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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Miriam Morrison

Serial fiancée and struggling artist Lila Barton lives with her family in a dilapidated mansion. Penniless, directionless and having sworn off men, Lila is delighted to land a job working for her famous godfather who is directing a star-studded charity production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. She is even more thrilled to learn that Hollywood heart-throb Mitch Clayton will be one of the stars, although she's promised her sister she won't get engaged again ... this year at least! 
 
But avoiding Mitch's advances is proving tricky. And then there's Mitch's stepbrother, Johnny, the Cinderfella of the Clayton clan. It turns out he's a man of many secrets and Lila can't help but be intrigued ...

The Cinderella Effect

Susannah Bates

Talented Marianne and gregarious Gabby have been friends since college. It feels natural to go into business together, selling Marianne's unique jewelry designs, and their family ties become closer when Marianne falls in love with charismatic stone-dealer, Jay, Gaby's half-brother. But as their company takes off, Gabby's contribution becomes more questionable, and while she remains single, troubled and fragile, Marianne is blossoming at work and in her private life and she is expecting Jay's baby. 
 
Then her ex-boyfriend Paul walks back into her life in search of an engagement ring for his homely new fiancée and sets off a train of events none of them could have imagined. Marianne discovers to her cost that, like the beautiful stones she works with, relationships too can hold fatal hidden flaws and there are unexpected fault-lines in her world. In the tropical heat of southern Sri Lanka, she begins to see that the finest quality often lies buried in unlikely places, and to realize that someone she once easily dismissed might be the only person who can save her...

Under a Sapphire Sky

Lulu Taylor

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Her Frozen Heart. Everyone has heard of the Beaufort twins, but few have ever seen them... 
 
On the eve of their 21st birthday, at one of the most lavish parties society has ever seen, Octavia and Flora Beaufort are launched into the world. 
 
For Octavia, it is one of the most thrilling nights of her life, an evening glittering with the promise of her future. But Flora shrinks from the limelight, fearful of what lies beyond the walls of her over-protective aunt's house. 
 
As Octavia is swept into a whirlwind of lavish spending and fashionable society, she grasps eagerly at whatever she wants: clothes, houses, men... even a department store. But Flora yearns for security - and when she is rescued from harm by a kind stranger, she seems to have found the love and protection she craves. 
 
Prey to all kinds of dangers, the twins soon realise that without each other, they run the risk of losing everything. But is it already too late...?

Beautiful Creatures

Marsha Mehran

For the inhabitants of the damp little Irish town of Ballinacroagh, the repertoire of gastronomic delights has never extended farther than the limp meals of the local inn's carvery. But things are about to change when the beautiful Aminpour sisters -- Marjan, Bahar and Layla -- arrive, determined to share the magic of their kitchen with the friendly locals. 
 
Opening Babylon Café, right in the heart of town, they begin serving up traditional Persian dishes and soon the townsfolk is lured to the new premises by the tantalizing aroma of fresh herb kuku, lamb abgusht and elephant ear fritters, washed down with gallons of jasmine tea from the old samovar. 
 
Not everyone welcomes the three women with open arms, though. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, as they say, and the women of Ballinacroagh want their men back ... 
 
Filled with recipes, mouth-watering fragrances and mysterious spices, Pomegranate Soup is a heart-warming tale of romance, friendship and exotic food.

Pomegranate Soup

E L James

'Packed with passion ... a love story full of charm, music and soul-mates ... a classic E L James combo of the sweet and erotic with the perfect ending for romantics. I think it's her best by far!' - Milly Johnson, The Sun 
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The thrilling new romance from E L James, author of the phenomenal #1 bestselling Fifty Shades trilogy 
 
London, 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he's never had to work and he's rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family's noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It's a role he's not prepared for and one that he struggles to face. 
 
But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who's recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she's an alluring mystery, and Maxim's longing for her deepens into a passion that he's never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he's been hiding secrets of his own? 
 
From the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page.

