Aeschylus

Aesop lived in the early sixth century BC on the island of Samos, which lies off the coast of modern Turkey. He originally came from Thrace which was a separate country in those days, though it now forms part of Greece and Bulgaria. Very little is known about his life except that he worked as a slave on Samos for a master called Iadmon, and that he became a very famous storyteller. He was so famous that almost any fable which could have been told by him became attributed to him.

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Afsaneh Moqadam

Afua Hirsch is a writer, filmmaker, and journalist. She is the author of Brit(ish), the Sunday Times bestseller that explores Britishness, identity and belonging, for which she was awarded the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Prize for Non-Fiction. She co-presented Enslaved, a 6-part series about the transatlantic slave trade with Samuel L Jackson. She is the presenter of the Audible podcast series We Need To Talk About the British Empire, and Africa Rising, an ongoing flagship series about art and culture for the BBC, through her production company Born in Me Productions. She is a longtime columnist for the Guardian and is a professor of journalism at the University of Southern California.

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AGAPI STASSINOPOULOS is an author, blogger and international speaker who inspires audiences around the world. She has spoken at many corporations and conferences, such as Nike Women, Starbucks,Time Inc., Virgin, Johnson &amp; Johnson and the American Heart Foundation. She was born in Athens and trained in London at RADA before gaining a Master’s in psychology at the University of Santa Monica. She has collaborated with her sister, Arianna Huffington, to develop talks and seminars, and has worked with the Oprah Winfrey network. She is currently hosting a new podcast series in collaboration with The Huffington Post, entitled ‘Sundays with Agapi’, which includes guided meditations and interviews with prominent guests. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Aghnia Mardiyah is a London-based Illustrator and Character Designer with a passion for children's books and animation. She is drawn to fun, bright and vibrant colours. When she isn't disappearing under piles of work, she loves to travel! Exploring foreign places, exciting new sights and sensations is what inspires her the most!

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Agnes Callard is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. Her primary areas of specialization are ancient philosophy and ethics. She has written for The New York Times, New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper’s, Boston Review, and penned a monthly column for the Point. From 2019 to 2020, she held a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for the research that contributes to this book.

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Agnes Jekyll

Agnes Bertha Marshall (24 August 1855-29 July 1905) was an English culinary entrepreneur who became a leading cookery writer, dubbed the 'Queen of Ices'. Her 1888 cookery book included a recipe for 'cornets with cream', possibly the earliest publication of the edible ice cream cone. Marshall was born in Walthamstow. She wrote four books: Ices Plain and Fancy: The Book of Ices (1885), Mrs A B Marshall's Book of Cookery (1888), Mrs A B Marshall's Larger Cookery Book of Extra Recipes (1891) and Fancy Ices (1894).

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Agri Ismaïl is a Kurdish author based in Sweden who has worked as a corporate lawyer in London, Dubai, and Iraqi Kurdistan. His work has been published in The White Review, The Rumpus, Litro, 3:AM Magazine, and Asymptote amongst other places. His piece 'Haunted Home' won the 2016 Stack award for best non-fiction for The Outpost, runner-up in the Lifted Brow &amp; RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Non-Fiction, and he was longlisted for the 2017/2018 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize. Hyper is his first novel.

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Aharon Appelfeld authored more than 45 acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction and received many international awards including the MLA Commonwealth Award, the Independent Foreign Fiction prize, the prix Médicis étranger, the Israel prize, and the Nelly Sachs prize. Born in Czernowitz, Bukovina (now part of Ukraine) in 1932, he survived the Holocaust and passed away in Israel in 2018.

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Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist and human rights activist based in London. He is the co-founder and director of We Are Not Numbers and a journalist with Palestine Deep Dive. Ahmed holds a degree in English Literature from Al-Azhar university in Gaza, and an MA in International Journalism from Leeds University, where he was a Chevening Scholar. 
 
