Adam Henson presents Countryfile, often from his 650-hectare farm in the Cotswolds. Having studied Agriculture at college, Adam took over Bemborough Farm from his father, Joe. The farm now grows wheat, spring barley and oilseed rape, runs a flock of 400 commercial ewes and has the UK's leading collection of rare breeds, many of which are in demand for film sets and advertisements. Cotswold Farm Park (www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk) offers a total countryside experience for all the family, welcoming more than 100,000 visitors each year. 
 
Adam presented Lambing Live with Kate Humble, writes for Countryfile magazine and has appeared on Radio 4's On Your Farm and Farming Today. He is the author of three previous books, Adam’s Farm: My Life on the Land, the Sunday Times bestseller, Like Farmer, Like Son and A Farmer and His Dog.

Adam Henson

Adam Higginbotham writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, Businessweek, Smithsonian, Men’s Journal, and The Atavist. He began his career in magazines and newspapers in London, where he was the editor-­in-chief of The Face and a contributing editor at The Sunday Telegraph. The author of Midnight in Chernobyl, he lives in New York City.

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Adam Hills is an internationally recognised comedian and host of award-winning Channel 4 show The Last Leg. His collection of stories from a life in comedy, Best Foot Forward, was a Times bestseller.

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ADAM JOHNSON won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for his second novel, the New York Times bestseller The Orphan Master’s Son (‘Excavates the very meaning of life’ New York Times). His short story 'Nirvana' won the prestigious Sunday Times/EFG Short Story Award. He is the author of acclaimed story collections, Fortune Smiles and Emporium and the novel Parasites Like Us. He teaches creative writing at Stanford University and lives with his family in San Francisco.

Adam Johnson

Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on – he’s written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kay’s children’s books have been translated into 32 languages and sold over 1 million copies, making him one of the UK’s bestselling children’s authors. Kay’s Anatomy became the fastest-selling children’s general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book, Amy Gets Eaten, was published in 2023, and his first children’s novel, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor, was published in September 2024.

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Adam studied illustration and animation, and received a BA followed by an MA from the Edinburgh College of Art. As a student he won a competition to create a short film for MOMI and Channel 4, and once his career producing animated commercials was under way, he became an illustrator as well. He has regular columns in the UK and the US.

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Adam O'Riordan was born in Manchester in 1982, where he currently lives. In 2008 he became the youngest Poet-in-Residence at The Wordsworth Trust, the Centre for British Romanticism. His first collection In the Flesh (2010) win a Somerset Maugham Award. He is the Academic Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Adam Phillips, formerly Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital, London, is a practising psychoanalyst and a visiting professor in the English department at the University of York. He is the author of numerous works of psychoanalysis and literary criticism, including most recently On Giving Up, On Wanting to Change, Attention Seeking, In Writing, Unforbidden Pleasures and Missing Out. He is General Editor of the Penguin Modern Classics Freud translations, and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature.

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Adam Richardson is the UK's top trending health and fitness coach with a rapidly growing audience across both TikTok and Instagram. Adam is passionate about removing barriers to exercise and movement, a philosophy that is key to his work as a Personal Trainer in which he strives to help his clients feel more confident, as well as more fit and healthy.

Adam Richardson

Adam Roberts is acknowledged as the senior scholar of international relations in the UK. He was Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University 1986-2007, and President of the British Academy 2009-13 - the head of humanities in Britain. He was on the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London (2002-08), a member of the UK Defence Academy Advisory Board (2003-15) and is now on the Board of Advisers of the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare at the United States Military Academy, West Point.

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Adam Roberts is the author of The Amateur Gourmet and Secrets of the Best Chefs, and coauthor of Give My Swiss Chards to Broadway. He started his food blog, The Amateur Gourmet, in 2004 and currently writes The Amateur Gourmet Newsletter on Substack. Roberts has also written for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, and for film and television. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband and their dog, Winston. Food Person is his first novel.

Adam Robinson is based in the Middle East and is a regular contributor to newspapers in the Arab world and also to the British media. He is the author of numerous books on the region, including Bin Laden: Behind the Mask of the Terrorist.

