Alex Edelman

Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and a widely recognised global expert on behavioural finance, responsible business and misinformation. He has spoken at Davos, testified in the UK House of Commons and has reached millions through his hugely popular TED talks and his contributions to outlets such as the BBC, CNBC, the Guardian and the Independent. 
 
 
He is the author of May Contain Lies, which was an Amazon #1 bestseller and received huge acclaim from the Times, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times. His first book Grow the Pie was a Financial Times Book of the Year for 2020.

Alex Edmans

Alex Evans is Campaigns Director at Avaaz.org, a Senior Fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), and has nearly twenty years’ experience in climate and development policy. Alex has worked as Special Adviser to two UK Secretaries of State for International Development (Hilary Benn and Valerie Amos), as an expert on climate change in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and with think tanks including Chatham House and the Brookings Institution. He has also worked as a consultant on futures and foreign policy for organizations from Oxfam to the US National Intelligence Council. 
Alex lives in North Yorkshire and is married with two children.

Alex Evans

Alex Ferguson was born and brought up in Govan, Glasgow. He has always been a controversial figure, never far from the limelight, from the time he led an apprentices’ strike before entering full-time football. As a player with a reputation as uncompromising centre-forward his clubs included Glasgow Rangers, Dunfermline and Falkirk, and he became a spokesman for the player’s union. His first appointment as manager was with East Stirling, from where he moved to Love Street, where St Mirren’s crowds under his dynamic leadership rose from 3,000 to 12,000. He joined the Pittodrie set-up as manager in 1978.

Alex Ferguson

Alex Fryer

Alex Games

Alex Garland was born in London in 1970. He is the author of two novels, The Beach, The Tesseract and an illustrated novella, The Coma, in collaboration with his father. He has also written screenplays for films including 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go and Dredd. In 2015, Garland made his directorial debut with Ex Machina.

Alex Garland

Dr Alex George was the UK’s Mental Health Ambassador for children and young people from 2021 until early 2025, and he currently hosts the Stompcast podcast. Dr Alex’s first children’s book A BETTER DAY was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, won a British Book Award and sold 42,000 copies through TCM. Dr Alex previously worked for the NHS as an A&amp;E doctor and is now passionate about helping to equip everyone – especially children and young people – with the tools needed to live a full, productive and meaningful life.

Alex George

Alex Gordon

Alex Grecian worked for an ad agency before returning to writing fiction full-time and raising his son. Alex is the author of the long-running and critically acclaimed comic-book series Proof, and the bestselling Scotland Yard Murder Squad series. He lives in Topeka, Kansas, with his wife and son.

Alex Grecian

Alex Gutteridge

Alex Halberstadt is the author of the award-winning Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ and The Paris Review. He is a two-time James Beard Award nominee and a recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He works and lives in New York.

Alex Halberstadt

Alex Haley

Dr Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and a former senior research scientist on Google's Ethical AI team. She is an outspoken critic of the tech industry and a proponent of community-based uses of technology.

Alex Hanna

Alex Hannaford

Alex Hely-Hutchinson

Professor Alex Hill is the co-founder and Director of The Centre for High Performance – a collaboration between the University of Kingston, Duke Corporate Education, London Business School and Green Templeton College, Oxford – which is dedicated to helping high-performing organizations develop a stronger and more robust economy, society and environment. The Centre has worked with organizations in sectors ranging from the arts and education to sport, technology and the military. 
 
He is also a Professor at Kingston University (UK), Educator at Duke Corporate Education (US), and Visiting Professor at Cass Business School (UK), Gordon Institute of Business Science (South Africa), The Academy of National Economy (Russia) and KEDGE Management School (France). 
 
He has written a number of books, published articles in leading academic journals such as the Harvard Business Review, advised the UK Government on educational policy, appeared on BBC Newsnight, presented at the Global Economics and Skills Forum and has written for The Times and Schools Week.

Alex Hill

Alex Hoffler and Stacey O’Gorman’s motto is ‘Follow your dream’. Just a couple of year ago Alex and Stacey quit their 9 to 5 jobs and began their Meringue Girls journey. Now they have a bakery HQ in Broadway Market with a staff of eight, which sells to Selfridges, Fortnum &amp; Mason, Recipease and Harvey Nicholls, as well as fashion events, weddings and their weekly market stall. They run masterclasses rated by the Evening Standard as one of the best in London. They have had a huge media and social media response including numerous TV appearance and over 80,000 Instagram followers. They are in talks to open a franchise in Dubai. 
 
