Al Murray is a Perrier Award-winning comic, TV personality and, as 'The Pub Landlord', the author of the bestselling The Pub Landlord's Book of British Common Sense and Think Yourself British. Most recently, he has taken on the leadership of the Free United Kingdom Party (FUKP).

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Al Murray's alter ego, The Pub Landlord, is one of the most recognizable and successful comic creations of the past twenty years, and Murray, who has won numerous awards and accolades, continues to fill arenas and theatres around the world. 
 
He is also the author of many successful books including Watching War Films with My Dad and Command, a sharply entertaining analysis of the key allied military leaders in the Second World War. He is well known for co-hosting the hugely popular Second World War history podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk with fellow bestselling military author James Holland. 
 
Arnhem: Black Tuesday is his first history book about a single campaign.

Actor and director Al Pacino is a unique and enduring figure in the world of American stage and film. He grew up in New York City’s South Bronx, attended the School of Performing Art, and studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio with Charles Laughton and the Actors Studio with mentor Lee Strasberg. 
 
 
He has been nominated for the Academy Award nine times, for movies including The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, The Godfather Part II, and The Irishman, and won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1992 for Scent of a Woman. He has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award nineteen times, and won four, and has been nominated for three Tonys and won two. 
 
 
Pacino has been awarded the Kennedy Center Honor, the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, the National Merit of Arts from President Obama, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures.

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Al Rodin is a writer and illustrator from London. He studied children's book illustration at Cambridge School of Art and received the 2019 Sebastian Walker Prize. Al enjoys working with a wide variety of materials including acrylic, watercolour and collage. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries around Europe and Asia, and he was selected for lllustrators' Exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2019. Little Echo is his first book.

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Alain Gheerbrant

Alain de Botton is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including The School of Life: An Emotional Education, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love. He is the founder of The School of Life (theschooloflife.com).

Alain de Botton

Alaina Urquhart is the science-loving co-host of the chart-topping show Morbid: A True Crime Podcast. As an autopsy technician by trade, she offers a unique perspective from deep inside the morgue. Alaina hails from Boston, where she lives with her wonderful husband, John, their three amazing daughters, and a ghost Puggle named Bailey. She is about 75 percent coffee, and truly believes she and Agent Clarice Starling could be friends. 
 
Before writing her first psychological horror novel, she received degrees in criminal justice, psychology, and biology. When she isn't hosting Morbid, she hosts the Parcast original show Crime Countdown, and a horror movie podcast called Scream!. Her days are usually spent either recording or eviscerating. The way she sees it, when she hangs up her microphone for the day, it's time to let the dead speak.

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Born in London in 1939, Alan Ayckbourn is one of  the world's most popular and prolific playwrights. He has written 74  full length plays and more than 20 other revues and plays for children.  He is also an acclaimed director. Alan Ayckbourn was awarded a CBE in  1987. Ten years later to the day, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II  'for services to the theatre.'

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Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved and most highly acclaimed writers. He has written widely for radio, television and theatre. His latest play, The History Boys, won several awards, including Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. It also won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, following an extremely successful transfer to Broadway. In 2006 Bennett was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards for Untold Stories, his collection of memoirs and diaries.

Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett's television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for the stage, including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, The Madness of George III (together with the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Madness of King George) and an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows. The History Boys won the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle awards for Best Play, The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the South Bank Award.

Alan Bishop

ALAN BOOTH was born in London in 1946 and travelled to Japan in 1970 to study Noh theatre. He stayed, working as a writer and film critic, until his untimely death in 1993.

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Alan Brazil is a Scottish broadcasting legend and former football player, most notably for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and internationally for Scotland. He played as a forward before being forced to retire due to a recurring back injury. 
 
After retirement, Alan moved into media presentation, initially on television, before a career in radio where for many years he has presented the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast show on TalkSPORT.

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Alan Carr is one of Britain's most successful and treasured comedians. His unique humour and effortless stage presence have earned him a catalogue of awards including Best Chat Show host at the publicly voted for 2015 National Television Awards, winner of the 2013 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance and 2013 British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. In previous years he has garnered a clutch of awards, from the 2012 National Television Award for Best Talk Show and the 2012 Loaded LAFTA Award for Best Stand-up to the 2010 TV Choice Awards for Best Entertainment Show. There were also nominations for Best New British Comedy &amp; Best Comedy Entertainment Personality at the 2009 British Comedy Awards. 
 
