Adam Usden

Adam Wagner

Adam Wasson

Adam Weymouth's work has been published widely, including in Granta, The Atlantic, The Observer and the BBC. His first book, Kings of the Yukon, won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year and the Prix Paul-Emile Victor. He has been named by the National Writing Centre as one of ten writers shaping the UK's future.

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Adam Wisniewski-Snerg (1937-95) was born on the outskirts of Warsaw. His science fiction writing is largely focused around the consequences of totalitarianism. Although largely unread during his lifetime, after his suicide in 1995 his work began to receive major critical attention. He is now considered to be, along with Stanislaw Lem, one of Poland's greatest science fiction writers.

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Ade Edmondson

Adele Lang

Adele Nozedar is an author and photographer. Previously, she was in a cult indie band, then ran her own indie record label and became A&amp;R Director/General Manager of a major record company. 
 
Her wide-ranging passions are reflected in her books, which include The Hedgerow Handbook (2012), The Signs and Symbols Sourcebook (2011), The Secret Language of Birds (2006), and The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans (2013).

Adele Nozedar

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Adeline Yen Mah

Adelle Waldman is a freelance writer and book critic. She worked as a reporter at the New Haven Register and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal's website. Her articles also have appeared in The New York Times Book Review,The New Republic,Slate,The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Adelle Waldman

Aditi Kakade Beaufrand is an Indian illustrator based in France. She likes experimenting with bright, happy colours. She grew up reading fairytales, watching animated films and imagining adventure stories, and her style is an embodiment of her Indian heritage and western culture. She loves animals and taking long walks on the beach, but she is never too far away from a pencil and a paper to draw her perception of the world.

Aditi Kakade Beaufrand

Aditya Chakrabortty

Adiva Geffen is a bestselling writer and playwright. Her plays have appeared on major stages in Israel, she lectures and leads numerous writing workshops and she is a board member of the Israeli Writers’ Association. 
 
 Geffen started out as a special-education teacher, before serving as the spokesperson for the Habima National Theatre for more than a decade. She founded and subsequently led the Israeli Theatre Award for ten years, and now serves as head of The Gnazim Institute of the Hebrew Writers Association, the largest Hebrew literature archive in the world. 
 
 Born in Haifa, Israel and the mother of three sons, Geffen now lives in Tel Aviv with her partner Aharon Meidan.

Adiva Geffen

Adnan Sarwar, 35, is a former British soldier who served in the Iraq War.  He has since worked as a military consultant to film and is a writer based in London.  Read more at www.adnansarwar.com / @adnansarwar

Adnan Sarwar

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Loos (1877-1933) was a leading Austro-Hungarian architect, perhaps most famous for the revolutionary 'Loos House' opposite the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, which caused outrage when it was built in 1912, and the wonderful American Bar, also in Vienna. He wrote extensively on architecture and design, working in reaction to the elaborate mass of decoration celebrated by the Vienna Secession movement.

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Adomnan of Iona

Adonis

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Adrian Bean

Adrian Bliss is a creator, writer and performer from London, best known for his comedy sketches which, explore everything from history to natural science to religion. Adrian's work has earned him nearly 20 million followers across social media and has been featured in CNN, The Times and Vogue. Adrian was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at Just For Laughs, and his one-man play Inside Everyone sold out its debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival prior to opening.

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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

Sylvia Day

Lily Black was presumed dead for years. Now she's returned to the unquestioning arms of her loving husband, Kane. Where she's been is a mystery, but the deadly danger she's brought with her is manifest to all. 
 
Aliyah, Kane's mother, has worked hard to position herself in power. No one escapes her bitter ambition, not her children and certainly not a woman who may not be who she claims. 
 
Amy, Kane's sister-in-law, has been a pawn throughout the dangerous games the family plays. She's beginning to grasp the rules, though, and won't stop until all the pieces on the board have toppled.

Too Far

Jenn McKinlay

‘Loveable bookish characters and genuine emotional heart’ Culturefly 
_____________________ 
 
The beginning 
Emily Allen has always been an introvert - but never afraid of adventure. When her favourite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in her bookstore, she moves to Ireland without a second thought. 
 
