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Alex Urban

Alex Wheatle

Alex is an author and best-selling children’s book illustrator. Since he could first hold a pencil, Alex has been drawing characters, bringing each to life with a sense of mischief and fun. After studying Illustration for Children’s Publishing at the North Wales School of Art and Design, he went on to illustrate The Runaway Pea, which was selected for the BookTrust’s 2020 Time to Read Campaign. Alex has won the Inspiread 2023 Book Award for his picture book I Did See a Mammoth, the 2020 Shrewsbury Book Fest award and The FCBG 2020 award for his illustrations in The Runaway Pea, as well as being nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and was a finalist in the 2020 Oscar’s Book Prize. His books have been translated into multiple languages. A love of fun storytelling and growing up on 80’s cartoons lead Alex to write his own books, which combine captivating characters and quirky exploits, along with a positive moral message. Alex currently lives in his hometown of Northampton with his wife, two sons, and their chihuahua.

Alex Willmore

Alex Y. Ferguson

Alex de Campi's mostly-indie career stretches from her Eisner-nominated debut Smoke (Dark Horse) through recent Eisner nominees Bad Girls (Gallery 13) and Twisted Romance (Image). Plus company work: she's killed off most of Riverdale, twice, in Archie vs Predator I &amp; II. Her next projects are YA adventure The Backups (Imprint / MacMillan, 2020) and a thriller with director Duncan Jones. Catch her YA adventure Reversal on her Patreon, and action-thriller Bad Karma on Panel Syndicate. She also writes for TV and film (the Blade Runner anime &amp; more). She is on social media as @alexdecampi and lives in Manhattan.

Alex de Campi

Alexa Chung

Alexander Aciman

Alexander Armstrong is one half of the comedy duo Armstrong &amp; Miller who had a regular series on Channel 4 from 1997 to 2001 and then returned with three series of the BAFTA winning Armstrong &amp; Miller Show on BBC1 in 2007. Alexander’s many straight acting roles have included Love Life, Life Begins, Mutual Friends and the sitcomHunderby. He frequently hosts Have I Got News For You?, is the voice of Danger Mouse and the narrator of CBeebies cult hit Hey Duggee. Alexander is also a presenter on Classic FM and has a number one bestselling classical album to his name, but is probably best known for presenting the highly successful daytime quiz show Pointless, now in its twelfth series.

Alexander Armstrong

Alexander Barabanov

Alexander Betts

Alexander Breeze

Alexander C. Karp is co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies Inc. The company, established in Palo Alto, California, in 2003, builds software and artificial intelligence capabilities that are used by defense and intelligence agencies in the United States and allied nations around the world, as well as companies across the commercial sector. Karp is a graduate of Haverford College and Stanford Law School. He earned his doctorate in social theory from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.

Alexander C.Karp

Alexander Chee won a Whiting Award for his first novel, Edinburgh, and is a recipient of the NEA Fellowship in Fiction and residencies from the MacDowell Colony, Ledig House and Civitella Ranieri. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Tin House, Slate, and NPR, among others, and he is a contributing editor at the New Republic. He has recently been selected as a prestigious LA Times critic-at-large. He lives in New York City.

Alexander Chee

Alexander Douglas was born in Canberra, Australia where he studied music and philosophy. He now teaches the history of philosophy and the philosophy of economics at the University of St Andrews. He has published two books on the philosophy of Benedict de Spinoza and one on the philosophy of debt. He has grown increasingly interested in combining ideas from Western and East Asian philosophy. He loves music, literature, history, and engineering. He lives with his wife in Edinburgh.

Alexander Douglas

Alexander Freed is the author of the Star Wars Alphabet Squadron trilogy, Star Wars: Battle­front: Twilight Company and Star Wars: Rogue One and has written many short stories, comic books, and videogames. Born near Philadelphia, he currently re­sides in San Francisco, California. He enjoys the city’s culture, history, and secrets, but he misses snow.

Alexander Freed

Alexander Garros

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Humboldt

Alexander Kent's great interest in the ships and men of the eighteenth century navy was aroused when he was still at school. Although he attended fleet reviews and explored modern warships and dockyards with his father, he found that the great days of square riggers and battles at close quarters captured his imagination. H.M.S. Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, was always high on his list of regular visits. 
 
He served in the Royal Navy as a young man, and saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic and other major theatres of war, but his first love of the great days of sail remained unshaken. 
 