The Mister

The #1 Sunday Times bestseller

More than 100 million copies sold worlwide, this is a series that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

In Christian's own words, and through his thoughts, reflections, and dreams, E L James offers a fresh perspective on the love story that has enthralled hundreds of millions of readers around the world. 
 
CHRISTIAN GREY exercises control in all things; his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty - until the day that Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs and tumbling brown hair. He tries to forget her, but instead is swept up in a storm of emotion he cannot comprehend and cannot resist. Unlike any woman he has known before, shy, unworldly Ana seems to see right through him - past the business prodigy and the penthouse lifestyle to Christian's cold, wounded heart. 
 
Will being with Ana dispel the horrors of his childhood that haunt Christian every night? Or will his dark sexual desires, his compulsion to control, and the self-loathing that fills his soul drive this girl away and destroy the fragile hope she offers him?

Grey

Andrew Clover

Polly has been married to Arthur for ten years when she meets James Hammond. He's her Road Not Taken. The One That Got Away. He's also rich, and in one week he's inviting her to his hotel in the country to give her the job she's always wanted. He also wants her. 
 
Polly is so tempted. Arthur is gorgeous, but he's grumpy. He insists he can change, but can he? After ten years, can you learn to love? And if you could, would you still choose your partner?

Learn Love in a Week

Linda Taylor

Cathy Gordon has made a discovery. Adopted at birth, she finds out at the age of twenty-eight that she has a grandfather. But when she arrives at a cricket match to meet Frank, there is no trace of him - only an alarmingly sexy man called Nick. 
 
Heading off to Frank's home in leafy Oxford, she encounters a grumpy old man who only takes pleasure in two things. Cricket, and arguing - especially with his lifelong friend, Barbara. 
 
Determined to bond with her only living relative, Cathy takes up the challenge - a challenge which means her path crossing with Nick's once again. But as the summer heatwave continues, Cathy realises that there is more at stake than family ties. Will any of them - including Frank's beloved England team - rise to the occasion?

Rising To The Occasion

Katie Fforde

A family B&B. A daughter keen to be somewhere else. A life adventure awaits. . . from the Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Fforde. 
 
'Thank goodness for Katie Fforde, the perfect author to bring comfort in difficult times. She really is the queen of uplifting, feel good romance.' AJ PEARCE 
'Like a good wedding, it will leave you wiping away the tears' SUNDAY EXPRESS 
'Modern-day Austen. Great fun' RED 
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It's the season of new beginnings for Helena and Gilly. 
 
Gilly runs her own B&B business from her much-loved family home, which she doesn't want to part with - at any price. 
 
But that's before she meets handsome estate agent Leo, and soon she begins to wonder whether selling up might not be such a bad idea after all. 
 
Meanwhile Gilly's daughter Helena has a budding romance of her own. A talented weaver, she's becoming very close to her new landlord, Jago, who's offered to help her at an upcoming craft fair. 
 
It's what friends do, and they are just friends. Aren't they? 
 
With spring in full bloom, Helena and Gilly begin to ask themselves the same question: 
 
Might their new loves lead to happily ever after? 
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The whole world loves Katie Fforde's work ... 
 
'How I wish I could live inside Katie Fforde's novels. They're such a joy, and A Springtime Affair is a winner. I'm all set for spring now!' JILL MANSELL 
 
'A Springtime Affair is the most lovely, comforting book! Mother and daughter deal with family and romantic problems and here at last is a writer who acknowledges the Power of Shortbread! Really enjoyed it' ADELE GERAS 
 
'I relaxed and unwound with this lovely, springy, gentle and romantic story by the wonderful Katie Fforde. You're in for a treat!' MILLY JOHNSON 
 
'Top-drawer romantic escapism' DAILY MAIL 
 
'Warm, brilliant and full of love' HEAT 
 
'Delicious - gorgeous humour and the lightest of touches' SUNDAY TIMES 
 
'Effortlessly lovable, warm and fun' CLOSER 
 
'If you've been feeling that spring is on its way, I massively recommend A Springtime Affair, it's just brilliant!' JUDY ASTLEY

