Steve Roud was Local Studies Librarian for the London Borough of Croydon and served as Honorary Librarian of the Folklore Society for over fifteen years. He has been researching British folklore for over thirty years and is the joint author of the Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore, plus other books on traditional drama and folk song, and the Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland, which won the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award in 2004. His publications include London Lore (2008) and The Lore of the Playground (2010). He also compiles the Folk Song Index and the Broadside Index, two internationally acclaimed computer databases of traditional folk and popular song. He lives in Sussex.

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Chloe Liese

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Axel 
Rooney Sullivan is sunshine incarnate. Warm, bright, always smiling, she's the last person I have any business desiring. I've done everything possible to keep my distance... until a charades game gone wrong brought that to a grinding halt. 
 
Since then, steering clear of Rooney has been impossible, and the woman who was once avoidable has become the last thing I needed: temptingly within reach. 
 
Rooney 
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A sunshine and grump, marriage of convenience romance about a shy artist on the autism spectrum, and a smiley smartypants who has a chronic IBD. 
 
Praise for Chloe Liese: 
 
'I could curl up in Liese's writing for days, I love it so' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

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'A stunning mix of hilarious tropes, swoony romance and lovable, relatable characters. A must read for every romance lover!' Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis 
 
Gavin 
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Oliver 
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Coach has given us an ultimatum: put an end to our enmity or say goodbye to being captains. I'm prepared to make nice, but the last thing I expect is to discover an explosive attraction we can't ignore... 
 
An enemies-to-lovers, age gap sports romance about an upbeat rising soccer star with anxiety and his curmudgeonly veteran teammate who lives with chronic pain. 
 
Praise for Chloe Liese: 
 
'I could curl up in Liese's writing for days, I love it so' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

Everything for You

'A stunning mix of hilarious tropes, swoony romance and lovable, relatable characters. A must read for every romance lover!' Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis 
 
Aiden 
I've spent twelve years loving Freya Bergman and twelve lifetimes won't be enough to give her everything she deserves. She's my wife, my best friend, and all I want is to make her happy. But the one thing that will make her happiest is the one thing I'm not sure I can give her... 
 
Freya 
I love my husband Aiden, but recently he has been quiet and withdrawn. With a growing distance between us, the last thing we need is to be thrown together for an island getaway to celebrate my parents' many years of perfect marriage while ours is on the brink of collapse. 
 
Despite my meddling siblings and a week in each other's constant company, this trip somehow gets us working through the trouble in paradise. But when we leave paradise and return to the real world, will trouble find us again? 
 
A marriage-in-crisis romance about a sensitive, fierce-loving woman and her resilient husband who has an anxiety disorder. 
 
Praise for Chloe Liese: 
 
'I could curl up in Liese's writing for days, I love it so' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

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