Aaron Shapiro

Aaron T Beck

Aaron Vallance

Aaron Young was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and read Politics and Communications at The University of Liverpool. He is a BAFTA-nominated director, producer and executive producer with over 20 years of experience across projects for the BBC, PBS, Channel 4, Channel 5, UKTV, UK Film Council and Arts Council England. A long-time collaborator of acclaimed historian, James Holland, he is the producer and director of the BAFTA-shortlisted BBC titles ‘Battle of Britain: The Real Story’ and, ‘Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams’, as well as ‘The Battle for Malta’, ‘Normandy ’44: The Battle Beyond D-Day’, the RTS-nominated ‘Imphal &amp; Kohima: Britain’s Greatest Battle.’, and the 3-part series, 'Normandy '44: D-Day and the Battle for France. His most recent credits include 'Hidden Histories of WWII', 'Lost Temples of Cambodia', the RTS-winning ‘Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany’, and ‘Prue Leith: Journey with My Daughter’. Aaron was named in the inaugural list of BAFTA ‘Brits to Watch.’ He is the co-owner of award-winning film and television production company, Bright Button Productions, and lives with his wife and children in Poundbury, Dorset.

Aaron Young

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Abbe Prevost

Abbey Bryant is an NYC-based award-winning illustrator. With her BFA in Children's Book Illustration, her notable illustrated books include Nautilus award winner Hazel Mist, Hypnotist as well as an Enchanted Fairy House Kit with Scholastic's Klutz! 
 
As a queer illustrator, LGBTQ+ themes and stories hold a spot near to her heart. Most days she can be found around the city drawing New Yorkers or sketching trees at the park.

Abbey Bryant

Abbey Clancy is a model, television presenter and the host of chart-topping podcast The Therapy Crouch. She was the runner-up of Britain's Next Top Model in 2006, winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2013 and went on to present Britain's Next Top Model. Later this year she will host Celebrity Homes on ITV.

Abbey Clancy

Abbie Greaves studied at Cambridge University before working in a literary agency for a number of years. She was inspired to write her first novel, The Silent Treatment, after reading a newspaper article about a boy in Japan who had never seen his parents speak to one another before. 
 
Abbie lives in Brighton with her boyfriend.

Abbie Greaves

Abbie Ross is a British author and psychotherapist. Her first book, Hippy Dinners, a funny and poignant memoir of her bohemian childhood in 1970s North Wales, has been optioned by Baby Cow, who are developing it into an 8-part television series. 
Before turning to writing, Abbie had a successful career as a producer at Aardman Animations, the acclaimed studios behind Wallace &amp; Gromit and the film Chicken Run. 
Today, she divides her time between her thriving psychotherapy practice in Bristol, and her writing, and finds that the two careers complement each other perfectly.

Abbie Ross

Abbie Spallen

Abbie Taylor lives in Dublin. She works as a doctor and has two daughters.

Abbie Taylor

Abby L Yates co-founded the Ghostbusters with Erin Gilbert. Ghosts from Our Past was her first book, now finally back in print.

Abby L Yates

Abby Lee

Abby Rawlinson is an integrative therapist with a private practice based in east London, UK. Her work mixes traditional psychotherapeutic theories with cutting-edge, evidence-based techniques into a style that feels relatable, down-to-earth, and compassionate. Abby regularly contributes to articles, including but not limited to Stylist, Elle, BBC, Harpers Bazaar, Sheerluxe, Women's Health, and Psychologies. She can be found on Instagram @therapywithabby or online at therapywithabby.co.uk

Abby Rawlinson

Abby Wambach is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, FIFA World Cup champion, six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award and one of Time’s Most Influential People. She is a founder of Treat Media, an award-winning media company that makes art for humans who want to stay human. Abby is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wolfpack and the New York Times bestseller Forward. Named one of the ‘50 Most Powerful People in Podcasting,’ she is co-host of the chart-topping podcast We Can Do Hard Things, which has received over a half billion plays. Abby is an executive producer of the Sundance award-winning film Come See Me in the Good Light, part owner of the NWSL’s Angel City Football Club and sits on multiple boards. Her most recent book, We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions, created with Glennon Doyle, Amanda Doyle and Treat Media, is being hailed as ‘the guidebook for being alive.’