The middle 
Helping Siobhan overcome writer’s block and finish the final book in her acclaimed series is a dream come true for Em. If only she didn’t have to deal with Kieran – the grouchy manager of Siobhan’s bookstore who clearly doesn’t want her around. 
 
The plot twist 
Em falls deeply in love with the new life she’s built – and, unexpectedly, with Kieran. But when she discovers the reason for his initial resistance, she finds herself torn between helping Siobhan find closure and what could be a new chapter in her own love story…

Love At First Book

Pia Mia

In her juicy debut novel, international recording artist Pia Mia gives an intimate, insider peek at love, the ups and downs of fame in the music industry and living life in the Hollywood spotlight 
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Sand in my toes, wind in my hair, and my friends by my side. . . What more could I ask for? 
 Princess came to LA to make something of herself, to share her music and find real love… She's got an amazing squad of friends and a certain blue-eyed man who she can't get out of her head. With a new single just released, everyone wants a piece of her: party invitations, paparazzi and custom couture dresses abound. She's living her California dream. 
 
 But Hollywood isn't exactly what she thought it would be. Behind closed doors, there's lies and loneliness disguised by smiles and laughter. It's hard to know who to trust, or what's fake and what's real. Princess just wants success – on her own terms – but needs to make sure she doesn't lose herself in the process. 
Tropes/themes: 
1. Summer romance 2. Parties3. Beach setting4. Coming of age

Sand, Sequins and Silicone

Betty Cayouette

'A sweet and heartfelt debut romance that has me itching to book a flight to Italy' Hannah Grace, Sunday Times bestselling author of Icebreaker 
 
'A dreamy, utterly transportive vacation in book form' Amy Lea, international bestselling author of Exes and O's 
_____Supermodel Emerson seemingly has the perfect life &ndash; but she&rsquo;s tired of looking for love in all the wrong places. 
 
When a reminder for the marriage pact she and her former best friend Theo made as teens goes off on her phone, she realizes she has a chance to rekindle the only relationship that ever really made sense. 
 
Emerson convinces her grumpy agent to book her as the face of the campaign that Theo, now a fashion photographer, is shooting. 
 
The good news: the campaign is being shot in ridiculously romantic Cinque Terre, Italy. 
 
The bad news? Theo might not be as happy to see her as she&rsquo;d hoped . . . 
 
Will this be her one last shot at love, or a final goodbye?_____ 
 
Your favourite authors are falling head over heels for One Last Shot... 
 
'The ultimate second-chance romance' Annabel Monaghan 
 
&lsquo;Heartache, history, and loads of chemistry on every page&rsquo; Bridget Morrissey 
 
&lsquo;A total delight&rsquo; Julia Argy 
 
'Dazzles with second-chance romance so sweeping it&rsquo;s picture-perfect&rsquo; Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka 
 
'A romantic exploration of love, friendship, miscommunication, and growing up&rsquo; Hanna Halperin 
 
&lsquo;An intoxicating romance set in the world of super models and fashion photographers&rsquo; Stephen McCauley

One Last Shot

Jilly Cooper

Jilly Cooper's legendary hero returns! 
 
Rupert Campbell-Black, all-conquering racehorse owner-trainer and handsomest man in England, is in the darkest of places. His adored wife, Taggie, is about to undergo chemotherapy. His beloved leading stallion has been assassinated. 
 
Now his daughter Bianca is badgering him to buy into a failing local football club, Searston Rovers, so he can sign up her superstar striker boyfriend, Feral Jackson, and he and Bianca can return home from Perth to look after Taggie. 
 
Rupert dislikes football and his first impressions of Searston are distinctly unfavourable. But as their new and indelibly competitive Chairman, he won&rsquo;t stand for anything less than an Everest climb to the top of the Premier League. 
 
With the help of the club&rsquo;s ravishing and adorable secretary, Tember West, and his sassy Press Officer, Dora Belvedon, he becomes increasingly fond of his riotous mix of players, despite bawling them out whenever they face defeat. 
 