The success of the first series of his own chat show, 'Alan Carr: Chatty Man', in the summer of 2009, led to Channel 4 commissioning 16 further series' as well as numerous Christmas Specials and New Year Specstaculars. In September 2013, the 100th episode aired with A-list guests Justin Timberlake and Rihanna. Guests from past series include: Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz, Vin Diesel, Adele, Grace Jones, Naomi Campbell, Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Robin Williams, David Walliams, Mariah Carey, Russell Brand, Samuel L Jackson, Miley Cyrus, Robbie Williams, Bette Midler, Sharon Osbourne, One Direction, Gok Wan and Miranda Hart. 
 
The DVD of Alan's 2007 debut stand-up show, 'Tooth Fairy Live' topped the HMV charts and was a Christmas 2007 top seller. 
 
His best-selling debut autobiography 'Look Who It Is' was published in September 2008 by HarperCollins. 
 
In 2011, Alan travelled the country with his second live tour. 'Spexy Beast Live' was a 33-date arena tour and culminated in the successful DVD of the same name. 
 
Throughout 2015, Alan hit the road once again and performed at over 150 sold-out theatre's across the UK and Ireland with his 'Yap, Yap, Yap!' live show. His third stand up DVD 'Alan Carr - Yap Yap Yap! Live' was released by Universal Pictures (UK) in November 2016. 
 
2016 has also seen Alan go global with international performances of his Yap Yap Yap! live show throughout Scandinavia, Montreal (at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival) and can currently be seen on tour this summer in New Zealand and Australia this summer, with two shows at the iconic Sydney Opera House. 
 
Alan also hosts Channel 4's flagship fundraising show 'Stand Up To Cancer' which in 2014 went on to raise an amazing £14 million for Cancer Research. Alan returns once again to host 'Stand Up To Cancer' on Channel 4 this October. 
 
Alanatomy: The Inside Story is Alan's second memoir, and will be published by Penguin in October 2016.

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Alan Connor is the author of Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword ("witty, charming, encyclopaedic and highly readable" - Spectator) and The Joy of Quiz ("An absolute delight" - Mail on Sunday). He has made quizzes for various TV shows and newspapers and written comedy including BBC Film's The Rack Pack, A Young Doctor's Notebook (Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe) and Have I Got News For You.

Alan Connor

Alan Connor has been the question editor for BBC2's Only Connect and Richard Osman's House of Games. He is the author of books for Pointless and The Traitors and is the puzzle consultant for the BBC1 drama Ludwig. He writes puzzles for various newspapers and has written for Charlie Brooker series and Have I Got News for You. His favourite quiz question is: What word was intentionally omitted from the screenplay of The Godfather?

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Kristan Higgins

Joshua Park never expected to be a widower at the age of thirty. Given his solitary job, small circle of friends and family, and the social awkwardness he's always suffered from, he has no idea how to negotiate this new, unwanted phase of life. 
 
But Lauren, his wife, had a plan to keep him moving forward. A plan hidden in the letters she leaves him, giving him a task for every month in the year after her death. 
 
It's a journey that will take Joshua from his first outing as a widower to buy groceries... to an attempted dinner party that becomes a comic disaster... to finding a new best friend while weeping in the dressing room of a clothing store. As his grief makes room for new friendships and experiences, Joshua learns Lauren's most valuable lesson: the path to happiness doesn't follow a straight line. 
 
Funny, sometimes heart-wrenching, and always uplifting, this novel from bestselling author Kristan Higgins illuminates how life's greatest joys are often hiding in plain sight.

Pack Up the Moon

TikTok made me buy it: a heart-wrenching and uplifting story from the bestselling author

Poorna Bell

'It is a joy to read a debut that has such heart, humour, and pathos' Taylor Jenkins Reid 
'The book of the summer' Stylist 
'A witty, thought-provoking read' Woman and Home 
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When Bel Kumar leaves for work in the morning, the last thing she expects is wake up in hospital later that day - with her ex from four years ago by her bedside. 
 
It turns out that: 
 
1) She's had a near-death accident outside work 
2) She urgently needs to replace her ex with another next of kin on her HR form 
 
But who can Bel turn to in a crisis? She's never been good at asking for help, but she knows she needs to reconnect with the most important people from her past. 
 
Within days she's navigating complex family history, old school friendships and romantic encounters - with consequences she never could have predicted. 
 