Abby Wambach

Abel &amp; Cole’s story starts in 1988 with Keith Abel flogging potatoes door-to-door. ‘Of course potatoes are organic,’ he thought, ‘they’re vegetables’. However, he quickly discovered how unnecessarily complicated our food system had become and, consequently, realised the huge benefits of going organic and never looked back. In fact, Abel &amp; Cole still get veg from the farm where Keith's first organic spuds came from. 
To this day, their priorities remain the same. Now, selling 100% organic produce, Abel &amp; Cole believe that organic farming (a holistic system that encourages biodiversity) is the very best way to go. It protects our countryside and the critters that inhabit it, insists on the very best animal welfare, supports your local community and, frankly, tastes heaps better. Abel &amp; Cole think so anyway.

Abel & Cole Limited

Abhijit Banerjee, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). In 2011, he was named one of Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 global thinkers. Banerjee served on the U.N. Secretary-General’s High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

Abhijit V. Banerjee

Abhishek Mukherjee, 30, is a Delhi-based journalist. He holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Delhi University, a post-graduate diploma in journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Raipur. He also likes dogs.

Abhishek Mukherjee

Abi Elphinstone grew up in Scotland where she spent most of her childhood running wild across the moors, hiding in tree houses and building dens in the woods. After being coaxed out of her tree house, she studied English at Bristol University and then worked as an English teacher in Africa, Berkshire and London. She is the bestselling and multi-award shortlisted author of RUMBLESTAR (first in The Unmapped Chronicles), SKY SONG &amp; THE DREAMSNATCHER TRILOGY, published by S&amp;S. When she's not writing, Abi volunteers for Beanstalk, speaks in schools and travels the world looking for her next story.

Abi Elphinstone

Abi Falase is a Black British writer and director, reimagining fundamental societal concepts in inventive new worlds. Abi has written and directed a number of plays, including The Village and Rush with the Almedia Theatre, as well as Rift for Immediate Theatre and was shortlisted for the BBC Scriptworks ‘A Thousand Stories’ scriptwriting competition in 2021.

Abi Falase

Abi Titmuss

Abie Longstaff is the eldest of six children and grew up in Australia, Hong Kong and France. She knows all about squabbling, chaos and bossing younger sisters around. So she logically began her career as a barrister. She started writing when her children were born. Her favourite childhood books were Hating Alison Ashley, A Little Princess, Maura's Angel and The Black Stallion and she sneakily reads them again sometimes. Abie lives in Hove with her family.

Abie Longstaff

Abigail Ahern

Abigail is a Brighton-based writer, illustrator and creative producer. Original storytelling has always been at the heart of Abigail's career and she has spent a decade leading social media campaigns for some of the biggest TV &amp; entertainment clients in the world. Abigail also used to perform stand-up comedy and won several tiny trophies for her onstage humour; which involved life-size illustrations, ridiculous songs and rambling stories about her family.

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Abigail Docherty

Abigail Foster is a Chartered Accountant and founder of Elent Finance, a financial education company designed to demystify the world of finance and empower you to achieve financial wellbeing. 
 
Abigail has worked with leading financial institutions across the UK, including HMRC, the Bank of England and Downing Street, and global companies such as Google and Goldman Sachs. She hosts a weekly money segment on LBC radio and has also appeared as a finance expert on ITV, Channel 5 and Sky News.

Abigail Foster

Abigail Owen is the #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling author of 30+ books that range from upper YA (18+) epic romantasy to new adult modern mythic romantasy to super spicy adult paranormal romance. She loves magical worlds with plots that move hot and fast, feisty heroines with sass, heroes with heart, a dash of snark, and oodles of HEAs! Other titles include: wife, mother, Star Wars geek, ex-competitive skydiver, AuDHD, spreadsheet lover, Jeopardy! fanatic, organizational guru, true classic movie buff, linguaphile, wishful world traveler, and chocoholic. Abigail currently resides in Austin, Texas, with her own swoon-worthy hero, their (mostly) angelic teenagers, and an adorable fur baby.

Abigail Owen

Abigail Ulman was born and raised in Melbourne. She has a BA in Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne/VCA and was a recent Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University. This is her first book.

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Ellie Dean

Cliffehaven, December 1946 
 
From a hill above the town of Cliffehaven, a young woman makes a heart-breaking choice that will change the course of her life forever. 
 
Hours later, a baby is found in the Nativity crib of the local church. 
 
Who could have left him there, and why? 
 
The mystery preoccupies everyone in Cliffehaven - not least Peggy Reilly, who has enough to contend with at Beach View Boarding House without this extra secret to unravel. 
 
What's certain is that the whole community will pull together to keep the baby safe - and to support his mother when the truth of her identity is finally discovered... 
 