Rupert&rsquo;s explosive arrival at Searston causes outrage, so the fights are as furious off the field as on &ndash; particularly when glamorous WAGS flood in to stir up trouble and lust after Rupert&hellip; 
 
Nor do the rival local football team, their duplicitous chairman and their corrupt dealings make things easier &ndash; let the scandals, sabotage and seductions begin&hellip;

Tackle!

Melanie Cantor

A laugh-out-loud comedy for fans of Alexandra Potter, Bella Mackie and Harper Ford! 
 
Meet Daisy. She’s just caught her boyfriend shagging someone else at her fortieth birthday party. She’s camped out in her childhood bedroom. And it looks as if her dream to have a baby has gone down the pan. 
 
Time for a F**k It! List? 
 
Don’t miss this triumphant comedy about a woman taking on the world on her own terms.

The F**k It! List

Carley Fortune

They can't be together, but they can't stay apart. 
 
The first time Lucy and Felix meet, she is a tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. He is the local who shows her a very good night. She has no clue that he is her best friend's younger brother. Their chemistry is off the charts, but the list of reasons they can't be together is much longer. 
 
Every summer, Lucy visits the island with Bridget for a big breath of fresh air, to gorge on oysters and vinho verde, and to soak up sunny days on red sand beaches. And each year, she promises herself she won't end up in Felix's arms. 
 
It's easier said than done. With every furtive glance and electrifying touch, she becomes more entranced by this man who wears his heart on his sleeve even as he remains completely off-limits to her. What started as a one-time thing becomes six years of keeping secrets and telling lies-to her best friend, to Felix, to herself. That's why, last summer, she broke things off for good. 
 
When Bridget faces the biggest crisis of her life, Lucy knows she needs to take her back home. One last trip to the island. One last chance with Felix. But has she ruined everything before it can really begin?

This Summer Will Be Different

Holly Smale

If you had the power to change the past. . . where would you start? 
 
Cassie has never really fitted in. She remembers everything. Understands nothing. And consistently says the wrong thing. 
 
So when she gets dumped, fired AND her local café runs out of banana muffins - all in one day - it feels like the end of the world. 
 
But then Cassie discovers she has the power to go back and change things. 
 
With endless chances to get it right, can she stop it all from going wrong? 
 
As featured on Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 2 Book Club, The Times & Daily Mail 
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'A time-twisting delight' REESE WITHERSPOON 
'Utterly brilliant!' ZOE BALL 
'Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' LINDSEY KELK 
'Totally absorbing' GRAEME SIMSION 
'Sharp, funny, quirky, insightful and so very, very relatable' JOANNE HARRIS 
'Hilarious and heartwarming' WOMAN'S OWN 
'Gut-warmingly funny' EMMA JANE UNSWORTH 
'Truly original novel' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS 
'Very clever' IRISH EXAMINER 
'IWonderful' DAILY MAIL 
'This is THE book for anyone who has ever wished life came with an undo button' SOPHIE IRWIN 
'Smart [and] funny' THE TIMES 
'A triumph' SUN 
'Clever [and] unusual' DAILY EXPRESS 
'Brilliantly clever' SARAH HAYWOOD 
'A witty read' SUN ON SUNDAY 
 
First published in the UK as The Cassandra Complex. 
 
 
Reese's Book Club Pick, June 2023

Cassandra in Reverse

Jojo Moyes

Nisha Cantor and Sam Kemp are two very different women. 
 
Nisha, lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband inexplicably cuts her off entirely. She doesn't even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in. That's because Sam, struggling to keep herself and her family afloat, has accidentally taken Nisha's gym bag. 
 
Now Nisha's got nothing. And Sam's walking tall with shoes that catch eyes - and give her career an unexpected boost. Except Nisha wants her life back - and she'll start with her shoes . . .

Someone Else’s Shoes

Robinne Lee

EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS HIS NAME. 
BUT IT'S YOU HE WANTS. 
 
At thirty-nine, Solène Marchand is a devoted mother, a dedicated colleague and a considerate ex-wife. 
 
But it's a long time since she's felt like herself. 
 
So when someone comes along who seems to see her - to want her - for who she really is, the attraction is instant. And so begins a jet-setting, earth-shattering secret love affair. 
 