Perhaps the worst day of Bel's life will turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to her . . . 
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'An instant rom-com classic' Lindsey Kelk 
 
'Switching between the past and present, In Case of Emergency is a novel of self-realisation and the freeing power of defying both familial and societal expectations. It's simply impossible not to root for Bel' CultureFly 
 
'Fans of Dolly Alderton's Ghosts and Emma Jane Unsworth's Adults will adore IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. This book reminds us all that no matter how capable we might be, we're nothing if not properly connected to those around us. A remarkable and thought-provoking debut!' Laura Jane Williams 
 
'A gorgeous read full of warmth, humour and relatable moments that make you realise you're less alone in the world. The perfect book to curl up with this summer. I adored it' Salma El-Wardany 
 
'Funny and clever with a ton of swagger' Stacey Duguid 
 
'I inhaled this book. You really root for Poorna's characters. They're both relatable and relevant' Natasha Devon 
 
'We loved this warm and thoughtful read' Sun on Sunday 
 
'Journalist Bell writes with panache about a young woman finding herself... and finding what matters' Daily Mail 
 
'This smart and incisive debut novel explores the pressures placed on women and reflects the full intricacies, joys and nuance of life as a British South Asian woman in the UK today' Stylist 
 
'Bel is wonderfully flawed and relatable, and this is a witty, thought-provoking read. Great 90's references too' Woman Magazine 
 
'There's a moment in which the author describes the first sparks of love, a feeling so small yet unstoppable, with such aching delicacy it took my breath away' Ranvir Singh 
 
'In Case of Emergency explored some intricacies of growing up British Indian and the way Bel and her sister have taken radically different paths in life' Better Words

In Case of Emergency

A feel good, funny and uplifting book that is impossible to put down

Alicia Thompson

PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analysing the genre in her dissertation - if she can manage to finish writing it. It's hard to find the time while she spends the summer in Florida, cleaning out her childhood home, dealing with her obnoxiously good-natured younger brother, and grappling with the complicated feelings of mourning a father she hadn't had a relationship with for years. 
 
It doesn't help that she's low-key convinced that her new neighbour, Sam Dennings, is a serial killer (he may dress business casual by day, but at night he's clearly up to something). But it's not long before Phoebe realises that Sam might be something much scarier - a genuinely nice guy who can pierce her armour to reach her vulnerable heart.

Love in the Time of Serial Killers

Lynn Painter

The feel-good, hilarious and swoon-worthy new book from the author of MR WRONG NUMBER 
 
'I was obsessed with Hallie and Jack right from the start' 5* READER REVIEW 
 
'Lynn Painter never fails to make the best romcoms and this was no different! This had EVERYTHING - fake dating, only one bed, jealous love interest - I loved every SECOND!' 5* READER REVIEW 
 
'I already know this is going to be one of my favourites of the year . . . Just perfection. I want to read this book again already' 5* READER REVIEW 
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After yet another disastrous date, Hallie Piper decides it's time to grow up. 
 
She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe. But when she logs into an app to find new love, she matches with none other than Jack: the guy the wrong kind of sparks had flown with just weeks earlier. 
 
Agreeing that they are absolutely not interested in each other, Jack and Hallie realise that they're each other's perfect wing-person - and join forces in their searches for The One. They even place a wager on who can find romance first. 
 
But when they agree to be fake dates for a wedding, all bets are off. 
 
Because as they pretend to be a couple, they struggle to remember why dating for real was a bad idea to begin with . . . 
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Readers are head-over-heels for THE LOVE WAGER . . . 
 
'I had an absolute blast reading this book! I was consistently laughing out loud . . . This book is fun and entertaining and I didn't want to put it down' 5* READER REVIEW 
 
'I LOVED this book! Read this if you love: fake dating, bookish/Jane Austen inspired banter, heroes who fall first, flirty texts, dual POV' 5* READER REVIEW 
 
'There is something about Lynn Painters writing that is so addictive and you can't help but fly through her books because you just don't want to put the book down' 5* READER REVIEW 
 
'Beautifully written, it was heartfelt and a little bit emotional. The friends-to-lovers and fake dating was amazing. Hallie and Jack were hilarious, I was actually laughing out loud' 5* READER REVIEW 
 
'An adorable, perfect read that I would happily fall in love with again and again and again' 5* READER REVIEW 
 
