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With this ring, he will claim what’s his! Arriving in the kingdom of Dharia clutching an ornate ring – the only link to her hidden past – Polly Dixon never expected to be arrested and deposited at the feet of King Rashad, the country’s formidable…and extremely sensual…ruler!*Ellie Dixon once rejected Rio Benedetti’s advances and the fiery Italian hasn’t forgotten the insult! Ellie’s arrival in Italy, bearing an antique ring and claiming to be the daughter of Rio’s godfather, reawakens his rage,...
| Автор | Линн Грэхем |
Told with intimacy and ferocity and set in the passionate and crumbling Spanish Quarter of Naples, comes a poignant tale of first love – of a place, of a person – where languages and cultures collide while dreams soar and crash in spectacular ways. ‘Don’t forgive me, don’t answer, don’t be sad. Be happy, have babies, make mixed tapes, take pictures … it’s how I always love to think of you. And now and then, if you can and if you want to, remember me. ’ Several years after leaving Naples, Heddi...
| Автор | Heddi Goodrich |
Secret babies they are determined to claim! When Sicilian tycoon Raul Di Savo meets Lydia Hayward it’s not only her cool elegance he desires—seducing Lydia will also deny his lifelong rival’s bid for her…Lydia doesn’t want to be a pawn in his game, but she’s carrying a secret of her own!*One night with innocent wedding planner Gabi Deramo was not enough for Sultan Alim al-Lehan, but duty called him home. Memories of their forbidden pleasure prove impossible to forget—especially when he discovers...
| Автор | Carol Marinelli |
‘A total joy’ Matt Haig ‘Very, very funny’ Sara Pascoe ‘Thought-provoking’ Daily Mail ‘Unputdownable’ Marian Keyes Fearless, frank and for anyone who’s ever doubted themselves, So Lucky is the straight-talking new novel from the Sunday Times bestseller. IS ANYONE’S LIFE… Beth shows that women really can have it all. Ruby lives life by her own rules. And then there’s Lauren, living the dream. AS PERFECT AS IT LOOKS? Beth hasn’t had sex in a year. Ruby feels like she’s failing. Lauren’s happiness...
| Автор | Dawn O’Porter |
A heartbreaking story of one child’s courage, from the bestselling author of The Orphan’s of Halfpenny Street. Ella has never known love. Left as a baby outside the workhouse, Ella has only ever been treated with unkindness; especially from the hateful guardians of the workhouse, who hold the fate of the inmates in their cruel hands. When she is sold as a scullery maid to a new home, Ella hopes for a better life. But her hopes are dashed as she struggles to do all the work heaped on her thin...
| Автор | Cathy Sharp |
Claimed by the most powerful of men! Travelling to a dangerous island to continue her late brother’s work, Francesca Pellegrini finds herself under the protection of security tycoon Felipe Lorenzi. Independent Francesca is infuriated by his commands, but Felipe’s every look invites her to give up her innocence. *Seeing Natasha Pellegrini at her husband’s funeral propels Matteo Manaserro back to a time before she shattered his trust. Caught in a potent mix of emotion, they surrender to their...
| Автор | Мишель Смарт |
An utterly charming novel with a sprinkle of magic When Maisie Meadows finds herself single and jobless on New Year’s Day, she resolves that this will be the year she focuses on bringing her scattered family back together. Romance is all very well, but it’s the people you grew up with that matter the most. But a new job working at an auction house puts her in the path of Theo, a gorgeous but unattainable man who she can’t help but be distracted by. As their bond begins to grow, Maisie finds...
| Автор | Jenni Keer |
The dark, twisty new domestic suspense from the author of Cuckoo She’s married to him. But does she know him at all? Claire lives with her family in a beautiful house overlooking the water. But she feels as if she’s married to a stranger – one who is leading a double life. As soon as she can get their son Joe away from him, she’s determined to leave Duncan. But finding out the truth about Duncan’s secret life leads to consequences Claire never planned for. Now Joe is missing, and she’s...