They also do weekly food styling for various publications including the Guardian. They live in east London. Alex has a new baby, and Stacey recently got married.

Alex Hoffler

Alex Holt is the Global Head of the multi-billion-dollar Technology, Media and Telecoms practice at KPMG. He leads a large team who work with all the major organisations across the sector on everything from multi-billion M&amp;A deals through to tax, audit and management consulting. As well as leading the TMT sector globally, Alex is also the Global Lead Partner for some of the largest tech companies in the world. 
 
 Alex also serves on the Board of the anti-poverty charity JobTrain.

Alex Holt

Alex Horne 
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1. comedian, writer, gambler, taskmaster, podcaster, birdwatcher, potential neologist and father.

Alex Horne

Alex Hughes is an online recipe creator who is committed to making reaching your weight goals not only delicious but fun. All her recipes are comforting, low-calorie and will help you feel full. She can be found doing a little dance in her kitchen (the recipes taste that good) at @alexskitchenbangers on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

Alex Hughes

Alex James is a writer, farmer, and the bass player with Blur. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and five children.

Alex James

Alex Kadis is half-British, half-Greek, and grew up in Leyton and Walthamstow, East London. She studied English Literature at Goldsmiths University before embarking on a music journalism career. She was Features Editor at Smash Hits in its heyday (RIP) and has also written for various newspapers and magazines, including Sunday Times Style and Q Magazine. She then went into artist management and now works as a consultant in the music industry. Alex suffers from delusions of grandeur and still believes she will, one day, headline Wembley Stadium.

Alex Kadis

Alex Kantrowitz is a senior technology reporter at BuzzFeed News and one of the ten most cited technology reporters in the world. His work has been referenced by dozens of major publications, from the New Yorker to the Wall Street Journal to Sports Illustrated. He is the founder of the tech publication and podcast Big Technology, which focuses on analysing tech giants. Kantrowitz is a graduate of Cornell University's College of Industrial and Labor Relations. This is his first book.

Alex Kantrowitz

Alex Kapranos

Alex Kerr is an American writer and Japanologist whose previous books include Lost Japan and Another Kyoto (with Kathy Arlyn Sokol). He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan.

Alex Kerr

Alex Kershaw

Alex Kingston

Alex Kingston is TV royalty, celebrating 45 years in the business, from her debut in Grange Hill in 1980 to the title role (and BAFTA nomination) in The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, starring in over 150 ER episodes and becoming part of Doctor Who folklore as River Song. Her appearance in Doctor Who was meant to be a one-off but she became a regular and remains a fan favourite.

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Rosie Harris

Her life was full of hardship and despair... 
 
When Molly's father returns from the war a broken man, the whole family is forced to move into the slums of Liverpool. 
 
Despite many difficulties, Molly is determined to make a better life for herself, hoping that one day she'll find love. But abused by a man she trusted and estranged from the boy who was once her best friend, Molly wonders if this dream will ever come true. 
 
When her father is killed in a fight and her mother turns to drink in her sorrow, Molly finds herself the only wage owner. She tries to take care of her mother and younger sister, Jodie. But when a fire destroys their home, not only do Molly and Jodie lose their mother, but they find themselves homeless and with a very bleak future ahead of them...

A Dream of Love

Leslie Thomas

In a sunlit, secret valley in the green mountains of central Italy, two people meet away from the horrors and clamour of battle. David Hopkins, a young fisherman from west Wales and Kate Medhurst, from a genteel town in the Thames Valley, embark upon an idyllic love affair away from the conflict that surrounds them. However, they cannot escape the war forever, and when they are targeted by a single enemy aeroplane their dreams are destroyed. 
 
Weeks later, Hopkins wakes up in a Russian hospital in Vienna where he's slowly recovering from serious wounds - with no recollection of the past. Eventually, transferred to an American hospital and then repatriated to Britain, Hopkins reluctantly returns to Wales. 
 
And there, alone and haunted by the months he cannot remember, Hopkins embarks upon a journey of rediscovery...

Soldiers and Lovers

Katie Flynn

Daisy Kildare lives with her family in a cottage perched on the Connemara coast. The Kildares are poor but happy. But when their croft is wrested from them, Daisy's Aunt Jane, who is housekeeper to Dr and Mrs Venables, offers to take Daisy back to Liverpool so that the child can be a companion to her employers' orphaned niece, Cynthia. 
 