'This was funny and sweet and such an absolute joy to read' 5* READER REVIEW 
 
'This book had me hooked from start to end' 5* READER REVIEW 
 
Praise for Lynn Painter 
 
'The most sidesplittingly funny, sexual tension-filled book I've read in a long, long time. I dare you not to fall in love!' ALI HAZELWOOD, author of THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS 
 
 'Smart, sexy, and downright hilarious. Mr Wrong Number is an absolutely pitch-perfect romantic comedy' CHRISTINA LAUREN, author of THE UNHONEYMOONERS

The Love Wager

Clare Pooley

Every day at 8:05, Iona Iverson boards the train to go to work. As a seasoned commuter, she knows there are rules that everyone should follow: 
 
· You must have a job to go to 
· Don't consume hot food 
· Always pack for any eventuality 
· You must never speak to strangers on the train 
 
Iona sees the same group of people each day - ones she makes assumptions about, gives nicknames to, but never ever talks to. 
 
But then, one morning, Smart-but-Sexist-Surbiton chokes on a grape right in front of Iona. Suspiciously-Nice-New Malden steps up to help and saves his life, and this one event sparks a chain reaction. 
 
With nothing in common but their commute, an eclectic group of people learn that their assumptions about each other don't match reality. But when Iona's life begins to fall apart, will her new friends be there when she needs them most?

The People on Platform 5

Liane Moriarty

From the bestselling author behind the addictive, EMMY and GOLDEN GLOBE-winning HBO sensation BIG LITTLE LIES comes a cocktail of family, friendship, and the fear of what could have been . . . 
 
'Perfect summer read' REESE WITHERSPOON 
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Six responsible adults. One day that changes everything. 
 
'This is a story which begins with a barbecue in the suburbs . . .' 
 
In just one evening, a lifelong friendship will be in tatters, a marriage on the rocks and an innocent bystander dead. 
 
In just one evening, six lives will change for ever. 
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'Filled with so many twists and turns. Keeps you guessing until the very end. Perfect summer read' Reese Witherspoon 
 
'You must clear a reading slot for this novel . . . Truly Madly Guilty is as brilliantly accomplished as it is dark, twisty and compulsive. No wonder Reese Witherspoon is such a huge Moriarty fan' Heat 
 
'Straight-from-life characters, knife-sharp insight and almost unbearable suspense will have you racing through it' Good Housekeeping 
 
'A riveting drama packed with suspense and secrets' Woman &amp; Home

Truly Madly Guilty

From the bestselling author of Big Little Lies, now an award winning TV series

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Yinka wants to find love. Her mum wants to find it for her. 
 
She also has too many aunties who frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, a preference for chicken and chips over traditional Nigerian food, and a bum she's sure is far too small as a result. Oh, and the fact that she's a thirty-one-year-old South-Londoner who doesn't believe in sex before marriage is a bit of an obstacle too... 
 
When her cousin gets engaged, Yinka commences 'Operation Find A Date for Rachel's Wedding'. Armed with a totally flawless, incredibly specific plan, will Yinka find herself a huzband? 
 
What if the thing she really needs to find is herself?

Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?

‘A big hearted story about friendship, family and love’ Beth O’Leary

Jane Sanderson

Chrissie has always wanted to be a mother. After months of trying to adopt, she and her husband Stuart finally get the news that a little girl named Sunshine is waiting for them. 
 
Abandoned at a young age, the child comes to them without a family history, and it feels like a fresh start for all of them. But when fragments from Sunshine's previous life start to intrude on her new one, the little girl's mysterious past quickly becomes Chrissie's greatest fear ...

Waiting for Sunshine

The emotional and thought-provoking new novel from the bestselling author of Mix Tape

Monica Murphy

Spencer Donato. My brother's best friend and my dirty little secret. We fell for each other at Lancaster Prep. Sneaking around. Not wanting anyone to find out. He was my first love. We were made for each other, and I truly believed he was my forever. But then I did the unthinkable, and betrayed him. I thought I lost him for good... Until I saw him at my brother's wedding. Now he's older. Crueler. Unbearably handsome. We're drawn to each other still, but will Spencer be there when I need him the most? Or did I ruin us once again?

Promises We Meant To Keep

Whit Lancaster burst into my life like a storm. The school with his family name on the sign. He can do no wrong here. This is his domain. He's a menace on campus. Yet his intense gaze fills me with a longing I don't understand. When he comes to my rescue one night, I welcome him into my room only for him to leave me alone in the night, taking my journal with him. Now he knows my secrets. And he promises to use them against me. I'll be ruined if my darkest secret gets out. So I made a deal with him . . .