| Автор | Sophie Draper |
‘A fizzing, unputdownable, gripping read’ Sunday Times bestseller, Elizabeth Day ‘The perfect page-turner’ Sunday Times bestseller, Susan Lewis At the school gates, there’s no such thing as yesterday’s news… When Liza’s little boy has an accident at the local health club – a mother’s worst nightmare – it’s all anyone can talk about. Was nobody watching him? Where was his mother? Who’s to blame? The rumours, the finger-pointing, the whispers – they’re everywhere. And Liza’s best friend, Sarah,...
| Автор | Rebecca Thornton |
Do you really know the people you live with? ‘Gripping, original and unpredictable, The Roommates is a must-read’ Alex Lake From the top ten Kindle bestseller. Perfect for fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR. THEY LIVE IN YOUR HOUSEUniversity is supposed to be the best time of your life. But Imo’s first week is quickly going from bad to worse. YOU SHARE EVERYTHINGA stalker is watching her flat, following her every move, and Imo suspects that her new roommates are hiding dark secrets… BUT DO YOU TRUST...
| Автор | Rachel Sargeant |
The perfect feel-good read’Sarah Morgan on You Say It First ‘Susan Mallery is one of my favourites. ’#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber Renee can plan the perfect wedding,but does love always go to plan? Wedding coordinator Renee Grothen isn’t meant for marriage. Those who can, do. Those who can’t, plan. But she never could have planned on gorgeous, talented thriller writer Jasper Dembenski proposing—a fling, that is. Fun without a future. And the attraction between them is too...
| Автор | Susan Mallery |
They were ready for anything … except the end. The must-read conclusion to Paullina Simons' epic End of Forever saga. Julian has lost everything he ever loved and is almost out of time. His life and death struggle against fate offers him one last chance to do the impossible and save the woman to whom he is permanently bound. Together, Julian and Josephine must wage war against the relentless dark force that threatens to destroy them. This fight will take everything they have and everything they...
| Автор | Paullina Simons |
The heart-breaking and compelling new book set in a Victorian workhouse from the author of the The Orphans of Halfpenny Street When Lucy and her brother, Joshua, are orphaned, it falls to Joshua to provide for them both, but he is barely into his teens and in his naivety, falls prey to bad influences and drink. Lucy is desperate to avoid the workhouse, but when Joshua loses their meagre savings they are thrown out onto the street and, in dire poverty, it isn’t long before Lucy finds herself at...
| Автор | Cathy Sharp |
Secrets and Seduction A fling with tycoon Henri Sauveterre, leaves Cinnia Whitley pregnant…with twins! Not wanting to be bound to a past mistake she keeps it a secret. But when Henri discovers her deception he’s determind to make Cinnia his wife, and show her just how pleasurable their reunion can be!•Rich, powerful, with a beautiful wife, Greek shipping magnate Gideon Vozaras has it all. Except his perfect life is a façade…. Gideon can't afford the public scrutiny of divorce, but if his past...
| Автор | Dani Collins |
This is a story for anyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong. ‘I really enjoyed this book … great observational comic gems within a fast moving story full of the reality of despair and hope in everyone’s lives’ MIRANDA HART ‘Keep the tissues close’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘A beautifully written debut novel with unforgettable characters and an irresistible message of redemption and belonging’ RED magazine‘This gem of a novel entertains and moves in equal measure’ DAILY MAIL‘Heartening and...
| Автор | Joanna Glen |
WHAT WOULD YOU SACRIFICE TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH? ‘I devoured this’ Erin Kelly ‘Compulsive’ i Paper ‘Enigmatic’ Louise Candlish ‘A page-turning thriller’ BBC Radio 4 Open Book ‘Chilling’ Good Housekeeping ‘Addictive’ Joanna Cannon ‘Compelling’ Daily Telegraph On the surface, Anna Witherall personifies everything the aspirational magazine she works for represents. Married to her university boyfriend David, she has a beautiful home and gorgeous three-year-old twin daughters, Stella and Rose. But...