The latest gripping installment in Ellie Dean's Cliffehaven series, With Promises to Keep, is available to pre-order now!

Love Will Find a Way

Caroline Lea

Based on the scandalous true story of The Great Stork Derby, Prize Women is a gripping and deeply moving novel about desperate choices and the two unforgettable women forced to make them. 
 
'Gorgeous. Prize Women took my breath away. I haven't stopped thinking about it' JENNIFER SAINT 
 
'Wonderfully evocative and intelligent. Sheds light on a scandalous moment in history I knew nothing about, told with great sensitivity and grace. I was entranced' EMMA STONEX 
 
'This heartbreaking story explores friendship, strength and the fight to survive' WOMAN'S WEEKLY 
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It's the 1920s, a time of unparalleled excess. 
But for the rich to party, the poor must starve . . . 
 
Into the city arrives pregnant runaway Lily di Marco. 
She has nothing – and expects nothing. 
But soon she will find herself in a towering mansion just streets away. 
Confidante to, and best friends with, its glamorous owner Mae Thebolt. 
 
Until the competition. 
 
A childless millionaire leaves his fortune to the woman 
who will have the most babies over ten years. 
Is it an eccentric contest? 
Or a horrible joke played by a rich man on the poorest women of the city? 
 
Either way, it will tear Lily and Mae’s friendship - and their lives - to pieces . . . 
 
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'A profoundly moving and absolutely gripping novel about the choices women face - and the choices they are denied. I cannot recommend it highly enough' ELODIE HARPER 
 
'This tale of two women resonates with what is happening in the world today. I was gripped by Lily and Mae's story, the desperate choices that women still face' LOUISE HARE 
 
'Fascinating historical fiction with a feminist slant' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 
 
'A serious, thoughtful and epic journey into the trials of motherhood . . . With her contrasting female characters, Lea interrogates the fight for female agency across class divides, a struggle that continues to this day. A fascinating snapshot of another time, perhaps not as far removed from our own as we might hope' JANICE HALLET 
 
'Wonderfully researched and full of evocative historical detail' CULTUREFLY 
 
'Masterful. Caroline Lea is a superb storyteller, and Prize Women deserves a huge readership. So good, I had to pull myself away' ELIZABETH MACNEAL

Prize Women

The fascinating story of sisterhood and survival based on shocking true events

Rosanna Amaka

An Independent Best Books for Summer Pick 
 
'Powerful, lyrical, and with a central character so wracked with love, he goes to war, deeply relatable' ANN NAPOLITANO, author of Hello Beautiful 
 
'Wholly beguiling and spirited' THE TIMES 
 
'Emotionally resonant and lyrical story of one young man's heartbreak, set against the trauma of a world falling apart' IRISH TIMES 
 
'Stunning. Both an unrequited love story and a mystery. It will live with me for a long time. 
JENDELLA BENSON 
 
Most Anticipated Books 2023: COSMOPOLITAN, GLAMOUR, THE FLOOR, HUFFINGTON POST, THE BLACK BRITISH LIST and BRITTLE PAPER 
 
For readers of Toni Morrison, Richard Flanagan and BURMA BOY - gripping and intimate historical novel of a black soldier's experience in the Second World War - a rare and moving tale of love and sacrifice by the acclaimed author of THE BOOK OF ECHOES. 
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One war, one soldier, one enduring love 
 
1939: In a village in south-east Nigeria on the brink of the Second World War, young Obi watches from a mango tree as a colonial army jeep speeds by, filled with soldiers laughing and shouting, their buttons shining in the sun. To Obi, their promise of a smart uniform and regular wages is hard to resist, especially as he has his sweetheart Rose to impress and a family to support. 
 
Years later, when Rose falls pregnant to another man, his heart is shattered. As the Burma Campaign mounts, and Obi is shipped out to fight, he is haunted by the mystery of Rose's lover. When his identity comes to light, Obi's devastation leads to a tragic chain of unexpected events. 
 
In ROSE AND THE BURMA SKY, Rosanna Amaka weaves together the realities of war, the pain of first love and how following your heart might not always be the best course of action. Its gritty boy's-eye view brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power. 
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'Refreshing. Vividly conveys how the historical injustice of colonialism continues to reverberate' GUARDIAN

Rose and the Burma Sky

Alice Winn

It's 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in an idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. At seventeen, they're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that Ellwood is in love with him, always has been. When Gaunt's German mother asks him to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. 
 
