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Puppies Are For Life

Linda Phillips

Puppies Are For Life

Light-hearted contemporary woman’s issues novel about a couple who, on the brink of enjoying semi-retirement, find themselves inundated by their grown up children returning home from unemployment and broken marriages.Far from suffering from empty-nest syndrome, middle-aged Susanna is trilled to be able to move to a smaller, more manageable house and give up her boring job as a pay clerk in order to realise her life-long ambition designing mosaics. This, she believes, is her time. But it is...

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Linda Phillips

The Schemer

Kimberley Chambers

The Schemer

The heir to Martina Cole’s crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and treachery.It’s 1983 and Stephanie Crouch’s life is dull. She is desperate to escape the run-down, pokey council house she shares with her overbearing family, but at fourteen years old she has nowhere to go.When Stephanie meets East End wide-boy Barry, his cockney charm and quick tongue soon have her head over heels in love. Finally Stephanie feels like her dreary life is on the up. But too young to control...

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Kimberley Chambers

Spares

Michael Marshall Smith

Spares

Talking fridges, human clone farms, flying shopping malls – we must be in the Michael Marshall Smith zone. A world all too close to our own…Spares – human clones, the ultimate health insurance. An eye for an eye – but some people are doing all the taking.Spares – the story of Jack Randall: burnt-out, dropped out, and way overdrawn at the luck bank. But as caretaker on a Spares Farm, he still has a choice, and it might make a difference…if he can run fast enough.Spares – a breathless race through...

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Michael Marshall Smith

The Colour of Love

Preethi Nair

The Colour of Love

A novel of painting, pretence and the strange ways in which truth makes itself known, from the author of ONE HUNDRED SHADES OF WHITENina’s lost her job, boyfriend and faith in her guru in the space of 24 hours. Unable to tell her parents what has happened, she puts on a suit every day and pretends to go to work.What she’s really doing is escaping to a studio, where she begins to paint for the first time in years. But when her work is spotted by a top gallery owner, she cannot admit she is the...

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Preethi Nair

Малхут

Остап Українець

Малхут

«Станіслав, шістдесяті роки ХІХ століття. Молодому адвокату і контрабандисту Іґнацію Камінському під час однієї з оборудок до рук випадково потрапляють старі листи, у яких згадується його рідне місто як осердя лицарського ордену, що ставив собі за мету створення політичного союзу вільних країн – відновленої Речі Посполитої. Дебютний роман молодого письменника присвячений пошукам напівміфічного спадку засновників міста, але давні таємниці розгадувати нелегко – надто ж якщо хтось і досі їх...

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Остап Українець

Будинок імен

Колм Тойбiн

Будинок імен

У новому романі видатний ірландський письменник Колм Тойбін звернувся до античності: в основу «Будинку імен» покладено сюжет найдосконалішого творіння давньогрецького трагічного поета Есхіла – трилогії «Орестея». Це історія Клітемнестри – дивовижно відважної, жорстокої, мстивої, чуттєвої і болісно привабливої, а також її дітей, розказана ними самими. Перед читачем відкривається стародавній світ, покинутий богами, і це змушує героїв шукати пояснення власних злочинів, пристрастей і сумнівів тільки...

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Колм Тойбiн

Капітан Смуток

Сергій Мартинюк

Капітан Смуток

Дебютний роман Сергія Мартинюка, лідера відомого українського гурту «Фіолет»,– незвична, заворожуюча книга. Оповідач історії, який не вимовить за весь роман жодного слова, вирушає зі своїм єдиним другом, котрий має дивне прізвисько невідомого походження – Пі, в мандри Україною. На цьому шляху героїв чекатимуть зустрічі з придорожніми повіями, підступними волоцюгами, ображеними на світ художниками, щойно посталими та згаслими зірками рок-н-роллу, матеріалізованими примарами минулого та містичними...

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Сергій Мартинюк

All I Want For Christmas: A festive...

Claudia Carroll

All I Want For Christmas: A festive short story

Dreams come true on Christmas day … don’t they?It’s three days until Lucy and Andrew’s perfect winter wedding. Over Christmas dinner the two families will meet for the first time.What could possibly go wrong?!Jo has planned her first Christmas as a married woman with military precision. But it seems her new husband Dave has gone missing …Strict vegans Dawn and Kirk slave away over a unique Christmas feast, but Dawn’s mum doesn’t like mung beans. And she certainly doesn’t like Kirk …Will these...

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Claudia Carroll

Coming Home: An uplifting feel good...