Daisy is a tomboy, young for her age, self-willed and hot-tempered. In Ireland she was seldom in school but often in trouble. Now, however, she tells herself that she must conform. She begins to work hard in school, and though she and Cynthia don't get along, she meets Jake, the chauffeur's son, and life in Liverpool becomes easier to bear. 
 
When Jake goes to university, Daisy means to follow suit, but war intervenes and instead, she starts work at a munitions factory, and falls in love for the very first time...

Sunshine and Shadows

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

Miriam Morrison

A funny and warm-hearted tale of kitchen disasters, domestic calamities and love against all odds. 
 
Jake Goldman and Harry Hunter have been deadly rivals all through culinary school. Now at the top of their game, fate throws them back together again when they open their first restaurants in the small town of Easedale, just a few hundred metres from each other. Sharp knives and heavy pans at the ready, they start cooking up a storm to entice the locals their way. 
 
Kate Walker has just lost her boyfriend and is about to lose her reputation at the local paper. Her only hope of salvaging her career is a down-and-dirty, tell-all feature about the seedy underbelly of the restaurant business. When one of Jake's team deserts him to join the dark (i.e. Harry's) side, Kate applies for the job, hoping the undercover investigation will get her all she needs to sort out her dead-end job - and maybe even her no-hope love life! Little does she know, when she follows the alluring smells into Jake's kitchen, that she is in for a major surprise...

Recipe For Disaster

Melissa Nathan

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large ego must be in want of a woman to cut him down to size... 
 
When journalist Jasmin Field lands the coveted role of Elizabeth Bennet in a one-off fundraising adaptation of Pride and Prejudice she discovers that the play's director, Hollywood heart-throb Harry Noble, is every bit as obnoxious as she could have hoped. Which means a lot of material for her column. And a lot of fun in rehearsals. 
 
And then disaster strikes. Jazz's best friend abandons her for a man not worthy to buy her chocolate, her family starts to crumble before her eyes and her award-winning column hits the skids. Worse still, Harry Noble keeps staring at her. As the lights dim, the audience hush and Jazz awaits her cue, she realises two very important things, one: she can't remember her lines, and two: Harry Noble looks amazing in breeches...

Acting Up

Katie Fforde

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‘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 
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A wonderfully romantic novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Rose Petal Summer and A Country Escape. 
 
Jo Edwards never planned to live on a barge. She's not even sure she likes boats. But when her husband trades her in for a younger model, she finds her options alarmingly limited. 
 
Dora Hamilton never planned to run out on her own wedding. But as The Big Day approaches, her cold feet show no signs of warming up - and accepting Jo's offer of refuge aboard The Three Sisters seems the only alternative. 
 
As Jo and Dora embark on reorganising their muddled lives, they realise they both need a practical way to keep themselves afloat. But, despite their certainty that they've sworn off men for good, they haven't bargained for the persistent intervention of attractive but enigmatic Marcus, and laid-back, charming Tom, who both seem determined to help them whether they like it or not... 
 
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The whole world loves Katie Fforde's work: 
 
"Modern-day Austen. Great fun" Red 
 
"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 
 
"Curl up on the sofa with this book and dream... delightful" The Lady 
 
"Deliciously enjoyable" Woman and Home 
 
"Uplifting and delightful" Hot Brands Cool Places

Going Dutch

David Nobbs

Alan and Ange are on a train, heading for London. Alan is a philosophy lecturer, still a virgin at fifty-five; Ange a twenty-something, horoscope reading, darts groupie. They certainly don't expect their first casual meeting to lead to anything, but it does. Seizing the day, as they pull into Euston station, Alan asks Ange out to dinner and so begins the unlikeliest of liaisons. As they get to know each other, they are initiated into each other's worlds. From the claustrophobic confines of an Oxford College to the heady excitement of a big dart's match; from Liebfraumilch to Wittgenstein and everything in between. They even travel to Rome seeing many wonderful things as Alan learns to live for the moment and Ange to appreciate the finer things in life. 
 
But can they survive their differences in age and background? Are Alan's feelings the stuff of obsession and infatuation or is this true love? And what sort of philosopher is he if he cannot define and understand love? 
 
