DISCOVER A BRILLIANT NEW SAGA WRITER.CHARMING, AUTHENTIC TALES OF LOVES AND LIVES IN THE BLACK COUNTRY… Will Millie get what her heart desires? 1920s Dudley. Millie is the proud owner of a daring Egyptian bob haircut and a job at the new opera house. So when Millie meets Augustus Johnson, a rich patron of the opera house, she dares to hope for more than a just a passing smile. Will dreams come true for Millie? Or will the past forever shape her future? ***...
The brand new heartwarming instalment in the Cornish Girls series perfect for fans of Ginny Bell and Elaine Everest Will the Cornish girls come out on top once the war is finally over? Bude, Cornwall 1944. Even in Cornwall, the war shows no signs of slowing… When tragic circumstances force Alice to give up her spy training, she is distraught. That is, until...
Arranged Marriage, Bedroom Secrets (Courtesan Brides, #1)
by Yvonne Lindsay
An arranged marriage means she’s his bride. Her secrets make her much more… Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Yvonne Lindsay! Princess Mila will safeguard her kingdom by marrying a neighboring royal she barely knows. But she refuses to let Prince Thierry perfect his romantic arts with another woman. Disguised as his hired courtesan, the virgin princess plans to seduce her fiancé before their wedding night! The mind-blowing chemistry they discover...
A Richard Sharpe short story, featuring scenes of action and adventure at Christmas. `You’ll like Irati,’ Colonel Hogan said. `It’s a nothing place, Richard. Hovels and misery, that’s all it is and all it ever will be, but that’s where you’re going for Christmas.’ Sharpe was sent to Irati because maybe the French were going there. The garrison planned to march at Christmas in the hope that their enemies would be too bloated with beef and wine to fight, but Hogan had got wind of t...
A suicidal woman steps in front of a commuter train, changing the lives of its passengers forever, in this psychological novel by the author of Ella’s War. When the day starts with tragedy . . . where will it lead? Eight strangers start their day unaware of the events about to unfold, but they find themselves having to reassess who they are and what they want from life after a woman steps in front of their train. Emotional responses rise to the surface, including some of the choices they’ve...
Patricia Dixon takes you on a wonderful adventure across the Channel in this ultimate summer-read! How many people out there say ‘I do’ for the wrong reasons? Matilda Parker is flying to France for what should be the wedding of her dreams but soon discovers she is about to star in her own private nightmare. Freda has spent a year planning her daughter’s perfect wedding and nothing is going to ruin it. Not even a house full of relatives, the imminent arrival of her feckless son-in-law-to-be or...
**A gritty and emotional family drama, from the Sunday Times bestseller. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn.** You can never leave a bad man behind… Mavis Pugh has had a hard life. Despised and abused throughout her teenage years, she turned to the first man who showed her kindness. But her new husband, Alec, quickly revealed himself to be a violent bully. When Mavis escapes from Alec, she thinks the worst is behind her. Moving to a large family house with...
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘A mighty achievement’ OCEAN VUONG ‘Beautiful, brilliant’ R. F. KUANG ‘Dazzling’ OBSERVER ‘Will shatter your heart’ GLAMOUR ‘Powerful’ SUNDAY TIMES An extraordinary story of the journey of one young family through love, loss and unwavering hope....
An emotional, uplifting book about love, loss and hope Kat has a busy life. She runs her own beauty salon and has an alcoholic father to worry about. To make matters worse she has just discovered she is pregnant. Kat and Max have only been together for six months and she has a turbulent relationship with his mother and his ex-girlfriend who refuses to go away. As the pressure builds Kat finds herself wondering what path to take. Is having a baby the right thing to do? Can she keep her head ab...
In a world where food is scarce, the government rules and ordinary people only exist to serve, can there ever be happiness? As a child, living in a post-apocalyptic world, the only person Rachel can rely on is her mother. But when her mother is killed, Rachel is initiated into The Programme where selected young girls are medicated to make them fertile. Fearing for her future, Rachel escapes. But freedom comes at a price and Rachel must navigate through a terrifying landscape of persecution to...
Bursting with Love (Love in Bloom: The Bradens) (Love in Bloom: The Bradens at Weston, Co, #5) (Love in Bloom: The Bradens, #5)
by Melissa Foster
Voted BEST BOOK SERIES of 2013 by Supportive Business Moms, UK "The whole Love in Bloom series is pretty amazing, but Bursting with Love just blew me away. It's sweet and heartbreaking and sexy and easily one of the best romances I've ever read." —Fic Central In BURSTING WITH LOVE... After having her heart broken by a country music star, Savannah Braden has sworn off men. She takes a break from her fast-paced Manhattan lifestyle for a weekend at a survivor camp to rebuild her confidence a...