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Adam Rutherford is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, and geneticist at University College London. His books include A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Book of Humans, and the Sunday Times bestseller How to Argue with a Racist. He has written and presented numerous documentaries for BBC radio and television, including Inside Science and The Cell. Adam has also worked as a science advisor on many films, including the Oscar-winning Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018).

Adam Smith

Adam Smyth runs the 39 Step Press, an experiment in printing, from a cold barn in Oxfordshire. He is also Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book at Balliol College, University of Oxford.

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Adam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review. His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists.

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Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992 and he has published two books of stories and ten further novels, most recently Missing Fay (2017), and six poetry collections. 
 
 
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Adam Tooze is the author of the highly praised Crashed, The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction, all published by Allen Lane. He has been the recipient of the Wolfson Prize for History, the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize and the Lionel Gelber Prize. Tooze has taught at Cambridge and Yale and is now Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University.

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Emma Noyes

UNBREAKABLE BONDS OF FAMILY AND LOVE ARE EXPLORED IN THIS BRILLIANTLY TENDER STORY FROM THE AUTHOR OF GUY’S GIRL 
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On the day she arrives in Canada for her older brother’s wedding, Eliot Beck hasn’t seen her family in three years. 
Eliot adores her wacky collection of siblings and in-laws, but there’s a reason she fled to Manhattan and buried herself in her work – and she’s not ready to share it with anyone. 
 Eliot thinks she’s prepared to survive the four-day wedding extravaganza – until she sees her best friend, Manuel, looking as handsome as ever. When they met as children, she felt like she’d found the missing half of her soul. 
She tried so hard not to fall in love with him. . . but did anyway. 
Manuel’s presence threatens to infiltrate the fortress Eliot has built around herself. If she isn’t careful, by the end of this wedding, the whole castle might come crumbling down. . . 
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READERS ARE LOVING HOW TO HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT 
‘Bring out your napkins and heavy weapons (hard drink, comfort food, cuddles, wishful thinking to relax) before starting and get ready to be shaken to the core!’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘Broken and beautiful’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
'This book boldly approaches many sensitive subjects that make your heart bleed’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘Incredibly raw and honest’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘A beautiful story about family and love and fighting a hidden battle inside your own head’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
 ‘I simply could not put this book down’ 5 ***** Reader Review

How to Hide in Plain Sight

Kate Robb

Is love on the small screen better than the real thing? 
 
Brynn&rsquo;s happy ending has gone up in flames. She&rsquo;s newly divorced and living with a roommate &ndash; Josh &ndash; to afford her mortgage. At least she&rsquo;s got Carson&rsquo;s Cove to binge - her beloved 90s teenage soap. 
 
So when a birthday cake shows up on her and Josh&rsquo;s doorstep, Brynn makes a wish for her own happily-ever-after. 
 
The next morning, she doesn't wake up in her apartment. She's in Carson's Cove... and Josh is there too. Except they're not Brynn and Josh; they're the sweetheart and the bad boy. 
 
Will they stick to the script, or will real love change the story forever? 
 
A young divorcee finds herself in the ideal world of her favourite 90s nostalgia TV show, in this second-chance romantic comedy from the author of This Spells Love. 
 
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Praise for Kate Robb 
 
'Utterly enchanting - a romance voice to watch' BK Borison, author of Lovelight Farms 
'A rom-com meets magic delight...' Sarah Adams, author of Practice Makes Perfect 
&lsquo;You&rsquo;ll laugh, you&rsquo;ll cry, you&rsquo;ll giggle and kick your feet' ***** 
&lsquo;I want to reread it every year because it's officially one of my comfort books' ***** 
&lsquo;A super cute romance with a parallel timeline twist' ***** 
'This book gives you all the warm and snuggly feelings&rsquo;' *****

Prime Time Romance

Ivy Fairbanks

The unmissable TikTok sensation! The perfect opposites attract, grumpy x sunshine romance to fall in love with this summer. 
 
He has to marry by his thirty-fifth birthday. She’s sworn off love… 
 
Painfully shy Callum Flannelly would rather dive into an open grave than take a stranger to dinner. But he can only inherit the family undertaking business under one condition: He must marry before his thirty-fith birthday. Texan animator Lark Thompson moved to Galway, Ireland, to restart her life and career, not be reminded of losing her husband by moving in next to a funeral home. 
 