Told through the voice of Alan, this touching and hilarious story is much more than a tale about an unlikely couple. Ultimately, it is a story about the nature of love.

Cupid's Dart

Mary Nickson

Determined to start a new life, Louisa Forrester has come to Scotland in search of adventure, new relationships and a second chance. She has enrolled on a creative writing course at the renowned Glendrochatt Arts Centre. It is here that she meets Marnie Donovan, a young American woman who has travelled to Scotland in search of the childhood home of her eccentric benefactress, hoping for answers to questions that have haunted her all her life.Isobel Grant, who runs the centre with her husband Giles, is facing the greatest challenge of her life but must put on a brave face for everyone's sake. 
 
Initially Louisa and Marnie dislike each other, especially when both women are drawn to the same man. And Isobel must keep the peace.But enigmatic Christopher Piper carries his own secrets from the past and in their brief encounter all are forced to confront the truth about themselves and the choices they have made. 
 
Told with warmth and insight, Secrets and Shadows is a beautifully written story of three women and how they learn to embrace the future, however uncertain ...

Secrets and Shadows

Elizabeth Birkelund Oberbeck

Monsieur Claude Reynaud is known throughout France for his talent for making fabulous clothes. The most elegant women in Paris regularly undertake the pilgrimage to the cobbled village of Senlis to be charmed by the tailor in his cluttered studio by the century-old apple tree. Claude can take a measurement at a glance, stores everything in his head, and fashions each dress by hand. And, despite his ex-wife's protests, he refuses to be lured by the promise of the Parisian fashion industry. He is too old change and certainly too old to fall in love: his only passion is his studio. 
 
Then one afternoon, in a cloud of spring blossom, Mademoiselle Valentine de Verlay arrives on Claude's doorstep. She commissions him to create her wedding dress. But before the first stitch has even been made, Claude realises that for the first time in his life he has fallen passionately in love and, very quickly, the seams of both their lives begin to unravel...

The Dressmaker

Gilda O'Neill

Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Donna Douglas, Rough Justice is captivating, moving and enthralling novel about the lives, loves and losses, the fears, hopes and desires, the failures and triumphs of the families who live and work in a Victorian tenement in the East End. You won't be able to put it down... 
 
'If you enjoy a good saga, Rough Justice is a strong beginning to a promising series' -- First magazine 
'I was totally gripped with this book right through to the end' -- ***** Reader review 
'Brilliant story, good characters and a pleasure to read from beginning to end' -- ***** Reader review 
'An amazing read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Fabulous story. Tragic and humorous. Couldn't wait to find out what would happen next. Caused too many late nights trying to find out!' -- ***** Reader review 
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AS LIFE BECOMES UNSTABLE ACROSS EUROPE, THINGS ARE ALSO FAR FROM PERFECT AT HOME... 
 
The Flanagans, the Tanners and the Lovells all live on the top floor of the Turnbury Buildings - a crumbling Victorian tenement in the heart of London's East End. 
 
Nell Flanagan is a decent, hardworking woman, married to Stephen, a tough, heavy-drinking brute of a man. She has always hidden the abuse she has suffered at his hands from her young children, although most of the neighbours realise what's going on. 
 
The Tanners think she must be asking for it, but Martin Lovell has always admired Nell. When he sees Stephen actually attacking Nell, he can stand back no longer, but his actions have repercussions for all the families...

Rough Justice

a compelling saga about life in the East End during the Second World War from the bestselling author Gilda O’Neill

With all her signature warmth, wonderful characters and unforgettable drama, lose yourself in this moving saga of one girl's battle for happiness in the face of a life of shattered dreams. Written by much-loved multi-million copy bestseller Rosie Harris, this is perfect for readers of Dilly Court, Kitty Neale, Emma Hornby and Rosie Goodwin. 
 
'Fans of the late Catherine Cookson will love this moving story' - Choice 
'Really enjoyed this book. Lots going on and couldn't wait to find out how it would end' -- ***** Reader review 
'Great read, I couldn't put it down, read in a day' -- ***** Reader review 
'The story had me gripped from the first page' -- ***** Reader review 
'I didn't want it to end' -- ***** Reader review 
'A MUST read' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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WHEN FACED WITH THE THREAT OF LOSING ALL SHE HOLDS DEAR, WILL SHE BE ABLE TO PULL THROUGH? 
 
