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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Willow Hurst

Will a little Christmas magic melt her icy heart? 
 
Holly Westward has never loved her family’s annual ski trip, but she’s never dared skip it either. With her parents’ sky-high expectations and a lifetime of being overshadowed by her brothers, Holly’s learned to keep her heart firmly on ice. But when a blizzard strands her overnight in the small town of Magnolia Springs, her perfectly planned Christmas begins to slip gloriously out of control. 
 
A tipsy evening at the local bar leads her to Oliver Lynch - charming, warm, and far too easy to talk to. He’s a single dad with a smile that could melt the snowdrifts, and before she knows it, Holly’s confessing more than she ever intended: about her difficult family, her dislike of kids, and how skating, not skiing, has always been her secret joy. When Oliver teases her about it, she drags him out to the frozen lake to prove it, only to realise she’s skating dangerously close to falling for him. 
 
When heavy snowfall and a broken-down car leave Holly stuck in Magnolia Springs for the holidays, she discovers that the town, and Oliver, might just be the home she’s been searching for all along. But with Christmas fast approaching and her family expecting her to join them, Holly will have to decide whether to return to the life she knows… or stay where her heart has finally begun to thaw.

Chalet Girl Winter

Can she rekindle the love she left behind? 
 
When Penny Larkin returns to her hometown of Magnolia Springs after 10 years in San Francisco, she’s determined not to get roped back into small town life. She’s there to help on her parents’ apple orchard during the busy harvest season and promises herself she’d be back to her life in the city by December. 
 
But when Penny discovers that her childhood sweetheart Ethan Blake is also helping in the orchard – looking distractingly handsome in his flannel shirt and workman’s boots – she realises it might be harder to keep her promise to herself than she thought. 
 
As Penny and Ethan spend every day of harvest season working side-by-side, it becomes clear that there’s still a spark flickering between them. And Penny can’t help but wonder if she might be falling for Ethan all over again…

Cozy Girl Fall

She never thought he’d be the one to tame her heart… 
 
When Cassidy Wyatt rolls into Magnolia Springs, she’s determined to keep to herself. After a rough year back in Texas, she’s sworn off drama - and men - and is ready to trade chaos for calm as she takes over her grandfather’s sleepy stables for the summer. Fresh air, long rides, quiet nights by the fire… What could possibly go wrong? 
 
Enter Jake Hopman: Magnolia Springs’ golden boy turned small-town accountant, the kind of man who always seems to have his life perfectly together. When he discovers that something isn’t adding up in her grandfather’s books, an oversight that could mean losing the stables, he steps in to help, much to Cassidy’s irritation. He’s clean-cut, business-minded, and exactly the kind of man Cassidy has no time for. But as the two butt heads over the future of the stables, Jake’s easy smile and relentless optimism start to wear down her defences, and maybe, just maybe, mend the parts of her heart she’s been keeping locked away. 
 
Under blazing skies and starry nights, Cassidy finds herself torn between running from her past and putting down roots where she least expected. But in Jake Hopman’s steady hands, will her wild heart finally find its home?

Country Girl Summer

You never know where love might bloom... 
 
April Jones needs a fresh start. Leaving behind a broken engagement and a dead-end job in New York, she returns to her hometown of Magnolia Springs with a plan: she’ll renovate her late father’s struggling dive bar and turn it into a florist, just like she and her mom always dreamed of. 
 
As spring flowers start to bloom, April throws herself into the project, relishing the slower pace of life and finally beginning to mend her broken heart. But then her childhood rival Luke, now a successful real-estate developer, shows up with plans to tear down half of Main Street, including April’s beloved florist. 
 
April can’t believe that the fate of her business now rests in Luke’s annoyingly attractive hands, but she isn’t ready to give up on her fresh start just yet. If only April could find a way to make Luke set aside is hard hat and follow his heart . . .

Clean Girl Spring

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