But when she learns of Callum’s dilemma, Lark’s certain she can help him find The One, even if she’s sworn off love herself. Though as the dating project progresses and Lark spends more time with straight-laced, sarcastic Callum, he starts to crack the ice around her grieving heart. And the more joy that vivacious Lark brings to Callum’s grey existence, the less he can imagine letting her return to Texas.

Morbidly Yours

Laura Jane Williams

'A treat of a read!' Closer 
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Flo Greenberg: highly strung. Over-achiever. And desperate for a relaxing Greek holiday with her family. 
 
Jamie Kramer: her brother's best friend. Pain in the arse. And somehow on Flo’s relaxing Greek holiday too… 
 
With two surprise weeks of sharing meals, boat trips and sun-loungers, Flo must endure the company of this irksomely chiselled Lothario. But after what happened last year, she’s determined not to let him get the better of her. 
 
In fact, spending time with the enemy will be the perfect cure for Flo's all-consuming anger towards Jamie, right? 
 
(Spoiler alert: wrong…!) 
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‘There are moments of high humour and deep emotion. There are twists and turns in the story. There's fizzing sexual attraction. But the real success of Enemies To Lovers is the sensitive understanding of real people that underpins the action' My Weekly 
PRAISE FOR LAURA JANE WILLIAMS 
 
'I can't remember the last time a book made me forget I had a phone. Pure escapist fiction!' Stacey Halls 
 
'The Lucky Escape is Laura's best book yet. It whisked me away on a much-needed holiday - this is exactly the book we all need right now!' Beth O'Leary 
 
'What an absolute delight! A romantic, relaxing, inspiring not-quite-honeymoon in book form, with a surprising emotional heft behind it. I love it!' Emily Henry 
 
'Smart and funny. The perfect escape.' Sarah Morgan 
 
'Full of fun and charm, I'd recommend it to anyone wishing to be whisked away by an utterly feel-good love story.' Holly Miller 
 
'Joyful, romantic and life-affirming.' Red 
 
'A love story that is guaranteed to make you smile.' Closer 
 
'Hilarious, heart-warming and truly authentic - your modern rom com must-read!' Hello! 
 
'Tender, energetic and authentic ... Such a current love story, but so timeless too.' Daisy Buchanan 
 
'So funny and wonderful and life affirming ... Reminded me in the most complimentary way possible of One Day in December by Josie Silver, which I also adored.' Lorna Cook 
 
'If you liked The Flatshare then you will LOVE Our Stop!' Sarah, Waterstones Bookseller 
 
'This is the laugh-out-loud love story you need to read this summer.' Glamour 
 
'Laura Jane Williams offers another dose of smart, sisterly storytelling ... You can practically feel modern romance evolving as you're reading it.' Emma Jane Unsworth, Observer 
 
'This is the feminist rom-com of the summer!' Holly Bourne

Enemies to Lovers

Dolly Alderton

He said ‘I love you’. And then he disappeared. 
 
Things that are going right for Nina Dean:<ol><li>She’s found her dream job.</li><li>She finally has her own home.</li><li>She’s met Max, a beguiling romantic hero who has swept her off her feet.</li></ol> Things that are going wrong for Nina Dean: 
<ol><li>She has the neighbour from hell.</li><li>Her friendships are fracturing, and so is her parents’ marriage.</li><li>She hasn’t seen or heard from Max for weeks.</li></ol>Just as everything ought to be falling into place, it’s all falling apart instead. Nina’s beloved dad’s memory is slipping away from him, and her mum is caught in a baffling mid-life glow-up. Her friends are becoming strangers and her exes are moving on. Everywhere she turns, she’s reminded of time passing. 
 
The last thing she needs is another ghost.

Ghosts

Jen DeLuca

Cassie Rutherford needs a fresh start. So, she says goodbye to Orlando and hello to Boneyard Key. 
 
 
Cassie is charmed by the historic town, but there&rsquo;s something unusual about her new home. The magnets on her fridge definitely didn&rsquo;t read &ldquo;MY HOUSE&rdquo; when she put them up. . . 
 
 
But Cassie&rsquo;s catching a certain vibe from grumpy coffee shop owner Nick every time he slips her a free slice of banana bread with her order, so it&rsquo;s not all bad. 
 