Brenda O'Donnell is turned out by her family when she finds herself pregnant at sixteen. Widowed Sid Rawlins, the rag-and-bone man, says she can come and live with him and he will give her child a name in return for her running his home and looking after his children. Despite the gossip, a desperate Brenda has little choice but to accept. 
 
Life isn't easy for Brenda and little Ruby but they try make the best of things. Until Brenda falls in love with Sid's eldest son, Danny, and their affair causes trouble within the family... 
 
And when Sid dies and leaves the business to his cousin, Charlie, life becomes even harder for Brenda as she faces the threat of losing everything she holds dear...

Waiting for Love

a compelling and ultimately uplifting saga set in 1920s Liverpool from much-loved bestselling author Rosie Harris

Lottie Lacey and her mother, Louella, share a house in Victoria Court with Mr Magic and his son Baz. Lottie is a child star, dancing and singing at the Gaiety Theatre to an enraptured audience, whilst Louella acts as Max Magic's assistant. But Lottie was in hospital for weeks after a road accident and has lost her memory. Louella tries to help but the white mist remains. Until Lottie meets a boy with golden-brown eyes who calls her "Sassy" and accuses her of running away. 
 
It is after this meeting that the dreams start, dreams of another life, almost another world, and Lottie, sharing them with Baz, begins to believe he knows more than he chooses to tell. But then Merle joins the act and Lottie feels Baz and Merle, both older than she, are in league against her. 
 
Then the dreams begin to grow clearer and Lottie realises she must find her past, at no matter what cost.

Forgotten Dreams

Glenice Crossland

When seventeen-year-old Mary O'Connor collapses one Sunday in church she is taken to live with Dr Roberts and his wife in a beautiful Yorkshire village for her health. Though initially employed as a maid, Mary soon becomes the daughter the couple were never able to have. 
 
With Britain at war, unable to remain idle, Mary finds employment in the local steel works but when her fiancé Tom Downing is killed in action Mary is convinced it is retribution for their night of sin during Tom's Christmas leave. 
 
However, Mary grows to love Jack Holmes, a local miner. They marry and move into a humble terrace house with little but their love to keep them going. As the years pass Mary is determined to achieve success for herself and her family. She sets up her own dressmaking business and it seems as if she has finally found peace of mind. But the business starts to dominate her life until tragedy once more threatens to destroy all she most cherishes...

Christmas Past

Susan Lewis

Growing up in a small town, Sandy Paull dreams of something better. When she lands a job with one of London's leading theatrical agencies her dreams appear to be coming true, particularly when she meets Michael McCann, her handsome and dynamic boss. 
 
Ellen Shelby, as a highly respected and successful agent, has Hollywood at her feet. But she is as insecure with relationships as she is confident with deals. And when she meets her British rival, Michael McCann, there is a powerful attraction between them that they are powerless to deny. 
 
But Michelle, the woman Michael once loved and lost, still haunts his thoughts. And when a dramatic event pulls him back into the past, a nightmare of untenable proportions begins to close in on those he loves...

Chasing Dreams

It all started with a silly prank, a play and a dance - a love so enduring, so indestructible that it would survive against all odds. 
 
Elizabeth Sorrill is the junior matron at Foxton's élite School for Boys. Blessed with the kind of beauty others only dream about, her attractions prove irresistible to Alexander Belmayne, the seventeen-year-old son of the Lord Chief Justice. But their passionate affair is shortlived as bitter lies and scandal force them apart. 
 
Angry and frustrated at Oxford, Alexander thrives on his reputation as a heartbreaker, until Bohemian beauty Jessica Poynter draws him into a fast life of glittering excess and depravity in London's high society. But when a chance meeting brings Alexander and Elizabeth together again, their passionate reunion leads to a breathtaking crime fired by an overwhelming obsession - a hatred so violent it knows no limits...

Dance While You Can

Claudine Rafferty is rich, reckless and beautiful. So when she throws herself into an arranged marriage with the eminently eligible but notorious François de Lorvoire, everyone in Paris is amazed. Determined to cope with François's cruelty and indifference, Claudine soon finds herself driven to find love in the arms of Armand St Jacques, one of her husband's vignerons. 
 
But all is not what it seems in the de Lorvoire family. As Claudine learns more of Francois's sinister past, she also inherits some of his most dangerous enemies. And against a background of betrayal and conspiracy, she forced to learn not only whom she can trust, but also whom she really loves...

