Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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Cynthia Freeman

The tempestuous, rags-to-riches novel of an immigrant family in America their dreams and heartaches-their struggle to survive in an alien country 
 
JACOB whose newfound wealth could never fill the aching void inside him. . 
SARA who sacrificed everything in the name of love -even her daughter. 
SHLOMO who kept the family's disgrace a secret, and paid the price. 
RACHEL whose forbidden love for one man drove her into the arms of another. 
DORIS a Cinderella who achieved fame and happiness beyond her wildest dreams.

Portraits

Val Wood

At only thirteen, Mikey Quinn is arrested for stealing a rabbit to feed his family. Despite his age, he’s shown no mercy by the wealthy lawyer who sends him to prison. He returns home to find that his mother has died and his younger siblings taken into the workhouse. 
 
With only his determination, Mikey makes his way to London to seek a better life for his family. Whilst there, he meets Eleanor who he recognises as the daughter of the lawyer who ruined his life. Desperate, they band together forging a new life for themselves on the streets of London. 
 
Overlooking their initial differences, the two come to rely on each other and, when the time comes to return to Hull, they face the long walk home together.

The Long Walk Home

Fiona Collins

'Collins perfectly balances the light and shade of life, resulting in an uplifting and heart-warming book that proves to be the perfect summer read' CULTUREFLY, JULY READS 
 
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A beautiful and heart-wrenching story set over one hot summer in London, about a father and daughter who help one another to step out into the world again, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Lucy Diamond. 
 
Prue is not someone you would notice willingly. She likes to keep herself to herself and fade into the background. If it weren't for the birthmark on her left cheek, she might actually succeed at becoming invisible. 
 
She spends all of her time with her blind father, Vince. Scarred by a difficult past, they sit together in silence and ignore the vibrant city just on their doorstep. That is, until something forces them both to go outside and see what they have been missing. For Vince, that means discovering how to see the world without his sight. For Prue, that means finding the courage to finally love and be loved in return. 
 
About family, second chances and finding the courage to face your fears, this is a moving story that will stay with you long after you have finished the last page. 
 
'Un utterly lovely book' DEBBIE JOHNSON, author of THE MOMENT I MET YOU 
 
'The perfect summer novel, we defy you not to be captivated and will be urging them on to live the lives they deserve' BELFAST TELEGRAPH 
 
'A story about family, friendship and facing your fears head on' COSMOPOLITAN, BEST BOOKS TO READ THIS SUMMER 
 
'A unique, compelling summer read, full of heart' SAMANTHA TONGE, author of SUMMER SECRETS AT STREAMSIDE COTTAGE 
 
'It's a feel-good book, but what really stands out is Prue's voice. She's known a lot of pain, and it all comes out in a tone which is precise, impatient and cold, but which evokes immediate sympathy for her and perhaps reveals more vulnerability than Prue realises' HERALD 
 
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**Readers are loving Summer in the City** 
 
'I'll be thinking about these characters for a very long time to come' 5 star review 
'An emotional tale about discovery, healing and living a life, once lost, to its very best' 5 star review 
'An uplifting, funny and inspiring read about getting back out into the world again' 5 star review 
'Captivates a wonderful relationship between a father and daughter' 5 star review 
'A gorgeous story about family, friendship and pushing yourself to face your greatest fears' 5 star review

Summer in the City

A beautiful and heart-warming story – the perfect holiday read

Jack Sheffield

Travel back in time with the brilliant new novel from Jack Sheffield... 
 
For the residents of Ragley, the small Yorkshire village, the war is finally starting to feel like a distant memory. Gone are the days of rationing and sacrifice, replaced with the joys of spin-dryers and Beatlemania. 
 
 But Lily Feather can’t quite forget the events of the war and the years that followed. Buried in her past remains a terrible secret from which she cannot escape but that still threatens her fragile family. After the death of their mother, her brother, Freddie, has come to depend on her and her husband, but their lives will soon change for ever. 
 
 On the cusp of adulthood, Freddie’s life is simple: all he really has to worry about is school, girls and a spot of rugby. But when he stumbles across his family’s secret past it is his life that is changed forever. A dark history lies between Freddie, Lily and the truth and they begin to question how much they’ll have to sacrifice along the way.