 
When Cassie tells Nick of the spooky goings on in her cottage, they decide to team up to look into the former owners, and it doesn&rsquo;t take long them to realise they have a connection based on more than just the paranormal. 
 
 
But Cassie&rsquo;s worried she&rsquo;s in too deep with this whole (haunted) home ownership thing, and Nick&rsquo;s afraid to get too close, just in case Cassie gets scared away for good. . .

Haunted Ever After

Meg Jones

PERFECT FOR FANS OF CHALLENGERS, CARRIE SOTO IS BACK AND BREAK POINT 
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Scottie Sinclair is a cheat. 
 
 Or at least, that’s what the world thinks. After all, who would believe her own father secretly drugged her? 
 
 The tabloids have called ‘Game, Set, Match’ on Scottie’s career – but an offer at redemption, and more importantly revenge, may give her the chance at a clean serve. 
 
 Nico Kotas reigned the tennis world for almost a decade – until an injury took him from the baseline. 
 
 Now with a clean bill of health, he’s hungry for one last title. But his public image needs a new game plan – and according to his coach, his former rival’s daughter is the perfect advantage. 
 
 But with old enemies on the sidelines, scandal is seconds away. 
 
 Because, after all, revenge is best served Centre Court. 
 
Tropes: 
- Sports Romance- Celebrity- Fake Dating- Forced Proximity- Open Door- Dual POV 
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Readers are loving Clean Point 
‘I am totally obsessed with this. I loved every second of it’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘I absolutely devoured every single word in this book. This is not JUST a Tennis Romance, it’s also incredibly funny, comforting and touches on some incredibly important topics’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘I’m in love, thank you for listening. That is all’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘Meg has done it again . . . she smashed it . . .’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘The romance was impeccable. And I don't say that lightly’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘Once I started I couldn’t put it down. Totally engrossed and clicked with the characters’ 5 ***** Reader Review

Clean Point

Ava Harrison

Aiden Slate may be the captain of the Redville Saints and NHL’s hottest hockey hero, but he has a tarnished past that he’s still running from. Desperate to get one area of his life under control, he seeks the help of a stranger. 
 
One night with Cassidy was supposed to be enough to turn things around and get his head back in the game. Instead, Cassidy made herself an integral part of his routine, helping him to control his compulsive nature. She’s gotten under his skin, and he doesn’t want to let her go. 
 
Unfortunately for Aiden, his past has caught up with him. He learns this the hard way when the truth about Cassidy is revealed. She isn’t some random woman, but the girl he left behind when he was trying to escape his life. The girl who was always there for him. The one that made it possible for him to get away. 
 
Can they have a chance at love, or will the past and Cassidy’s lies be enough to tear them apart again?

Sweet Collide

Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. 
And he can't work out why she stopped. 
 
Now he is. . . 
1. Without a home 
2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off 
3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking 
 
Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him. 
 
Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story.

Good Material

Emily Houghton

She likes to be in control. 
Olivia Jackson’s life is one big to-do list. But after her sister tragically dies and leaves her a ticket to go travelling, Olivia has to leave her perfectly ordered world – albeit with a meticulously organised itinerary. 
 
He throws caution to the wind. 
Jacob Green couldn’t be more different. He’s been travelling the world for five years and lets destiny decide where he goes next with a roll of some dice. 
 
Do opposites really attract? 
When the two first meet, Olivia finds Jacob’s laid-back attitude infuriating. Not to mention her unanswered question as to why he’s been travelling for so long without going back home. But as they part ways, she can’t help but wish her carefully laid plans involved him. 
 
Will fate bring them together again? And if it does, what secret is Jacob hiding?

Take a Chance on Me

Alicia Thompson

'Unfailingly sweet and surprisingly sexy at the same time, The Art of Catching Feelings is a home run' 
JODI PICOULT, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mad Honey 
 
Daphne Brink doesn&rsquo;t follow baseball, but watching &ldquo;America&rsquo;s Snoozefest&rdquo; certainly beats sitting at home in the days after she signs her divorce papers. After one too many ballpark beers, she heckles Carolina Battery player Chris Kepler, who quickly proves there might actually be a little crying in baseball. Horrified, Daphne reaches out to Chris on social media to apologize . . . but forgets to identify herself as his heckler in her message. 
 