Darkest Longings

It was the perfect opportunity for 'closure'... 
 
Meet Annie Markham. Gentle, sweet and kind. Except for her dark side. A dark side called Jake Mead. Seven years ago he'd been her entire world, even though her godmother had tried to persuade her to dump him. But when the going got tough, Annie's 'tough' got going. Jake's hasty departure from her life proved that a) godmothers are cleverer than they look and b) the only thing reliable about men is that they're totally unreliable. 
 
Now Jake is back in her life. And he's the one man who may just save her family's ailing company. 
 
But what Annie doesn't know is that Jake has an Achilles' heel. An Achilles' heel called Annie Markham. He's never quite got over her treatment of him all those years ago. This is the perfect opportunity for what some may call 'closure'. But what Jake calls, 'revenge'.

Persuading Annie

Marian Deacon has always been overshadowed by her cousin Madeleine, a glamorous, selfish model who will stop at nothing to reach the top. But their ordinary lives suddenly change with the arrival of Paul O'Connell, a handsome, charismatic writer who draws them into the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Hastings and the glamour and danger of her life in Italy and New York. 
 
Stolen Beginnings is a compelling story of what happens when girls become women, and when love - and fate - get in their way.

Stolen Beginnings

Kirsten Meredith is a successful, rich and beautiful woman who seems to have it all. But she is also a woman haunted by her past which threatens to ruin her life - a lingering past of loneliness and rejection. And most dangerous of all, of burning vengeance. 
 
Lawrence McAllister is the man who walked out on her and broke her heart. Yet he is the only man who can help her fight her worst enemy - Dyllis Fisher, a woman who has vowed to destroy Kirsten's life at all costs. And in a world where bitter vengeance will know no limit, Kirsten needs all the help she can get...

Vengeance

Everything in Rhiannon's life is perfect. Her career is on the up and Oliver, the great love of her life, has just asked her to marry him. The future couldn't look better. 
 
But their married bliss soon starts to evaporate when Oliver's power-crazed boss decides that Rhiannon is an unsuitable wife. And when American billionaire Max Romanov, engaged to supermodel Galina Casimir, turns his charm on her, Rhiannon is overcome by the intensity of her feelings for this enigmatic man who proves to be a challenge too hard to resist. 
 
Until the web of passion becomes more and more tangled and threatens to destroy a love that consumes like wildfire...

Wildfire

A mother will do anything to protect her child... 
 
Karen and Tudor Morgan have moved from a small mining community to the bustle and noise of Cardiff in search of a new life. Tudor longs to be a star entertainer and so Karen gets a job, leaving her husband to look after their young daughter Delia, doing stints at clubs in the evening, whenever he can get them. 
 
Until one day Tudor is arrested for begging and Karen is horrified to learn that he has been busking during the day and taking three-year-old Delia with him to collect the money. When Tudor comes out of prison he gets an honest job but soon he is back to his old ways. And when his life of petty crime quickly turns into something far more sinister, it is all Karen can do to ensure she and her daughter survive ...

Sing for Your Supper

Belinda Jones

Readers of Jo Thomas, Lindsey Kelk, Sophie Kinsella and Paige Toon will love this deliciously funny and uplifting romantic comedy set amongst the glitz and glamour of Venice. 
 
'This is definitely worth cramming in your suitcase' -- Cosmopolitan 
'Great characters... hilariously written... buy it!' -- New Woman 
'A sparkling read' -- OK! 
'I haven't read a bad book yet by this author' -- ***** Reader review 
'All in all, a lovely romantic dance through Venice - schmaltzy yes, but truly fabulous too!' -- ***** Reader review 
'The most perfect romantic love story' -- ***** Reader review 
'A wonderful, fun, addictive read' -- ***** Reader review 
'This is chick-lit at its best' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH LOVE IN YOUR LIFE? 
 
Journalist Kirsty Bailey would have to answer no. She has the essential starter kit - a boyfriend - but somehow Joe seems to have skipped the vows of for better/for worse and gone straight to for granted. 
 
 But then just as she's on the verge of settling for a swoon-free existence, Kirsty's magazine sends her to a majestic Venetian palazzo to attend the much gossiped-about Love Academy... Her undercover mission? To prove her editor's theory that this 'school for singles' is nothing more than an escort agency with a sexy accent and fancy glass chandeliers. 
 