The front is horrific, of course, and though Gaunt tries to dissuade Ellwood from joining him on the battlefield, Ellwood soon rushes to join him. In the trenches, Ellwood and Gaunt find fleeting moments of solace in one another, but their friends are all dying, right in front of them, and at any moment they could be next. 
 
An epic tale of both the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip, In Memoriam is a breathtaking debut.

In Memoriam

Katie Lumsden

I loved this fresh take on the gothic genre. Vivid, haunting, surprising' STACEY HALLS 
'A full-blooded gothic mystery with bite, great characterisation and heaps of atmosphere' EMMA STONEX 
 
1852. Margaret Lennox, a young widow, is offered a position as governess at Hartwood Hall. She quickly accepts, hoping this isolated country house will allow her to leave the past behind. 
 
Margaret soon feels there's something odd about Hartwood: strange figures in the dark, tensions between servants and an abandoned east wing. 
 
Margaret is certain that everyone here has something to hide, and as her own past threatens to catch up with her, she must learn to trust her instincts before it's too late...

The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

The mysterious and atmospheric gothic novel for fans of Stacey Hall

Iris Costello

London, 1915: Tarot reader Katerina is trying to hold her life together amid the wartime chaos. When she opens a bakery that offers divination alongside sweet treats, she is hailed as a beacon of hope. But Katerina is hiding a dark truth that could cost her everything. 
Germany, 1918: A mute British soldier is taken to a prisoner of war camp where he meets Miriam, a researcher. She is drawn to his gentle manner and secretly vows to help him. But soon she will have to make an impossible choice: will she save the one she loves, or herself? 
Cornwall, Present Day: Recently widowed Edie is astonished to discover a mysterious box hidden in the wall of her newly renovated cottage. As Edie starts to investigate, she uncovers a secret that has lain hidden for over a century... 
A long-held secret ties the tales of three women, from the cobbled streets of war-time London to an isolated German WWI camp, and the sea-swept cliffs of Cornwall. Beautifully told, moving and unforgettable.

The Story Collector

Gabriel García Márquez

Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a compelling, moving story exploring injustice and mob hysteria by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. 
 
'On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on' 
 
Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk. To at last understand what happened to Santiago, and why. . . 
 
'A masterpiece' Evening Standard 
 
'A work of high explosiveness - the proper stuff of Nobel prizes. An exceptional novel' The Times 
 
'Brilliant writer, brilliant book' Guardian

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Sweeping through crumbling towns, travelling fairs and windswept ports, Gabriel García Márquez introduces a host of extraordinary characters and communities in his mesmerising tales of everyday life: smugglers, bagpipers, the President and Pope at the funeral of Macondo's revered matriarch; a very old angel with enormous wings. Teeming with the magical oddities for which his novels are loved, Márquez's stories are a delight. 
 
Gabriel García Márquez's Collected Stories are re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

Collected Stories

'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.' 
 
Fifty-one years have passed since Fermina rebuffed Florentino and married Juvenal Urbino instead. Swearing his love to her, he lives for the day when he can court her again. When Fermina's husband is killed, Florentino seizes his chance to declare his enduring love. But can young love find new life in the twilight of their lives? 
 
Love in the Time of Cholera is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

Love in the Time of Cholera

Fridays are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty. But on Fridays the postman comes and he hopes he'll be handed an envelope containing the army pension promised to him. Whilst he waits, his hopes are pinned on his prize bird and the upcoming cockfighting season. Until then, the bird - like the Colonel and his wife - must somehow be fed... 
 
No One Writes to the Colonel is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

No One Writes to the Colonel

When a witch doctor prophesizes a plague of rabies, Marquis de Casalduero dismisses her claims - until he hears his daughter was bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. 
 
She appears unscathed - but in a town consumed by superstition, they soon put her survival down to a demonic possession. Only the young priest and exorcist recognises the girl's sanity, but can he convince the town that it's not her that needs healing? 
 
Of Love and Other Demons is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

Of Love and Other Demons

Gabriel García Márquez has been one of the literary giants of the past century; his body of work is an undisputed cultural landmark and a touchstone for countless readers and writers alike. 
 
One Hundred Years of Solitude is a true classic, a timelessly fascinating and intricately patterned work of fiction and a joyful, irrepressible celebration of humanity. This iconic work is the perfect celebration of Marquez's extraordinary impact on the modern world and his phenomenal literary achievements.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Val Wood

Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood, they have supported each other in bad times and good. But their families are bound together by more than friendship, and secrets from the past threaten to make their lives even more difficult. 
 