Pam Bailey is a social-justice activist and journalist based in Washington DC. She lived and worked in the Gaza Strip following the 2008/9 Israeli assault, and co-founded We Are Not Numbers. Today, in addition to her ongoing dedication to the Palestinian cause, she dedicates herself to two nonprofits that advocate for people detained in American prisons -- including one she co-founded in 2020, called More Than Our Crimes.

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Ahron Bregman is the author of four books about Israel and the Arabs: The Fifty Years War (with Jihan el Tahri), Israel's Wars, A History of Israel and Elusive Peace. He teaches at the Department of War Studies, King's College London.

Ahron Bregman

Ai Qing is regarded as one of the finest modern Chinese poets, whose free verse was influential in the development of new poetry in China.

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Ai Weiwei

Aidan Chambers was born in County Durham in 1934. After national service in the Royal Navy he became a teacher and then, for seven years, a monk. His young adult novels have been widely acclaimed, with POSTCARDS FROM NO-MAN'S LAND winning the prestigious Carnegie Medal and the US Michael L Printz Award. With his wife Nancy he ran Signal magazine and he has served as the president of the School Library Association. His devoted services to children's literature were recognised by his receipt of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002.

Aidan Chambers

Aidan Higgins was born in 1927. Langrishe Go Down, his first novel, won the James Tait Black memorial Prize and the Irish Academy of Letters Award, and was later filmed for television with a screenplay by Harold Pinter. His second novel, Balcony of Europe, was shortlisted for the 1972 Booker Prize. The novel Lions of the Grunewald appeared in 1993 and a collection of shorter fiction, Flotsam and jetsam, in 1996. Donkey's Years and Dog Days were the first two volumes of the Higgins Bestiary which concludes with this volume.

Aidan Higgins

Aidan Mathews

Aidan Potts

Aidan Smith

Aidan Storey

Aidan Trimble is the Chief Instructor to the Federation of Shotokan Karate and a former British, European and World Karate Champion, winning the world title in Tokyo - the home of Karate. Aidan has trained with some of the world's leading teachers of 'traditional' and 'sport' karate and is now an award-winning instructor and teacher who is in demand throughout the world. He can be contacted via www.fsk-karate.com.

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Devney Perry

Vera Gallagher is chasing constant. For four years, her life was anything but normal. And the years before that she refuses to even remember. Dwelling on the past only hurts. Life is fragile, a lesson her mother taught her well. She's determined not to waste a moment of her newfound freedom. 
 
Maybe some would consider her crush on Mateo Eden wasted time. Maybe some would call her a fool for loving a man who hasn't once dropped a crumb of interest her way. Still, to Vera, it's Mateo or nothing. 
 
He's handsome. Charming. Witty. And he loves his family the way Vera loves-with her whole heart. 
 
Maybe he'll never notice her. Maybe she's too damaged, too broken, to find that normal life she craves. Maybe her secrets will always keep them apart. But Vera will love him anyway. Whether Mateo realizes it or not.

Sable Peak

(The Edens #6)

Kate Robb

Have you ever had a break-up so bad you wish the whole relationship had never happened? 
 
Well, Gemma's wish has come true. After one too many margaritas lead to her mystical aunt reading out a drunken spell, she wakes up in a parallel world where she didn't give years of her life to the wrong man. 
 
But you know what they say - be careful what you wish for... Because not only is her boring ex out of the picture, her extremely attractive male best friend also has no idea who she is. 
 
And in this world, Gemma and Dax don't have years of friendship history keeping them from becoming something more...

This Spells Love

Lyla Eden has spent the last few years watching her siblings fall in love. Meanwhile, she's married to her job. It's on her hundredth consecutive workday that her sister stages an intervention, kicking Lyla out of her own coffee shop. With nothing else to do, Lyla sets out on her favorite hiking trail. 
 
It's there that she spots a man washing blood from his hands in a stream. One moment she's staring at the jagged scar on his face. The next, his hand is around her throat. But by some miracle, he lets her go. 
 
Shaken to her core, Lyla reports the incident to the local police. Two days later, Vance Sutter arrives in town, armed with endless questions and a tarnished badge. 
 
