Abigail Owen is the #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling author of 30+ books that range from upper YA (18+) epic romantasy to new adult modern mythic romantasy to super spicy adult paranormal romance. She loves magical worlds with plots that move hot and fast, feisty heroines with sass, heroes with heart, a dash of snark, and oodles of HEAs! Other titles include: wife, mother, Star Wars geek, ex-competitive skydiver, AuDHD, spreadsheet lover, Jeopardy! fanatic, organizational guru, true classic movie buff, linguaphile, wishful world traveller, and chocoholic. Abigail currently resides in Austin, Texas, with her own swoon-worthy hero, their (mostly) angelic teenagers, and an adorable fur baby. abigailowen.com

Abigail Owen

Abigail Ulman was born and raised in Melbourne. She has a BA in Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne/VCA and was a recent Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University. This is her first book.

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Abilio Estévez

Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham &amp; Banerjee series of crime novels set in 1920s India and the British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year 2025 Hunted. His books have been translated into sixteen languages and won various awards including the CWA Dagger for best Historical Novel, the Prix du Polar Européen, and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing. 
 
 
He also co-hosts the popular Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast which takes a wry look at the world of books, writing, and the creative arts, tackling everything from bestsellers to pop culture. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey with his wife and two sons. 
 
 
Website: abirmukherjee.com Twitter, Threads &amp; Instagram: @radiomukhers Facebook: AuthorAbir

Abir Mukherjee

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham L. Newman is a professor at the School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University. He is a 2022-2023 Berlin Prize winner and his work has been published in leading outlets like The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, Nature, Science, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Harvard Business Review, and Politico.

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Ada Moncrieff is the author of Murder Most Festive, Murder at the Theatre Royale and Murder at Maybridge Castle. She lives and works in London.

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Adam Aleksic is a linguist and content creator posting educational videos as the “Etymology Nerd” to an audience of over three million. As a linguistics student at Harvard College, he founded and served as president of the Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Society. He’s discussed online language on NPR, repeatedly contributed to The Washington Post, and his work has been mentioned in The New York Times, The Economist, and The Guardian. He’s lectured on language and social media at Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, and other top universities, including a TEDx talk at the University of Pennsylvania. Adam is based in New York City, where he spends a lot of time scrolling TikTok for “research.”

Adam Aleksic

Adam Alter is an Associate Professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, and holds an affiliated appointment within the Psychology Department. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel and Behave and has written for The New York Times, New Yorker, Atlantic, Wired, Popular Science and numerous other publications.

Adam Alter

Professor Adam Balen is lead clinician at one of the UK's largest and most successful IVF units at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. In recognition of his research on fertility and related conditions, he holds a DSc (the highest academic degree in medicine) from the University of Leeds. Adam is internationally renowned, holding roles with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Federation of Gyneacology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gyneacologists (RCOG). He runs both NHS and private fertility clinics so he understands the issues that arise from both sides and he works closely with fertility patient support organisations across the UK. Adam regularly features in the media on all aspects of reproductive health and lectures widely throughout the world.

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Adam Brookes grew up in the UK and was a journalist with BBC News for many years. As a foreign correspondent he was based in Indonesia, China and the United States. Along the way he reported from many other countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan and North Korea. He lives in Washington DC.

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Adam Christopher is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith and Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town. He has also written official tie-in novels for the hit CBS television show Elementary and the award-winning Dishonored video game franchise. Co-creator of the twenty-first-century incarnation of Archie Comics superhero The Shield, Adam has also written for the universes of Doctor Who and World of Warcraft, and is a contributor to the internationally bestselling Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View anniversary anthology series and the all-ages Star Wars Adventures comic. Adam’s original novels include Made to Kill and The Burning Dark, among many others, and his debut novel Empire State was both a SciFi Now and Financial Times book of the year.

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Adam Foulds's most recent books are In the Wolf’s Mouth, The Quickening Maze, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Encore Award and the European Union Prize for Literature, and The Broken Word, which won the Costa Poetry Award and the Somerset Maugham Award. He has recently been awarded the E.M. Forster Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and named as one of Granta’s ‘Best of Young British Novelists’.

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Dr Adam Fox is a highly qualified and respected allergy specialist and consultant paediatric allergist and clinical lead for Allergy at Guy's &amp; St Thomas' Hospitals. The Times recently named him as one of Britain's top 100 children’s doctors. 
 