A Springtime Affair

Katie Price

On a sun drenched beach in Barbados, feisty sports presenter Charlie meets the irresistibly gorgeous Felipe Castillo. Instantly attracted to each other, they have a passionate affair, until he walks out with no explanation. It is only then that she discovers that Felipe is related to the Spanish royal family, is a brilliant rider and the lynchpin of the Spanish Eventing team. 
Back in London, Charlie puts her heartbreak behind her by going out on the town. Until Felipe returns and turns her life upside down again. Soon they are the golden couple of sport, followed by the press wherever they go. 
 
But not everyone is happy to see the two together: his disapproving mother for one, and the anonymous person that is waging a hate campaign against Charlie at work. And as the pressure on the couple mounts, a dark shadow from Charlie’s past comes back to haunt her. 
 
Will Charlie be able to overcome her past in the name of love?

In the Name of Love

Debbie Macomber

The first ever stand-alone novel from international bestseller Debbie Macomber, author of Blossom Street Brides and Rose Harbor in Bloom. A story about the enduring bond between sisters, the power of forgiveness, and a second chance at love. 
 
Twelve years ago, Cassie Carter chose the wrong man, and one fateful event drove three sisters apart. 
 
Now, hoping to leave her past behind, Cassie has returned to Washington with her daughter. Though her sisters don’t live too far away, she doesn’t expect to see them. Karen, the oldest, is a busy wife and mother, balancing her career with raising her two children. And Nichole, the youngest, is a stay-at-home mum whose husband indulges her every whim. But one day, Cassie receives a letter from Karen, offering the hope of reconciliation. 
 
As Cassie opens herself up to new possibilities – making amends with her sisters, finding love once more – she realises the power of compassion, and the promise of a fresh start.

Last One Home

A New Beginnings Novel

Clare Chambers

'So charming' Marian Keyes 
 
From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - winner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-Turner 
 
When aspiring novelist Christopher Flinders drops out of university to write his masterpiece (in between shifts as a fish delivery man and builder's mate), his family is sceptical. 
 
 But when he is taken up by the London editor Owen Goddard and his charming wife Diana it seems success is just around the corner. Christopher's life has so far been rather short of charm - growing up in an unlovely suburb, with unambitious parents and a semi-vagrant brother - and he is captivated by his generous and cultured mentors. 
 
 However, on the brink of realising his dream, Christopher makes a desperate misjudgement which results in disaster for all involved. Shattered, he withdraws from London and buries himself in rural Yorkshire, embracing a career and a private life marked by mediocrity. 
 
 Twenty years on, a young academic researching into Owen Goddard seeks him out, and Christopher is forced to exhume his past, setting him on a path to a life-changing discovery. 
 
 
Praise for Clare Chambers: 
 
'Thoroughly enjoyable and very clever' Sunday Express 
 
'Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mind' Lissa Evans on Small Pleasures 
 
'Beautifully observed and achingly funny' Woman &amp; Home 
 
 'Chambers' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity' Guardian on Small Pleasures 
 
 'Reminds us of the rare pleasure that an intelligent tale with a happy ending brings' The Sunday Times

The Editor's Wife

Susan Lewis

**A Sunday Times TOP TEN BESTSELLER** THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE ANDEE LAWRENCE SERIES 
The SHOCKING new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis. You might forgive, but can you forget? 
 
'A master storyteller' Diane Chamberlain 
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Andee Lawrence is in heaven. Well, the South of France to be exact. 
 
 Ex-detective Andee has swapped freelance investigation and a broken marriage, for two months in Provence, renovating a beautiful villa with the new man in her life. Pottering around a small picturesque town on an early summer's day, she is at peace. 
 
 But her world is about to be shattered. 
 
 'Remember me?' 
 
 Two words spoken by a woman from the back of a car that say so much yet reveal so little. 
 As the car drives away Andee is left reeling, overwhelmed by shock, confusion, self-doubt and mounting trepidation. 
 
