muffin for breakfast instead of two. Since starting her own business after one too many episodes of The Apprentice, the 28-year-old's waistline has taken even more of a back seat than her long-neglected love life. But when she's encouraged to join her fitness-fanatic best friend's running club - by none other than its gorgeous new captain - she finds a mysterious compulsion to exercise. Sadly, her first session doesn't go to plan. Between the leggings that resemble strawberry-flavoured condoms and the fact that her lungs feel as though they've been set on fire, she vows never to return. Then her colleague Heidi turns up at work and makes a devastating announcement, one that will change her life - and Abby's - forever. Author Biography: Jane Costello is a former journalist for newspapers including the Liverpool Echo, Daily Mail and Liverpool Daily Post, where she spent four years as Editor. She is the author of the best-selling novel Bridesmaids and lives in Lancashire with her husband and two young sons.