But what if that someone is world-famous sex symbol Hayes Campbell? Captivating frontman of boy band of the moment August Moon - whose face is everywhere. Including Solène's teenage daughter's bedroom wall. 
 
Can Solène allow herself to fall for the boy the whole world wants? 
 
Or will she have to make a devastating choice?

The Idea of You

Mikki Brammer

Clover Brooks has forgotten how to live. 
 
It might be because she spends her time caring for people in their final days, working as a death doula in New York City. 
 
Or it might be because she has a regret of her own - one she can't bring herself to let go of. 
 
But then she meets Claudia: a feisty old woman who has one last wish . . . 
 
As Clover begins a new adventure, will she remember how to live her own big, beautiful life?

The Collected Regrets of Clover

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 room-mance for the books in this tender, steamy story about unexpectedly finding love and being brave enough to let it revise life&rsquo;s narrative in the final book in the beloved Bergman Brothers series. 
 
Tallulah 
I&rsquo;ve got a massive case of writer&rsquo;s block and I've been kicked out of my apartment, with no end to my misery in sight. At least, until Viggo Bergman makes me an offer I can&rsquo;t refuse: he needs help running his romance bookstore; I need help with my thriller&rsquo;s romantic subplot. 
 
We&rsquo;ll swap skills and cohabitate for convenience. I&rsquo;m a cold-hearted cynic, he&rsquo;s a heart-eyed romantic. We barely get along. But who says roommate-coworkers need to be friends? 
 
Viggo 
Life&rsquo;s hard as a hopeless romantic still waiting for my forever love. Between running my romance bookstore and a romance book club, coaching kids' soccer, and adopting a household of pets, my chaotic life seems to make finding love downright improbable. But when I bump into Tallulah Clarke, hope seems like it's finally on the horizon. 
 
Except that sharing a home and life with Tallulah challenges everything I thought I knew about love, and reveals the plot twist I never saw coming: happily ever after is here already, right under our roof. 
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Praise for Chloe Liese 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren 
 
'Prepare to be completely swept away' Helen Hoang 
 
'Equal parts smart and steamy, with razor-sharp wit and an elegant, playful rhythm' Rachel Lynn Solomon

Only and Forever

Riku Onda

Philip Gabriel

The Night Circus meets Lonely Castle in the Mirror in this multi-award-winning Japanese bestseller, available finally in an English translation by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami 
 
- AN FT BEST SUMMER READ 2023 
- OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD IN JAPAN 
- WINNER OF THE NAOKI PRIZE AND THE JAPAN BOOKSELLERS' AWARD 
- A MAJOR MOVIE RELEASE IN JAPAN 
 
'A thrilling and often nail-biting depiction of music, friendship, and personal demons' OBSERVER 
'Propulsive and poetic' KIRKUS 
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Welcome to a magical world of music, friendship and rivalry ... 
 
In a small coastal town just a stone's throw from Tokyo, a prestigious piano competition is underway. Over the course of two feverish weeks, three friends will experience some of the most joyous - and painful - moments of their lives. 
 
Aya was a piano genius, until she ran away from the stage and vanished; will the tall and talented Makun bring her back? 
Or will it be child of nature, Jin, a pianist without a piano, who carries the sound of his father's bees wherever he goes? 
 
Each of them will break the rules, awe their fans and push themselves to the brink. But at what cost? 
 
Tender, cruel, compelling, HONEYBEES AND DISTANT THUNDER is the unflinching story of love, courage and rivalry. Most of all, it shows how three young people reconcile with the highs and lows of what it means to truly be a friend. 
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Japanese readers love HONEYBEES AND DISTANT THUNDER: 
- 'The novel is a masterpiece' 5 stars*****' 
- 'Each contestant was wonderfully drawn, and I felt very moved' 5 stars***** 
- 'I felt like I was right there, and there were scenes that brought me to tears' 5 stars***** 
- 'This is a beyond a reading experience. It felt like some sixth sense was at work. Wonderful' 5 stars*****

Honeybees and Distant Thunder

Etta Easton

Three. Two. One...Romance? 
 