 Almost thirty years ago, fourteen year old Penny had disappeared from her family's life, never to be heard from again. It is the missing child case that has haunted Andee her whole life; And now Penny - Andee's sister - is back. 
 
 The question is: why?

Hiding in Plain Sight

The thought-provoking suspense novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Mel Ashton - hardworking and responsible - is tired of her image.  Bored with her flat and exasperated by her job, Mel is thinking about making a few changes to her life.  The only thing she's not planning to quit is her relationship with David. The trouble is that David - a talented artist - likes Mel just the way she is.  He likes her rational approach to life.  He is impressed by her ambition, and her calm presence provides the perfect antidote to his unstable intensity.  With Mel, David is finally growing up - and he's even growing out of his adolescent obsession with women called Laura. Ten years ago David met an artists' model called Laura.  But, intimidated by her beauty, he never approached her-and an obsession was born.  A whole string of Lauras followed, and his perfect women was always a Laura until he met Mel. But Mel is changing.  And when Edmund, David's elder brother, recommends David to his friend Joss, who wants a portrait painted of his new wife, David's relationship with Mel becomes more precarious than either of them could have imagined.  For Joss's wife is the original Laura-

All About Laura

Douglas Kennedy

Harry Ricks is a man who has lost everything. 
 
A romantic mistake at the small American college where he used to teach has cost him his job and his marriage. And when the ensuing scandal threatens to completely destroy him, he flees to Paris. 
 
He arrives in the French captial in the bleak midwinter, and ends up having to work as a night guard to make ends meet. Then Margit, a beautiful, mysterious stranger, walks into his life. But their passionate and intense relationship triggers a string of inexplicable events, and soon Harry finds himself in a nightmare from which there is no easy escape.

The Woman In The Fifth

E L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper and darker take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe. 
 
Their scorching, sensual affair ended in heartbreak and recrimination, but Christian Grey cannot get Anastasia Steele out of his mind, or his blood. Determined to win her back, he tries to suppress his darkest desires and his need for complete control, and to love Ana on her own terms. 
 
But the horrors of his childhood still haunt him, and Ana's scheming boss, Jack Hyde, clearly wants her for himself. Can Christian's confidant and therapist, Dr. Flynn, help him face down his demons? Or will the possessiveness of Elena, his seducer, and the deranged devotion of Leila, his former submissive, drag Christian down into the past? 
 
And if Christian does win Ana back, can a man so dark and damaged ever hope to keep her?

Darker

Julianna Baggott

Steve Almond

Two lonely, lived-in, thirty-somethings. One boring wedding. One heated encounter in a quiet cloakroom. 
 
It's not exactly the recipe for love. And John and Jane's time in a cloakroom clearly isn't the beginning of anything real; even they know that. When they manage to pull back, literally, it occurs to them that they might start this whole thing over, properly. They might try getting to know one another first. But they live on opposite sides of the country. So they agree to write. 
 
And they do. What follows is a series of traded and shared confessions: of their messy sexual and emotional histories, their first shy, callow relationships, their past errors and their big loves, their flaws and their passions. Each story of a love affair - confessed with striking honesty - reveals the ways in which both Jane and John have grown and grown up, changed and not changed, over the years; the people they hurt, the ones still bruised, the ones that bruised them. Where all of this confession will take them is the burning question behind every letter - one that can only be answered when they meet again, finally, in the flesh... 
 
This is a remarkable novel - indeed a tour-de-force - in its extraordinary well-observed insights into the way we live now, of mating and dating in a post-feminist time, of the negotiations between the sexes in the challenging world of equal but different. Written by a man and a woman, it is not only remarkable, it is unique.

Which Brings Me To You

**AVAILABLE NOW** 
 
Relive the sensuality, the romance, and the drama of Fifty Shades Freed - the love story that enthralled millions of readers around the world - through the thoughts, reflections, and dreams of Christian Grey. 
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E L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper new take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe. 
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You are cordially invited to the wedding of the decade, when Christian Grey will make Anastasia Steele his wife. But is he really husband material? His dad is unsure, his brother wants to organise one helluva bachelor party, and his fiancée won't vow to obey . . . 
 
