Alan Duff

Alan Durant is the author of books for a wide age-range, from picture books such as Burger Boy, Angus Rides the Goods Train and Always and Forever to top-end teenage thrillers (Blood, Flesh and Bones). Having worked as a copywriter at Walker Books, he is now a full-time author. 
 
He's married, with three children and lives in Brighton. He does a lot of school visits throughout the UK and abroad and also runs writing workshops.

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Alan Ereira

Alan Garner

Alan Gilbey

Alan Gordon is the founder and director of the Pain Psychology Center in California, a leading treatment facility for chronic pain sufferers that sees over 1,500 patients from around the world every year. Debilitated by chronic pain throughout his body for several years and frustrated by the lack of effective treatment, Gordon developed the ground-breaking Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) – a highly effective system of psychological techniques that rewire the brain’s neural circuits to turn off “stuck” pain signals. He is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Southern California.

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Alan Grant

Born in 1926 in New York City, Alan Greenspan worked as a Juilliard-trained professional musician before studying Economics at New York University, where he earned his PhD. From 1974 to 1977, he served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Gerald Ford. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan appointed him Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, a position he held until his retirement in 2006. He is the author of the bestselling The Age of Turbulence and The Map and the Territory 2.0.

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Alan H Guth

Alan Hansen was one of Britain's most respected football players and is now one of the most outspoken and popular football pundits.

Alan Hansen

Alan Harris is a Welsh playwright who has written several plays for BBC radio including The Lighthouse and The Gold Farmer. His play A Good Night Out in the Valleys launched the new National Theatre Wales in 2010 and he has also been awarded a prestigious Creative Wales Award.

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Alan Hill

Alan Hollinghurst was born in 1954. He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, The Swimming-Pool Library, and was selected as one of the Best of Young British Novelists 1993. His second novel, The Folding Star, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. His novel The Line of Beauty won the Booker Prize in 2004. His most recent novel, The Sparsholt Affair, was published in 2017.

Alan Hollinghurst

Alan Hooper is a founder and Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies, 
University of Exeter, and is also a visiting Professor at Bristol Business 
School. He has been a CEO in the public sector and now consults widely on 
senior management development and the management of change.

Alan Hooper

Alan Isler was born in England in 1934, emigrating to the US at the age of 18. After serving in the US army he went on to study literature at Columbia University, and taught for much of his adult life. Isler was the author of several novels including Kraven Images, The Bacon Fancier, Clerical Errors, The Living Proof and The Prince of West End Avenue, which won the National Jewish Book Award in 1994. Isler died in 2010. 
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Alan Jenkins

Alan Johnson was born in May 1950. He is a British Labour Party politician who served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010. Before that he filled a wide variety of cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown governments, including Health Secretary and Education Secretary. Until 20 January 2011 he was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Johnson was the Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle until his retirement from politics in 2017. 
 His first book, This Boy, won the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Orwell Prize in 2013. His second, Please Mister Postman, won the National Book Award for Autobiography of the Year in 2014. His third, The Long and Winding Road, was published in 2016 and won the Parliamentary Book Award for Best Memoir.

Alan Johnson

Alan Jones

Belfast-born twins Alan and Gary Keery love cereal. As creators of The Cereal Killer Café, the trendiest new eatery on Brick Lane, they have turned that love of the nation’s favourite comfort food into a thriving business. The opening of their first café saw extraordinary interest with press and broadcast coverage from all over the world. The café was voted best new restaurant by Hot Dinners in 2014. A second café is opening in summer 2015.

Alan Keery

Alan Langford

Alan Lerner

Alan MacDonald

Alan Macdonald

Alan Macfarlane

Alan McDonald

Alan Melville

Alan Moore

Alan Moorehead was born in Melbourne, Australia. He travelled to England in 1937 and became a renowned foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express. Writer, world traveller, biographer, essayist, journalist, Moorehead was one of the most successful writers in English of his day. During World War II he won an international reputation for his coverage of campaigns in the Middle East and Asia, the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe. He died in 1983.