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Adam Galinsky is currently the Morris and Alice Kaplan Professor of Ethics and Decision in Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He received his PhD from Princeton University in Social Psychology and his B.A. from Harvard University.

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Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist at The Wharton School, where he has been the top-rated professor for seven straight years. His books have sold millions of copies, his TED talks have been viewed more than thirty-five million times, and he hosts the hit podcast Re:Thinking. His pioneering research has challenged widespread assumptions about motivation, success, character, and change, and his viral piece on languishing was the most-read New York Times article of 2021 and the most-saved article across platforms. He has been recognized as the world’s number-two most influential management thinker and one of Fortune’s 40 Under 40, and he has received distinguished scientific achievement awards from the American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation. Grant received his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and he is a former Junior Olympic springboard diver and magician. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Allison Sweet Grant, a novelist and poet; their two cats (who don’t get along); and their three children (who mostly do).

Adam Grant

Adam and Charlotte met in Zanzibar while working with Voluntary Services Overseas. Upon their return to the UK, Charlotte completed an MA at Oxford Brookes and started her career in publishing. Adam in the meantime became writer-in-residence at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre before co-founding Storytelling Schools, an international organisation dedicated to training teachers in oracy, literacy and creativity. Adam and Charlotte's first book together was the best-selling and award-winning Spaghetti with the Yeti. Since then, Adam and Charlotte have continued to follow their passion for creating engaging books that inspire interaction and creativity in young readers.

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No man existed who could tame Alexandra Rubliov. Fiery, wilful and beautiful, Alex defied her father's wish for her to marry until, in desperation, he recalled a long-forgotten agreement between him and his oldest friend that Alex should marry his friend's only son, Count Vasili Petroff. Vasili, overbearing, arrogant and unbelievably handsome, was forced to take the unwilling Alex back to the kingdom of Cardinia - as his bride. 
 
While the unwilling pair travelled through the snowy mountains back to Vasili's home they did their best to repulse each other - but the passion which flared between them was too strong to be denied, and the fires of their love blazed for all to see.

You Belong To Me

Wrongly branded as a spy, the dark and handsome Viking lord Selig Haardrad suffered greatly in the dungeons fo Lady Erika of Gronwood. As he hung in chains, his magnificent body wracked with pain and fever, one thought sustained him - revenge! 
 
But Destiny's great wheel has turned, delivering Selig's exquisite, honey-haired tormentor into the Viking's hands. Now Selig is the master, determined to break the proud spirit of his captive ice queen and to conquer her with passion's sword - never dreaming that his own heart would be vanquished by a desire to surrender to love.

Surrender My Love

Lovely and dauntless, abducted by invaders from across an icy sea, the spirited Lady Brenna vowed vengeance on her handsome captor.She swore that no Viking brute would be her master, no barbarian enslave her noble Celtic heart. 
 
Yet Garrick Haardrad, the proud and powerful son of a ruthless Viking chieftain, claimed her with a primitive abandon that left her breathless with desire.The fires of passion which they ignited together blazed through the cold Nordic nights, forging the unbreakable bonds of an overwhelming love in the eternal... 
Fires of Winter.

Fires Of Winter

Kristen Haardrad met the icy fury in her captor's crystal-green gaze with defiance.She was the prisoner of Royce of Wyndhurst, but his slave she'd never be.This powerful Saxon lord had at last met his match in the Viking beauty, but Kristen could not know the torment that divided his soul: how he ached to hold her soft, supple body, thirsted for the ringing joy of her laughter -yet hated her for the ancient crime that was not her own. 
 
But her golden loveliness drove him mad with desire until, in wordless surrender, they cast aside the shackles of doubt and distrust to unite forever in the searing promise of all-consuming love and with ... Hearts Aflame.

Hearts Aflame

Regina Ashton - the beautiful niece of Lord Edward and Lady Charlotte Malory - found that her life changed forever the night she was abducted from a dark London street and carried to the house of a stranger. At first Reggie was amused, then outraged at the arrogance of the bronzed, golden-haired seducer who taught her both passion and shame, and who dragged her good name through the mud. But she knew that she would never be able to forget Nicholas Eden. 
 