Amerie Price is jobless, newly single, and about to be evicted. The last thing she needed was to run into her ex and his new girlfriend at her favourite coffee shop. Panicked, Amerie pretends to be dating the annoyingly sexy man she met. He plays along - for a price. 
 
Half the single men in Houston claim to be astronauts, but Vincent Rogers turns out to be the real deal. What started as a one-off lie morphs into a plan: for the three months leading up to his mission, Amerie will play Vincent's doting partner. In exchange, she gets a rent-free room in his house. 
 
What Amerie doesn't plan for is Vincent's gravitational pull. While her mind tells her a future with this astronaut is too unpredictable, her heart says he's exactly what she needs. As their time together counts down, Amerie must decide if she'll settle for the safe life-or shoot for the stars.

The Kiss Countdown

Lynn Painter

When Sophie finds out before her wedding that her fiancé cheated again, she desperately employs the mysterious Max to yell 'I object' at the alter. 
 
On the big day, Sophie sees a gorgeous stranger stand up and tell the entire congregation the truth about the cheating groom, blowing the ceremony apart. 
 
Enjoying the thrill from the aftermath of being saved from her own wedding, Sophie agrees to work together with Max as a love-cynic duo. 
 
When they're both hired for a wedding by a groom, who happens to be marrying the woman that broke Max's heart many years ago, Sophie sees Max wrestle with his feelings and is struck by her own jealousy. 
 
This can only mean one thing . . . 
 
Her love cynicism may be wearing off.

Happily Never After

Monica Murphy

Everyone's a player on The Golden Eagles football team . . . 
 
Camden Fields is the star quarterback of our college football team. 
 
And he’s absolutely gorgeous. 
 
All the girls on campus fall for him. And while he’s had a few casual hookups over the years, it’s never anything serious. 
 
 Cam doesn’t do serious. 
 
He also doesn’t do me. 
 
I’m his best friend’s little sister, and that means I’m off limits 
 
But I see the way he looks at me when he thinks I’m not watching. I think he wants me. 
 
And, I want him too. 
 
And I’m growing tired of being the good girl everyone expects me to be. 
 
So, I’m going after Camden Fields. 
 
And no one can stop me.

Playing By The Rules

Everyone's a player on The Golden Eagles football team . . . 
 
Knox Maguire is the star player on the football team and the King of campus. 
 
Everyone loves him but no one pays attention to me. 
When I become his English tutor, things are kept strictly business. 
 
Yet Knox is impossible to resist. Next thing I know, we're getting hot and heavy in the library. 
When Knox admits he can't stop thinking about me, I have a realization. 
 
I can't stop thinking about him either. 
 
Instead of keeping my distance, I pull him in closer. Until somehow, we're spending all of our time together and I find myself falling for him. Hard. 
 
But is this star athlete playing a game with my heart . . .

Playing Hard To Get

Everyone's a player on The Golden Eagles football team . . . 
 
Ace Townsend is the biggest player on campus – the sexy new quarterback on the football team. 
 
And someone I need to avoid. 
 
But that’s hard to do when I’m on the social media crew for the team. The more time I spend with Ace, the more I’m drawn to him. 
 
The problem? I signed a contract when I started with a ‘no dating athletes’ clause. They’re strictly off limits. 
 
I love my new job and don’t want to risk it, but I’m falling for Ace and he’s determined to win me at all costs. 
 
So, maybe the two of us being together is worth the risk.

Playing To Win

Curtis Sittenfeld

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 
 
'A hilarious, sweet, smart read that you're going to love!' REESE WITHERSPOON 
'A rollercoaster of modern love and dating' STYLIST 
'Biting, pacy, great fun' SUNDAY TIMES 
 
A TV script writer thinks she's done with romance, until an unlikely love interest upends all her assumptions: a humorous, sharp and tender novel from the bestselling author of Eligible, American Wife and Prep. 
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Life is (not)* a Romantic Comedy... 
 
After a series of heartbreaks, Sally Milz - successful script writer for a legendary late-night TV comedy show - has long abandoned the search for love. 
 