Now firmly established as a leading writer of authentic sea stories, he was the author of twenty-eight acclaimed books featuring Richard Bolitho. Under his own name, Douglas Reeman, and in the course of a career spanning forty-five years, he wrote over thirty novels and two non-fiction books. He died in January 2017.

Alexander Kent

Alexander Lee

Alexander Lernet-Holenia was born in Vienna in 1897. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War and became a protégé of Rainer Maria Rilke. During his life he wrote poetry, novels, plays and was a successful screenwriter. His books were included on the first Nazi blacklist and subsequently burned, but after the end of the Second World War, he again became a vital figure in Austrian cultural life.

Alexander Lernet-Holenia

Alexander MacLeod was born in Inverness, Cape Breton in Canada. His first collection, Light Lifting, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and won an Atlantic Book Award. In 2019, he won an O Henry Prize for his short story, 'Lagomorph', originally published in Granta, and the first story in Animal Person. MacLeod lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and teaches at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.

Alexander MacLeod

Alexander Mackendrick

Alex Maskill was born in Watford, and grew up both there and in Eastbourne, East Sussex. He's has just completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Leicester and now has a degree in Politics. He hopes to follow this with an MSc in Computer Science. 
The Hive Construct is his first novel and won the 2013 Terry Pratchett Prize.

Alexander Maskill

Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world's most prolific and most popular authors. His career has been a varied one: for many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the United Kingdom and abroad. Then, after the publication of his highly successful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty million copies, he devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers through the world. These include the Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in The Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series, and the Corduroy Mansions series, novels which started life as a delightful (but challenging to write) cross-media serial, written on the website of the Telegraph Media Group. This series won two major cross-media awards - Association of Online Publishers Digital Publishing Award 2009 for a Cross Media Project and the New Media Age award. In addition to these series, Alexander writes stand-alone books, including The Forever Girl; Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party and Emma - a reworking of the classic Jane Austen novel. He is also the author of a book on Edinburgh, A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh, as well as several collections of short stories, academic works, and over thirty books for children. He has received numerous awards for his writing, including the British Book Awards Author of the Year Award in 2004 and a CBE for service to literature in 2007. He holds honorary doctorates from nine universities in Europe and North America. In March of 2011 he received an award from the President of Botswana for his services through literature to that country. Alexander McCall Smith lives in Edinburgh. He is married to a doctor and has two daughters.

Alexander McCall-Smith

Alexander Monro

Alexander Norman has written a number of books with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and has known him personally for over 30 years. He regularly gives lectures on Tibetan history and culture and is fascinated by the country and its people. He lives in the UK.

Alexander Norman

Alexander Piatigorsky

Alexander Pope was born on 21st May 1688.He was brought up a Roman Catholic at a time where the laws of England were prejudicial towards Catholics. He suffered tuberculosis as a child and was crippled by it. He never grew taller than 4'6". He first published The Rape of the Lock when he was twenty-three years old in 1712. He later added to it in 1714 and 1717. It was written to reconcile two families who had fallen out over a similar incident where a young Lord Petre had cut off a lock of hair from Arabella Fermor's head. Pope went on to translate the works of Homer and produce The Dunciad and An Essay on Man. Pope died on 30th May 1744.

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Roald Dahl

A woman obsessed with punctuality makes a fateful decision, a wronged woman takes revenge on her dead husband, a cat's curious behaviour comes between a husband and his wife. . . Madness highlights a domestic familiarity always on the edge of something much, much darker. 
 
Collected together for the first time, stories include Edward the Conqueror, Katina, The Sound Machine, An African Story, The Landlady, Pig, The Boy Who Talked with Animals, Dip in the Pool, William and Mary and The Way Up to Heaven.

Madness

Sylvia Day

The Crossfire series is a quintet that follows the emotional and romantic journey taken by Gideon Cross and Eva Tramell. A number one internationally bestselling series, the Crossfire books are available in forty territories . . . and counting.

INDULGE YOURSELF IN THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING CROSSFIRE SERIES 
 
Experience the passion of Eva and Gideon's romance in these five intensely sensual Crossfire novels: Bared to You, Reflected in You, Entwined with You, Captivated by You and the breathlessly awaited finale One With You. 
 
 
"A wild, high-altitude ride" USA TODAY 
"Will have you furiously flipping pages" GLAMOUR 
"Sophisticated, engaging, clever and sweet" IRISH INDEPENDENT 
"When it comes to brewing up scorchingly hot sexual chemistry, Day has few literary rivals" BOOKLIST 
 
 
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Bared to You 
Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness - beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart . . . 
 
