Tessa King is successful and unattached. She's got a lovely apartment and nice clothes. And nothing ties her down - that's the way she likes it.Tessa also has four godchildren. A 15 year-old pot smoking rebel who hates his parents. A seven-year-old whose father walked out on her mother when she was in hospital. And two screaming baby twins who are unattractive and double the trouble. That's why she's not particularly maternal.Sometimes it's great to have nothing tying you down. And then sometimes, you start to realise something's missing ...Totally compelling, and funny, touching and sad, THE GODMOTHER is a must-read. It is commercial women's fiction at its best, an exciting new direction for the genre.