Chris doesn&rsquo;t usually respond to random fans on social media, but when a DM from &ldquo;Duckie&rdquo; catches his eye, he impulsively messages back. Duckie is sweet, funny, and seems to understand him in a way no one else does. 
 
Daphne isn&rsquo;t sure how much longer she can keep lying to Chris, especially as she starts working with the team in real life and their feelings for each other deepen. When he finds out the truth, will it be three strikes, she&rsquo;s out?

The Art of Catching Feelings

Breanne Mc Ivor

Getting a second chance is a beautiful thing… 
 
Bianca Bridge’s personal and professional lives are in tatters. She has lost her beloved mother and has only a distant relationship with her self-made father. And now, she’s been outed as the mistress of a government minister – ending her journalism career before it had even started. 
 
All but unemployable, she is astonished when tyrannical make-up artist Obadiah Cortland, Trinidad’s legendary ‘God of Good Looks’, hires her as his new assistant. 
 
At first, Bianca can’t stand her fierce new boss – and he lets her know the feeling is mutual. But when her ex threatens both their futures and working together becomes their last resort, she begins to glimpse another Obadiah beneath the façade he’s so carefully cultivated.

The God of Good Looks

Melissa Bank

One of the most beloved coming-of-age tales ever written, The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing tells of Jane Rosenal and her spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. From cocktail parties to country houses, young love to older men, Jane’s experiences form an unforgettable, hilarious patchwork of contemporary romance. 
 
This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes a insightful, poignant foreword by Nick Hornby.

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Tillie Cole

After losing her beloved sister three years ago, Savanna Litchfield has been living half a life. When Savannah's therapist suggests joining a trip around the world for grieving teens she agrees to go clutching tightly to the unread journal her sister left behind. 
 
Seventeen-year-old Cael Woods is angry. One year after losing his older brother his life has spiraled. Once the most promising hockey player in the junior league, Cael can no longer step onto the ice. When his parents sign him up for a trip abroad no part of him wants to go. 
 
As Cael and Savannah embark on a journey they begin to find solace in each other. As they start to heal piece by broken piece, could this be the start of a love they never thought they'd feel again?

A Thousand Broken Pieces

Katie Fforde

Dominica. A beautiful remote island where the sun shines and the living is easy. 
 
And where Cass goes to photograph a rare stone carving as a favour to her father. 
 
With her is Ranulph, a deeply attractive, much-travelled journalist, who offers to help Cass with her quest. 
 
But Dominica has just been hit be a severe hurricane, and Cass and Ranulph are spending all of their time helping the local community. 
 
Cass knows she must not fall in love with him… He is just looking out for her. He’s being kind. 
 
There is no way he could be even the slightest bit interested in her. Could he? 
___________ 
 
Love for Katie Fforde ... 
 
'The queen of uplifting, feel good romance' AJ PEARCE 
'Top-drawer romantic escapism' DAILY MAIL 
'Warm, brilliant and full of love' HEAT

Island in the Sun

Rufaro Faith Mazarura

It’s the Athens 2024 Olympics and Zeke and Olivia are there to win. 
 
Zeke Moyo is the star athlete of Team GB. He’s in Athens to claim the title of fastest man in the world. 
 
Olivia Nkomo has landed a career-making internship, finally earning her seat at the table. 
 
Then Zeke and Olivia collide – literally – on the first day of the games, and something unexpected begins. 
 
But the competition is stirring up uncomfortable memories from Zeke’s past. And Olivia’s dream job is turning into a nightmare. 
 
Will love become a hurdle? Or could running beside the right person change the whole game? 
 
Set against a sizzling, hot Greek summer filled with sunshine and souvlaki, Rufaro Faith Mazarua’s Let The Games Begin is a page-turning love story that will restore your faith in humanity... and chemistry-filled banter.

Let the Games Begin

One sizzling hot Greek summer. Two winners. The biggest competition in the world.

Jessica Joyce

Two exes. One wedding. 
 
What could go wrong? 
 
Georgia Woodward and Eli Mora broke up five years ago so they’re definitely over each other… right? 
 
When they’re thrown together at their best friend’s wedding, sparks fly – quite literally when the venue burns down a week before the big day. Now, it’s up to Georgia and Eli to get everything back on track. 
 
