'[This] emotionally riveting debut novel focuses on several dynamic women in a wealthy suburb of Paris and a tragic event that changes their lives. Bestor-Siegal had me at Paris and she never let go. The Caretakers is extraordinary' Laura Dave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told MeIn a smart Parisian suburb, in the wake of the Paris 2015 terrorist attacks, an au pair is arrested after the sudden and suspicious death of her nine-year-old charge...The truth behind what...
Could pretending she said yes …lead to an official I Do? Single mum Sadie Winston can’t be falling for her fake fiance! Her elderly grandmother mistook her and Axel Dawson as the family’s affianced couple, and to keep up the ruse, the handsome, rugged ranger is now playing future daddy to her toddler son… If only she can convince Axel to open his heart for real…
One moment can change everything.For Lucy, it happens right after she's walked out of her job, uncertain what the future holds. That same night, she finds herself flirting with a handsome stranger at the bar - before unexpectedly running into the man who broke her heart ten years ago. Both men want to see her again, and she needs to decide between them.But where will each path take her? And what if she'd made a different choice? READERS ARE LOVING WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: I'm kind of sad I have fi...
The new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin. When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at her local Iowa airport, she literally doesn’t recognize him. The once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? Soon Edison’s slovenly habits, appalling diet, and know-it-all monologues are driving Pandora and her fitness-freak husband Fletcher insane. After the brother-in-law has more than overstayed his welcome,...
One of the most important works of twentieth-century British literature, The Good Soldier addresses the lives and interrelationships between two couples: one American, one British. A tragicomic novel of manners, in which John Dowell narrates the disintegration of both his own and another marriage, the work’s depiction of passion and intrigue offers an ironic reading of Edwardian-era values. The Broadview edition features the text of the first edition of the novel published by John Lane and The...
Ready to marry for duty Until his old love returns… Running into old friend, Lady Emma Westcombe, at a London ball is pure delight for Captain Guy Fitzgerald – and pure torture! He’s carried a flame for her for years. But Guy is duty-bound to marry well to save his family from destitution, and a bride has already been selected… He has one week to spend with Emma before he must propose to someone else. But will it ever be enough?
The Governess's Guide To Marriage (Sisters of the Roaring Twenties, #3)
by Liz Tyner
A prim and proper governess Locked in with a Duke! Believing her grandmother is gravely ill, governess Miranda Manwaring takes leave to care for her, but instead finds herself captive in a rundown cottage with a powerful stranger. Shock number one – the man is the eligible Duke of Chalgrove. Shock number two – their captor is Miranda’s eccentric grandmother, looking to guide Miranda to a titled husband! Refusing to trick him in...
Loveswept 874:Ms Miller & the Midas Man (Loveswept S.)
by Mary Kay McComas
From the acclaimed author of Waiting to Surface comes a "searing" (Publishers Weekly) and emotionally powerful novel about a family and a community torn apart after an unthinkable tragedy. In a suburb near Albany, New York, Ted and Ann Waring are waiting for divorce papers. Ted is hoping for reconciliation, but when he returns from a hunting trip with the couple's two adolescent daughters, he loses his temper one last time, shooting and killing Ann in their living room. He claims it was an acci...
On the heels of her captivating debut The Tea House on Mulberry Street, Owens delivers this new novel of passion, romance, and regret--and the winding paths to falling in love.
'Excellent . . . Ashani Lewis is superbly talented.' Katherine Rundell'Thoughtful, intelligent and beautifully written . . . Lewis is definitely a new talent to watch.' Marie Claire, "Best Books of 2024"Be one of the first to discover this award-winning writer's decadent and addictive debut, a must-read for fans of The Secret History and The GuestIn one of America's Happiest Cities, thirty-eight-year-old Elen is trapped under the shadow of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains. Her husband has left...
In the 1990s, deep in the Maiella mountains of Central Italy, a brutal crime shattered the peace of the local community. Two young women were murdered, a third left for dead. Lucia was twenty years old back then, and the only survivor, a childhood friend. Now Lucia is a physiotherapist, separating from her husband, her daughter Amanda studying in Milan. When the pandemic forces Amanda to return to the family's home near Pescara, forever changed by her experiences, Lucia’s memories are reawakened...
The wedding vows are exchanged, then the nightmare begins… ‘A heart-in-the-mouth, tense and incredibly gripping read that kept me awake until the small hours’ Carol Wyer, author of The Birthday It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life… Alice Tandy has dreamed of her wedding since she was a little girl. The perfect venue, the perfect dress, the perfect groom. It’s all going exactly to plan. But then her whole wor...
An exclusive short story for World Book Day from one of our bestselling authors Sometimes all we need is a relaxing holiday in the sun. For Anthony and Carole, a week in a lovely Greek hotel has helped them mend the cracks in their marriage. For widowed Jessica, it’s the longest she’s ever gone without visiting her beloved husband’s grave. However when the flight doesn’t go according to plan, they are each forced to face up to the very things they have been avoiding...
When Simon Stockdale tells his son, Jack, that his grandfather is leaving his grandmother for a woman he's been having an affair with for seven years, it is just the tip of the iceberg. Jack is embarking on his first love affair and his grandfather's mistress may not just be "His honour's totty."
The Truth Club is a tender, wry look at families, truth and love. Marriage seems to have stirred up all sorts of weird longings in Sally Adams. On the surface she seems to have everything she needs to be happy....so why is she guzzling so many chocolate biscuits and dreaming of elsewhere? She has good friends, an interesting job and an almost brand new husband. Then a chance encounter with a stranger makes it all too clear that life could have been so different if she had followed her heart. S...
DEBUTANTE in the Regency Ballroom (A Season in Town, #1)
by Anne Herries
By Anne Herries A Country Miss in Hanover Square: In Susannah Hampton's first season in London she is mysteriously attracted to the wealthy and undeniably arrogant Lord Pendleton. He may be the epitome of everything she desires, but could a young country girl entice the attentions of a dashing lord with all of London society at his feet? Also includes: An Innocent Debutante in Hanover Square
A scandalous woman?Having left her abusive husband for very good reasons, Mary Anne Randall finds herself judged harshly by her neighbours, especially after she has the courage to risk a second chance at happiness.But with the only man she has ever loved away fighting, Mary Anne is less concerned by her tarnished reputation than with keeping her children safe, as the bombs fall on Bristol – all too close to home.(Note: Originally published as Secret Sins by Jeannie Johnson)