Changing Times

A delightful and nostalgic read from the author of the Teacher series

**Don't miss the sequel to The Lonely Wife! Children of Fortune is available now** 
 
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A powerful story about a woman's struggle to claim what is rightfully hers, from the Sunday Times bestselling author Val Wood. 
 
1850: Beatrix Fawcett is just eighteen when her father tells her she is to marry a stranger. Hesitantly, but with little choice, she agrees to the match - in the hope of a good husband in Charles, and a happy new life together in rural Yorkshire. 
 
As Beatrix sets about making their house a home, she falls in love with it and the surrounding countryside. But she does not fall in love with her husband... Charles has chosen her simply to meet the requirements of his inheritance and has little interest in his young wife. 
 
Soon, the only spark in Beatrix's lonely life is her beloved children. But when Charles threatens to take them away from her, Beatrix must find strength in desperate times. 
 
Can she fight against her circumstances and keep what is rightfully hers? 
 
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Praise for Val Wood: 
 
'A heart-warming story filled with compelling action' Rosie Goodwin 
'Hull's answer to Catherine Cookson' BBC Radio 4's Front Row 
'Wonderfully fully-fleshed characters are the mainstay of [Val Wood's] stories' Peterborough Telegraph

The Lonely Wife

Danielle Steel

Happiness can be found in the most unexpected places . . . 
 
Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married with a young son – until her whole world dissolved on a freeway in a single instant. In the aftermath, she somehow pieces her life back together, but struggles to truly find meaning in her life. 
 
Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident, she meets thirteen-year-old Blue Williams, who has been living on the streets, utterly alone. Ginny reaches out to him and slowly their friendship grows, each becoming the family the other lost. 
 
But just as Blue is truly beginning to trust her, she learns he has been hiding a shocking secret. Ginny wonders if she can help Blue to feel whole again, and at the same time heal herself. 
 
Blue is an emotionally gripping story of dark secrets revealed, second chances, and the power of love and courage to overcome life’s greatest challenges.

Blue

Emma Hornby

She thought she was finally safe. But a roof over her head comes with a price to pay... 
Laura Cannock is on the run. Suspected of killing her bullying husband, his family are on a merciless prowl for revenge. Fleeing from her beloved home of Bolton to Manchester, Laura seeks refuge with her coal merchant uncle. But it soon becomes clear that a roof over her head comes with a price - of the type so unbearable she must escape once more. 
 
Destitute and penniless, a stench-ridden housing court in the back streets of the factories is Laura's only hope of a dwelling - a place where both the filth and the kindness of neighbours overwhelm. Here people stick together through the odds, leading Laura to true friendship, and possibly love. But with the threat of her past still hanging over her, there's still one battle she must fight - and win - alone... 
 
A gritty and page-turning historical saga set in Northern England in the late 1800s, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin.

A Daughter's Price

A gritty and gripping saga romance from the bestselling author of A Shilling for a Wife

James Douglas

From bestselling author James Douglas, a gripping and enthralling historical conspiracy thriller - a must read for fans of Dan Brown, James Becker and Chris Kuzneski. 
 
READERS ARE LOVING THE DOOMSDAY TESTAMENT! 
"This is the best book I have read in a long while..." - 5 STARS. 
"Kept me up very late because I couldn't put it down." - 5 STARS. 
"Kept me gripped until the end, with twist and turns everywhere..." - 5 STARS. 
 
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THERE ARE SOME WHO WILL KILL TO FIND THAT WHICH IS LOST... 
 
1937: Hitler sent an expedition to Tibet in search of the lost land of Thule. 
1941: Himmler spent a huge fortune, and sacrificed the lives of hundreds to turn Wewelsburg Castle in Germany into a shrine to the SS. 
2008: Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is astonished to discover that the gentle grandfather he thought he knew was a decorated war hero, serving in the Special Air Service in World War Two. And his grandfather has one more surprise. Sewn into the endpaper of his journal is a strange piece of Nazi symbolism. 
 
With this discovery, Jamie is launched on a breathless chase across Europe and deep into Germany's dark past... 
 