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Chloe Liese

'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 
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A college sports romance about a women's soccer star and her surly lumberjack lookalike classmate, complete with a matchmaking professor, juvenile pranks, and a smoking slow burn... 
 
Ryder 
Why she hates me, I don't know. What I do know is that Willa Sutter is the kind of chaos I do not need in my tidy life. Wild hair, wilder eyes. Bee-stung lips that should be illegal. A temper that makes the devil seem friendly. And she has turned our Business Mathematics course into a gladiator arena. . . 
 
Willa 
Rather than give me the lecture notes I missed like every other professor, I have been told to get them from the silent, surly flannel-wearing mountain man sitting next to me in class. Well, I tried. And what did I get from Ryder Bergman? Ignored. 
 
As a female soccer player, I've battled men before. But with Ryder, it's war. And victory is going to taste so, so sweet... 
 
PRAISE FOR CHLOE LIESE 
 
'I could curl up in Liese's writing for days, I love it so much!' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

Only When It's Us

The TikTok Romcom Sensation!

Phoebe Luckhurst

Shortly after being unceremoniously dumped at a petrol station, Anya Mackie finds a pact she signed with Euan Carrick which promised they'd marry if both are still single the following decade. But Euan hasn't been seen for ten years and there's no trace of him anywhere . . . 
 
 After accepting the help of Jamie Kildare - another blast from Anya's past with very mysterious reasons for tracking down Euan - the pair set off to find The Back-Up Man. 
 
 But why has Euan just disappeared? Will he remember their pact? And are some things better left in the past?

The Back Up Man

The hilarious and heartwarming brand new romcom perfect for fans of The Flatshare

'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 
 
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 
Axel Bergman is a gorgeous grump who doesn't have the time of day for me. Somehow, I've kept my crush hidden ... well, until I kissed him. 
 
My life is a mess, and the last thing I need is to embarrass myself further with the man who avoids me like it's his job rather than painting modern masterpieces . But it seems the universe has a different plan as we unexpectedly find our paths - and problems - converging. And we've come up with one very unexpected solution... 
 
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

With You Forever

Jane Fallon

Joni never thought she would try online dating. She's so nervous that she posts fake photos - but when she starts talking to Ant, who's desperate to meet her, she doesn't dare come clean. Instead, Joni finds a way to meet Ant without revealing her true identity. It's perfect, it works, and she's happy - until a few months in, Joni discovers she wasn't the only one being deceitful: on Ant's phone are intimate messages between him and two other women. 
 
Hurt and furious, Joni calls the women. They're angry. They want revenge. But how exactly will they get it?

Just Got Real

Susan Sallis

A delightfully touching and uplifting saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher. 
 
READERS ARE LOVING SEARCHING FOR TILLY! 
"I loved this story. Her style is flowing and she really knows how to make her characters come alive." - 5 STARS 
"This is one of the best books I have read, certainly another amazing one by Susan Sallis. It cleverly spans generations while pulling the generations together into one story. Mystery, with a touch of supernatural intrigue. Very clever, would read again. " - 5 STARS 
"Brilliant as usual" - 5 STARS 
 
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CAN REVELATIONS FROM THE PAST HELP THEM START A NEW LIFE? 
 
Three women came to the remote Cornish cottage that summer: Jenna, only twenty-six and grieving for the loss of the love of her life; her mother Caro, whose husband Steve had also died; and Laura, who had been married to Caro's beloved brother Geoff. The Widow's Cottage, the house where they were staying was called, and it was poignantly suitable. 
 
In that tiny Cornish community they discover strange memories of their ancestors, and especially of Tilly, Caro's mother, whose family history seemed to mirror so much of their own. 
 
They become swept up in the dramatic story of Tilly and her family, a story which takes them on an epic journey across the West Country and to the solution of an amazing family mystery.

