*** THE NEW FESTIVE TREAT FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *** 'An absolute joy. Like all of Milly's books it's packed with heart and humour and characters you fall in love with. I didn't want it to end' Jane Fallon, bestselling author of Queen Bee It’s nearly Christmas and it’s snowing, hard. Deep in the Yorkshire Moors nestles a tiny hamlet, with a pub at its heart. As the snow falls, the inn will become an unexpected haven for six people forced to seek shelter there… Mary has been try...
Regency Scandals (Mills & Boon Special Releases - Regency Collection 2011, v. 9)
by Sophia James
A woman of mystery��� After happening upon Lady Emma Seaton swimming naked, Asher Wellington, Duke of Carisbrook, was captivated! He had seen a deep curling scar on her thigh ��� the mark of a sword. Who was Emma Seaton? Highborn lady or artful courtesan, she intrigued him and Asher wanted to possess both! Surprising, secretive, sensual��� War-scarred Thornton Lindsay, Duke of Penborne, can scarcely believe the news when beautiful stranger Caroline Anstretton claims to be his lover. Desperate an...
Will the greatest love story... lead her to true love? Leading art historian Mariana Thackeray's happy to lose herself in researching the world's greatest love stories. Until gorgeous billionaire Angelo Beresford invites her to his grandfather's art collection, and she finds herself swept away to Florence and lost...in him!
A teenage girl clashes with her new stepmother in this debut thriller with an unforgettable twist ‘Dark, deep, thought-provoking . What a debut! I recommend you go and read it!’ Adele Parks ‘Grips the reader with its twisty exploration of the complex relationship between step mother and step daughter’ Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat ‘Oh so good’ Elle ‘Told by two unforgettable female narrators, it's urgen...
The Duke's Runaway Bride (Regency Belles of Bath, #3)
by Jenni Fletcher
From shopkeeper… To Duke’s wife When Beatrix, Duchess of Howden, writes to her estranged husband offering a divorce, she’s stunned when he arrives on her doorstep with a different proposition: a six-week marriage trial! Quinton Roxbury seems cold and inscrutable, but Beatrix gradually realises his rough exterior hides a heavy burden. As their connection deepens, dare she trust him with her own scandalous past and risk the marria...
She arrived as a housekeeper Will she leave a countess? To some Thornhallow Hall might be tarnished by tales of vengeance and ghosts, but to new housekeeper Rebecca Merrickson it represents independence and peace from her tumultuous past. Until the estate’s owner William Reid, the disappeared Earl, unexpectedly returns… After clashing over the changes she’s made to the house, Rebecca slowly unearths the memories that haunt brood...
Moving into a new home is never easy, as four sets of strangers are about to learn in this dramatic contemporary women's fiction debut. What does it take to make a house a home? When four sets of strangers all decide to move, their lives become linked and changed forever. Paul is a young man who is struggling to piece his life back together. Married couple Florence and John are having problems. The empty-nesters Claire and Michael are adapting to their new life. Sarah and Alex are a city p...
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...
Lacey Lancaster has always longed to be a wife and mother. However, after a painful divorce, she decides it's time to lay low for a while in her charming San Francisco apartment with her beautiful Abyssinian cat, Cleo. Everything would be wonderful, except for her utterly impossible neighbor Jack Walker. When he's not arguing day and night with his girlfriend, begging her to move in with him, he's chasing down his cat named Dog, who seems determined to get Cleo to succumb to his feline advances....
New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell continues her dazzling series, The Brides of Wishmore He had a noose around his neck and a price on his head ...Sabrina Davidson, dutiful daughter, avowed spinster, thought she'd secured a place for herself in Aberfeldy society- until her hard-earned acceptance of her fate is challenged by the arrival of Cormac Enright, earl of Ballin, trained physician, soldier of fortune, and convicted felon. A prim and proper miss was the last thing he needed...
This is the third installment in "New York Times" bestselling author Lori Wilde's series set in "Jubilee, Texas", that gives readers a perfect present - a cowboy for Christmas!
One summer night, Edward Alcott gives in to temptation and kisses Lady Julia Kenney in a dark garden. However, the passion she stirs within him is best left in the shadows as she weds his twin, the Earl of Greyling. But when tragedy strikes, to honor the vow he makes to his dying brother, Edward must pretend to be Greyling until the countess delivers her babe. After her husband returns from a two-month sojourn, Julia finds him changed. Bolder, more daring, and more wicked-even if he does limit...
Falling Into Bed with a Duke (Hellions of Havisham, #1)
by Lorraine Heath
In the first in a dazzling new series, New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath introduces the Hellions of Havisham-three charismatic rogues destined to lose their hearts ...After six unsuccessful Seasons, Miss Minerva Dodger chooses spinsterhood over fortune-hungry suitors. But thanks to the Nightingale Club, she can at least enjoy one night of pleasure. At that notorious establishment, ladies don masks before choosing a lover. The sinfully handsome Duke of Ashebury is more than willing...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • After her marriage ends, one woman’s struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a new beginning—but is the past truly behind her? In this poignant novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber explores the powerful intersections of love and family. “This deeply emotional tale proves it’s never too late for love.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) It’s been nearly six years since Julia Jones had her heart broken. After her husband became involved...
Perhaps the most surprising and intriguing novel on the Man Booker Prize longlist, The Marrying of Chani Kaufman is a debut originally published by a small independent Scottish press that is already garnering significant attention worldwide. London, 2008. Chani Kaufman is a nineteen-year-old woman, betrothed to Baruch Levy, a young man whom she has seen only four times before their wedding day. The novel begins with Chani standing "like a pillar of salt," wearing a wedding dress that has been pa...
'A captivating story that packs an emotional punch' Heidi Swain. Beth Brandon always dreamed of owning a florists, but today the bouquets of peonies and bright spring flowers are failing to calm her nerves. Because today, Beth has a life-changing decision to share with her husband. Izzy Vaughan thought she and her husband would stay together forever, but sometime last year, their love began to fade. They both find such joy in their young son Noah – but is he enough to keep them together? E...
Two seemingly upstanding couples find their friendships enveloped by scandal and tragedy, as the facade of wealth and privilege falls away and details of their indiscretions emerge.
A New York Times Notable Book "Sea Wife is a gripping tale of survival at sea—but that’s just the beginning. Amity Gaige also manages, before she’s done, to probe the underpinnings of romantic love, marriage, literary ambition, political inclinations in the Trump age, parenthood, and finally, the nature of survival itself in our broken world. Gaige is thrillingly talented, and her novel enchants." —Jennifer Egan “Sea Wife brilliantly breathes life not only into the perils of living at sea, b...
A gripping summer read from the author of The Long Dark Road, The Beach House is a sinister psychological thriller showing the other side of a holiday paradise. This vacation is about to turn deadly... Cora's on the island vacation of her dreams: sharing a private Caribbean beach with her boyfriend. It feels like paradise, and when her boyfriend proposes, things couldn't get any better... until news comes through of an eight-figure cheque following the sale of her new fiancé's business. But de...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they’ve come from—and what they’ve left behind. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favorite writers, so the fact that Oh William! may well be my favorite of her books is a mathematical equati...
If you save a crumbling mansion, will it mend a broken heart? Feel-good, warm and romantic, FINDING HOME is perfect for fans of Carole Matthews and Milly Johnson. A month ago, Amy Wood had her perfect home, her perfect boyfriend and her perfect job in London. Now she's broken-hearted, living in her parents' tiny bungalow, and working in a local estate agents in Bath. At least her new job keeps her busy. Rosemont Hall is a crumbling mansion riddled with woodworm, dry rot – and secrets. As A...