As they rush to put on the perfect wedding, old feelings start to resurface. And now there’s only one bed… 
 
Jumping back in is terrifying, but this time will love be worth the risk? 
 
A swoony and steamy second chance romance from the bestselling author of You, with a View.

The Ex Vows

Elle Everhart

This summer, things are about to heat up. 
 
Cas Morgan has spent years of her life watching Hot Summer, the hit dating show that pairs together a bunch of sexy singles in an exotic island location. But she never quite thought she’d be a part of it, until her company secures a partnership with the show and Cas is handpicked as a contestant. If she does well and makes it to the finals, her long-awaited promotion will be secure. 
 
Cas is ready to spend the summer trying to win over the voting public. But just as she steps into the villa, her entire plan goes off course. She’s instantly smitten with fellow contestant, Ada. Ada is gorgeous and charming. As Cas’s feelings for Ada become undeniable, she’s torn between listening to her heart or sticking to her strategy. 
 
Perfect for fans of RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE, Tessa Bailey and Ali Hazelwood!

Hot Summer

Emma Rosenblum

Fire Island is where every wants to spend their summer. Each year, the city elite gather , trailing kids, their nannies, and seafood imported from Manhattan. 
 
Take the Parkers and the Weinsteins. Lauren and Jen hold sway on the beach and the tennis court. Their husbands are childhood friends bearing grudges as deep as they are secret. 
 
Their lone single friend, Rachel Woolf, is looking to meet her match, whether he's the new tennis pro - or someone else's husband. 
 
It's set to be another summer of tennis and sunbathing, gossip and scandal. No one expects it to end in murder...

Bad Summer People

Sophie Kinsella

Sasha is well and truly over it all: work (all-consuming), friendships (on the back burner), sex-life (non-existent). 
 
Armed with good intentions to cleanse and relax, she heads to the Devon resort she loved as a child. But it's off-season, the hotel is falling apart and she has to share the beach with a grumpy, stressed-out guy called Finn. How can she commune with nature when he's sitting on a rock, watching her suspiciously? 
 
But when curious messages start appearing on the beach, Sasha and Finn are forced to begin talking – about everything. What's the mystery? Why are they both burned out? And what exactly is 'manifesting', anyway? 
 
They might discover that they have more in common than they think. . .

The Burnout

Kirsty Greenwood

‘This book has it all. Humor, heart, and a heroine I was desperately rooting for. Kirsty Greenwood has a new fan!’ - Colleen Hoover, bestselling author of It Ends With Us 
_______________If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. She’s entered the afterlife wearing the sort of pyjamas you don’t want anyone to see and finds herself face-to-face with the most handsome man she’s ever encountered. And he’s smiling at her. 
 
As they start to chat, everything else becomes background noise – until someone comes running out of a door, yelling something about a huge mistake, and sends the dreamy stranger back down to earth. 
 
In a twist of fate, Delphie is offered a deal in which she can return to her previous life and reconnect with the mysterious man she’s sure is her soulmate. 
 
The challenge? She only has ten days to find him. 
 
Ten days to make him fall for her. 
 
Oh, and he has no recollection of them ever having met… 
_______________ 
 
Praise for The Love of My Afterlife: 
 
‘Quirky and romantic and oh so gorgeously memorable – I only wish I’d written it first! I lost a whole day to it and I don’t regret a second’ Josie Silver 
 
‘A gorgeously addictive romp of a romantic comedy, with added magic. I adored it’ Clare Pooley 
 
‘How To Lose a Guy in Ten Days meets The Good Place … Original and romantic – I loved it’ Sophie Cousens 
 
'Utter joy. Funny and relatable' Prima 
 
‘An utterly charming romcom that is as hilarious as it is poignant. Reading this book is like receiving a big hug from a dear friend’ Carley Fortune 
 
‘A romantic, tender and hilarious page-turner. Every page will bring you joy’ Cathy Bramley 
 
‘Kirsty writes like a witty dream. She’s the real deal.’ Mhairi McFarlane 
 
‘Reading it is like hanging out with your funniest and cleverest best friend – I never wanted it to end’ Isabelle Broom 
 