Vance may be ruggedly handsome but he's as mysterious as the man he's hunting. And he'll be gone from Quincy in a blink. Yet Lyla's crush is impossible to stop. 
 
No matter how hard Vance tries to ignore it, there's no denying the chemistry between them. And avoiding Lyla is not an option. After years of chasing dead ends, she's his only lead to closing the case that haunts his career. So together, they'll retrace her steps. 
 
To find the scarred man she met beside a crimson river.

Crimson River

(The Edens #5)

Talia Eden loved Foster Madden for one year, two months and eleven days. It was on day 438 that her love died. The day he chose to marry her best friend. The day she vowed never to think of Foster again. 
 
Until years later when he has the audacity to show up in her small hometown of Quincy, begging for her help. 
 
The ink on his divorce papers is barely dry, yet he comes armed with apologies and promises. She knows it's all a ploy. Foster is the king of games and secrets. But he's got delusions the size of Montana if he thinks she'll help him train for a world championship fight. 
 
Except Talia has forgotten exactly what made Foster famous. The man has dedicated his life to victory. He's steadfast. He's determined. And he won't stop fighting until he's won her heart.

Garnet Flats

(The Edens #3)

Winslow Covington believes in life, liberty and the letter of the law. 
 
As Quincy's new chief of Police she has to prove herself to the community. And that means she has to earn favour with the Edens. But winning over the town's founding family might have been easier if not for her one-night stand with their oldest son, Griffin. 
 
Sleeping with Griffin was a huge mistake. Winslow does her best to avoid him, but when a woman is found dead on Eden property, the two of them have no choice but to cross paths. 
 
As clues to the murderer lead to one of Quincy's own, Griffin realises Winslow is more than he gave her credit for. Beautiful and intelligent, she proves hard to resist. For him. And the killer.

Indigo Ridge

(The Edens #1)

Eloise Eden's pride and joy is her family's hotel in Quincy, Montana. Her lifelong dream is to own The Eloise Inn. All she has to do is prove to her parents that she's the epitome of responsible. That her days of being duped and making reckless decisions are history. She's so close she can taste it. 
 
Until after one weekend in Las Vegas, she comes home married to a stranger. 
 
Jasper must have put her under a spell with those soul-deep eyes because after a single night together, they woke up husband and wife. Her only hope is to keep this marriage a secret until it's annulled. Then she'll pretend it never happened. 
 
Except Jasper begs her to stay married. To fake it for three months so she can accompany him to a wedding. Maybe she's lost her mind to agree. But her brooding husband seems desperate. It's only three months, right? Then she'll say goodbye to Jasper Vale, and with any luck, hello to her new hotel.

Jasper Vale

(The Edens #4)

Memphis Ward arrives in Quincy, Montana, on the fifth worst day of her life. 
 
She needs a shower. She needs a snack. She needs some sanity. Because moving across the country with her newborn baby is by far the craziest thing she's ever done. 
 
But maybe it takes a little crazy to build a good life. If putting the past behind her requires a thousand miles and a new town, she'll do it if it means a better future for her son. Even if it requires setting aside the glamour of her former life. Even if it requires working as a housekeeper at The Eloise Inn and living in an apartment above a garage. 
 
It's there, on the fifth worst day of her life, that she meets the handsomest man she's ever laid eyes on. Knox Eden is a beautiful, sinful dream, a chef and her temporary landlord. With his sharp, stubbled jaw and tattooed arms, he's raw and rugged and everything she's never had-and never will. Because after the first worst day of her life, Memphis learned a good life requires giving up on her dreams too. And a man like Knox Eden will only ever be a dream.