Things I Wanted To Say

Sinéad Moriarty

Things are finally looking up for Anna. Seventeen miserable years of marriage to man-child Connor have left her drained and ready for a new start. So when they separate, she couldn't be more thrilled to move in with James, a handsome lecturer who is everything her ex-husband is not: kind, thoughtful, and above all, reliable. 
 
But Anna and James's kids hate living with the loved-up couple and the new set-up. Their teenage daughters - one a studious high achiever and the other a cool rich girl unbothered by grades or exams - have nothing in common. And Anna's wild football-mad nine-year-old son declares war on bookish James. 
 
Nobody said step-parenting was easy; Anna and James are about to find out exactly how complicated it can be. With exes, new partners-of-exes and money all in the mix, home life is fast becoming a minefield and their new-found happiness hangs in the balance. Do they have what it takes to make their blended family work?

Yours, Mine, Ours

Kristina Forest

Shy, bookish, Lily Greene finds escapism in her correspondences with her favourite fantasy author - until he ghosts her. Months later, Lily seeks a date to her sister's wedding. And the perfect person to help her is Nick Brown, her charming, attractive new neighbour. Little does she know that Nick is an author--her favourite fantasy author. Nick soon realises that the beautiful woman from down the hall is the same Lily he fell in love with over e-mail months ago. Unwilling to complicate things even more, he agrees to set her up with someone else - but, he can't get her off his mind.

The Neighbor Favor

The swoon-worthy and gloriously romantic romcom for fans of Honey & Spice

Aingeala Flannery

In the seaside town of Tramore, County Waterford, visitors arrive in waves with the tourist season, reliving the best days of their childhoods in its caravan parks, chippers and amusement arcades. 
 
Local teenager Helen Grant is indifferent to the charm of her surroundings; she dreams of escaping to art college with her glamorous classmate Stella Swaine and, from there, taking on the world. But leaving Tramore is easier said than done. Though they don't yet know it, Helen and Stella's lives are pulled by tides beyond their control. 
 
Following the Grant and Swaine families and their neighbours over three decades, The Amusements is a luminous and unforgettable story about roads taken and not taken - and a brilliantly observed portrait of a small-town community.

The Amusements

Ariana Godoy

Read the spicy romance that became a TikTok and Netflix sensation 
 
Raquel Álvarez has one goal - to become a psychologist. Well, that and to get Ares Hildago to notice her. 
 
For as long as Raquel can remember, she has been obsessed with Ares - her rich, hot, mysterious neighbour. Even though he lives next door, Raquel has never spoken to him - until a chance encounter reveals her crush is anything but unrequited, and their steamy attraction grows into something much more. 
 
Raquel is all in with Ares. But Ares can't, or won't, commit, as his struggle with personal and family responsibilities leaves little room for falling in love. 
 
What burns bright burns fast, but for Ares and Raquel, can it last?

Through My Window

The million-copy bestselling Netflix sensation!

Dolly Parton

James Patterson

FIND A FUTURE. LOSE A PAST. 
 
She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. 
 
She's also on the run. 
 
Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. 
 
It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy her . . . 
 
RUN ROSE RUN: a story glittering with danger and desire.

Run Rose Run

The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Darwin is a down-on-his-luck gravedigger, newly arrived in the city to seek his fortune, young and beautiful and lost. Estranged from his mother, he is convinced that the father he never met may be waiting for him somewhere amid these bustling streets. Meanwhile in an old house on a hill, Yejide's mother is dying. And she is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: the keeper of the dead. Darwin and Yejide will find one another in the ancient cemetery at the heart of the city, where trouble is brewing and destiny awaits... 
 
Embedded with timeless myth and magic, this hypnotic literary debut is a masterpiece about loss and renewal, darkness and light: a reckoning with a grief that runs back generations and a defiant, joyful affirmation of hope.

When We Were Birds

Sara Jafari

When Shirin bumps into Kian at a house party in Brixton, she is taken aback by the feelings that resurface. 
 
They last saw one another ten years ago as sixteen-year-olds at school in Hull. And the weight of everything left unsaid since then still hangs between them. 
 
But now they're back in each other's lives, it's harder to run from the past. 
 