Reflected in You 
Gideon Cross was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn't stay away. He was my addiction. my every desire. We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession. 
 
Entwined with You 
No one knows how much Gideon risked for me. How much I'd been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become. Entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession . . . 
 
Captivated by You 
Gideon calls me his angel, but he's the miracle in my life. The vows we'd exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened up old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. We faced a terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we'd had before each other or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless dream . . . 
 
One with You 
Gideon Cross. Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I've ever done. It happened instantly. Completely. Irrevocably. 
 
Marrying him was a dream come true. Staying married to him is the fight of my life. Love transforms. Ours is both a refuge from the storm and the most violent of tempests. Two damaged souls entwined as one. 
 
Read the complete collection in this digital box-set

The Complete Crossfire Series

Five Book Collection

Jojo Moyes

THE SEQUEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON ME BEFORE YOU 
 
The beautiful love story that will make you both laugh and cry, from the author of The Last Letter from Your Lover, now a major motion picture 
 
'Matches Me Before You. Funny, sad and wise, you'll be using a hankie as a bookmark' Mail on Sunday 
___________ 
 
Lou Clark has lots of questions . . . 
 
Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places. 
 
Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home. 
 
Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago. 
 
And will she ever get over the love of her life. 
 
What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change. 
 
Then, one night, it does. 
 
But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for - or just more questions? 
 
Close the door and life continues: simple, ordered, safe. 
 
Open it and she risks everything. 
 
But Lou once made a promise to live. And if she's going to keep it, she has to invite them in . . . 
 
If you loved After You, discover where the love story began in Me Before You, and find out what Lou Clark does next in Still Me - out now! 
__________ 
 
'This beautiful story is perfect. Will have you brimming with tears and grinning in equal measure. L-O-V-E' Closer 
 
'Moyes totally delivers. With its twisty plot, characters you fall in love with, weepy bits and witty bits, this is pretty much perfect' Glamour 
 
'Wonderfully warm. Moyes manages to break your heart before restoring your faith in love. Unputdownable' Sunday Express 
 
'Classic Jojo - fans will love it' Heat 
 
'Satisfyingly brilliant' Sun 
 
'I read this in one sitting. It is impossible not to root for Lou' Stylist 
 
 
The Lou Clark trilogy has sold over 21 million copies worldwide across all formats, The Bookseller, June 2020

After You

THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON, ME BEFORE YOU, WHICH HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION COPIES WORLD WIDE AND IS NOW A FILM STARRING EMILIA CLARKE AND SAM CLAFLIN TOGETHER WITH THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING SEQUEL AFTER YOU IN ONE EBOOK 
 
Me Before You 
Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. 
 
 What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. 
 
 Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that. 
 
 What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time. 
 
 
After You 
Lou Clark has lots of questions. 
 
 Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places. 
 
 Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home. 
 
 Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago. 
 
 And will she ever get over the love of her life. 
 
 What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change. 
 
 Then, one night, it does. 
 
 But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for - or just more questions? 
 
 Close the door and life continues: simple, ordered, safe. 
 
 Open it and she risks everything. 
 
 But Lou once made a promise to live. And if she's going to keep it, she has to invite them in . . . 
 
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'A tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life. Bumper box of tissues required' Stylist 
 
 'Poignant . . . heartfelt . . . Me Before You, at its heart, is about two people who properly listen to each other; it is something good' The Independent on Sunday 
 
'Funny, sad and wise, you'll be using a hankie as a bookmark' Mail on Sunday 
 
'With its twisty plot, characters you fall in love with, weepy bits and witty bits, this is pretty much perfect' Glamour

Me Before You & After You

Isabelle Broom

Holly Wright has had a difficult few years. After her mother's death, she's become expert at keeping people at a distance - including her boyfriend, Rupert. 
 
But when Holly receives an unexpected letter explaining that an aunt she never met has left her a house on the Greek island of Zakynthos, the walls she has built begin to crumble. Arriving on the island, Holly meets the handsome Aidan and slowly begins to uncover the truth about the secret which tore her family apart. 
 
But is the island where Holly really belongs? Or will her real life catch up with her first?

My Map of You

Rebecca Done

Jess Hart has never forgotten Matthew Landley. 
 
He was her first love when she was fifteen - but he was ten years older and her maths teacher at school. It ended in scandal, with his arrest and imprisonment. 
 
Now seventeen years later, a forty-two-year-old Matthew arrives back in Norfolk with a new identity, a long-term girlfriend and young daughter who know nothing of his past. Yet when he runs into Jess, long-suppressed memories of their love affair begin to be rekindled. 
 