Juniper Hill

(The Edens #2)

Emily Bell

GRAB THE JOYOUSLY FESTIVE AND HEART-WARMINGLY ROMANTIC NEW NOVEL FROM EMILY BELL, WINNER OF THE 2023 ROMANTIC NOVELISTS PRIZE 
- - - -After yet another heartbreak, Natasha is flying home for Christmas to Ballyclare, the beautiful old house in the Wicklow hills that's been a constant all her life. 
She's hoping for family solace, but her mother and sister have their own troubles. Doon is dreading her upcoming wedding to the perfect man, and their mother Aileen is still grieving their father Dan, who disappeared over twenty years ago. 
 
Worse still, Aileen has terrible news for the sisters: the house is literally falling down, and will have to be sold. 
 
But when a stranger with a family connection to the house knocks on their door, their fortunes start to take a turn. 
 
With snow on the hills and magic in the air, is there a chance all three women might lose their hearts this Christmas - and keep their home? 
- - - 
 
PRAISE FOR EMILY BELL: 
 
‘A refreshing romance filled with holiday spirit and second chances. The descriptions of Dublin at Christmas time alone will leave you longing for your very own trip . . . ‘ - Woman & Home 
 
‘Cosy up with this fab festive read!’ - Sun 
 
‘The perfect festive treat! I really enjoyed Emily Bell's believable, sympathetic characters and her sensitive and wise writing about friendship and bereavement which deliver richness and depth to a charming love story’ - Kate Eberlen, author of Richard and Judy Pick Miss You 
 
‘Tremendous fun, with a big heart and gorgeous locations to get lost in - it's the perfect uplifting Christmas read, unashamedly romantic and beautifully written. Emily is this year's Queen of Christmas!’ - Veronica Henry 
 
 
Top ten Irish Times bestseller, December 2023

Last Christmas at Ballyclare

Talia Samuels

It's the perfect Christmas love story. 
Margot Murray is a newly single, high-flying businesswoman with no interest in a cutesy seasonal romance. 
Ben Gibson is an unlucky-in-love sweetheart in need of a woman to bring home for the holidays. 
Together, they make a pact: Margot gets two blissful weeks away from London in a picture-perfect manor, in exchange for posing as Ben's girlfriend. 
The story can only go one way. Margot is sure to fall in love for real. 
'There is only one problem: Ben isn't the only Gibson that's caught Margot's eye . . .

The Christmas Swap

Erin Watt

From mortal enemies to unexpected allies, two teenagers try to protect everything that matters most. 
 
 
Ella Harper has met every challenge that life has thrown her way. She's tough, resilient, and willing to do whatever it takes to defend the people she loves, but the challenge of a long-lost father and a boyfriend whose life is on the line might be too much for even Ella to overcome. 
 
 
Reed Royal has a quick temper and even faster fists. But his tendency to meet every obstacle with violence has finally caught up with him. If he wants to save himself and the girl he loves, he'll need to rise above his tortured past and tarnished reputation. 
 
 
No one believes Ella can survive the Royals. Everyone is sure Reed will destroy them all. 
 
 
They may be right. 
 
 
With everything and everyone conspiring to keep them apart, Ella and Reed must find a way to unravel all the secrets in their Twisted Palace.

Twisted Palace

The sizzling third instalment in The Royals series by the New York Times bestseller

Erin La Rosa

She's written off more than she can chew... 
 
Romance author Sophie Lyon's secret just went viral: she's never been in love. With a manuscript deadline looming, Sophie makes an ambitious plan to overcome her writer's block: reunite with her exes to learn why she's never fallen in love. 
 
Luckily, Sophie's reclusive landlord, Dash Montrose - a former teen heartthrob with his own complicated history - has social media all figured out and is willing to help. 
 
As Sophie and Dash grow closer, they discover a heat between them that rivals anything they've ever known. But Sophie needs to figure out who she is outside her relationships. So she suggests what any good romance author would: a friends-with-benefits arrangement. Surely this won't cause any trouble...

Plot Twist

Katie Fforde

It's 1966, and Meg wants to be a professional cook in a man's world. 
 
Then she gets a desperate call from her mother, the small Dorset hotel she runs has an important banquet coming up. She needs help now! 
 
Though the hotel feels stuck in the past, Meg loves a challenge and sets to work. 
 