There's nothing worse than losing the person you trust with your deepest secrets. 
 
Can it be different second time around? 
 
People Change is a moving and thought-provoking exploration of two people overcoming the past, re-finding each other and discovering their place in the world. 
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Praise for People Change: 
 
'People Change is simply brilliant - unflinching, and completely captivating' Beth Reekles 
 
'This book expresses so many different types of love, and the affirmation we find in the deep truths of ourselves. It's so beautiful' Tice Cin 
 
'Two brilliant characters navigating their twenties... Deftly touches on race and mental health' Taylor Dior Rumble 
 
'This powerful book evokes perfectly the agony of young love while also exploring darker themes' People's Friend 
 
'A wonderful, moving read - Sara Jafari has such a perceptive eye and the most brilliant way of rendering the unspoken things between two people' Emma Hughes 
 
'A gorgeous novel that explores the complexities of the life. Deft, funny, and thoughtful on friendship, family, work, race, and dating' Kirsty Capes 
 
'People Change is a brilliant book that will leave you with a longing for seizing the day and shrugging off the cobwebs of stagnancy. . .' Bad Form 
 
'Funny and well observed' Country and Townhouse 
 
'A thoughtful, moving tale' Woman's Own

People Change

An unforgettable second-chance love story

Nikki May

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES 
 
'"WAHALA" means trouble and there's plenty of it' GUARDIAN 
'Full of food, humour and pitch-perfect observation' STYLIST 
'All the ride-or-die realness of female friendship' RED MAGAZINE 
 
Three friends. 
Three 'perfect' lives (or so they pretend). 
Here comes Trouble 
 
Ronke wants Happily Ever After and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him to be 'the one'. Her friends think he's just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian boyfriends. 
 
Boo has just what Ronke wants - a kind husband, a gorgeous child. But she's frustrated, unfulfilled, and desperate to remember who she used to be. 
 
Simi is the golden one with the perfect lifestyle and a career. No one knows she's crippled by impostor syndrome and tempted to pack it all in each time her boss mentions her 'urban vibe.' Her husband thinks they're trying for a baby. She's not. 
 
When the high-flying, charismatic Isobel explodes into the group, she seems to bring out the best in each woman. But the more Isobel intervenes, the more chaos she sows, until Ronke, Simi, and Boo's lifelong friendship begins to crack. How close to the edge will she push them? 
 
 
READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH WAHALA 
 
'This book is absolute fire. I could not put it down. Fantastically written, the story is so engaging and tense. Sexy, dark, addictive. What an incredible novel' ***** Reader review 
 
'Dark and addictive with a surprising twist (that i won't give away!) and Nikki's writing is completely flawless' ***** 
 
'I couldn't believe it was a debut. I couldn't put it down. Nikki May has written a fantastic story of friendship, revenge and jealousy' ***** 
 
'Wonderful characters with plenty of rich and vibrant detail of their shared culture from hair to food' ***** 
 
WINNER OF THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT NEWCOMER AWARD 
LONGLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL and the DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS

Wahala

Three friends, three ‘perfect’ lives. Here Comes Trouble

Meghan Quinn

With a new ring on her finger, Ophelia must deal with her nightmare of a mother-in-law, and planning a wedding. Thankfully her best friend of over ten years who agrees to be her faithful, &quot;man in waiting&quot;. More than happy to help, Breaker takes his title very seriously, that's until he starts to realize that the weird, butterfly feelings he's been experiencing lately are directed at his soon to be married best friend.

A Long Time Coming

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 
 
Ren 
I'm a player on the team, she's on staff, and as long as we work together, dating is off-limits. Frankie won't be here forever - she's headed for bigger, better things. I just hope that when she leaves the team and I tell her how I feel, she won't want to leave me behind, too. 
 
Frankie 
Before I got wise, I would have tripped over myself to get a guy like Ren, but with my diagnosis, I've learned what I am to most people in my life - a problem, not a person. Now, opening my heart to anyone is the last thing I'm prepared to do. And not even a guy as sweet as Ren can change that... 
 
A forbidden love sports romance about a nerdy, late-blooming hockey star, and his tough cookie coworker who keeps both her soft side and her autism diagnosis to herself. 
 