The local cotton mill has provided work for Ruby and Grace since they were nine years old, and now years later both girls find themselves the object of attention from the mill owner's sons. As times grow harder, and money ever scarcer, Grace becomes involved in campaigns against poverty and injustice, while Ruby is tempted into prostitution. 
 
The two girls are searching for something that could take them far away . . . But what price will they pay to find it? 
 
If you like Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love this heartwarming story of triumph over adversity. 
 
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Praise for Val Wood: 
 
'A heart-warming story filled with compelling action' Rosie Goodwin 
'Hull's answer to Catherine Cookson' BBC Radio 4's Front Row 
'Wonderfully fully-fleshed characters are the mainstay of [Val Wood's] stories' Peterborough Telegraph

The Doorstep Girls

Mimi Matthews

Fortune favours the bold. But is Lady Anne daring enough to accept a favour from a wicked gentleman? 
 
Lady Anne Deveril has voluntarily renounced any fanciful notions of love and marriage. And yet, when fate puts Anne back into the entirely too enticing path of Mr. Felix Hartford. 
 
The youthful torch Hart once held for Anne has long since cooled. Or so he keeps telling himself. But now Anne needs a favour. Hart will play along with her little ruse - on the condition that Anne attends his grandfather's country estate. 
 
Away from society, Anne makes the tantalising discovery that beneath the roguish exterior is a man with hidden depths, scorching passions - and a tender heart. 
 
Perfect for fans of Julia Quinn, Jilly Cooper and Julian Fellowes.

The Lily of Ludgate Hill

Emma R. Alban

Love is more than just a game for two. 
 
It&rsquo;s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. 
 
Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she&rsquo;s inherited her penchant for drinking too much and dancing &lsquo;til dawn. 
 
Beth and Gwen are enchanted with each other on sight. And it doesn&rsquo;t take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than join the husband hunt, they should set up Gwen&rsquo;s father and Beth&rsquo;s newly-widowed mother. 
 
They had a fling years ago, after all&hellip; 
 
Can Beth and Gwen find a way to defy convention and be together? And will their parents find love along the way too?

More than a Best Friend

The Lesbian Bridgerton you didn’t know you needed

Lesley Eames

Alice, Kate and Naomi want to keep the magic of Christmas alive in their village of Churchwood, but a thief in the area and a new family that shuns the local community are only the first of the problems they face... 
 
Naomi is fighting to free herself from Alexander Harrington - the man who married her for her money then kept a secret family behind her back. But will she be able to achieve the independence she craves? 
 
Alice's dreams came true when she married sweetheart Daniel. Now he has returned to the fighting, but Alice is delighted to discover that she's carrying his child. Will the family make it through the war unscathed? 
 
While Kate's life on Brimbles Farm has never been easy, she now has help from land girls Pearl and Ruby. But what will it mean for them all when Kate's brother returns from the war with terrible injuries? And why has pilot Leo, the man she loves, stopped writing? 
 
As ever, the Wartime Bookshop is a source of community and comfort. But disaster is about to strike...

Christmas at the Wartime Bookshop

Daisy Styles

An aspirational story of friendship, fortitude and the joy of Christmas . . . 
 As the Autumn of 1941 dawns, and female conscription looms, three women arrive at the Bell Works Factory in Hucknall to work on the Spitfire production line. Lily, Edna and Jeannie. . . 
 
 Lily soon realises her real dream is to pilot the planes; Edna longs to be reunited with her evacuee daughter while facing a much bigger problem; and Jeannie fears the worst after weeks of no news from her fiancé. 
 
 Despite all the heartache, with a bit of Christmas cheer and 'can do' attitude, The Engine Girls will pull together and do all they can to ensure Britain's safe for the New Year!

Christmas with the Engine Girls

An uplifting wartime Christmas romance

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... 
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'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

Jenny Holmes

As war rages on, can they keep dancing? 
 
Blackpool, November 1942 
 
Wartime worries fail to dampen the glitz and glamour of the ballroom in the run-up to Christmas. After all, life is for living. 
 
Newlywed Pearl's bliss is cut short when her beloved Bernie is called up into the Army. Will dancing at the Tower Ballroom take the edge off her heartache or will it throw temptation her way? 
 
Unexpected news of an inheritance presents Joy with a different dilemma. Should she move to Scotland in line with her parents' final wishes or stay in Blackpool to dance with Tommy, the man she loves? 
 
Meanwhile, ambitious Sylvia ditches Eddie, her loyal dance partner and launches into a new career teaching jive and jitterbug. Regrets soon set in, however. Is this the worst mistake she's ever made? 
 