But with so many secrets between them, will they ever be able to escape the damage they caused before?

This Secret We're Keeping

Gideon Cross. Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I've ever done. It happened instantly. Completely. Irrevocably. 
 
Marrying him was a dream come true. Staying married to him is the fight of my life. Love transforms. Ours is both a refuge from the storm and the most violent of tempests. Two damaged souls entwined as one. 
 
Now, I must be the rock, the shelter for him that he is for me. Together, we could stand against those who work so viciously to come between us. But our greatest battle may lie within the very vows that give us strength.

One with You

Sinéad Moriarty

When Alice's husband Ben dies suddenly, her world falls apart. They shared twenty years and two daughters and life without him is unimaginable. 
 
Having lost her parents while young, Alice understands her girls' pain. At fifteen, Jools is at that awkward age and only Ben could get through to her. And eleven-year-old Holly looks for the answer to everything in books but this time she's drawing a blank. Alice realizes that for their sakes she must summon up superhuman reserves of strength. 
 
Somehow all three of them come through the dark days. In time, it's even possible for Alice to consider marrying again, with the girls' blessing. So when Ben turns up after three years, her world is again turned upside-down. The girls assume that their family can go back to the way they were. Alice is not so sure. 
 
Once more Alice has to find the strength to be the mother her daughters need her to be. But this time what that means is far from clear ...

The Way We Were

Kalayna Price

Alex Craft is a Grave Witch: with reasonable rates and extraordinary powers, she specializes in revealing the secrets of the dead. She's not human - and her heritage is causing havoc for her both in the human and Faerie realms. 
 
Alex's status as an unaffiliated fae makes her an ideal candidate to investigate a new glamour-infused street drug that has surfaced in several of the spaces between the human and Fae worlds. It causes hallucinations that turn real and consequences can be deadly. Searching for the source, Alex must find answers before she's dragged so deep she loses her freedom.

Grave Visions

Jane Fallon

Tamsin and Michelle have been inseparable since childhood. Even now they spend all their time together, along with Patrick, Michelle's handsome husband. 
 
Except Tamsin's brilliant assistant Bea (without whom Tamsin's life would fall apart) has heard a nasty rumour that Patrick is playing away. Determined to uncover the truth, Tamsin devises a honey-trap to test his resolve, using Bea as bait. But she never counted on Bea having her own agenda . . . 
 
Struggling to untangle the web of deceit, Patrick seems to be constantly one step ahead. Can Tamsin reveal the truth to Michelle without ruining everyone's life along the way?

Strictly Between Us

Linda Finlay

Twelve year old Eliza is thrown out of her home on to the Devon moors on a freezing Christmas night. Chilled to the bone, she is taken in by Fay, who nurses her back to health and teaches her how to make medicines and perfumes from the plants and flowers she's always loved. 
 
 
Eliza makes the most of all Fay has shown her with a new start in a new town, but there are dangers at every turn. Will Eliza have the strength to overcome them? And will she have what she wants most of all, a family for Christmas?

A Family For Christmas

Jenny Stallard

It's bad enough to be perpetually single, without also being the dating journalist for a major lifestyle website. And Genie Havisham has just been set her toughest deadline yet: find a boyfriend by Christmas or find a new job. 
 
Determined not to end the year alone and jobless, Genie sets out to find where all the eligible bachelors in London have been hiding, using whatever means possible. 
 
But among the terrible dates, one night stands and the unexpected return of her 'supposedly reformed' ex-boyfriend, could Genie have overlooked what's been right under her nose all along?

Boyfriend by Christmas

Giovanna Fletcher

Sarah's doing great. Okay, her dreams might still be totally bananas but real life is definitely back on track. She's got a fantastic job, amazing friends and plans to spend all Christmas wrapped up with Brett, her handsome boyfriend. 
 
But after another night of increasingly bizarre dreams, Sarah wakes to find her housemate suddenly announcing she's moving out. And later that day Brett begins to act strangely. He's clearly hiding something - but what? 
Soon Sarah can't help but wonder if she's living in a festive nightmare. Will any of her dreams come true for Christmas?

Dream a Little Christmas Dream

The heartwarming festive story that will melt your heart from the Sunday Times bestseller

Nicole Krauss

Leo Gursky is a man who fell in love at the age of ten and has been in love ever since. These days he is just about surviving life in America, tapping his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbour know he's still alive, drawing attention to himself at the milk counter of Starbucks. But life wasn't always like this: sixty years ago in the Polish village where he was born Leo fell in love with a young girl called Alma and wrote a book in honour of his love. These days he assumes that the book, and his dreams, are irretrievably lost, until one day they return to him in the form of a brown envelope. 
 