'This book is a perfect summer read – it’s light, funny, with enough emotional depth to allow you to become truly invested in the characters' Sunday Express 
 
The Love of My Afterlife is my dream book and I can’t wait for everyone on the planet to read and love it as much as me’ Lucy Vine 
 
‘One of the most life-affirming books I’ve read’ Cressida McLaughlin 
 
‘One of the best, most hilarious and unique romcoms I’ve read in a long time!! Kirsty Greenwood absolutely killed it!’ Amy Lea 
 
‘So smart and so joyous’ Lia Louis 
 
‘Kirsty Greenwood is the funniest, freshest romcom writer in the genre’ Cesca Major 
 
‘Funny, joyful, uplifting, page-turning and unpredictable. This will undoubtedly be one of the biggest books of 2024’ Becky Hunter 
 
‘I'm going to be telling every person in my life to read this book’ Alicia Thompson 
 
‘A truly dreamy love story. I adored every page’ Uzma Jalaluddin 
 
'Utter joy' Prima

The Love of My Afterlife

Raven Kennedy

Every end is also a beginning. 
 
I was going to die. If it weren’t for Slade, I would have. But he ripped the world open for me and I went through it. 
 
To Annwyn. 
 
To home. 
 
Annwyn is the realm of the fae, a magical place full of beauty and danger. 
 
Here, I am known as Lyäri Ulvêre – the golden one gone. 
 
And there are people in this world who want to keep me that way. 
 
But I am not that girl in the gilded cage anymore, and no one is going to use me again. Or stop me from finding my way back to Slade. 
 
I am my own woman. And I will find him. 
 
In this world, or the next.

Gold

Kristan Higgins

Lark Smith is planning a fairytale wedding to her high school sweetheart when in the blink of an eye, everything she's dreamed of is suddenly gone. That day, Lark decided the best way to deal with loss was to prevent others from ever having to. Five years later that goal of becoming a doctor - the best doctor - is just within reach when, without warning, she's fired. 
 
Now, getting back on track means making a deal with the devil. Well, not exactly, even if they do call renowned surgeon Lorenzo Santini "Dr Satan" behind his back. He'll use his influence to get her back in the program. But first, Lark has to pose as his significant other all summer...his sister is getting married, and he doesn't want his 99-year-old grandmother spending her precious time worrying over his single state. What Lark doesn't realize is she's already met Lorenzo's brother Dante, the firefighter who was there on Lark's worst day. The brothers couldn't be more different...which is becoming a problem, because the last thing Lark wants is to fall in love again. 
 
While spinning white lies during one unforgettable Cape Cod summer, Lark is exposed to the truth: when life throws you in the dark, love, friends and family are there to help you look on the bright side.

Look On the Bright Side

Jo Thomas

Escape to the beautiful lavender fields of Provence this summer 
Del moved to the south of France three years ago and hasn’t looked back. She’s found new friends, new purpose, and new love with gorgeous Fabien. 
 
But just as harvest on her little lavender farm is due to begin, Del gets some shocking news. With no time to dwell as she welcomes a new crew of lavender pickers, she unexpectedly waves goodbye to Fabien for the summer. 
 
Usually cooking – the thing she loves best – would help soothe her troubles, but Del doesn’t remember how . . . And then chef Zacharie comes to town, dropping another bombshell! 
 
Over one summer in Provence that’s full of surprises, friends old and new rally round. Can they complete the harvest and pull the community back together? And if Fabien returns, will Del finally get her happy-ever-after?

Love In Provence

Phillipa Ashley

From the million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author comes a heartwarming story of hope, love and second chances, set on the gorgeous Isles of Scilly. 
 
‘This summer’s essential read’ Milly Johnson 
'This book is like a warm summer breeze' Kate Rhodes 
'Delightful' Veronica Henry 
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From the moment Lily Harper arrives at a remote retreat on the breath-taking Scilly Isles, she is itching to get back to civilisation - and her thriving business. 
 
Slowing down simply isn't in her vocabulary, and so she quickly clashes with the gorgeous but dour Sam who runs the retreat. 
 
Just as Lily is about to give up and leave, disaster strikes, and she is involved in an incident that changes her perspective on everything. 
 