Searching For Tilly

A heart-warming and breathtaking novel of love, loss and discovery set in Cornwall – you’ll be swept away

Jen DeLuca

Single mother April Parker has lived in Willow Creek for eighteen years. As her children move out, April thinks it's time for a change and asks for help to sell the house. Mitch Malone, a local heart-throb, agrees to help, on one condition: she'll pretend to be his girlfriend at a family dinner. April agrees and after the dinner, they part ways. As summer begins and Mitch's family shows up unexpectedly, April pretends to be Mitch's girlfriend again. Despite their obvious connection, April insists there's nothing between them. April must figure out what she really wants before she loses the love of her life.

Well Matched

The addictive and feel-good Willow Creek TikTok romance

Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire where she meets Simon, and immediately dislikes him? Yet on the faire grounds, he becomes a different person, flirting freely with Emily when she's in her revealing wench's costume. But is this attraction real, or just part of the characters they're portraying?

Well Met

The electric enemies-to-lovers Willow Creek TikTok romance

When her friends get engaged, Stacey realises that she has put a lot on hold to care for her sick mother. Even though Stacey loves spending her summers at the Renaissance Faire, she wants more out of life. Stacey vows to get her life figured out and maybe find the one. Enter Dex MacLean, a one-time fling, and they become pen pals. Faire returns to Willow Creek, and Stacey comes face-to-face with the man with whom she's exchanged hundreds of online messages. But, it isn't Dex - she's been falling in love with a man she barely knows.

Well Played

Fall in love with the glorious new forced-proximity romance in the series that has TikTok swooning! 
 
'Jen DeLuca is the rom-com renaissance queen!' 5***** Reader Review 
'Heartfelt, funny and swoon-worthy stories' 5***** Reader Review 
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Attorney Lulu Malone lived to work until the day it all went wrong. So, when her cousin Mitch introduces her to the world of Renaissance Faires, she leaps for the turkey legs, taverns, and tarot readers. Sometimes girls just wanna have fun. 
 
The only drawback is Dex MacLean: a guitarist with a killer smile, the Casanova of the Faire . . . and her travelling companion for the summer. 
 
Kilted bad boy Dex has never had to work hard in his life. Touring with his brothers as The Dueling Kilts is going great and there's a woman for him at every Faire. But when Lulu proves indifferent to his plaid charms and the band's future is threatened, Dex fears he's losing it. 
 
Spending days and nights on the road, Lulu and Dex can't help but grow close. 
 
But summer can't last forever. 
 
Will they go their separate ways? Or does destiny's path lie along a shared road? 
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Readers are obsessed with the Willow Creak series! 
 
'A pure joy to read. Utterly delightful. I didn't want it to end' 5***** Reader Review 
'THIS is how you write modern romance!' 5***** Reader Review 
'This gave me all the butterflies, all the feels, all the heart skipping beats' 5***** Reader Review 
'Completely in love with this book! A must read' 5***** Reader Review 
'A gorgeous enemies-to-lovers romance' 5***** Reader Review 
'Well Met left me swooning' 5***** Reader Review

Well Traveled

Rebecca Yarros

How do you define yourself when others have already decided who you are? 
 
Six years ago, when Camden Daniels came back from war without his younger brother, no one in the small town of Alba, Colorado, would forgive him-especially his father. He left, swearing never to return. 
 
When he receives a desperate message from his father, all of the memories come rushing back. The betrayal. The pain. And the need to go home again. But home is where the one person he still loves is waiting. Willow. The one woman he can never have. Because there are secrets buried in Alba that are best left in the dark. 
 
If only he could tell his heart to stay locked away when she whispers she's always loved him, and always will... 
 
Great and Precious Things is a heart-wrenching story about family, betrayal, and what we're willing to sacrifice for those who need us most.

Great and Precious Things

One final letter. His last wish. Go and be with her... 
 
Beckett, 
 
If you're reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn't. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you would have. 
 
I need one thing from you: get out of the army and get to Telluride. My little sister Ella's raising the twins alone. She's too independent and won't accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It's too much for anyone to endure. It's not fair. 
 
So if I'm gone, that means I can't be there for Ella. I can't help them through this. But you can. So I'm begging you, as my best friend, go take care of my sister, my family. Please don't make her go through it alone. 
 