Praise for Chloe Liese: 
 
'I could curl up in Liese's writing for days, I love it so' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

Always Only You

Sylvia Day

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

DISCOVER THE BOOK THAT LAUNCHED THE EIGHTEEN-MILLION-COPY-BESTSELLING CROSSFIRE SERIES 
 
Bared to You will take you to the very limits of obsession - and introduce you to a hero you'll never forget . . . 
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Our journey began in fire . . . 
 
Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness - beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white hot. 
 
I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. 
 
I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. 
 
I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily. 
 
We would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds . . . and desires. 
 
The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart . . . 
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Fiercely captivating and intensely romantic, this is a love story that will have you glued to the page. 
 
Praise for Sylvia Day: 
 
'A hundred degrees hotter than anything you've read before' Reveal 
 
'Riveting . . . You won't be disappointed' 5***** Reader Review 
 
'Lots of gripping story lines' Sun 
 
'If you like Fifty Shades then you will love these books' 5***** Reader Review 
 
'Move over Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins, this is the dawn of a new Day' Amuse 
 
'A powerful love story' 5***** Reader Review 
 
 
Sylvia Day's Crossfire series has sold 18 million copies worldwide, Dallas News, April 2016

Bared to You

'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 
 
Aiden 
I've spent twelve years loving Freya Bergman and twelve lifetimes won't be enough to give her everything she deserves. She's my wife, my best friend, and all I want is to make her happy. But the one thing that will make her happiest is the one thing I'm not sure I can give her... 
 
Freya 
I love my husband Aiden, but recently he has been quiet and withdrawn. With a growing distance between us, the last thing we need is to be thrown together for an island getaway to celebrate my parents' many years of perfect marriage while ours is on the brink of collapse. 
 
Despite my meddling siblings and a week in each other's constant company, this trip somehow gets us working through the trouble in paradise. But when we leave paradise and return to the real world, will trouble find us again? 
 
A marriage-in-crisis romance about a sensitive, fierce-loving woman and her resilient husband who has an anxiety disorder. 
 
Praise for Chloe Liese: 
 
'I could curl up in Liese's writing for days, I love it so' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

Ever After Always

'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 
 
Gavin 
We've been teammates for two years, but it feels like Oliver Bergman's been on my last nerve for a lifetime. To make matters worse, he's obscenely attractive. 
 
Avoiding Oliver has been my survival tactic on and off the field. But when Coach drops the bomb that we're now co-captains, avoiding him becomes impossible, and keeping the truth from him is harder than ever. 
 
Oliver 
Life was great until soccer legend Gavin Hayes joined the team. He's a giant - albeit gorgeous - grump who lives to rain on my parade. I've sworn off pranks so, rather than settle our differences the Bergman way, I've been killing Gavin with kindness... Just one problem: it's killing me as well. 
 
Coach has given us an ultimatum: put an end to our enmity or say goodbye to being captains. I'm prepared to make nice, but the last thing I expect is to discover an explosive attraction we can't ignore... 
 
An enemies-to-lovers, age gap sports romance about an upbeat rising soccer star with anxiety and his curmudgeonly veteran teammate who lives with chronic pain. 
 
Praise for Chloe Liese: 
 
'I could curl up in Liese's writing for days, I love it so' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

Everything for You

Amy Lea

Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times, by ten different men. Nevertheless, she is still determined to find her perfect match. The only problem? Tara is a romance novel obsessive, and her standards are sky high. 
 
Modern dating apps have killed the meet-cute, so Tara decides to revisit her exes - all ten of them - in the hope of finding her very own trope-worthy second-chance romance. And every heroine needs a sidekick, so she enlists her new flatmate, firefighter Trevor. 
 
Trevor Metcalfe is the first to rush into a burning building but the last to rush into a relationship. Love just isn't his thing. But, the more time they spend together, the more Trevor appreciates Tara's authentic, dramatic self. 
 
Can they break the habits of a lifetime and give their spark a chance?

Exes and O's

Raven Kennedy

I have burned down the court of King Midas and from those flames, I will rise and wield my own power. 
The problem is, the world won't let me. 
Because when you turn against a King - everyone turns against you. 
But with Slade by my side we will fight the monarchs that come for us. 
And if we need to become the villains, then so be it. 
Because as long as I live in this world, I won't be used again. 
I must be strong. I must be undefeatable. I will shine like the sun - and blind my enemies

Glow

'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 college sports romance about a women's soccer star and her surly lumberjack lookalike classmate, complete with a matchmaking professor, juvenile pranks, and a smoking slow burn... 
 