Lily is no longer sure she wants to return to the life she thought she loved. But will she have the courage to give the retreat, and Sam, a second chance? 
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Readers can't stop reading Second Chance Summer . . . 
 
***** 'This book was everything I needed ... My first read from Phillipa Ashley and I thoroughly enjoyed it, so I'm off to check out her other books!' 
***** 'This was such a wonderful, easy to read book and perfect for these summer months' 
***** 'I couldn’t turn the page quick enough, the descriptions and details made me feel like I was actually there. Superb from start to finish.' 
***** 'One of my favourite reads this year so far and perfect for a bit of summer escapism. 
Absolutely charming.' 
***** 'An absolutely wonderful book that I can recommend wholly.' 
____________________ 
 
Praise for Phillipa Ashley: 
 
‘Set amid stunning scenery, this is both uplifting and compelling - the perfect beach read!’ Candis 
'‘Read it and feel like you’ve had a holiday!’ MyWeekly 
'Phillipa Ashley's books help readers to escape from their everyday lives' Express & Star 
‘A fantastic setting and intriguing premise' Sue Moorcroft 
‘Escapism at its very best, what a book!’ Milly Johnson 
‘Filled with warm and likeable characters. Great fun!’ Jill Mansell 
‘Sheer joy!’ Katie Fforde 
‘Sunshine, secrets and a stunning setting make this the perfect summer read!’ Heidi Swain 
‘Gloriously uplifting and unashamedly warm-hearted’ Faith Hogan 
‘Full of genuine warmth and quirky characters’ Woman’s Own 
‘A lovely, summery read full of secrets and hope’ Jo Thomas 
‘A blissful story, full of sunshine, secrets and Phillipa’s trademark romance’ Cressida McLaughlin 
‘An utterly glorious, escapist read from a one of the freshest voices to emerge in women's fiction today’ Claudia Carroll 
‘Deliciously entertaining’ Liz Fenwick 
 
Phillipa Ashley, Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023

Second Chance Summer

Claire Daverley

Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They're opposites in every way, but over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer, destined to be one another's great love story. 
 
Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and any possibility of them being together shatters. 
 
But that tragedy - and their history - is what will connect them forever...

Talking at Night

Jessica Yale

Genie Edwards, Head of Player Care at Covenly FC, loves her job. Even if the club doctor is her ex-husband... 
 
When Covenly finally qualify for the Champions League, they smash their record transfer fee to bring in renowned 'Number 10' Tony Garratt, who urgently needs a career boost after being snapped falling out of nightclubs. When Tony is late to his first press conference, it looks like some things never change... 
 
But soon Genie begins to suspect there may be more to Tony than meets the eye - will she put her career on the line for a second chance at love? Or was everyone right about him all along?

He's A 10

The hot new football romance for fans of Sarah Adams and Amy Lea!

Monica Murphy

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

All My Kisses for You

Lancaster Prep: The Next Generation

Lisa Jewell

THE SMASH-HIT STORY OF LOVE, 
FRIENDS AND FLATSHARES TURNS 25Meet the residents of 31 Alamanac Road . . .Ralph and Smith are flatmates and best mates. Nothing can come between them &ndash; until the gorgeous Jemima moves in. They&rsquo;re both falling for her, but which one of them does Jem want?Upstairs, Karl and Siobhan are happily unmarried and have been for fifteen years &ndash; until Cheri, in the flat above, fixes her sights on Karl. Why should a little problem like his girlfriend get in her way?Sooner or later it&rsquo;s all going to come to a head &ndash; and what better place for tears and laughter, break ups and make ups than Ralph&rsquo;s party?

Ralph's Party

The 25th anniversary edition of the smash-hit story of love, friends and flatshares

Katie Bishop

The last time Rachel saw the girls, they were teenagers island-hopping in Greece: making friends, finding love. One golden summer.Now in her thirties, she’s never been able to forget the man she fell in love with back then. Even though he is almost twenty years older than her. Even though she hasn’t seen him since and she’s now married to someone else.And when she crosses paths with one of the girls, she’s confronted with a truth that’s much darker than she ever realized.What really happened to them all that summer? 
What if everything she remembers is a lie?The Girls of Summer is a compulsive and searching exploration of the complicated nature of memory and trauma, power and consent, victimhood and shame.

The Girls of Summer

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This is her story.

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