Tanith Lee 
L’Amber 

As she says of herself, Jay is a ‘chancer’. But she finds she is out of her depth when she meets the beautiful artist, Jilaine Best. Jilaine has everything — looks, talent, and wealth — even so her life is imperfect. In adolescence she lost her mother in circumstances both mysterious and painfully unpleasant. Now, unable to conceive, Jilain’s one wish is for a baby — even if another woman gives birth to it. Jay can’t resist this opportunity — she tells Jilaine that she, Jay, is pregnant. And so the great lie begins. It seems easy enough — for there conveniently is the handsome young cab driver, only too willing to make love with her… But the spun web is already tangling. Can anything result from it but danger — and destruction?