Len Deighton was born in 1929 in London. He did his national service in the RAF, went to the Royal College of Art and designed many book jackets, including the original UK edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The enormous success of his first spy novel, The IPCRESS File (1962), was repeated in a remarkable sequence of books over the following decades. These varied from historical fiction (Bomber, perhaps his greatest novel) to dystopian alternative fiction (SS-GB) and a number of brilliant non-fiction books on the Second World War (Fighter, Blitzkrieg and Blood, Tears and Folly). 
 
His spy novels chart the twists and turns of Britain and the Cold War in ways which now give them a unique flavour. They preserve a world in which Europe contains many dictatorships, in which the personal can be ruined by the ideological and where the horrors of the Second World War are buried under only a very thin layer of soil. Deighton's fascination with technology, his sense of humour and his brilliant evocation of time and place make him one of the key British espionage writers, alongside John Buchan, Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré.

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Monica Murphy

Whit Lancaster burst into my life like a storm. The school with his family name on the sign. He can do no wrong here. This is his domain. He's a menace on campus. Yet his intense gaze fills me with a longing I don't understand. When he comes to my rescue one night, I welcome him into my room only for him to leave me alone in the night, taking my journal with him. Now he knows my secrets. And he promises to use them against me. I'll be ruined if my darkest secret gets out. So I made a deal with him . . .

Things I Wanted To Say

Spencer Donato. My brother's best friend and my dirty little secret. We fell for each other at Lancaster Prep. Sneaking around. Not wanting anyone to find out. He was my first love. We were made for each other, and I truly believed he was my forever. But then I did the unthinkable, and betrayed him. I thought I lost him for good... Until I saw him at my brother's wedding. Now he's older. Crueler. Unbearably handsome. We're drawn to each other still, but will Spencer be there when I need him the most? Or did I ruin us once again?

Promises We Meant To Keep

August Lancaster’s power at Lancaster Prep is legendary and no one dares cross him.When he sets his sights on new student Sinclair Miller, he makes her blood boil throughout the school year. 
 
After they graduate she can finally breathe easier. But once she starts college, she discovers August attends the same university. At a party, they have a brief encounter and she can’t believe he doesn’t even recognise her. 
 
Sinclair makes it her mission to remind August exactly who she is. And when he admits he’s been obsessed with her since that first moment he saw her, she realises she was never not his.

You Were Never Not Mine

Weston Fontaine is the hottest senior at Lancaster Prep. 
 
He could have any girl on campus, except for one. 
 
Me. 
 
I'm a Lancaster, meaning I'm basically untouchable-or so I thought. My family own the school which I have to endure before I can return to what I love most: ballet. 
 
West doesn't make my time here easy. He's arrogant. Crude. Insufferable. Yet he's the only boy I've ever let touch me... 
 
You see, West and I? We share a secret. In Paris, I revealed parts of myself to him I've never shown anyone else. And he did the same. 
 
So what happens when you helplessly fall for the one person you know is bad for you?

I’ll Always Be With You

Everyone loves Willow Lancaster, and every girl wants to be her. 
 
After studying in Europe, she returns to Lancaster Prep, eager to kick off being a senior back with her friends and maybe even start something up with her old crush? 
 
But everything has changed. 
 
Her supposed best friend is dating her crush and everyone is obsessed with the new guy . . . 
 
Rhett Bennett is gorgeous. Lethally charming. Absolutely full of himself. 
 
And he&rsquo;s all she can think about. 
 
Then Rhett begins to feel the same way about her . . . 
 
And now, she&rsquo;s desperate to throw away her good girl reputation just for him.

All My Kisses for You

Lancaster Prep: The Next Generation

This was supposed to be the best year of Rowan Lancaster’s life. Instead his ankle is broken and his last football season at Lancaster Prep is done. Just like that. 
 
Except for the days that include Arabella Hartley Thomas. 
 
Beautiful. Stylish. Quirky. And she gets under Rowan’s skin like no other. Sure, they flirt and banter and give each other grief. But now she invades his dreams and makes his heart pound so hard he’s sure she can see it. 
 
When Arabella is able to see every part that he wishes he could hide, he realizes if he let himself, he could fall—hard.

Keep Me In Your Heart

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Nobody in our class pays attention to Daisy Albright and I think she likes it that way. 
 
But when I'm sent to work in the headmaster's office every day with Daisy I am stuck staring at her pretty face, hearing her sweet voice and I start to make her laugh. 
 
The more I get to know her, the more obsessed I become. And I think she feels the same way. 
 
The problem? She's not part of my crowd. No one approves of us together. Not my friends, not my parents and not her father. 
 
But I don't care what anyone thinks. 
 
I always get what I want. 
 
And I'm going to make Daisy mine.

You Said I Was Your Favorite

Sweet, good girl Wren Beaumont is loved by everyone at Lancaster Prep. 
Everyone but campus bad boy Crew Lancaster. 
That is, until sparks start to fly during one psychology class when Wren realises there's more to life than good grades - and Crew finally understands what it's like to be in love . . . 
Steamy, romantic and totally addictive. This is a love story for everyone who believes that true love really does happen when you least expect it

A Million Kisses In Your Lifetime

Young heiress Scarlett Lancaster is delighted when her father tells her he hired a famous pop star and former boy band member to play at her eighteenth birthday. But delight becomes utter disappointment when it turns out he wasn&rsquo;t talking about Harry Styles. No, Scarlett&rsquo;s dad hired Tate Ramsey, former lead singer of a band that hasn't been popular for years. 
Tate, after years of alcohol-fuelled partying is sober and ready for a comeback. He is in top form at Scarlett&rsquo;s party and blows the audience away with his performance&mdash;though Scarlett herself still isn&rsquo;t impressed. But an encounter ends in a kiss that surprises them both&mdash;and immediately goes viral.

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