Fern Britton

Coming Home: An uplifting feel good novel with family secrets at its heart

*Preorder the gorgeous new novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author and TV presenter, Fern Britton.*When the only place you want to be is home…When Ella’s beloved grandmother dies, she comes back to the beautiful Cornish coast to heal her heart. There she finds her home again and discovers a new life, and new love … But she also opens a treasure trove of secrets.Sennen left Cornwall a young single mum but unable to cope. She left her children, her family and part of her. She’s spent the...

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Fern Britton

Six Shorts 2017: The finalists for...

Victor Lodato

Six Shorts 2017: The finalists for the 2017 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

This year's six shortlisted stories for the world's richest short story prize, the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award is the world's most prestigious and richest short story prize, worth £30,000 to the winner. Past winners and shortlisted authors have included the Pulitzer winners Junot Díaz, Anthony Doerr and Adam Johnson, plus Hilary Mantel, Ali Smith, Yiyun Li, CK Stead and Elizabeth Strout.Six Shorts 2017 brings together the six stories...

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Victor Lodato

Behind the Lie: A nail-biting psych...

Amanda James

Behind the Lie: A nail-biting psychological suspense for 2018

‘Without a doubt one of the best books I have read this year.’ – Amazon ReaderWho can you trust, when you can’t trust yourself?Holly West has turned her life around. She’s found a successful and loving husband in Simon and is expecting twins. She is definitely a woman who has taken back control of her future.Until she gives birth, only for one twin to survive. Holly can’t let it go.Holly’s world is in a tailspin and suddenly she can’t trust herself or anyone else. No one believes her, not her...

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Amanda James

Fern Britton Short Story Collection...

Fern Britton

Fern Britton Short Story Collection: The Stolen Weekend, A Cornish Carol, The Beach Cabin

The perfect Cornish holiday escape. A 3-book short story collection from Sunday Times bestseller, Fern Britton.THE STOLEN WEEKEND, Short StoryBest friends Penny Leighton and Helen Merrifield had swapped their hectic London lives for the leisurely pace of life in a pretty Cornish village. But they’re both in need of a respite from their Pendruggan men.The two women cook up a scheme to leave them behind and get back to London for a weekend of blissful indulgence. But you know what they say about...

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Fern Britton

An Impossible Thing Called Love: A...

Belinda Missen

An Impossible Thing Called Love: A heartwarming romance you don't want to miss!

Don’t miss the new delightfully uplifting book from the author of A Recipe for Disaster!A second chance at love…When globe-trotting Emmy first fell for first-aider William on a freezing New Year’s Eve, she really believed that their love would go the distance. But when she returns to Australia, her letters start to go unanswered and her emails bounce back unread, Emmy decides it’s time to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and start afresh in London. So she’s shocked when William walks in on...

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Belinda Missen

A Year at Meadowbrook Manor: Escape...

Faith Bleasdale

A Year at Meadowbrook Manor: Escape to the countryside this year with this perfect feel-good romance read in 2018

‘A lovely heart-warming hug of a book about family and following your heart.’ Zara StoneleyOne divided family, one life-changing year…Harriet Singer hasn’t been home in ten years. When her beloved dad dies suddenly, she races to be there for her estranged siblings, despite the memories it brings back.Then Harriet learns that all four Singer siblings must live together for one year, caring for their dad’s Animal Sanctuary, or forfeit their inheritance.Living under the same roof could make or...

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Faith Bleasdale

A Winter’s Tale: A festive winter r...

Trisha Ashley

A Winter’s Tale: A festive winter read from the bestselling Queen of Christmas romance

A charming romantic comedy about a hard-up single mum inheriting a stately home – and a host of headaches. The perfect novel for curling up with during the long winter nights.Sophy Winter is not your typical Lady of the Manor. When she unexpectedly inherits Winter's End – a crumbling mansion in the beautiful Lancashire countryside – it seems like all Sophy's prayers have been answered.But the house is decrepit and its eccentric inhabitants are a nightmare. And once it is discovered that Winter's...

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Trisha Ashley

Dirty Little Secrets: A tempting fr...

Kierney Scott

Dirty Little Secrets: A tempting friends to lovers romance

Exclusive: The scandal that will rock The White House to the very coreBen McCoy is the Vice-Presidential candidate with the backing of the entire nation. His wife, Megan, is as close as she’ll ever be to living the American Dream – from inside The White House.Until investigative reporter, James Emerson, comes looking for a story – and it seems the barricade masking ambition, sex and power-struggle rife in Washington D.C. isn’t impenetrable after all…No matter how careful you are, secrets always...