Jamie Saintclair's adventures continue in The Isis Covenant, The Excalibur Codex and The Samurai Inheritance.

The Doomsday Testament

An adrenalin-fuelled historical conspiracy thriller you won’t be able to put down…

Jamie Saintclair embarks on another full-throttle historical adventure - an absolute page-turner! If you love Dan Brown, Chris Kuzneski and Scott Mariani - you will love this! 
 
READERS ARE LOVING THE SAMURAI INHERITANCE! 
"Loved this story. It went everywhere and then some. I was happily dragged along on the edge of my seat every step." - 5 STARS 
"Extremely riveting!!!" - 5 STARS 
"Another excellent page-turner from Mr Douglas." - 5 STARS 
 
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UNDISTURBED AND FORGOTTEN FOR DECADES. NOW IT'S RESURRECTED AND THREATENS US ALL. 
 
April 1943 - A Mitsubishi transport plane, carrying Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, plunges from the sky over the island of Bougainville. In a document case chained to his wrist is the greatest secret of the Second World War... 
December 2011 - Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is offered a lucrative commission: he has been tasked to find the preserved head of a Solomon Island warrior, missing from a German museum since 1945? 
 
The search takes Jamie from Berlin to Tokyo and with every turn the significance of the Bougainville skull becomes ever greater. Soon he realizes he's become involved in something much more important than finding a lost piece of history... 
 
Have you read The Doomsday Testament, The Isis Covenant and The Excalibur Codex, the previous Jamie Saintclair adventures?

The Samurai Inheritance

An adrenalin-fuelled historical thriller that will have you absolutely hooked from the start

Holly McCulloch

Paige might bake wedding cakes for a living but that doesn't mean she's dreaming about her own perfect day. Far from it. 
 
Trusting people is hard after she was badly let down by her family and boyfriend just when she needed them most. And to make things worse, her ex has just walked into her bakery with his new fiancée... 
 
Needing a little no-strings-attached fun, Paige goes to a party where her friend knows just the guy - the guy in the black top. 
 
There's just one problem. There are two men wearing black tops. 
 
Noah was meant to be her perfect distraction...instead, he wants more than just a bit of fun. But could the wrong guy turn out to be the right choice?

The Mix-Up

The year is 1969 and Jack Sheffield is a young teacher in need of a job. 
 
In a room full of twenty-nine other newly qualified teachers, he's overjoyed when he's appointed to Heather View Primary. Jack is excited to start his first year there and to begin shaping young minds in a beautiful new location on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. 
 
But Heather View isn't as idyllic as it first sounds. In fact, it looks more like a prison than a primary school. With less than adequate funding and a head teacher who doesn't seem to care, it's no easy task to give the kids the education they deserve. But Jack's determined to do just that. 
 
Full of warmth and good humour, Back to School is like taking a nostalgic walk through the past to a simpler time... 
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What readers are saying: 
 
***** 'I felt I was transported back in time. This was a joy to read.' 
***** 'By chapter 3 I loved this book so much that I ordered two other titles by this author!' 
***** 'So uplifting and joyous.' 
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Praise for Jack Sheffield: 
 
 'Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure.' Alan Titchmarsh 
 'Overflowing with amusing anecdotes.' Daily Express 
 'Amusing adventures at the North Yorkshire village school.' Choice 
 'Jack Sheffield's in a class of his own.' York Press

Back to School

The delightful, feel-good novel from the author of the Teacher series

'Hilarious, heart-warming and real. You will absolutely fall in love with Bea, a witty and wonderfully flawed protagonist. You have to read this book!' 
Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party and The Guest List. 
 
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It's easy to put someone in the friend zone. But what happens if you change your mind? 
 
Bea isn't happy. Desperate for a change, she looks to her friends for inspiration. Every single one of them is paired off, perhaps that's what she needs too. 
 
So, she starts dating again. But everywhere she goes - amid the hilarious and scarring dates - there's Peter. Good old, oddball Peter, her closest friend from university. He's always been firmly in the friend zone but something's happened lately - he seems taller, more handsome and suddenly making him smile is Bea's favourite thing. 
 