She has reckoned without Justin, the son of the hotel owner, however, who seems determined to take over the running of the kitchen. 
 
Infuriated, Meg is determined to keep cooking - and soon sparks between them begin to fly. 
 
Will their differences be a recipe for disaster? After all, the course of true love never did run smooth... 
_______________ 
 
'A joy of a read' Bella 
'Another delightful read. Fforde never disapoints' Weekly 
'This is the perfect Mother's Day read' Take a Break 
'A joy of a read from Katie Fforde' That's Life 
'This enjoyable read will appeal to die-hard romantics' Heat Magazine

One Enchanted Evening

Elle Cook

'Beautiful and compelling' Heidi Swain 
'Two sparkling leads who will steal your heart!' Holly Miller 
'One of the best books I have read this year' Emma Cooper 
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On the last train home you expect to find... 
 
- Standing space only 
- Drunk people singing 
- The overpowering smell of McDonalds 
 
You never expect to find love. 
 
When Abbie and Tom cross paths traveling home after a night out, their eyes meet across a crowded carriage and their connection is unmistakable. 
 
What they don't know is that moments later they'll both be caught up in an event that will change them forever. 
 
It is one that will bring them together. But it will also tear them apart. 
 
A lot can happen in seven seconds. A lot can happen in seven years. 
 
Can they find their way back to each other? 
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Don't miss THE LAST TRAIN HOME! 
 
‘This is an awesome book! It gripped me from start to finish. . . A wonderful, unconventional, captivating romance’ Sue Moorcroft 
'A right-person-wrong-time story that will stay with you' That's Life Magazine 
‘I absolutely devoured this funny, moving, unputdownable novel.’ Jenny Ashcroft 
‘A wonderful, heart-warming, different love story.’ Tracy Rees 
‘A beautiful, uplifting story from start to finish’ Virginia Heath 
'A compelling modern love story brimming with emotion and heart' Fiona Gibson 
'A heart-wrenching roller coaster full of missed opportunities and tenderness.' Caroline Khoury 
‘Romantic, warm and swoon-worthy’ Emily Stone 
'A gorgeous love story full of suspense, drama and tenderness.' Eleanor Ray 
'A touching story of love, fate and second chances.’ Fiona Lucas 
'Very easy reading’ Daily Mail 
‘...full of emotion and feels very real – we loved it’ Fabulous 
‘…these two characters feel believably flawed’ The Times

The Last Train Home

Hanna Jameson

At a New York City Wedding, on a sweltering summer night, four people are trying to get their lives started. 
 
Yun has everything he's ever wanted, but somehow it's never enough. 
Emory is finally making her mark, but feels the shame more than the success. 
Andrew just wants to be honest, but had lied to himself his whole life. 
Fin can't resist falling in love, but can't help wrecking it all either. 
 
Then the four of them watch as one of the guests sits down and never gets back up. Soon it's happening everywhere. Is it an illness or a choice? 
 
Because how can anyone be happy in a world where the only choice is to feel everything - or nothing at all?

Are You Happy Now

Sylvia Day

Widower Kane Black remains ruinously married to his late wife, Lily. Grief has hollowed him, until he sees a woman with his wife's inimitable beauty on Manhattan's streets. He whisks her up to his towering penthouse, where Lily's memory is a possessive, beguiling force. 
 
Aliyah, Kane's mother, deals in science. "Lily" has dangerous control over Kane, and there can be only one queen on this throne, while Amy, Kane's sister-in-law, has been bloodied by betrayal, and now intends to claim what she's owed. Three women circle the man who unquestioningly accepts the return of his beloved long-dead wife. He's happier than ever, and he'll do anything to stay that way...

So Close

The unmissable Sunday Times bestseller

Emma Heatherington

Perfect for fans of The Holiday and Love, Actually, discover the heartwarming cozy Christmas romance to curl up with this winter from the bestselling author. 
 