And marriage brings its own challenges. Their passion for each other burns hotter and deeper than ever, but Ana's defiant spirit continues to stir Christian's darkest fears and tests his need for control. As old rivalries and resentments endanger them both, one misjudgement threatens to tear them apart. 
 
Can Christian overcome the nightmares of his childhood and the torments of his youth, and save himself? And once he's discovered the truth of his origins, can he find forgiveness and accept Ana's unconditional love? 
 
Can Christian finally be freed?

Freed

Jayne Buxton

Ally James' life is in dire need of a makeover. Juggling the demands of a neurotic boss, the sudden appearance of her ex-husband's latest arm candy and the endless whirl of school runs and fish sticks seems to have become a mammoth effort of late. And watching The Little Mermaid with her kids is probably the closest she has come to an exciting date in years. So when her best friend Mel persuades, or rather bullies, her into a dating seminar, Ally finds herself reluctantly giving in. Marina Boyd, American relationship guru extraordinaire, claims that all you need is some shrewd self-marketing and a steady stream of trial men -- or, to use her term, 'duck decoys' -- and you're on a sure-fire road to Mr Right. 
 
Ally's not so sure, though. Can packaging and promoting possibly be the same as dating and falling in love? And how on earth would you find the time for a makeover, a direct mail campaign and a branding programme when you're busy putting out fires at home? 
 
Ally is about to find out ...

Lessons In Duck Shooting

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Sisters Willa and Harper mean the world to each other. 
 
Inseparable since the loss of their mother as teenagers, the Lakey sisters are perfect opposites. Quiet, demure Willa has always admired Harper's sense of adventure. She enjoys her peaceful routine as a café owner in their coastal hometown of Oceanside. 
 
When a handsome customer shows interest in Willa, Harper urges her sister to take a chance on love. 
 
Then Harper receives crushing news that threatens to bring everything to a halt. Only by supporting each other will the sisters be able to face the trials to come. And though the time ahead may be tough, Willa and Harper will discover that the darkest times can lead to the most beautiful rewards. 
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Praise for Debbie Macomber 
 
 'An ideal holiday book' Good Housekeeping 
 
 'If there's a star in the romance and women's fiction firmament, chances are high it's Debbie Macomber' Publisher's Weekly

A Walk Along the Beach

Anna Maxted

Holly runs a dating agency. Up to now she's had no need of her own services, but, convinced her relationship with her fiancé Nick has staled, she turfs him out and determines to go in pursuit of hearts-and-flowers romance, true love and the soul-mate she has convinced herself must exist. 
 
In the meantime, to get back into practice, she accepts a date with the hugely eligible Stuart. Rich, arrogant and charming, he's not her type at all, but he's her guinea pig. But Stuart rather likes Holly. And he's used to getting his own way. Much to her dismay, Holly finds Stuart won't take no for an answer and suddenly things don't look so easy. 
 
Brimming with warmth, perception and understanding, Anna Maxted once again mixes the heart-breaking with the humorous to deliver a page-turning, laugh-out-loud, emotionally satisfying read.

Behaving Like Adults

The Estate of Rebecca Farnworth

Frankie hasn’t had a proper relationship for years. But though she tells everyone this is how she wants it, secretly she’s in love with her best friend Patrick. 
 
Tor didn’t think she could have a baby, but now she is pregnant by her younger lover. Could this mean the end of a romance that has started to mean more to her than she expected? 
 
Leila seems to have it all – a happy marriage, a beautiful daughter and a successful career. But Leila is harbouring a secret that could destroy her marriage forever. 
 
On an idyllic Greek island, the three women try to keep their secrets hidden. But emotions are running high, and when an unexpected guest arrives, events start to spin out of control…

Swimming Pool Summer

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Her Frozen Heart. They were born to the scent of success. Now they stand to lose it all ... 
 