Upstairs Downstairs Temptation (The Men of Stone River, #2)
by Janice Maynard
“You want to kiss me?” He should say no… Billionaire Farrell Stone needs a live-in housekeeper. Single mother Ivy Danby needs a job to support her baby daughter. Both problems solved. Except Ivy fascinates Farrell, more than any employee should. Would one sizzling night with Ivy be a huge mistake… or the fresh start they both need?
The Trouble With Bad Boys (Texas Cattleman's Club: Heir Apparent, #4)
by Katherine Garbera
A playboy obsessed with likes… Is about to get a lesson in love! Notorious social media influencer Zach Benning is happy to swoop into Royal, Texas, promote the Soiree on the Bay, and leave with a fat paycheck. While he’s at it, he’ll give Plain Jane event planner Lila Jones a makeover, online and off. The last thing he expects is to fall for his ravishing creation…
Snow is falling in Copper Ridge, Oregon—but the heat between a holiday-loving party planner and the town's resident Scrooge is off the charts in this sweet and sizzling Christmas novella… Holly Fulton is throwing a special Christmas Eve party for the foster parents who gave her so much. To finish the preparations in time, she needs to recruit her one-time foster brother, Ryan Masters. He may have a scowl that could curdle eggnog, but under that surly demeanour i...
The stunning new story of love and secrets from the Number One bestselling author of The Forgotten Village Can one promise change the fate of two women decades apart? Scotland, 1940 War rages across Europe, but Invermoray House is at peace – until the night of Constance’s 21st birthday, when she’s the only person to see a Spitfire crash into the loch. Rescuing the pilot and vowing to keep him hidden, Constance finds herself torn between duty to her fam...
Cornwall, 1854 - Alice Rowe owes everything to Reverend Alfred Markham who rescued her from a workhouse, employing her in his parsonage as a housemaid. So when he dies suddenly of a heart attack, Alice faces a fearful and uncertain future. But as one chapter in Alice's life ends, another begins. For as she discovers the Reverend's body in the woods near their house, she meets Gideon Davey - a 'ganger' who is laying a nearby stretch of railway line. Not only does Gideon help recover the body, bu...
‘Absorbing and chilling, yet tempered with echoes of a lost romance…this story is one of the best I've read this year for its imagery and originality’ Jane Hunt Reviews Set in the bleak winter of 1947, you will love this compelling drama if you love historical dramas. The Cotswolds, 1947 A relentless winter holds post-war Britain in its deadly grip, and Eleanor Phillips rides out from her beleaguered Cotswold farm to r...
Just about everything in Endora, Iowa (pop. 1,091 and dwindling) is eating Gilbert Grape, a twenty-four-year-old grocery clerk who dreams only of leaving. His enormous mother, once the town sweetheart, has been eating nonstop ever since her husband's suicide, and the floor beneath her TV chair is threatening to cave in. Gilbert's long-suffering older sister, Amy, still mourns the death of Elvis, and his knockout younger sister has become hooked on makeup, boys, and Jesus -- in that order. But th...
This incredible debut historical novel-in the tradition of Beatriz Williams and Jennifer Robson-tells the fascinating story of a young mother who flees her home on the rocky cliffs of Cornwall and the daughter who finds her way back, seeking answers. Cornwall, 1940. Back in England after the harrowing evacuation at Dunkirk, WWII Red Cross nurse Anna Trenowyth is shocked to learn her adoptive parents Graham and Prue Handley have been killed in an air raid. She desperately needs their advice as s...
Far from home, an adventure they’ll never forget… ‘A heart-warming read’ My Weekly ‘A delightful, nostalgic read’ Woman June 1940. Evacuee twins Connie and Jessie are reminded every day of the differences between a Yorkshire summer and what they had previously known in London’s Bermondsey. Life at Tall Trees vicarage, Harrogate, is full of adventure, with the arrival of a mischievous pony called Milburn who...
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual FictionFinalist for the Foreword INDIES 2018 Award for Best Fiction Cast adrift in 1870s San Francisco after the death of her mother, a girl named Olive disguises herself as a boy and works as a lighthouse keeper's assistant on the Farallon Islands to escape the dangers of a world unkind to young women. In 1941, nomad Victor scours the Sierras searching for refuge from a home to which he never belonged. And in the present day, precocious fiftee...