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Kierney Scott

His Other Life

Beth Thomas

His Other Life

The story of a couple with seemingly perfect lives…and the secrets they hide behind closed doors.Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Jo Jo Moyes.He was hiding a terrible secret . . .Grace’s new husband Adam seems like the perfect package. Good looking, great job, completely charming – almost too good to be true . . .So when Adam suddenly disappears from Grace’s life, she is left bewildered and heartbroken. And with a lot of unanswered questions.As she tries desperately to find him, Grace...

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Beth Thomas

A Grand Old Time: The laugh-out-lou...

Judy Leigh

A Grand Old Time: The laugh-out-loud and feel-good romantic comedy with a difference you must read in 2018

It’s never too late to have the time of your life . . .Heartwarming, hilarious and joyful – the perfect read for anyone who loved Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, A Man Called Ove, Ruth Jones and Jojo Moyes.Evie Gallagher is regretting her hasty move into a care home. She may be seventy-five and recently widowed, but she’s absolutely not dead yet. And so, one morning, Evie walks out of Sheldon Lodge and sets off on a Great Adventure across Europe.But not everyone thinks Great Adventures are...

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Judy Leigh

Backstabber: The No. 1 bestseller a...

Kimberley Chambers

Backstabber: The No. 1 bestseller at her shocking, gripping best – this book has a twist and a sting in its tail!

The No.1 Sunday Times bestsellerIf you don't face your enemies – they'll stab you in the back.One of them has a gun to his head. Who will pull the trigger?When king of the underworld Vinny Butler goes into business with respected villain Eddie Mitchell, it's a match made in East End legend. Friends and family are treated like gold, enemies like rats – it's the life.Then mysterious packages arrive, dead creatures and threats. Someone is out for revenge. Who the enemy is, nobody knows, anyone...

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Kimberley Chambers

Departures: Seven Stories from Heat...

Tony Parsons

Departures: Seven Stories from Heathrow

Seven short stories from bestselling author Tony Parsons, based on his week as Writer in Residence at Heathrow airport.Here is Heathrow as it has never been seen before – a secret city populated by the 75 million travellers who pass through every year, a place where journeys and dreams end – and begin.From the brilliant twenty-something kids who control the skies up in Air Traffic Control to the softly-spoken man who cares for the dogs, lions and smuggled rattlesnakes at Heathrow’s Animal...

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Tony Parsons

A Fatal Mistake: A gripping, twisty...

Faith Martin

A Fatal Mistake: A gripping, twisty murder mystery perfect for all crime fiction fans

A brand new Ryder & Loveday mystery from global bestseller Faith MartinSummer 1960, Oxford In the glorious sunshine of Oxford, on a day when everyone should be celebrating, tragedy strikes when a university student is found floating in the river, dead.Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday finds herself paired with coroner Clement Ryder to investigate and it soon becomes clear that this case is not going to be easy.The witnesses all refuse to give a straight answer, each new lead sends them in a new...

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Faith Martin

Kimberley Chambers 3-Book Butler Co...

Kimberley Chambers

Kimberley Chambers 3-Book Butler Collection: The Trap, Payback, The Wronged

*The books included in this collection have been previously published*Three thrilling novels from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Kimberley ChambersThe TrapPaybackThe WrongedTHE TRAPThe heir to Martina Cole’s crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and treachery. When it comes to family they look after business and make their mother proud. Nothing and no one can bring the Butler’s down.But Vinny seems to have crossed the wrong person and his cards are marked. And with the...

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Kimberley Chambers

A Daughter’s Disgrace

Kitty Neale

A Daughter’s Disgrace

A heartrending story of family shame from Sunday Times bestseller, Kitty Neale. A gritty London tale, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Nadine Dorries and Maureen Lee.1950s Battersea is no place for a shamed woman…FracturedAlison is the ugly duckling of her family and has always been treated with disdain by her mother. After years of being bullied, she is drawn to the one man who shows her affection. But when he brutally rapes her, leaving her pregnant, she is cast out.ForgottenShunned by her...

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Kitty Neale

Kimberley Chambers 3-Book Collectio...

Kimberley Chambers

Kimberley Chambers 3-Book Collection: The Schemer, The Trap, Payback

*The books included in this collection have been previously published*Three thrilling novels from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Kimberley ChambersThe SchemerThe TrapPaybackTHE SCHEMERIt’s 1983 and Stephanie Crouch is desperate to escape the council house she shares with her overbearing family, but at fourteen years old she has nowhere to go.When Stephanie meets East End wide-boy Barry, his cockney charm and quick tongue soon have her head over heels in love. But too young to control their...

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Kimberley Chambers

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