Meanwhile, a young girl, hoping to find a cure for her mother's loneliness, stumbles across a book that changed her mother's life and she goes in search of the author. Soon these and other worlds collide in The History of Love, a captivating story of the power of love, of loneliness and of survival.

The History of Love

Lucy Robinson

Annie has a secret. But if she's not going to tell, we won't either. It's a heart-breaking secret she wishes she didn't have - yet Annie isn't broken, not quite yet. Especially now there's someone who seems determined to fix her. 
 Kate has run away. But she's not going to tell us why - that would defeat the point of running, wouldn't it? It's proving difficult to reinvent herself, however, with one person always on her mind. 
Scratch beneath the surface and nobody is really who they seem. Even Annie and Kate aren't entirely sure who they are any more.

The Day We Disappeared

Graeme Simsion

Forty-one-year-old geneticist Don Tillman had never had a second date before he met Rosie. 
 
Now, living in New York City, they have survived ten months and ten days of marriage, even if Don has had to sacrifice standardized meals and embrace unscheduled sex. 
 
But then Rosie drops the mother of all bombshells. And Don must prepare for the biggest challenge of his previously ordered life - while dodging deportation, prosecution and professional disgrace. 
 
Is Don Tillman ready to become the man he always dreamed of being? Or will he revert to his old ways and risk losing Rosie for ever?

The Rosie Effect

The hilarious and uplifting romantic comedy from the million-copy bestselling series

The Devlin sisters rely on each other - but some things are just too painful to share, even when your sisters are your best friends . . . 
 
Mum-of-four Julie thought that if her family had more money, life would be easier. But now that they've inherited a fortune, her problems are only starting. Lawyer Louise is used to having life go exactly as she wants it to. So accepting that she cannot control the most important thing in her life is beyond her. And former model Sophie can just about cope with getting older - that's until her ex-husband finds a younger model. 
 
All three women think that some battles are best fought alone. Maybe they need to think again . . .

The Secrets Sisters Keep

The Devlin sisters, novel 2

William Trevor

After nineteen years of marriage, three children and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go to hospital for an emergency operation. From her hospital bed she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17 year old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc she caused by the affair. 
No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

Elizabeth Alone

Pippa Croft

'Captain Hunt has been involved a serious incident.' 
 
 This call changes everything for Lauren Cusack. Her relationship with impossibly handsome aristocrat Alexander Hunt has been turbulent, passionate, and addictive, and now she rushes to his side knowing she will inevitably be sucked back into his world. 
 
 And sure enough, Alexander remains an intoxicating cocktail Lauren cannot resist and despite everything she finds herself happier than ever. 
 
 As Lauren's final term at Wyckham College races by, she is offered the perfect job back in Washington. With Alexander tied to his Estate, the fragility of their romance hits home.

Third Time Lucky

The Oxford Blue Series #3

The beginning of a new term at Wyckham College, Oxford: Lauren Cusack had her fingers badly burnt last time when a whirlwind romance with gorgeous English aristocrat, Alexander Hunt, became too hot to handle. Now, she's determined to stay away. 
 
 Her resolve is shaken when Alexander turns to her in a desperate time of need. Lauren knows that she should stay away, but their chemistry is undeniable and she soon finds herself back in Alexander's arms. 
 
 Can Lauren handle the drama that comes with Alexander Hunt? Or will she have to sacrifice the most exhilarating passion she's ever known.

The Second Time I Saw You

The Oxford Blue Series #2

Gideon calls me his angel, but he's the miracle in my life. My wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to face his own. 
 
 The vows we'd exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. 
 
 At the brightest time in our lives, the darkness of his past encroached, threatening everything. We faced a terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we'd had before or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless dream...

Captivated by You

A Crossfire Novel

Sophie and Billy's love story had the perfect fairy tale ending, but will all their wishes come true this Christmas?

Christmas With Billy and Me

A short story

When US Senator's daughter, Lauren Cusack, arrives at the enchanting Wyckham College of Oxford University she hopes to mend her broken heart by throwing herself into her studies. 
 
But then English aristocrat Alexander Hunt walks into her life and everything changes. Handsome, brooding, and with his own dark past to escape, Alexander is exactly what Lauren doesn't need - but she finds herself helplessly drawn to him. 
 