 But what if her editor is wrong and their promise of true amore is for real? Will Kirsty be able to resist the kind of moonlit temptations she's been dreaming of for years, or is her relationship with Joe going, going, gondola? 
 
 If you think Casanova was a bad boy, just wait until you see what Cupid has in store for Kirsty...

The Love Academy

lessons in love Italian style from bestselling author Belinda Jones

Lolly Winston

Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, law school, successful corporate career, marriage. But suddenly her world is falling apart. Now in her late 30s, she's discovered that she and her podiatrist husband, Ted, can't have children. When Elinor withdraws from Ted into an interior world of heartbreak and anger, Ted begins an affair with Gina, the nutritionist at their gym - a young woman with an oddball son who adores Ted. Meanwhile, Elinor falls in love with the oak tree in her front yard, spreading out her sleeping bag to sleep under the stars. 
 
Lolly Winston's second novel looks beyond the manicured surface of suburbia to a world of loss, longing, lust and betrayal.

Happiness Sold Separately

Jean Plaidy

Blending history with romance and drama, Jean Plaidy explores the Tudor dynasty and the political intrigue throughout their reign.

Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, this is the wonderfully atmospheric, enthralling and vivid depiction of Elizabeth I's ardent and emotional love affair with Robert Dudley from international multi-million copy bestseller Jean Plaidy. 
 
'Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting' -- Observer 
'Outstanding' -- Vanity Fair 
'It is hard to better Jean Plaidy when she is in form' -- Daily Mirror 
'I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'A compelling read' -- ***** Reader review 
'I was gripped from the first page' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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In the grim recesses of the Tower of London, two captives begin a passionate love affair that will last years but is destined to destroy them; one is Robert Dudley, the other is the future Queen of England, Elizabeth I. 
 
 Pardoned by Queen Mary, Dudley and Elizabeth are freed, but their mutual longing must be from a distance: Dudley is married, and as the next heir to the throne, Elizabeth must tread carefully...

Lord Robert

(The Tudor Saga: 11): the passionate story of Elizabeth I's one great love affair magically brought to life by the Queen of British historical fiction

This is the captivating story of Princess Mary - royal treasure, royal pawn and royal rebel. Fans of Philippa Gregory will love this gripping page-turner from international multi-million copy bestseller Jean Plaidy. 
 
'Jean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.' -- RNA 
'I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'A compelling read' -- ***** Reader review 
'I was gripped from the first page' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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 Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of King Henry VIII, and one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally. Known throughout Europe for her charm and beauty, Mary is the golden child of the Tudor family and is granted her every wish. Except when it comes to marriage. 
 
 Henry, locked in a political showdown with France, decides to offer up his pampered sister to secure peace between the two mighty kingdoms. 
 
Mary is unwillingly sent to France to marry the ailing King Louis, leaving behind her true love, Charles Brandon. 
 
But she will do anything to be reunited with Charles, even defy her brother, the most feared man in Europe...

Mary, Queen of France

the inspiring and moving story of a celebrated beauty and ultimate royal rebel from the queen of British historical fiction

Follow the incredible journey of Mary Queen of Scots from her coronoation at just six days old, through to her imprisonment by ruthless cousin Queen Elizabeth I.

From the pen of international multi-million copy bestseller Jean Plaidy comes a rare insight in to the complicated and passionate emotions of Mary Queen of Scots - hers is a tale of love, romance, politics, plotting and bloody murder... Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory. 
 
'This must surely rank best, or near it, of the many novels about this sadly fascinating woman' -- Birmingham Mail 
'These books are page-turners; they offer a wonderful way to learn about history, their heroines are smart, strong and in control of their destinies and their stories will remain with you for ever...They are a celebration of women's spirit throughout history.' -- Daily Express 
 'Gripping and exciting' -- ***** Reader review 
'Captivating' -- ***** Reader review 
'Spellbinding' -- ***** Reader review 
'Jean Plaidy at her best!!!' -- ***** Reader review 
'I was gripped from the first page' -- ***** Reader review 
'A riveting read' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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At just six days old, Mary Stuart became Queen of Scots. 
 
At just six years old she was betrothed to the Dauphin François, the future King of France. 
 
Reluctantly leaving Scotland, Mary is raised in the decadent French court in preparation to become the Queen of France. But her reign with François is short-lived. 
 