Readers love This Christmas: 
‘A cosy, feel good read.’ 
‘Think The Holiday but so much better. . .’ 
‘A warm cosy winter’s hug in a book’ 
 
 
Two strangers. One double-booked cottage. This Christmas will be one to remember. . . 
 
Rose used to love Christmas - until the year everything changed. She hasn't been home to visit her family for the holidays since. 
 
Charlie is facing his first Christmas alone. It may be the most wonderful time of the year for some, but not for him. Not this year. 
 
In search of comfort and seclusion, Rose escapes to a cottage in rural Donegal to hunker down for the festive season by herself. 
 
But when Charlie opens the door to Seaview Cottage, the two strangers realise that their holiday rental has been double-booked. 
 
They both expected to spend this Christmas alone. But their lives could be changed forever if they agree to spend it together. . . 
 
 
Praise for Emma Heatherington: 
 
‘A delicious page-turner that you’ll devour as quickly as a plate of mince pies’ Woman & Home 
 
'A Christmas hug of a book, which I read in two sittings. Days later, I am still thinking of Rose and Charlie' Fionnuala Kearney, Irish Times bestseller 
 
'Spot on perfect for fans of The Holiday and Love, Actually' Claudia Carroll 
 
'Gripping!!' Bella 
 
'A heart-warming romance' Ulster Herald 
 
'A beautiful love story' Woman's Way 
 
'A proper winter heart-warmer' Heat 
 
'A gorgeous will they/won't they love story, with depth and surprising twists' The Sun 
 
'A lovely, heart-warming read' Closer 
 
Irish Times bestseller, December 2023

This Christmas

Monica Murphy

Pre-order the next instalment in The Lancaster Prep series now! 
 
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Nobody in our class pays attention to Daisy Albright and I think she likes it that way. 
 
But when I'm sent to work in the headmaster's office every day with Daisy I am stuck staring at her pretty face, hearing her sweet voice and I start to make her laugh. 
 
The more I get to know her, the more obsessed I become. And I think she feels the same way. 
 
The problem? She's not part of my crowd. No one approves of us together. Not my friends, not my parents and not her father. 
 
But I don't care what anyone thinks. 
 
I always get what I want. 
 
And I'm going to make Daisy mine.

You Said I Was Your Favorite

Tillie Cole

Nineteen-year-old Cromwell Dean is the rising star of electronic dance music. Thousands of people adore him. But no one knows him. No one sees the color of his heart. Until the girl in the purple dress. She sees through the walls he has built to the empty darkness within. When Cromwell leaves behind the gray skies of England to study music in the South Carolina heat, the last thing he expects is to see her again. And he certainly doesn't expect that she'll stay in his head like a song on repeat. Bonnie Farraday lives for music. She lets every note into her heart, and she doesn't understand how someone as talented as Cromwell can avoid doing the same. He's hiding from his past, and she knows it. She tries to stay away from him, but something keeps calling her back...

A Wish For Us

Has this prince lost his crown? 
 
 
Reed Royal has it all. The girls at his elite prep school line up to date him, the guys want to be him, but Reed never gave a damn about anyone until Ella Harper walked into his life. 
 
 
What began as burning resentment turned into something else entirely. Keep Ella close. Keep Ella safe. But when one mistake drives her out of Reed's arms and brings chaos to the Royal household, Reed's entire world begins to fall apart around him. 
 
 
Ella doesn't want him anymore. She says they'll only destroy each other. She might be right. 
 
 
Secrets. Betrayal. Enemies. If Reed is going to win back his princess, he'll need to prove himself Royally worthy.

Broken Prince

The sizzling enemies to lovers romance in The Royals Series

Josie Silver

Where better to start again than New York? 
 
Iris arrives in the city of dreams, intent on restarting her culinary career, and leaving her recent heartache behind. 
 
Wandering the streets at a famous food festival, Iris feels like she's living in a movie. Then she stumbles upon a gelateria that looks strangely familiar. Inside, she meets Gio: a perfect leading man with an irresistible smile - and a crisis of his own. 
 