Nicholas was intrigued by the fiery beauty who stirred his desires as no woman ever had before.But a painful secret from his past hardened his heart against Reggie, while her pride reined back her own deep longing.Fate and scandal had thrown them together, but it was not until tragic misunderstandings and storm-tossed dangers almost destroyed everything that they 
had once shared that they both realised their blazing destiny... to Love Only Once.

Love Only Once

Beautiful, mischievous and shamelessly daring, young Amy was a Malory through and through - as wild and reckless as the most incorrigible of her male cousins.But now that she had reached a marriageable age, Amy had set her sights on the most unsuitable mate - the implacable ship's captain who had once almost had her Uncle James hung for piracy. 
 
Still tormented by the treachery of a past love, handsome Warren Anderson was shocked by the brazen advances of his despised enemy's spirited niece.But his firm resolve to resist was weakened by an irresistible yearning for the enchanting Amy - and his passion threatened to stoke the smouldering fires of a perilous family feud as he surrendered to... The Magic of You

The Magic Of You

Mary Jane Staples

By Sunday Times bestseller Mary Jane Staples, this is the gripping next instalment in the Adams Family saga. Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas, Maggie Ford and Katie Flynn. 
 
PRAISE FOR THE ADAMS FAMILY SERIES! 
"Mary Jane Staples makes you care about her characters, which explains why her books have enjoyed so much popularity" -- Take a Break 
"Forget Eastenders, this it the London of old, when people knew each other's names and communities really pulled together." -- Woman's Realm 
"Mary Jane Staples completely capture the feel of the period and the essence of the people...has warmth, humour and charm. An ideal book for you holiday reading." Finesse 
"I get so engrossed in the stories I feel like one of the family." - ***** Reader review. 
"These books about the Adam's family are fantastic! These books are the kind you can read, leave a while and read again &amp; again!" - ***** Reader review 
 
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CAN THE FAMILY KEEP SAFE FROM HARM? 
 
1926: A murderer is behind bars - thanks to Boots - but he is now plotting revenge on the entire Adams clan from his cell. 
 
When a dapper, quiet, but rather odd lodger turns up at Doreen Paterson's house, nobody thinks anything is amiss. Certainly not Doreen - who works for Boots in Adams Enterprises and thinks him just wonderful... 
 
Could the strange lodger be plotting the downfall of the irrepressible, outrageous, and larger-than-life Adams clan? 
 
A Family Affair is the fifth in Mary Jane Staples's Adams Family series. Their story continues in Missing Person. Have you read the first four Adams Family novels?

A Family Affair

(The Adams Family: 5): The perfect uplifting, funny and feel good Cockney saga to settle down with

He was called Angel -a ruggedly handsome hired gun with eyes as black as sin.She was Cassie Stuart, a dark-haired beauty whose inheritance was a Texas ranch at the centre of a long and bitter feud.And when she hired Angel to protect the ranch and herself, she thought she was taking on a peacemaker - but ended up with a widow-maker instead. 
 
Unwanted and unwelcomed by his ungrateful employer, Angel would just as soon have left Cassie to fend for herself, but for a stubborn sense of duty...and a desire to taste the sweetness of her kiss.He became determined to make Cassie want him come hell or high water - and not for his gun alone.

Angel

Lovely, spirited Rowena Belleme knew that she must produce an heir to pacify her ruthless stepbrother, Gilbert d'Ambray. When the elderly husband Gilbert had found for her dropped dead on their wedding night, there seemed only one solution - to capture a virile man and force him to submit to her amorous advances.But Rowena found that her captive, the magnificent knight Warrick de Chaville, was a little more than she had bargained for. 
 
Vowing to resist but betrayed by his own desires, Warrick was intoxicated by Rowena's sapphire eyes and voluptuous beauty.Yet all the while he was planning a fitting revenge, eagerly awaiting the time when his captor would become his helpless captive...and made to suffer the same rapturous torment and exquisite ecstasy that he himself had endured.

Prisoner Of My Desire

A heart-warming Cockney saga from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples. Perfect for fans of Maggie Ford, Kitty Neale and Katie Flynn. You won't be able to put it down! 
 