Widowed at just eighteen years old, Mary is once again forced to leave her home to return to Scotland. Now a Catholic queen of a Protestant country, Mary must rule with caution and choose her next husband prudently...

Royal Road to Fotheringay

(Mary Stuart: Book 1):  the enthralling and engrossing story of one of history’s most mysterious of monarchs from the Queen of British historical fiction

Fans of Philippa Gregory will love this beautifully evocative and atmospheric novel from international multi-million copy bestseller Jean Plaidy. Two powerful female cousins finally end their battle for England's crown...Who will be the victor? 
 
'Paints a fresh and vivid picture...truly impressive in its breadth of canvas' -- Sunday Times 
'These books are page-turners; they offer a wonderful way to learn about history, their heroines are smart, strong and in control of their destinies and their stories will remain with you for ever...They are a celebration of women's spirit throughout history.' -- Daily Express 
'An intriguing story, told in a 'can't-put-it-down' way...Go on, treat yourself!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Amazing' -- ***** Reader review 
'Historical fiction at its finest' -- ***** Reader review 
'Compelling' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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Scotland has been torn apart by civil war and the young and passionate Catholic Mary Queen of Scots is in the hands of her enemies. 
 
Under duress, Mary abdicates in favour of her son, James VI, and fleeing to England, she boldly seeks refuge from her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. 
 
But Elizabeth has never trusted the ambitious Mary, and consequently has her imprisoned. So begins a treacherous battle between two of history's most powerful and ruthless women. Without once meeting her cousin, Mary is held captive for nineteen years, whilst Elizabeth rules in the shadow of countless Catholic plots against her life...

The Captive Queen of Scots

(Mary Stuart: Book 2): one woman’s intriguing history brought to life by the Queen of British historical fiction

Some secrets are too devastating to be told... 
 
When Natalie Moore is killed in a freak accident in France her mother - the very poised and elegant Jessica - knows instinctively there is more to it.However, Natalie's father - the glamorous, high-flying Charlie - is so paralysed by the horror of losing his daughter, that he refuses even to discuss his wife's suspicions. 
 
In the end, when their marriage is rocked by yet another terrible shock, Jessica decides to go back to France alone in search of some answers.When she gets to the idyllic vineyard in the heart of Burgundy she soon finds a great deal more than she was expecting in a love that is totally forbidden and a truth that will almost certainly devastate her life. 
 
Set during one long hot summer in a sleepy world of wine, food and romance, A French Affair is a deeply sensual and passionate story of love, resistance, loyalty and betrayal.

A French Affair

Jane Moore

If you like Jane Fallon, Adele Parks and Candace Bushnell, you will absolutely love this hilarious rom-com from Sunday Times bestselling author Jane Moore. A real-page turner and the tonic we all need! 
 
'Moore has a particularly keen eye for the psychology of marriages... this is more than just a gripping read; it deserves to be a set text for relationship counsellors' -- Daily Telegraph 
'A very funny and perceptive look at the plight of second-timers' -- Richard &amp; Judy 
'Entertaining and compelling' - Heat 
'Funny, moving and at times tragic...Fabulous' - Company 
'I absolutely loved this book' -- ***** Reader review 
'A fabulous read, just couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'I read it in one day and stayed up till midnight to finish it' -- ***** Reader review 
'A very good escape from reality' -- ***** Reader review 
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SECOND DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN SECOND BEST... 
 
It's Alison's wedding day, her gorgeous husband Luca is by her side, and everything is just perfect. Until Luca's first wife, Sofia, gatecrashes the reception and makes it clear that she's going to remain very much part of his life ... 
 
A stunned Alison soon finds an ally in Fiona, a founding member of The Second Wives Club and similarly plagued by her husband's ex. There she's introduced to Julia, whose husband has stayed best friends with his first wife, and to long suffering Susan whose entire life is surrounded by reminders of her partner's saintly former wife. 
 
For the women, The Second Wives Club is a refuge and a lifesaver: somewhere to bitch and to gossip and to share horror stories about the exes' latest excess. Maybe if they all have the same problem they can work together on a solution? 
 
For enough is enough: it's way past time for the Second Wives to stop settling for second best ...

The Second Wives Club

a fast-paced, witty and wonderfully funny romantic comedy you won’t be able to stop reading…

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