Change is in the air. Can our Ballroom Girls fulfil their dreams and make this a Christmas to remember?

The Ballroom Girls: Christmas Dreams

Curl up with this festive, heartwarming and uplifting historical romance book

Katie Flynn

London, 1940 
 
When tragedy strikes, Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute, fending for herself on the capital's most dangerous streets. 
 
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Libby is on the cusp of making a decision that could jeopardise her future when a local boy saves her from ruin. 
 
The kindness of this stranger sets her on a different path, and Libby heads to Liverpool with a determined mind and hope in her heart. 
 
There, she reconnects with long lost family - but will she be able to uncover the truth that tore them apart all those years ago? 
 
WHY READERS LOVE KATIE FLYNN: 
 
'Takes you on a journey of heartbreak and joy' 
'Hard to put down' 
'Her characters are like old friends' 
'Heartwarming romance'

Winter's Orphan

As the sea claims the land, can she claim the love she deserves? 
 
In the old fishing town of Hull, Sarah Foster's parents have been fighting a constant battle with poverty, disease and crime. When her father Will, a whaling man, is involved in a terrible accident at sea, their lives became even harder. 
 
But Will's good deeds of the past pay off as John Rayner decides to rescue the Fosters. John provides them with work and a house on the estate owned by his wealthy family. It is at this new home on the crumbling coastline of Holderness that Sarah is born - and grows into a bright and beautiful girl, and a great source of strength to those around her. 
 
As John grows closer to Sarah, he becomes increasingly aware of his love for her. But could these two very different people ever make their love story truly work? 
 
If you enjoy books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.

The Hungry Tide

30th anniversary edition

Donna Douglas

The beloved Sunday Times bestselling author is back with a new, long-awaited Nightingale novel. 
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It's 1957, and three young women are beginning their nursing training at the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London's East End... 
 
Winnie desperately wants to win her mother's approval - but will following in her footsteps and becoming a nurse help? 
 
Tearaway Viv has never been one to follow the rules, though the Nightingale may help her mend her ways. 
 
Beth is following her late sister's dream by training as a nurse. Will it be the right path for her? 
 
There's a steep learning curve ahead. But with friendship on their side, the Nightingale Daughters are ready to rise to the challenge.

The Nightingale Daughters

the heartwarming and emotional new historical novel, perfect for fans of Call the Midwife

Catherine Newman

Discover the powerful Richard & Judy Book Club Pick, perfect for fans of Nora Ephron and Sorrow and Bliss 
 
'Gorgeously tender and so deeply loving' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS, bestselling author of Fundamentally 
 
'Nora-Ephron-style wit...comforting, so funny, moving... one of my favourite books ever' MARIAN KEYES 
 
'Newman writes loss and laughter in equally brilliant amounts.' BONNIE GARMUS 
 
'Dazzling, heart-wrenching, snorty-hilarious... An utter joy to read' RACHEL JOYCE 
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Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your strange imperfect self? 
 
Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty years. Since childhood they have seen each other through life's milestones: stealing vodka from their parents, REM concerts, marriages, infertility, children. As Ash notes, 'Edi's memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.' 
 
So when Edi is diagnosed with cancer, Ash's world reshapes around the rhythms of Edi's care, from making watermelon ice cubes and music therapy to snack smuggling and impromptu excursions into the frozen winter night. 
 
Because life is about squeezing the joy out of every moment and building a powerhouse of memories, about learning when to hold on, and when to let go. 
 
Deeply moving yet laugh-out-loud funny, We All Want Impossible Things is a jubilant celebration of life and friendship at its imperfect, radiant, and irreverent best. 
 
DISCOVER SANDWICH, the joyful new novel from Catherine Newman and the perfect summer read 
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Praise for We All Want Impossible Things: 
 
Full of humour, warmth and eye-popping honesty ... a beautiful, candid and uplifting testament to female friendship that will make you laugh and cry - WOMAN & HOME 
 
This tale of love and friendship is tender, funny, life-affirming joy. - MARIE CLAIRE, 'Best Books of 2023' 
 
We All Want Impossible Things is a thing of rare beauty: sweet and sharp, to be devoured, then remembered and loved life-long. – i 
 
Devastatingly funny ... handled with compassion and courage in elegant prose lightened by honest humour. - MAIL ON SUNDAY 
 