But when her friend and fellow writer begins to date a glamorous actress, he joins the growing club of interesting but average-looking men who get romantically involved with accomplished, beautiful women. 
 
Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch, poking fun at this 'social rule'. The reverse never happens for a woman. 
 
Then Sally meets Noah, a pop idol with a reputation for dating models. But this isn't a romantic comedy - it's real life. 
 
Would someone like him ever date someone like her? 
 
Skewering all our certainties about why we fall in love, ROMANTIC COMEDY is a witty and probing tale of how the heart will follow itself, no matter what anyone says. It is Curtis Sittenfeld at her most sharp, daring and compassionate best. 
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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: 
 
'This book is heavenly. i just had a hilariously enjoyable masterclass in writing' ***** 
'Hilarious and screwball and warm' ***** 
'A book that helps transport you away' ***** 
'She makes the characters much more real than ordinary romcoms***** 
 
 
Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, April 2023 
Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, April 2023

Romantic Comedy

Paige Toon

‘Genuinely unputdownable’ MILLY JOHNSON 
‘Simply beautiful’ GIOVANNA FLETCHER 
‘Heart-wrenching and heart-warming’ BETH O'LEARY 
‘It is one of the most beautifully emotional books I’ve read, so tender and full of warmth and love’ CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN 
______________________________ 
 
TWO EPIC LOVE STORIES. ONE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE. 
 
Six summers ago 
 
Liv and Finn meet working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn's life is in LA with his band, and Liv's is in Cornwall with her family - so they make a promise. Finn will return every year, and if they are single they will spend the summer together. 
 
This summer 
 
Liv crosses paths with Tom - a mysterious new arrival in her hometown. As the wildflowers and heather come into bloom, they find themselves falling for one another. For the first time Liv can imagine a world where her heart isn't broken every year. 
 
Now Liv must make an impossible choice. And when she discovers the shocking reason that Tom has left home, she'll need to trust her heart even more . . . 
______________________________ 
 
Praise for Seven Summers: 
 
'Romantic and sweeping, raw and real. This book has even more of Paige’s magic than usual’ Lucy Vine 
 
‘Full of characters you can’t help but fall for. . .this deeply emotional love story is one you’ll find impossible to forget' Heat Magazine 
 
‘With a gorgeous seaside setting in Cornwall and plenty of emotional punch, this is a beautiful love story from the Queen of the Tear-jerker’ Best 
 
'Paige Toon breaks your heart then stitches it back together with expert hands' Carley Fortune 
 
‘Poignant, passionate and powerful, this unforgettable story will sweep you away on a giant wave of emotion’ Milly Johnson 
 
‘Epic, emotional, uplifting! Perfect Paige!’ Heidi Swain 
 
‘An epic love story that will keep you guessing until the very last page’ Lucy Diamond 
 
‘A powerful love story’ The Sun 
 
‘Heart-rending’ MyWeekly 
 
‘Happiness and heartbreak, desperate dilemmas and delicious descriptions of the Cornish coast. I had no idea how this book was going to end. It’s going to be huge!’ Jill Mansell 
 
'Heart-warming and heart-breaking [...] I dare you to put this book down' Jo Watson 
 
‘You can smell the sea and feel the blissful ache of the characters’ hearts with the turn of every page. Magical’ Catherine Isaac 
 
'She reaches into your heart and pulls it right out. Seven Summers is the ultimate love story' Annabel Monaghan 
 
'Heart-wrenching, but heartening' Woman 
 
‘An emotional rollercoaster like no other, Seven Summers undid me!’ Zoë Folbigg 
 
'Paige Toon's romances are always powerful and poignant and never fail to leave me clutching her book to my chest' Mia Sheridan 
 
‘Seven Summers warms your heart, shatters it in pieces, then puts it back together again and again’ Abby Jimenez 
 
‘Paige Toon has spun a deeply layered story of hope and heartache that swept me away. I loved it’ K.A. Tucker 
 
‘With a cracking plot, this is a heart-wrenching story of love and loss’ Candis 
 
‘I don’t think I’ll ever get over this book’ Emily Stone 
 
‘This gorgeous tale of soulmates who meet every summer ripped my heart to shreds and then put it back together’ Rachel Johns 
 