Ryan

The Last Letter

Elle Cook

'A total delight. Achingly romantic, full of suspense and a beautiful cast of characters. This will be huge!' Laura Jane Williams 
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Two lives are about to be changed by one phone call. . . 
 
When Davey misdials Hannah's number, at first they think nothing of it. 
 
After all, Davey lives in Texas and Hannah lives in London. 
 
But when Davey gets a job in London, their paths are sure to cross. As messaging turns to video calling, this feels like the start of something. 
 
Weeks later, Hannah is waiting for Davey at the airport, but he never walks into Arrivals. 
 
When Hannah finds out why, her world is turned on its head. And with their future so uncertain, each must pick up the pieces of their lives. 
 
Will fate intervene once more to bring them together? Or will Davey always be the man that Hannah never met? 
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'I love a good will they or won't they romance, and this one turned out to be unexpectedly deep, tackling a really important issue that impacts so many' Emily Giffin 
 
'This is an uplifting romcom to warm you on these autumnal nights' Prima 
 
'Told with tenderness, humour and warmth. Hannah and Davey's story will leave your heart aching for more' Holly Miller 
 
'Make this the novel you reach for, full of festive feelgood emotions and just a touch of romance' Belfast Telegraph 
 
'Heartfelt, deeply moving, and so wonderfully romantic. . . This is the book everyone needs to be curling up with' Jenny Ashcroft 
 
'Emotional and well written' Fabulous Magazine 
 
'This book has it all - laughter, tears, inspiration, warmth and sparkle. I shall be thinking about Davey and Hannah for a long time' Tracy Rees 
 
'A beautifully written love story' Caroline Khoury 
 
'I fell in love with The Man I Never Met. Never shying away from big issues, this beautiful love story was an absolute joy to read' Eleanor Ray 
 
'My book of the year!! I fell in love with Hannah and Davey on the first page, the second, the third and every page until the end! Funny, relatable and heartfelt' Lauren North 
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The Man I Never Met

Katie Fforde

Late summer, 1963 
 
Fresh from London and a recent cookery course, Alexandra has always loved a challenge. 
 
Which is why she now finds herself standing outside an imposing chateau in Provence. 
 
Waiting for her inside is three silent, rather hostile children who are to be her charges for the next month. 
 
They will soon be more friendly, she tells herself. All they need is some fun, good food and an English education. 
 
Far more of a challenge though is their father - an impossibly good looking French count with whom she is rapidly falling in love . . .

A Wedding in Provence

Lizzy Dent

There are two men in my life. But this is not a love triangle. 
 
Mara Williams reads her horoscope every day - but she wasn't expecting to be in a whole other country when destiny finally found her. Just as a fortune teller reveals that her true love is about to arrive, a gorgeous stranger literally walks into her life. And now Mara is determined to bring them together again . . . Surely even fate needs a nudge in the right direction sometimes? 
 
But while Mara is getting ready for 'the one', the universe intervenes. Her new flatmate Ash is funny, and kind, and sexy as hell . . . There was no predicting this: it's as if her destiny just arrived on her doorstep. 
 
So will Mara put her destiny in fate's hands - and finally trust herself to reach for the stars?

The Setup

A funny, fresh, feel-good rom-com

Trisha Ashley

This Christmas will be the most special of them all... 
 
Elderly widow Sabine knows this will be her last Christmas in her beloved home, Mitras Castle. Determined to make it just like the ones she remembers from her childhood, she employs Dido Jones of Heavenly Houseparties to help with the big day. 
 
Dido is enchanted by the castle as soon as she steps through the imposing front door. And as Christmas day approaches, her feeling of connection to the old house runs deeper than she first thought. 
 
But when the snow begins to fall and Sabine's family arrive at the house - including Dido's teenage crush Xan - tensions rise around the castle's future and long-buried mysteries begin to unravel... 
 
As past secrets come to light, can this still be a magical Christmas to remember?