A treat - THE SUNDAY TIMES 
 
Remarkable ... A whip-smart, funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely characterised novel about how even the deepest of losses can be accompanied by a joyous affirmation of life. - OBSERVER 
 
Imbued with love and humour ... this special book is in a class of its own. - EVENING STANDARD 
 
Newman's clearsighted and bracingly funny first novel is a moving celebration of friendship, love and cherished memories - DAILY MAIL 
 
Utterly life-affirming and joyful – RED 
 
'You'll stay up late devouring every word' KATHERINE HEINY 
 
'One of the best novels on friendship I've ever read' AJ PEARCE 
 
'An absolute masterpiece in characterisation... utterly beautiful.' JOANNA CANNON 
 
'I absolutely adored this...what a beautiful, emotional novel' JILL MANSELL 
 
'Shot through with whip-smart humour and boundless compassion. It's one of the best debuts I've read in a long time.' HANNAH BECKERMAN

We All Want Impossible Things

Sebastian Faulks

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
'Compelling . . . Faulks has become an international sensation' GUARDIAN 
'Performs like an elegant melody' OBSERVER 
'Tense and affecting . . . A modern epic' SPECTATOR 
 
Life at the British Embassy in Washington in 1959 is awash with parties, martinis, jazz, and for Mary van der Linden, the kind of happiness she has always dreamt of. With her diplomat husband Charlie busy and the children off at boarding school, she feels listless until news reporter Frank Renzo enters their lives. And when Frank and Mary begin a torrid affair, their passion will force an impossible decision. 
 
Set between Washington, New York and Moscow, On Green Dolphin Street, is a masterful exploration of Cold War chaos, and devastating love.

On Green Dolphin Street

Churchwood has never needed The Wartime Bookshop, or its community, more. But when the bookshop comes under threat at the worst possible time, can Alice, Kate and Naomi pull together to keep spirits high? 
 
Kate has always found life on Brimbles Farm difficult, but she is struggling more than ever to find time for the bookshop, for her friends - and especially for handsome pilot Leo Kinsella. Can two Land Girls help? Or will they be more trouble than they're worth? 
 
Naomi has found new friends and purpose through the bookshop and is happier than she's been in a long time - until she finds evidence that her husband is being unfaithful. With old insecurities rearing up, she needs to uncover the truth. 
 
Alice worries for her fiancé Daniel away fighting in the war and frets over the loss of her financial independence following an injury to her hand. With no job opportunities in Churchwood, might she find work somewhere else?

Land Girls at the Wartime Bookshop

Book 2 in the uplifting WWII saga series about a community-run bookshop, from the bestselling author

Martha Hall Kelly

Two spies who have lost everything. Or have they? 
 
The year is 1952. It's been over a decade since Josie and Arlette were arrested for working with the Resistance and imprisoned at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. 
 
Now working for the U.S. Army, Josie nurtures an ember of anger in her heart as she searches for the Nazi scientists who did unspeakable things to her mother. 
 
Arlette, having exhausted all her finances in Paris to find her stolen son, is left with no choice but to take a charming stranger up on his offer to search his compound's orphanage in French Guiana. 
 
Yet rumour has it the compound is filled with absconding Nazis. 
 
Both women must work together to uncover the truth and save the ones they love from terrifying danger . . .

The Golden Doves

from the global bestselling author of The Lilac Girls

Maggie Brookes

A nation torn apart by war. One woman steps into the crossfire. 
 
'This amazing book has everything in it: love, war, history and relevance to today. Gripping.' Russell Kane 
'I insist you read this intelligent empathetic novel. You won't regret it.' Frost Magazine 
'Extraordinary events sensitively told.' Lucy Jago, A Net For Small Fishes 
'I couldn't put it down.' Gill Paul, The Collector's Daughter 
'A heartrending tale of love, courage and sacrifice.' Nikki Marmery, On Wilder Seas 
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1936. Civil war in Spain. A world on the brink of chaos ... 
 
Twenty-one-year-old Lucy is frustrated with her constrained life in Hertfordshire, teaching and keeping house for her domineering father. But she is happy to be living next door to Tom and Jamie, two brothers she has known since childhood, and whom she loves equally. 
 
But her life is turned upside down when Tom decides he must travel to Spain to fight in the bloody Spanish Civil War. He is quickly followed by Jamie who, much to Lucy's despair, is supporting General Franco. 
 
To the dismay of her irascible father, Lucy decides that the only way to bring her boys back safely is to travel to Spain herself to persuade them to come home. 
 