As fate would have it, Iris is the one person with the answer to his problem. She just can't tell him that . . . 
 
So, can Iris finally let go of the past - and let herself fall in love?

A Winter in New York

Jo Thomas

'If you love a rugged hero, a heroine you can relate to, a warm romantic story and a bit of armchair travel, Countdown to Christmas is for you!' Katie Fforde 
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Chloe can't wait for Christmas . . . to be over! Her son Ruben is staying with his dad and Chloe is planning to ignore the holidays all together. Her only festive touch is her son's advent calendar, to help count down the days till he's home again. 
 
But a surprise call changes everything. Chloe might be the unexpected owner of some land in Canada! Surely, it's a scam. Or could it be just the escape she needs right now? Ruben's latest note in the advent calendar tells her to 'say yes!' 
 
In a flash, Chloe's new countdown to Christmas involves a log cabin in the middle of a snowy forest, a community that's worried for its future, a gruff lumberjack who gives her butterflies and a lot of pancakes with maple syrup . . . 
 
For a happy Christmas read full of romance and festive surprises, choose Jo Thomas.

Countdown to Christmas

Emma Noyes

AN UNFORGETTABLE NEW LOVE STORY THAT WILL MAKE YOU CRY, BREAK YOUR HEART, AND PIECE IT BACK TOGETHER 
 
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The boy who couldn't love and the girl who wouldn't. 
 
 
Ginny Murphy is a total guy's girl. She's always found friendships with boys easier to form and keep drama-free - as long as they don't fall for her, and she doesn't fall for them. She and her best guy friends have stuck to that. But then she meets Adrian Silvas, the only one who's ever made her crave more, and Ginny begins to question her own rules. 
 
Piece by piece, Ginny and Adrian begin to fall into something intoxicating, something dangerous. Ginny threatens to destroy the belief Adrian's held ever since witnessing his own mother's heartbreak: that love isn't worth the risk. For Ginny, the stakes could be even higher. Letting Adrian get close could mean exposing a secret she's long protected: her disordered eating. 
 
Ginny isn't looking to be saved by someone. But maybe she and Adrian can help each other - if they don't destroy each other first. 
 
Heartfelt and evocative, Guy's Girl is a powerful story about true love, self-love, and growing up.

Guy's Girl

Rachel Marks

When Laura and Luke fall in love one December, it's like all their Christmasses have come at once. She's got the world at her feet; he's the gorgeous frontman of a band. And they're completely smitten. 
 
A year later, we meet Luke and Laura again, just in time to see them welcoming the most magical gift of all: baby Dylan. 
 
Twelve months later, they're in the Maldives - celebrating Christmas in style. But another year on, things look rocky as Luke's fame is taking its toll. Next Christmas, their relationship goes up in flames. 
 
This December, can Luke finally win Laura back - and prove that love isn't just for Christmas?

One December Day

The brand new emotional and heartwarming book to read this Christmas!

Jenna Levine

Two strangers. One apartment. 
Will it be love at first . . . bite? 
 
Cassie Greenberg needs a new place to live, and fast. When she finds an affordable apartment in a beautiful neighbourhood, she knows there must be a catch. 
 
Of course, her new roommate Frederick J. Fitzwilliam is far from normal. He sleeps all day, is out at night on business, and talks like he walked out of a regency romance novel. 
 
He is also leaves Cassie heart-melting notes around the apartment, always asks about her day, and doesn't look half bad shirtless on the rare occasions they're both home and awake. 
 
There's no denying there's a spark between them - but there's also a secret. . . 
 
With true love at stake, will Frederick come clean? 
 
AUTHORS ARE OBSESSED WITH MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE: 
 
'Bloody delightful!' Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics 
'Wonderfully weird and sexy as hell ' Alicia Thompson 
'A kooky, sparkly piece of happiness' India Holton 
'This one is good to the last drop' Publishers Weekly 
'Whimsical, magical, and hilarious' Sarah Hawley 
'Will leave you laughing so loud you could wake the undead' Elizabeth Davis 
'Wildly entertaining, delightfully steamy, laugh-out-loud hilarious, wrenchingly romantic' Thea Guanzon 
'A fresh, charming romp full of heart and some of the best kissing scenes I've ever read' Isabel Cañas

My Roommate is a Vampire

Becca Freeman

Christmas is a time for family, but what if you don't have one? 
 