Fame, fashion and scandal, the Trevellyan heiresses are the height of success, glamour and style. 
 
But when it comes to ... 
 
... WEALTH: Jemima's indulgent lifestyle knows no limits; Tara's one purpose in life, no matter the sacrifice, is to be financially independent of her family and husband; and Poppy wants to escape its trappings without losing the comfort their family money brings. 
 
... LUST: Jemima's obsession relieves the boredom of her marriage; while Tara's seemingly 'perfect' life doesn't allow for such indulgences; and Poppy, spoiled by attention and love throughout her life, has yet to expose herself to the thrill of really living and loving dangerously. 
 
... FAMILY: it's all they've ever known, and now the legacy of their parents, a vast and ailing perfume empire, has been left in their trust. But will they be able to turn their passion into profit? And in making a fresh start, can they face their family's past?

Heiresses

For years, Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her competitive, high-pressure law firm. She sacrificed everything for her career - her friends, her marriage, her chance at creating a family. When her boss calls Libby into his office, she assumes it will finally be good news, but nothing can prepare her for the shocking reality: she's been let go and must rebuild her entire life . . . starting now. 
 
With no job prospects in sight, Libby reaches out to old friends and spends her afternoons at A Good Yarn, the local knitting store. There, she forms a close bond with Lydia, the sweet-natured shop owner, Lydia's spirited teenaged daughter, Casey, and Casey's best friend, Ava, a shy yet troubled girl who will shape Libby's future in surprising and profound ways. 
 
As A Good Yarn becomes a second home - and the women a new kind of family - Libby relishes the different person she's become. She even finds time for romance with a charming and handsome doctor who seems to be her perfect match. But just as everything is coming together, Libby must make a choice that could forever change the life she holds so dear. 
 
Warmly told and richly textured, Starting Now is filled with the promise of new beginnings and the unending delights of companionship and love.

Starting Now

A Blossom Street Novel

Elizabeth Berg

'You know people like me. I'm the one who sat in the hall selling tickets to the prom but never going, the one everybody liked but no one wanted to be with.'A self-anointed spinster at fifty-one, Myra Lipinsky has endured the isolation of her middle life by immersing herself in her career as a visiting nurse and by doting on her dog, Frank. Myra considers herself reasonably content, telling herself, It's enough, work and Frank. And is has to be enough - until Chip Reardon, the too-good-to-be-true golden boy she adored from afar whilst at high school, is assigned to be her new patient. Choosing to forgo invasive treatment for an incurable illness, Chip has returned home from Manhattan to the New England home of his childhood to spend what time he has left. Now, Myra and Chip find themselves engaged in a poignant redefinition of roles, and a complicated dance of memory, ambivalence and longing.

Never Change

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL - AND A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! - 
FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR DEBBIE MACOMBER. 
 
‘Beautifully written with a fine eye for details and a good dollop of sweet romance, Any Dream Will Do is a delightful read from an author who has the unique ability of holding the reader in the palm of her hand’ Jaffa Reads Too 
 
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It’s never too late to start again. Two unlikely friends find the strength in each other to overcome their painful pasts. 
 
Shay Benson adored her younger brother. She did all she could to keep Caden on the straight and narrow. But one day her best intentions got Shay into the worst trouble of her life. By protecting Caden, Shay sacrificed herself. 
 
Drew Douglas adored his wife. But since losing Katie, all he could do was focus on their two beautiful children; everything else came a distant second. 
 
Shay and Drew are each in need a fresh start, and when they meet by chance it’s an unexpected blessing for them both. Drew helps Shay to get back on her feet, and she reignites his sense of purpose. 
 
 But when a devastating secret is uncovered, Shay and Drew’s new lives are threatened. It will take all of their strength, faith and trust to protect the bright future they dream of. 
 
Debbie Macomber: Meet friends you'll call family. 
 