READERS ARE LOVING SERGEANT JOE! 
"Another fun read with some surprising twists and turns" - 5 STARS 
"A lovely story, and so funny I couldn't help but burst out laughing at times" - 5 STARS 
"Excellent read" - 5 STARS 
"A brilliant book...Mary Jane Staples brings her characters to life! Excellent!" - 5 STARS 
"Awesome - a lovely fun read" - 5 STARS 
 
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SHE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP HER FAMILY SAFE FROM HARM... 
 
Everyone likes Sergeant Joe. From the family with whom he has lodgings to the bookseller who employs him in a little lucrative and harmless forgery. He is a universal favourite. 
 
When he bumps into Dolly Smith - quite literally - he meets a girl who makes quite an impression on him. Dolly is quick, lively, and full of cockney cheek. She is also a little frightened - running from a vicious-looking thug and a sinister foreigner who seem to think she has stolen something valuable. 
 
When Joe takes Dolly under his wing he thinks he is just helping her in a momentary predicament. Little does he know his life is going to change forever... For Dolly, bewitching and beguiling - is involved in something quite dangerous...

Sergeant Joe

a delightfully moving, amusing and uplifting Cockney saga that will warm the cockles of your heart

Iris Gower

Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, this is the powerful beginning of The Cordwainers, a series from bestselling author Iris Gower. 
 
READERS ARE LOVING THE CORDWAINERS! 
"I loved this book from start to finish..." - 5 STARS. 
"Seriously recommend..." - 5 STARS. 
"I have really enjoyed reading this whole series...I would recommend the reading of any of the books by this author." - 5 STARS 
"Loved these books [-] definitely recommend this series: once you start you will want to read them all" - 5 STARS 
"You finish one book and you just have to start the next one." - 5 STARS 
"A perfectly marvellous book!" - 5 STARS 
 
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WILL SHE LET MATTERS OF THE HEART CLOUD HER JUDGEMENT? 
 
When her father dies, Hari Morgan has no choice to but make a life for herself and her ailing mother and carry on the family shoemaking business. Her talent leads her to an unlikely friendship with Emily Grenfell, the daughter of one of the richest men in Swansea. 
 
But friendship is fickle. As their respective fortunes change and they both fall in love with Craig Grenfell, Emily's cousin, Hari must decide whether to follow her heart or her head... 
 
The Shoemaker's Daughter is the first title in Iris Gower's The Cordwainers series. The story continues in The Oyster Catchers.

The Shoemaker's Daughter (The Cordwainers: 1)

A heart-warming and moving Welsh saga of determination you won’t be able to stop reading…

Tanya, mysterious raven-haired dancer in a rustic Mississippi tavern, little knew that she was really the Princess Tatiana from the far-off kingdom of Cardinia.When bold, golden-eyed Prince Stefan came in search of her, determined to claim her as his own and carry out his father's dying wish, the spirited Tanya spurned his affections while inflaming his royal blood with a fiery passion. 
 
Even as she tried to escape she was still irresistibly drawn to him, until the young princess at last yielded to the sensuous conquest of her brazen prince, and discovered her true destiny.

Once A Princess

Her innocent heart trampled and torn, lovely Georgina Anderson dressed as a cabin boy and stowed away on the ship Maiden Anne bound for America in search of her long-lost fiancé. 
 
But instead she found rakish Captain James Malory, the handsome ex-pirate who was the black sheep of a proud English family. James had won many women but had never lost his heart...until he came up against the tempestuous Georgina, and the tidal wave of their passion threatened to engulf them both.

Gentle Rogue

She was an exquisite Scottish heiress with an urgent need for the safety of marriage - her only protection from a villainous cousin and every other fortune-hunting scoundrel who coveted her vast estate. 
 
He was everything she'd been warned against - a ruthlessly handsome English rogue whose brazenly sensual blue eyes spoke of pleasure beyond imagining. 
 
How she wished she dared to love such a man...to believe the whispered murmurings of his passionate promise and her own heart...and to follow the dreams he offered her.

Tender Rebel

Reina's cerulean eyes blazed with scorn as they fell upon the golden giant of a man who stood before her.This was the knight Ranulf, her kidnapper, who was pledged to deliver her into the worst kind of bondage - marriage to the craven Lord Rothwell. 
 
But Reina was no acquiescent girl to accept fate's whim.To save herself from the union being forced upon her, she offered Ranulf a bargain - 'Become my husband yourself.In exchange for your protection, I will make you a great lord.' 
 