For ten years Hannah and Finn have spent Christmas together. With no family to enjoy the holidays with, they've created their own traditions. Through the years, they've been joined by other lonely souls, Priya and Theo, together creating The Christmas Orphans Club. 
 
 
But this year everything is about to change. After a rocky year of silence, Finn and Hannah are finally speaking again. They're trying to put the past behind them and bring back the Christmas spirit they all know and love. Until Finn announces some rather big news. News that rocks the group to its core. 
 
This Christmas could be their last, and Hannah is determined to make it the best one yet, even if it means pushing the people she loves away. 
 
Perfect for fans of Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation and Josie Silver's One Day in December.

The Christmas Club

The perfect uplifting and heart-warming read

The Christmas Orphans Club

Ella Harper is a survivor-a pragmatic optimist. She's spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she'll climb out of the gutter. After her mother's death, Ella is truly alone. 
 
Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from. 
 
Reed doesn't want her. He says she doesn't belong with the Royals. 
 
He might be right. 
 
Wealth. Excess. Deception. It's like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if she's going to survive her time in the Royal palace, she'll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees.

Paper Princess

The scorching opposites attract romance in The Royals Series

Tori Anne Martin

When 'messy witch' Morgan Greenwood drunkenly offers to fake date her dream woman Rory Sandler during the New England Witches' festival, she's sure she was hexed at birth. And to complicate matters, Rory accepts. 
 
But although they're 'pretending' to be a couple, their undeniable chemistry soon starts to feel real -until Morgan realizes she may have accidentally given Rory an illegal love potion. If this is true, she'll have to prove how incompatible she and Rory are to break the potion. 
 
Morgan is no stranger to disaster, so ruining their relationship should be easy. 
 
Could the magic between them be real? Or will Rory be Morgan's latest screw up?

This Spells Disaster

The steamy sapphic romance to curl up with this winter!

Kate Goldbeck

Ari, a free-spirited struggling comedian, likes to keep things casual, and never sleeps over after hooking up. Josh, born-and-bred Manhattanite, has ambitious plans to take the culinary world by storm, to find The One and live happily-ever-after. 
 
After a confrontational first meeting (at the apartment of the woman they are both sleeping with), Ari and Josh never expect their paths to cross again, but years later, as they're both reeling from ego-bruising breakups, a chance encounter leads to a surprising connection: friendship. Turns out, spending time with your former nemesis can be fun when you're both too sad and miserable to hate each other. 
 
And as odd as it seems, they become friends-without-benefits, finding comfort in late night Netflix binges, swiping through each other's online dating profiles, and bickering endlessly on their phones across boroughs. It's better than romance. Until one night, the unspoken boundaries of their platonic relationship begin to blur... 
 
With sharp observations and sizzling chemistry, YOU, AGAIN explores the dynamics of co-ed friendship in this sparkling romantic comedy of modern love in all its forms.

You, Again

The ultimate friends-to-lovers romcom inspired by When Harry Met Sally

K.A. Tucker

From the international bestselling author of The Simple Wild comes Forever Wild, a novella that continues the story of Calla's journey to the Alaskan wild and a life she never imagined for herself. 
 
The holiday season is upon Calla and Jonah, and with the mistletoe and gingerbread comes plenty of family drama. Jonah is bracing himself for two weeks with a stepfather he loathes, and while Calla is looking forward to her mother and Simon's arrival, she dreads the continued pressure to set a date for their wedding ... in Toronto. Add in one bullheaded neighbor's unintentional meddling and another cantankerous neighbor's own family strife, and Christmas in Trapper's Crossing will be anything but simple.

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