Both Alexander and Lauren know that they should stay away from each other . . . but sometimes desire is so powerful that is conquers all else.

The First Time We Met

The Oxford Blue Series #1

Joanna Wylde

With two daughters to raise and the Reapers Motorcycle Club to manage, Reese 'Picnic' Hayes keeps his relationships free and easy - and he definitely wouldn't waste his time on a glorified cleaning lady like London Armstrong. 
 
If only he weren't completely obsessed with her. 
 
Although London may be deeply attracted to the Reapers' president, she knows better than to get caught up with his sort. But when her young cousin finds trouble with a ruthless drug cartel, Reese might be the only man who can help. How far will London go to save her family?

Reaper's Stand

Reaper's Motorcycle Club

Evelyn Waugh

'A whole Gothic world had come to grief . . .' 
 
Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony's pride and joy. Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite. Abandoning the country for the glamorous yet shallow London scene, Brenda imagines divorce will bring happiness. Instead she and Tony feel lost and isolated - victims of the wreckless times in which they live . . .

A Handful of Dust

J L Carr

'That night, for the first time during many months, I slept like the dead and, next morning, awoke very early.' 
 
One summer, just after the Great War, Tom Birkin, a demobbed soldier, arrives in the village of Oxgodby. He has been invited to uncover and restore a medieval wall painting in the local church. At the same time, Charles Moon - a fellow damaged survivor of the war - has been asked to locate the grave of a village ancestor. As these two outsiders go about their work of recovery, they form a bond, but they also stir up long dormant passions within the village. What Berkin discovers here will stay with him for the rest of his life . . .

A Month in the Country

Sally is a woman of many (hidden) talents. 
 
She's been working as wardrobe mistress at the Royal Opera House, not telling a soul she's a damn good singer. But then, she's only able to sing if she's shut inside her wardrobe, where it's safe. 
 
But she made a promise to her cousin Fiona that she would audition for Opera School and for complicated reasons, she can't get out of it - even though she'd rather claw her own eyes out than sing in public. 
 
Sally has a lot to learn, but will she figure out that stage fright is about more than forgetting the words? And that perhaps her real problems lie very much closer to home?

The Unfinished Symphony of You and Me

Liam "Hunter" Blake hates the Reapers MC. A stoic Devil's Jack, he'll defend his club to the death. But why use force when the Reapers' president has a daughter who's alone and vulnerable? Hunter has wanted her from the outset, and now he has an excuse to take her. 
 
Em has lived her entire life in the shadow of the Reapers. Her overprotective father is the club's president and - for the men in her life - a particularly dangerous man to cross. But then she meets someone who isn't afraid to treat her like a real woman. Is he really The One?

Devil's Game

Reapers Motorcycle Club

Tracey Garvis Graves

Local police officer Daniel Rush had it all until a tragic accident took away everything he cherished. Then he pulls over Claire Canton. 
 
Claire is at a crossroads in her marriage. Downsized during the recession, her husband Chris copes by retreating to a dark place where no one can reach him, not even Claire. She's left feeling she has nowhere to turn. Until she and Daniel run into each other again -- and then it doesn't take long before Claire and Daniel are in way over their heads and skating close to a line that Claire has sworn she'll never cross...

Covet

Tina Seskis

An apparently happy marriage. A beautiful son. A lovely home. 
 
So what makes Emily Coleman wake up one morning and walk right out of her life? How will she survive? And what is the date that looms, threatening to force her to confront her past? 
 
No-one has ever guessed her secret. Will you? 
 
Tina Seskis's One Step Too Far is an absolutely unputdownable story of secrets and heartbreak.

One Step Too Far

Jane Smith

Japanese Classics

Meet the hilarious British dilettante Bertram 'Bertie' Wooster who can't seem to help finding himself in the middle of awkward social situations, calling upon his valet Jeeves to escape embarrassment.

Jeeves & Wooster

Jenny Q

Jess Tennant

Joe Rat Adventures

Joey Pigza

Johnny Maxwell

Jon Katz

Jonathon Payne & David Jones

Joseph Stark

Journey into Space

Jumpman

Post-graduation, Allyson Healey decided to embark on a three week tour of Europe. It all goes according to plan until she meets Willem. He is everything she is not; free spirited, a risk taker. She allows herself to be swept away by him for just 24 hours, and then returns home the next day. Willem, determined to find her, puts his trust in fate and travels the world hoping that somewhere he will come across her. This sweepingly romantic trio of novels is filled with emotion, romance and a life affirming belief in fate.

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