‘[Debbie’s] books have a warm, cosy feel to them and she has a knack of creating characters who you genuinely care about’ Bookaholic Confessions 
 
‘Joyous and inspiring’ Cosy Books Blog 
 
'This is perfect holiday reading from a master of romantic women’s fiction' CultureFly 
 
'A romance novel that you can really get your teeth into. Engaging characters and a brilliant story.' Frost Magazine

Any Dream Will Do

A Novel

Angela Woolfe

It’s fair to say that Charlie Glass is carrying a little excess baggage - emotionally and physically. 
 
For years her excess weight means she’s been the butt of her skinny stepmother and half sisters’ jokes, and she’s had enough. 
 
So, after a few weeks at a boot camp, Charlie returns slim, gorgeous and ready to run the shoe firm that, to her sisters’ annoyance, she has inherited from their beloved father. And when she bags a glamorous boyfriend, her transformation is complete. 
 
Life is almost perfect (skinny stepmother aside), but her best friend Lucy seems resentful, Ferdy, the man she has secretly adored for years, apparently preferred her the way she was, and the constant battle to stay thin and beautiful is torture. 
 
Would it really matter if the weight crept back on? There’s only one way to find out.

The Surprising Life of Charlie Glass (size 18 and a bit)

From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - winner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-Turner 
 
Without even noticing, Esther Fairchild has become locked into routine. 
 
Living with her adored brother, Christian, she divides her time between illustrating children's books, nightly shifts as a waitress, weekly visits to her father and fortnightly meetings with her married lover. 
 
Then one day she encounters a face in the crowd which jolts her out of her mundane existence and makes her question both her life and the past that has helped to shape it. Memories she had long chosen to forget begin to resurface. Memories of an eccentric childhood in a large and shabby house, where the children were left to fend for themselves within the loose boundaries of their parents' unorthodox values. A chaotic existence peopled by a rich collection of feckless 'guests'. 
 
And into this shambolic world came Donovan - regularly deposited by his unreliable mother - and Penny, Christian's girlfriend and Esther's idol. Until tragedy struck and shattered their joint existence. But now, it seems, their lives are about to become intertwined once more . . . 
 
 
Praise for Clare Chambers: 
 
'A wonderful novel. I loved it' Nina Stibbe on Small Pleasures 
 
'Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mind' Lissa Evans on Small Pleasures 
 
'A captivating read' Woman's Own 
 
'An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastating' Mail on Sunday on Small Pleasures 
 
'Shines with an old-fashioned moral certainty that is as subtle and refreshing as it is unexpected' Independent on Sunday 
 
'An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish' The Sunday Times on Small Pleasures

In A Good Light

Every cloud has a silver lining, even when it seems difficult to find. 
 
Since opening the Rose Harbor Inn, Jo Marie Rose has met fascinating people from all walks of life, but none have piqued her interest quite like handyman Mark Taylor. They are becoming more than just friends, yet he still won’t reveal anything about his past, and then he tells her he’s moving out of town. As Jo Marie grapples with his decision and tries to convince Mark to stay, she welcomes two visitors also seeking their own answers. 
 
Best friends Coco and Katie have returned to Cedar Cove for their high school reunion, looking to face down old hurts and find a sense of closure. Coco wants to finally confront the boy who callously broke her heart. Katie, however, would like to reconnect with her old boyfriend, James - the one who got away. As Katie hopes for a second chance, Coco discovers that people can change - and both look to the exciting possibilities ahead. 
 
Heartwarming and uplifting, Silver Linings is about letting go of the past and embracing the unexpected.

Silver Linings

A Rose Harbor Novel

Laura Zigman

On a chance encounter on the Delta shuttle between NY and Washington, Elise meets Donald, six foot six, with dark wavy hair, horn-rimmed glasses, a big easy smile, and no wife, no kids.  Just an ex-girlfriend called Adrienne, and a dog. Adrienne granted Donald full custody.  It was an amicable separation.  They were still good friends, in fact. For Elise, the ex becomes a Chinese water torture.  Drop by drop, Adrienne is sending her into a frenzied state of insecurity - particularly as her April wedding to Donald approaches-

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