The nuptial bed was not intended to be part of the bargain.But the haughty Ranulf soon made it clear that he would accept no marriage of convenience - 'Come to me of your own free will - or I will take you!'

Defy Not The Heart

Tim Parkes was three when his parents were killed in a train crash and he went to live with his Aunt May, first in New Cross, and then to Walworth where the living was cheaper. They managed splendidly - and then came the war. Tim Parkes became Gunner Parkes and Aunt May spent most of her nights in the Walworth air raid shelters with Tim keeping an eye on her whenever he was able. 
 
When he got posted to Suffolk he wasn't too pleased - Suffolk was Country, not like London at all. But in fact there were a lot of things about Sheldham that reminded him of home - the Walworth evacuees for a start. Those of them that weren't creating havoc in the Suffolk village were creating havoc in Tim's life. Minnie Beavers - ex-Camberwell - was fifteen, pert, pretty, and wildly in love with Tim. She was determined to inveigle him into marriage the minute she was old enough. Tim was equally determined to escape and choose his own girl. 
 
By the time Tim had gone away to fight the war, and Minnie had joined the WAAF, a great many things had changed in both their lives.

Rising Summer

the perfect happy and wholesome novel to escape with

A brilliantly moving story of misfits finding a place to belong, perfect for fans of Maggie Ford, Kitty Neale and Katie Flynn. The ideal novel to escape with for an afternoon... 
 
READERS ARE LOVING TWO FOR THREE FARTHINGS 
 
'I couldn't put it down!' - 5 STAR REVIEW 
 
'Another brilliant read from Mary Jane Staples' - 5 STAR REVIEW 
 
'Hilarious and heart-warming' - 5 STAR REVIEW 
 
'An ideal book to relax with' - 5 STAR REVIEW 
 
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TWO CHILDREN BRING A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO LONDON... 
 
Horace was ten, Ethel seven, when Jim Cooper, home from the trenches, minus an arm and just about managing on his own, found them huddled in a doorway on a wet night in Walworth. Slightly against his better judgement he took them in, fed them cocoa, and put them to sleep in his bed. 
 
A few days later he found that - somehow - he had become the unofficial guardian of Horace and Ethel. It was him, the orphanage, or separation for the gutsy little pair and Jim felt a sudden affinity for the two cheeky cockney kids. First, he had to find lodgings for them all. 
 
Miss Rebecca Pilgrim was a woman of strict Victorian principles, eminently respectable, and determined to keep her privacy intact. She had reckoned without her new lodgers - Horace, Ethel and, above all, the irrepressible Jim Cooper. 
 
And thus began the humanizing of Miss Pilgrim, who turned out to be younger, prettier, and far gentler than any of them had suspected...

Two For Three Farthings

the perfect feel-good Cockney tale that is certain to your warm your heart

The next instalment of a wonderful saga telling the story of a Cockney family in peace and war from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples. Perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Maggie Ford and Katie Flynn. 
 
PRAISE FOR THE ADAMS FAMILY SERIES! 
"Mary Jane Staples makes you care about her characters, which explains why her books have enjoyed so much popularity" -- Take a Break 
"Forget Eastenders, this it the London of old, when people knew each other's names and communities really pulled together." -- Woman's Realm 
"Mary Jane Staples completely capture the feel of the period and the essence of the people...has warmth, humour and charm. An ideal book for you holiday reading." Finesse 
"I get so engrossed in the stories I feel like one of the family." - ***** Reader review. 
"These books about the Adam's family are fantastic! These books are the kind you can read, leave a while and read again &amp; again!" - ***** Reader review 
 
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CAN SHE WIN THE HEART OF THE MAN SHE LOVES? 
 
Sammy has always had an eye for business and a good deal and is determined to expand the family business. But as his mighty empire grows, his assistant Susie Brown has plans of her own... 
 
Susie has always adored Sammy and has decided that he will be the man she marries. But marriage doesn't figure in Sammy's plans. Will he fall into line? Does he stand a chance against a determined woman and the rest of the Adam's family? 
 
The King of Camberwell is the third in Mary Jane Staples's Adams Family series. Their story continues in On Mother Brown's Doorstep. Have you read Down Lambeth Way and Our Emily, the first two books in the series?