One More Christmas at the Castle

A heart-warming and uplifting new festive read from the Sunday Times bestseller

Emily Bell

Hannah and Celeste have been best friends since they were eighteen, when they made a pact to spend every New Year's Eve together. From Dublin to London, the two are inseparable: that is, until tragedy strikes. 
 
When Celeste discovers a list of Hannah's New Year's Resolutions, she is determined to complete them. Little does she know that doing so will reunite her with someone from her past . . . 
 
Through Hannah's last wishes Celeste begins to fall in love with life again, one adventure at a time. 
 
But could the biggest adventure of all be falling in love again?

This Year's For Me and You

The heartwarming and uplifting story of love and second chances

Jo Thomas

One Icelandic Christmas holiday. One snowstorm. An adventure they'll never forget! 
 
Twenty-five years ago, Freya and her three best friends created a bucket list. The future seemed bright and full of hope . . . But now they are travelling to Iceland in memory of the friend they've lost, determined to fulfil her dream of seeing the Northern Lights at Christmas. 
 
They didn't count on an avalanche leaving them stranded! Handsome local, Pétur, comes to the rescue, showing them how the community survives the hard winter. With Christmas approaching, Freya and her friends throw themselves into the festivities, decorating and cooking for the villagers using delicious local ingredients. 
 
But will they manage to see the Northern Lights? And can Freya's own dreams come true, this Christmas?

Keeping a Christmas Promise

Meghan Quinn

'How did you two meet?' 
The question I dread. 
My not so meet cute was... unexpected. I was casually searching Beverly Hills for someone to make me their bride. 
That's when we bumped into each other, him mumbling about a business deal gone wrong. 
There were no sparks. 
But next thing I knew, I'd agreed to pretend to be his girlfriend and that we were head over heels in love, so his deal could get back on track. 
My one mistake, though . . . big . . . HUGE . . . 
Am I accidentally falling for Huxley Cane?

A Not So Meet Cute

Am I in love with JP Cane? 
Ha! He certainly thinks so. 
He's annoyingly loud, obnoxiously handsome, and having watched When Harry Met Sally is convinced that men and women can't just be friends. 
So when we fly to San Francisco for work and stay in the same penthouse, I'm happy to prove him wrong. 
Yet with his continuous flirting and his polished good looks, I'm soon finding it hard to sleep at night. 
Guess who can control herself? Me. 
Because JP Cane is wrong. 
And we are SO not meant to be . . .

So Not Meant To Be

Monica Murphy

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

Pankaj Mishra

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR 
 
'If you buy one literary novel this year, make sure it's this' THE TIMES 
'The Romantics looks to Flaubert's Sentimental Education, to E.M. Forster, to Turgenev. But it is the product of a distinctive and sharp intelligence' HILARY MANTEL 
'Grips the reader as artfully and as compellingly as the first page of A Passage to India' THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS 
 
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION 
 
1989. In the holy city of Varanasi, 19-year-old Samar rents a room to avoid a small-town job and lose himself in reading about worlds outside of India. But when he is thrust into local a circle of privileged European and American expats, led by the charismatic Miss West, Samar will soon face his own silent desires and crumbling beliefs. 
 
'A work of art' Financial Times 
'A supernova' The Washington Post 
'A charming debut' The Independent

The Romantics

One Saturday morning a flooded kitchen leads best mates Ellen and Alexa into their attic. 
But when Ben - Alexa's date from the night before - walks in, the handle breaks, and all are trapped. 
While Ellen nurses her hangover, she watches her best friend fall for this gorgeous stranger. 
Only to come to the horrifying realisation that she knows him from somewhere. 
Frantically searching her memories, Ellen wonders: is Ben really who she thinks he is? 
And more importantly, what on earth is she going to do about it . . . ?

The Lock In

The Laugh-Out-Loud Romcom Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

Tillie Cole

Rune and Poppy met as children and quickly fell in love. As they grew older their love became stronger, before Rune returned to Norway. 
Convinced neither time nor distance can keep them apart they promised to be faithful. 
Two years later Rune is back, though not the boy Poppy remembers. 
Is there still a way back to each other after all this time? 
And will the secret Poppy is carrying bring them closer together or separate them for ever? 
Discover the story that will break your heart twice yet make you believe true love lasts for eternity . . .