Ryder 
Why she hates me, I don't know. What I do know is that Willa Sutter is the kind of chaos I do not need in my tidy life. Wild hair, wilder eyes. Bee-stung lips that should be illegal. A temper that makes the devil seem friendly. And she has turned our Business Mathematics course into a gladiator arena. . . 
 
Willa 
Rather than give me the lecture notes I missed like every other professor, I have been told to get them from the silent, surly flannel-wearing mountain man sitting next to me in class. Well, I tried. And what did I get from Ryder Bergman? Ignored. 
 
As a female soccer player, I've battled men before. But with Ryder, it's war. And victory is going to taste so, so sweet... 
 
PRAISE FOR CHLOE LIESE 
 
'I could curl up in Liese's writing for days, I love it so much!' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

Only When It's Us

The TikTok Romcom Sensation!

Phoebe Luckhurst

Shortly after being unceremoniously dumped at a petrol station, Anya Mackie finds a pact she signed with Euan Carrick which promised they'd marry if both are still single the following decade. But Euan hasn't been seen for ten years and there's no trace of him anywhere . . . 
 
 After accepting the help of Jamie Kildare - another blast from Anya's past with very mysterious reasons for tracking down Euan - the pair set off to find The Back-Up Man. 
 
 But why has Euan just disappeared? Will he remember their pact? And are some things better left in the past?

The Back Up Man

The hilarious and heartwarming brand new romcom perfect for fans of The Flatshare

'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 
 
Axel 
Rooney Sullivan is sunshine incarnate. Warm, bright, always smiling, she's the last person I have any business desiring. I've done everything possible to keep my distance... until a charades game gone wrong brought that to a grinding halt. 
 
Since then, steering clear of Rooney has been impossible, and the woman who was once avoidable has become the last thing I needed: temptingly within reach. 
 
Rooney 
Axel Bergman is a gorgeous grump who doesn't have the time of day for me. Somehow, I've kept my crush hidden ... well, until I kissed him. 
 
My life is a mess, and the last thing I need is to embarrass myself further with the man who avoids me like it's his job rather than painting modern masterpieces . But it seems the universe has a different plan as we unexpectedly find our paths - and problems - converging. And we've come up with one very unexpected solution... 
 
A sunshine and grump, marriage of convenience romance about a shy artist on the autism spectrum, and a smiley smartypants who has a chronic IBD. 
 
Praise for Chloe Liese: 
 
'I could curl up in Liese's writing for days, I love it so' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 
 
'Absolute romantic perfection' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners

With You Forever

Jane Fallon

Joni never thought she would try online dating. She's so nervous that she posts fake photos - but when she starts talking to Ant, who's desperate to meet her, she doesn't dare come clean. Instead, Joni finds a way to meet Ant without revealing her true identity. It's perfect, it works, and she's happy - until a few months in, Joni discovers she wasn't the only one being deceitful: on Ant's phone are intimate messages between him and two other women. 
 
Hurt and furious, Joni calls the women. They're angry. They want revenge. But how exactly will they get it?

Just Got Real

Susan Sallis

A delightfully touching and uplifting saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher. 
 
READERS ARE LOVING SEARCHING FOR TILLY! 
"I loved this story. Her style is flowing and she really knows how to make her characters come alive." - 5 STARS 
"This is one of the best books I have read, certainly another amazing one by Susan Sallis. It cleverly spans generations while pulling the generations together into one story. Mystery, with a touch of supernatural intrigue. Very clever, would read again. " - 5 STARS 
"Brilliant as usual" - 5 STARS 
 
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CAN REVELATIONS FROM THE PAST HELP THEM START A NEW LIFE? 
 
Three women came to the remote Cornish cottage that summer: Jenna, only twenty-six and grieving for the loss of the love of her life; her mother Caro, whose husband Steve had also died; and Laura, who had been married to Caro's beloved brother Geoff. The Widow's Cottage, the house where they were staying was called, and it was poignantly suitable. 
 
In that tiny Cornish community they discover strange memories of their ancestors, and especially of Tilly, Caro's mother, whose family history seemed to mirror so much of their own. 
 
They become swept up in the dramatic story of Tilly and her family, a story which takes them on an epic journey across the West Country and to the solution of an amazing family mystery.

Searching For Tilly

A heart-warming and breathtaking novel of love, loss and discovery set in Cornwall – you’ll be swept away

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