But how can Bea possibly risk their friendship? And how do you even go about taking someone out of the friend zone? What if Bea and Peter were only ever meant to be just friends... 
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Readers are falling in love with Just Friends: 
 
***** 'This book is funny, warm and cheeky - perfect' 
***** 'I fell completely in love with this book . . . so witty and keenly observed and FUN' 
***** 'I snorted and laughed all the way through - but the emotional pull was also brilliant, and I found myself rooting for Bea'

Just Friends

Jon Steele

Jay Harper, one of the last 'angels' on Planet Earth, is hunting down the half-breeds and goons who infected Paradise with evil. Intercepting a plot to turn half of Paris into a dead zone, Harper ends up on the wrong side of the law and finds himself a wanted man. That doesn't stop his commander, Inspector Gobet of the Swiss Police, from sending him back to Paris on a recon mission... a mission that uncovers a truth buried in the Book of Enoch. 
 
Katherine Taylor and her two year old son Max are living in a small town in the American Northwest. It's a quiet life. She runs a candle shop and spends her afternoons drinking herbal teas, imagining a crooked little man in the belfry of Lausanne Cathedral, a man who believed Lausanne was a hideout for lost angels. And there was someone else, someone she can't quite remember...as if he was there, and not there at the same time. 
 
A man with a disfigured face emerges from the shadows. His name is Astruc, he's obsessed with the immortal souls of men. Like a voice crying in the wilderness, he warns the time of The Prophecy is at hand...a prophecy that calls for the sacrifice of the child born of light...

Angel City

Raphaelle Giordano

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 
 
Get ready to fall in love with the inspiring, feel-good story of one woman’s life-changing journey to happiness, perfect for fans of Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and Sophie Kinsella’s The Burnout. 
 
‘A funny, entertaining novel…To be read as soon as possible’ Metro News 
 
‘A beautiful, feel-good story…I loved it! 5-star reader review 
 
It's never too late to be happy… 
 
At thirty-eight-and-a-quarter years old, Camille has everything she needs to be happy, or so it seems: a good job, a loving husband, a wonderful son. Why then does she feel as if happiness has slipped through her fingers? 
 
All she wants is to find the path to joy. 
 
When Claude, a French Sean Connery lookalike and routinologist, offers his unique advice to help get her there, she seizes the opportunity with both hands. 
 
Camille’s journey is full of surprising adventures, creative capers and deep meaning, as she sets out to transform her life and realize her dreams one step at a time . . . 
 
Readers LOVE Your Second Life Begins... 
 
'I love this book to bits!' 5-star reader review 
 
'A beautiful, uplifting book' 5-star reader review 
 
'Well written and captivating!' 5-star reader review 
 
‘I devoured [it] in one sitting!’ 5-star reader review 
 
‘Interesting, fun, motivating and liberating’ 5-star reader review

Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One

Terry Hayes

'A big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense' The New York Times 
'Simply one of the best suspense novels I've read in a long time' David Baldacci 
'An all too plausible disaster for the world we live in. Great nail-biting stuff' Robert Goddard 
'The plot twists and turns like a python in a sack... Visceral, gritty and cinematic' The Times 
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The astonishing story of one man's breakneck race against time to save America from oblivion. 
 
A YOUNG WOMAN MURDERED. All of her identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. 
 
A FATHER PUBLICLY BEHEADED. Killed in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. 
 
A SYRIAN BIOTECH EXPERT FOUND EYELESS. Dumped in a Damascus junkyard. 
 
SMOULDERING HUMAN REMAINS. Abandoned on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan. 
 
PILGRIM. The codename for a man who doesn't exist. A man who must return from obscurity. The only man who can uncover a flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity. 
 
The much-anticipated, heart-racing new thriller from Terry Hayes, THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST, is available now. 
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Praise for Terry Hayes 
 
'Clever and compulsive' Sunday Mirror 
'Huge ambition and even huger talent' Stav Sherez 
'Compelling and wildly inventive storytelling' Chris Ewan 
'Hayes brings well-refined storytelling chops to the enterprise' Kirkus

I Am Pilgrim

The bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club pick

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