A Thousand Boy Kisses

Emily Houghton

ONE PROMISE 
 Aged thirteen, best friends Eleanor and Fin are inseparable. Convinced it will always be this way they make a pact - to go to university together, always live near each other, and if they're both single at 35 they'll get married. 
 
 TWO DECADES 
 Eleanor and Fin haven't spoken in fifteen years. Life has run away from them and they're both far from where they'd dreamt of being all those years ago. 
 
CAN THEY STILL KEEP THEIR WORD? 
 It takes tragic circumstances for Fin to come back into Eleanor's life, but everything has changed since the last time they met. Is it too late to mend their friendship? Or is there a chance they can keep some of the promises they made?

Last Time We Met

Hilary Boyd

Over the course of one summer Sarah Tempest meets and falls in love with the charming Bernard. The years of heartache and loneliness are finally behind her. 
 
She quickly moves into his beautiful home on the wind battered cliffs of Hastings. But, after a while, she begins to wonder if Bernard is all he seems. 
 
He's barely in touch with his children and with stifling reminders of his wife everywhere Sara looks, the walls begin to close in. 
 
Then comes Bernard's confession and Sara's newfound happiness starts to crumble around her . . .

The Hidden Truth

The gripping and suspenseful story of love, heartbreak and one devastating confession

Birdy Finch just got her dream job. The trouble is, it's not hers . . . 
 
 It was a simple accident. Well, maybe a tiny fib. OK, maybe an all-out, blatant, mayhem-causing lie. Because the life she's just claimed is hers actually belongs to her best friend, Heather. 
 
 Obviously she'll tell Heather (eventually). And the first guy she's properly liked in forever (probably). Absolutely nobody will know - just till she sorts herself out . . . 
 
 So can Birdy carry off a summer at a luxury Scottish hotel pretending to be a world-class wine expert? And can she find the courage to fall in love, even if it means telling the truth?

The Summer Job

A hilarious story about a lie that gets out of hand – soon to be a TV series

Lucy Dickens

Are you looking to start a new chapter? 
 
Role: Bookseller wanted! (3-month fixed-term contract) 
Location: A luxury resort on the island of Bounty Cove Cay. 
Skills required: The ideal candidate will have experience in a retail environment, preferably within the book industry. 
Desired qualities: This role will appeal to a book lover with an adventurous streak who is looking for an escape from their everyday life. 
What to expect: Sun, sea, and a bookshop that is far from thriving. No one said it would be smooth sailing. 
 
Please note: You may fall in love with more than just our island along the way... 
 
Looking for your next beach read? Look no further! Escape with The Holiday Bookshop, perfect for fans of Jo Thomas, Phillipa Ashley and Jenny Colgan. 
 
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Praise for Lucy Dickens: 
 
'Funny, inspirational and so evocative!' Cathy Bramley 
'The ultimate armchair adventure' Heidi Swain 
'Will leave you feeling inspired' Cressida McLaughin 
'A journey full of laughs and drama ... A really brilliant read!' Rosie Blake

The Holiday Bookshop

Jodie Chapman

Do you remember your first love? 
 
Nick and Anna are young. They meet at a cinema working summer jobs. They've lived different lives. Carry secret hurts. But they're drawn together by something neither understands. 
 
Fast forward and they've long ago gone their separate ways. Inhabiting different worlds. Shaped by the hurt they bear. Yet neither can quite forget the other. 
 
And then a tragedy brings them back together. Despite their years apart each finds themselves asking . . . 
 
What if we took a chance on another life?

Another Life

The stunning love story and BBC2 Between the Covers pick

From the pen of multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis comes a magnificent and sweeping novel that asks whether friendships really can endure through thick and thin. Readers of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will not be disappointed. 
 