Yet when she sees the horrific effects of the war, she quickly becomes immersed in the lifesaving work the Quakers are doing to help the civilian population, many of whom are refugees. 
 
As the war progresses and the situation becomes increasingly perilous, Lucy realises that the challenge going forward is not so much which brother she will end up with, but whether any of them will survive the carnage long enough to decide ... 
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More praise for Acts of Love and War ... 
 
'Be prepared to lose your heart in the simmering heat of war-torn Spain.' Miranda Malins, The Puritan Princess 
'This is a marvellous book on any level, I thoroughly enjoyed it and could hardly put it down.' Deborahjs 
'Wide in scope and told with honesty, insight and tenderness, a moving and unputdownable story' Judith Allnatt, The Poet's Wife 
'Accomplished and expansive' Anne Morgan, Reading The World 
'Insightful and moving' Katherine Clements, The Crimson Ribbon 
'One of historical fiction's most lyrical and intelligent voices' Rachel McMillan, The London Restoration 
'Emotionally captivating and authentic ... an unforgettable story' Susan Meissner, The Nature of Fragile Things 
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Readers can't get enough of Acts of Love and War ... 
 
***** 'A tale of passion and passionate caring, and how that can manifest in very different ways.' 
***** 'A masterpiece.' 
***** 'Highly recommended if you enjoy historical fiction.' 
***** 'An amazing and compelling read.' 
***** 'An immersive and powerful story.'

Acts of Love and War

A nation torn apart by war. One woman steps into the crossfire.

Emma Hornby

Jenny and her little brother Noah are orphans, living hand to mouth in a cellar dwelling in the heart of the Manchester slums. 
 
At the tender age of nine, Noah is a chimney sweep's boy: a dangerous job, where he's wickedly mistreated. But they survive on his earnings, for which his older sister Jenny feels terrible guilt. It's only her fiery temper that's prevented her keeping down a job herself. With her brother's safety - his life - on the line, Jenny resolves to try and control herself, and put her talent for singing to good use. Can she earn a crust by entertaining the punters at the taverns and inns around town? 
 
It seems like a dream come true when she catches the attention of a music hall manager and is offered a spot on a bigger stage, along with an enviable wage. But there's a darker bargain to be struck in return for their new riches . . . 
 
How far will Jenny go to protect her brother, and will they ever find the security they crave? 
 
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'Authentic, compelling . . . another winner for a northern author who has her home county written right across her heart.' Lancashire Evening Post on A Daughter's War

The Chimney Sweep’s Sister

A gripping, romantic Victorian saga from the bestselling author

Emma Royal

Discover the captivating historical fiction novel packed full of drama, forbidden love, and secrets from below the royal stairs, perfect for fans of The Crown and Downton Abbey. 
 
'An engrossing, emotional read' Betty Walker, author of WW2 historical fiction saga series The Cornish Girls 
 
‘A treasure trove of fascinating historical detail' Lesley Eames, bestselling author of WW2 saga series The Wartime Bookshop 
 
'Five stars!' Norma Curtis, author of The Coronation Party 
 
 
Buckingham Palace, 1951 
 
The nation is on the road to recovery after World War Two, and so is Milly Hendry. 
 
When her parents were killed in the Blitz, she was taken in by her aunt who works in the prestigious Royal Army of Cleaners. Buckingham Palace has since become like home to Milly, and the people she works with like family. 
 
Though tensions in the palace are rising as the King's health is declining, the staff gather below-stairs to celebrate Milly's 21st birthday. 
 
But her day quickly takes a turn when some unexpected post arrives. 
 
Could a letter containing secrets from the past change Milly's whole future? 
 
 
Praise for The Palace Girls: 
 
'Breathtaking, richly atmospheric, and totally immersive' Andie Newton, USA Today bestselling author 
 
‘A clever, pertinent and enjoyable read’ Jenny Holmes, author of The Spitfire Girls Series 
 
‘Intriguingly romantic’ Peterborough Review 
 
‘Downtown fans will enjoy this well-crafted novel’ Choice Magazine

The Palace Girls

Adriana Trigiani

Domenica Cabrelli had two great loves of her life. First, her childhood sweetheart, from the small, sun-drenched Italian town of Viareggio. A romance that was over before it had a chance to begin. Then, on an wartime French coastline, her second love affair - a mysterious captain, with a future on the front line. 
 
Decades later, Domenica's daughter, Matelda, unpacks her mother's legacy, and realises there is much Domenica left untold. About what kept her away from Italy for so long. What ultimately brought her home again. And the secret that that bound her two great loves together . .

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