'An uplifting homage to the power of love' Platinum 
 
'A beautiful story of life and love and loss’ CultureFly 
 
‘A romance novel set in summer in Cornwall? Sign us up!’ Cosmo 
 
Paige Toon, Sunday Times bestselling author, April 2023

Seven Summers

Trisha Ashley

Readers have fallen in love with The Wedding Dress Repair Shop: 
 
***** 'A brilliant escape read to indulge in over the summer holidays' 
***** 'Amazing and warm, I couldn't put the book down' 
***** 'A wonderful tale of reconnection and the triumph of the human spirit. More please!' 
 
Can her heart be mended too? 
 
After losing her fiancé and her dream job in the same week, Garland Fairford's life is turned upside down. 
 
Having recently met a long-lost relative - Honey Fairford - through her work as a historical costumier, Garland is intrigued when Honey reveals she is opening a Wedding Dress museum in Lancashire. With nothing to lose, Garland accepts the offer of a job there. 
 
What she doesn't expect is to come face-to-face with a ghost from her past - her old friend, Thom, who mysteriously disappeared years ago. 
 
As Garland begins reading the stories behind each of the beautiful wedding dresses, and sets about repairing both them and her relationship with Thom, could this finally be the chance for her own happy-ever-after? 
 
'Trademark Trisha, at her absolute finest!' Heidi Swain 
'The perfect summer escape' Candis 
'The perfect escape from real life' Debbie Johnson 
'Feel-good fiction filled with friendship, community spirit and a dash of romance' CultureFly 
'Vintage Trisha Ashley. An absorbing treat' Sue Moorcroft

The Wedding Dress Repair Shop

Carly Robyn

Some things burn hot on and off the track… 
 
A tumultuous season filled with reckless driving, drunken debauchery, and more bad press than a kinky politician leaves five-time Formula One World Champion Blake Hollis in desperate need of an image overhaul. To redeem his tarnished reputation, his team decides it’s time for drastic measures. Their solution: a tell-all book that showcases his illustrious career and presents a more respectable public persona. 
 
Enter Ella Gold, a once-renowned sportswriter and podcast host desperate for a fresh start. She accepts the challenge of writing Blake’s biography knowing that getting close to the brooding Brit will be challenging. But interviewing Blake can’t be worse than staying in NYC where rumours of her podcast’s demise follow her like a bad Hinge date. 
 
As they spend the season together, sparks fly, barriers break, and their dynamic shifts from antagonistic to something entirely unexpected. Throughout twenty-one races around the world, they’ll face the ultimate interview question: can they write their own happy ending, or is their love destined to crash and burn?

Drive Me Crazy

Jodie Chapman

Meet Jen, Isobel and Zelda. 
 
JEN 
My body is not my own. Others make life and death decisions on my behalf. 
 
ISOBEL 
My place is to be secondary to the man in my life. 
 
ZELDA 
If I break the rules I will be sorry. 
 
But this is not a dystopia. This is not the future or the past or a fantasy. It is real and it is happening now. 
 
Three women. Three lives. One chance to break free ...

Oh, Sister

The powerful new novel from the author of Another Life

Rachel Marks

From their very first date, Jamie and Lucy know they've met THE ONE. 
They're as different as night and day. Jamie's a home bird, while Lucy's happiest on holiday. He has a place for everything - she can never find her keys. Yet, somehow, they make each other happier than they ever thought possible. 
So why does this story start with them saying 'goodbye'? 
And does this really have to be the end. . . ?

Hello, Stranger

Lulu Moore

She's rowing for Cambridge. He's rowing for Oxford. A boat race to go down in history. 
 
Arthur Osbourne-Cloud has always had his future mapped out for him &ndash; graduate Oxford and follow his dreadful father into politics. Except Arthur wants to do anything but that. He&rsquo;s more than happy filling his days rowing for golds at the Olympics or World Championships, and this year he has The Boat Race to win. 
 
Kate Astley also has her future mapped out &ndash; the next six years at least. Fly half-way across the world, and win a scholarship at Cambridge University to study medicine. Oh, and become a crew member for the legendary Boat Race. Seems simple enough. But then she meets Arthur. 
 