READERS ARE LOVING COME RAIN OR SHINE! 
"Brilliant, I couldn't put it down." - 5 STARS 
"Great storyline. Took me a while to place everyone, so many wonderful characters. But so worth it. Susan Sallis puts you right there, in the thick of it." - 5 STARS 
"Wonderful" - 5 STARS 
"It was exciting and intriguing and nicely slow at the same time" - 5 STARS 
 
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SOME FRIENDSHIPS REALLY DO STAND THE TEST OF TIME. WILL THEIRS? 
 
The four of them were close when they worked together in the 1960s: Natasha, Prudence, Rachel and Maisie. 
 
Now, twenty years later, Natasha, newly divorced and back from America with a fifteen-year-old daughter, decides there must be a reunion. Pru, always the mysterious one, deeply involved with her commune in Cornwall, unexpectedly offers to host at Prospect House, a property she has inherited in the Malvern Hills. Rachel, married to her former boss, a Liberal MP, gladly leaves a tangled domestic situation to join the friends she hasn't seen for so long. 
 
And Maisie ... Maisie, perhaps the most vulnerable of the four, mother of five children, married to the unpredictable Edward, fails to arrive at Prospect House. 
 
The drama of her disappearance has a far-reaching effect on the lives and destinies of them all...

Come Rain Or Shine

a poignant and unforgettable story of close female friendship set amongst the Malvern Hills by bestselling author Susan Sallis

Emma Hughes

'I lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud, I was rooting for Laura from the first page. Tender, funny, smart and brilliantly observed. The perfect blend of uplifting escapism and social satire, an utter page turner and such a clever, perceptive moving one. I LOVED it!' DAISY BUCHANAN 
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Laura Morrison's love life is far from perfect... 
 
...In fact, she's all but given up on finding The One. 
 
But then she gets the chance to trial a new dating service that will draw on everything she's ever done online to find her perfect match, and figures it's got to be worth a try. 
 
Laura can't believe her luck when good-looking, kind, considerate Adam turns up for their first date. On paper he's...well...perfect. 
 
Only now she's developing feelings for the person who led her to her "match" in the first place. Should she trust her instincts when it comes to who might really be Mr Right, even if it means proving the formula wrong? 
 
Sharply-observed and laugh-out-loud funny, NO SUCH THING AS PERFECT is the perfect novel for anyone who has ever wondered if there's a formula for finding love. 
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'Brimming with wit and razor sharp observations' SOPHIE COUSENS, author of This Time Next Year 
 
'Poignant, warm and very, very clever, this is perfect for anyone who thinks they're the only one without the answers. I felt vindicated and lifted after I'd read it!' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS 
 
'I ADORED it! Fast, funny, relatable and super uplifting, with a genius premise and a loveable lead character I was hugely invested in. Every page had me hooked' HELLY ACTON 
 
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No Such Thing As Perfect

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Laid-back Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco investigates crimes in the dangerous world of first century Rome, a place of political intrigue, corruption and murder.

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Fall of the Dragon

Luce doesn’t like the sound of the Sword and Cross reform school, and it lives up to all her expectations. Until she meets Daniel. He’s perfect, but what she doesn’t realise is that they have met before. Many times. He is a fallen angel, and each time they meet they are torn apart, Luce dying and Daniel forced to live on without her. They think that they have found a way to break the curse, but they will have to make great sacrifices along the way. Love never dies in this darkly romantic series which spans centuries in its storytelling.

Fallen

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Far-Flung Adventures

Sam and Remi Fargo are a husband and wife team on a quest. Treasure hunters, they travel the world looking for ancient artefacts and exotic bounty. They're in it for the history and the mystery, but others are not so honourable, and the Fargo's often find themselves caught up in ancient riddles, desperate to solve the puzzle before the bad guys get there first.

Fargo Adventures

Fate & Flame

Father Brown

Father, I Don’t Want This Marriage

Faust

Feral Love

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

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Find Spot

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The First Festivals series invites children to explore the world's culture from the comfort of their home, encourages the development of hand-eye coordination and is recommended for children aged 2 and over.

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