King Of Camberwell

(The Adams Family: 3): A feel-good Cockney saga guaranteed to keep you turning the pages

Elvi Rhodes

A beautiful coming of age saga by multi-million copy seller Elvi Rhodes, perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin. 
 
READERS ARE LOVING MADELEINE! 
"Nostalgia at its best" - 5 STARS. 
"A gripping book and extremely well told." - 5 STARS. 
"Excellent page turner" - 5 STARS 
 
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WILL ONE CHANCE ENCOUNTER CHANGE HER LIFE FOREVER? 
 
Madeleine Bates, daughter of a tyrannical and bigoted mill worker and housemaid to the rich Parkinson family, spends her life serving the spoilt and spiteful Sophia Parkinson, the daughter of the richest mill owner in Helsdon. 
 
But beneath her obedient and dutiful exterior lies a passionate, fiery and rebellious spirit. And when the dashing Leon Bonneau - son of a French wool baron - comes to stay with the Parkinsons at their house Mount Royd, he cannot help but be drawn to her. 
 
From that moment on, everything changes for everyone at Mount Royd... 
 
Madeleine's story continues in Elvi Rhodes's novel The House of Bonneau.

Madeleine

A gripping and passionate saga set in Yorkshire that you won’t be able to put down…

The continuation of a wonderful saga telling the story of a Cockney family in peace and war from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples. Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas, Kitty Neale and Maggie Ford. 
 
PRAISE FOR THE ADAMS FAMILY SERIES! 
"Mary Jane Staples makes you care about her characters, which explains why her books have enjoyed so much popularity" -- Take a Break 
"Forget Eastenders, this it the London of old, when people knew each other's names and communities really pulled together." -- Woman's Realm 
"Mary Jane Staples completely capture the feel of the period and the essence of the people...has warmth, humour and charm. An ideal book for you holiday reading." Finesse 
"I get so engrossed in the stories I feel like one of the family." - ***** Reader review. 
"Read this book and you want it to go on, you want to know more of the Adams Family, can't wait to read more." -- ***** Reader review. 
 
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CAN SHE WIN OVER HER SWEETHEART'S FAMILY? 
 
Emily had always been a trial as a child - pushy and rough - and Boots had always avoided her. 
 
But now she's an elegant and stylish young lady and she and Boots are due to be married - and must face the challenge of his wartime injuries together. 
 
Can she draw on that steely toughness to rise to the challenge and do right by the love of her life and his family? 
 
Our Emily is the second in Mary Jane Staples's Adams Family series. Their story continues in The King of Camberwell. Have you read Down Lambeth Way, the first Adams Family book?

Our Emily

(The Adams Family: 2): An uplifting and funny Cockney saga that will warm the cockles of your heart

The beginning of a wonderful saga telling the story of a Cockney family in peace and war from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples. Perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Maggie Ford and Katie Flynn. 
 
PRAISE FOR THE ADAMS FAMILY SERIES! 
 
"Mary Jane Staples makes you care about her characters, which explains why her books have enjoyed so much popularity" -- Take a Break 
"Forget Eastenders, this it the London of old, when people knew each other's names and communities really pulled together." -- Woman's Realm 
"Mary Jane Staples completely capture the feel of the period and the essence of the people...has warmth, humour and charm. An ideal book for you holiday reading." Finesse 
"I get so engrossed in the stories I feel like one of the family." - ***** Reader review. 
"The story of the Adams family is just wonderful, I can't put this book down. You feel part of the family as you read all about them." -- ***** Reader review. 
 
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ON THE EVE OF WAR, CAN SHE AND HER FAMILY PULL THROUGH? 
 
The Adams family were poor, cheerful and, above all, respectable. 
 
There was Mrs Adams, a widow having lost her husband in the Boer War; Boots, the bright one; Tommy, the quiet one; Sammy, a wheeler dealer in the making; and Lizzy. Lizzy was a real pearl - one of the prettiest girls in Walworth. 
 
When Lizzy falls in love it is 1914. War is coming and everyone is going to be affected. Will the Adams family - gutsy, tough and cheeky - pull through? 
 
Down Lambeth Way is the first in Mary Jane Staples's Adams Family series. Their story continues in Our Emily.

Down Lambeth Way

(The Adams Family: 1): A delightful and charming Cockney saga, guaranteed to lift your spirits

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