For Arthur, this feisty American challenges everything he's been taught to believe, while Kate battles between what she wants to do, and what she&rsquo;s expected to do. The bitter rivalry between their schools is destined to destroy them, but it&rsquo;s only a matter of time before they give in to the sizzling chemistry bubbling between them. 
 
Then the reality of their future comes knocking. In The Boat Race, there can only be one winner. Who will sink and who will swim?

Oar Than Friends

Armistead Maupin

Originally published as a series of columns in the San Francisco Chronicle, Tales of the City is the landmark series by Armistead Maupin. The novels chronicle the life of Mary Anne Singleton after she impulsively moves to San Fransicso, following her adventures in the city as she is guided by friends and lovers.

The fourth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin&rsquo;s best-selling San Francisco saga. 
 
&lsquo;A consummate entertainer who has made a generation laugh.... It is Maupin's Dickensian gift to be able to render love convincingly&rsquo; Edmund White, Times Literary Supplement 
____________________ 
 
When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there&rsquo;s more to making a baby than meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbour, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and profoundly affecting, Babycakes was the first piece of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS. 
 
Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1970s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

Babycakes

Tales of the City 4

The third novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin&rsquo;s best-selling San Francisco saga. 
 
&lsquo;An enormously talented writer&hellip; By writing about what's seemingly different Armistead Maupin always manages to capture what's so hilariously painfully true for all of us&rsquo; Amy Tan 
____________________ 
 
The calamity-prone residents of 28 Barbary Lane are at it again in this deliciously dark novel of romance and betrayal. While Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchor-woman in her basement, Michael Tolliver looks for love at the National Gay Rodeo, DeDe Halcyon Day and Mary Ann Singleton track a charismatic psychopath across Alaska, and society columnist Prue Giroux loses her heart to a derelict living in a San Francisco park. 
 
Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1970s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

Further Tales Of The City

Tales of the City 3

Emily Henry

Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Every year, they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world. Except this year, they are lying through their teeth, because Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone. 
 
But the cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be here together. They can't bear to break their best friends' hearts so they'll fake it for one more week. But how can you pretend to be in love - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best?

Happy Place

The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin&rsquo;s best-selling San Francisco saga. 
 
'Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced&rsquo; Salon 
____________________ 
 
A touching portrait of friendship, family, and fresh starts, the City by the Bay welcomes back Mary Ann Singleton, the beloved Tales of the City heroine who started it all. A new chapter begins in the lives of both Mary Ann and Michael &lsquo;Mouse&rsquo; Tolliver when she returns to San Francisco to rejoin her oldest friend after years in New York City&hellip; the reunion that fans of Maupin&rsquo;s beloved Tales of the City series have been awaiting for years. 
 
Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in a sexually-liberated San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

Mary Ann in Autumn

Tales of the City 8

Described by his creator as 'short, fat and primitive', Evert Bäckström is a rather unique homicide detective but he is undeniably the real deal with it comes to modern policing. 
 
This series is blackly comic, thrillingly compelling and utterly real.

Bäckström

CAMP GOLD

Caedmon Aisquith

Cairo Trilogy

Can You Solve the Murder?

Capital

Care Bears

Cartoon Kid

Cath Kidston

A crime-fiction series with a twist - private investigator Catherine Berlin, is a damaged soul struggling with a heroin addiction, but she still manages to do her best, even when her own neck is on the chopping block.

Catherine Berlin

Celeste Express

Central Intelligence

Chaos and Flame

Charles Hayden

Charles Paris Dramatisations

Charlie Bass

Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

Charlie and Lola

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Chevalier

Chinese Cinderella

Life at Tanglewood isn't all sleepovers, picnics and beach parties. Cherry, Summer, Skye, Coco and Honey all face some tough life challenges in this delicious series from bestselling girls' favourite Cathy Cassidy. Every sister has a secret to share. Which one will be your favourite?

Chocolate Box Girls

Christmas

Chronicles of Vladimir Tod

Churchminister

Welcome inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, and learn how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable - fought to reach the top.

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