| Автор | Charlotte Philby |
AN INNOCENT GAME. A SHOCKING CRIME. A COMMUNITY FULL OF SECRETS. Mapledon, 1989Two little girls were out playing a game of dares. Only one returned home. The ten-year-old told police what she saw: village loner Bill ‘Creepy’ Cawley dragged her friend into his truck and disappeared. No body was found, but her testimony sent Cawley to prison for murder. An open and shut case, the right man behind bars. The village could sleep safe once again. Now…Anna thought she had left Mapledon and her...
| Автор | Sam Carrington |
In Caesar and Hussein, Patrick O’Brian’s two debut novels appear in one volume for the first time, providing a revealing insight into the literary genius behind the Master and Commander series nearly 40 years later. Caesar was Patrick O’Brian’s first novel, written when he was just fourteen, and is the enchanting, bloodthirsty story of a unique Panda Leopard – whose father was a giant panda, his mother a snow leopard. With the dry wit and unsentimental precision that O’Brian would come to be...
| Автор | Patrick O’Brian |
Далекий Схід, Владивосток, 1918 рік. Революція зламала та перемолола тисячі життів. Але Тетяні вона подарувала зустріч з Андрієм. Донька заможного купця і більшовик – це кохання було приречене. Та міцніше за вінчальну обітницю їх поєднав біль втрат і спільна мета – знайти вбивцю одного з членів родини. Проте перші пошуки злочинця завершилися невдачею: Тетяна виказала себе під час таємної зустрічі з одним із підозрюваних, і Андрій змушений був його вбити. Тепер вони мають тікати та ховатися в...
| Автор | Максим Бутченко |
Чарлі не був одним з тих, хто цитував Шекспіра й зачитувався «Королем Ліром». Проте якби він колись мав нагоду, то неодмінно подякував би драматургові. За що? За ту зустріч із Френ. Випадковий діалог і запрошення взяти участь в аматорській виставі «Ромео і Джульєтта». Чарлі був абсолютно байдужий до театру. Але не до Френ. Тож як він міг відмовити їй? І закрутилося, неначе у Шекспіра: пристрасті на сцені й почуття поза грою, романтичні зустрічі під балконом у світлі всезнаючого місяця. Це саме...
| Автор | Дэвид Николс |
Mrs Featherby had been having pleasant dreams until she woke to discover the front of her house had vanished overnight …On a seemingly normal morning in London, a group of people all lose something dear to them, something dear but peculiar: the front of their house, their piano keys, their sense of direction, their place of work.Meanwhile, Jake, a young boy whose father brings him to London following his mother’s sudden death in an earthquake, finds himself strangely attracted to other people’s...
| Автор | Janina Matthewson |
An autobiographical novel about a young Jamaican boy who comes to live in England and is sucked into a life of crime he can’t escape.Brixton Bwoy is the story of Pupatee, one of many brothers and sisters, growing up in Jamaica. Aged nine, he is sent to live in London with his twenty-year-old brother Joe. In London he sees snow for the first time, light switches, television; he is forced to cook for his violent brother who beats him if he does anything wrong, and soon Pupatee’s idyllic early...
| Автор | Rocky Carr |
Oryx & Crake meets Douglas Coupland. An unforgettable vision of the future of America.Years from now America finds itself split between the rich and the poor. The haves live in luxury within the small regions that remain unpolluted while the have-nots inhabit a toxic suburbia full of terrorism, crime and genetic mutations.Perhaps not all that different from today then?They Is Us tells the story of one family from the poor side as they go about their daily lives. Julie has a job as a summer...
| Автор | Tama Janowitz |
‘A fierce, big-hearted novel.’ Joe Treasure, author of The Book of Air‘Pushes us to find our kinder selves.’ Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You‘A wonderful book.’ Maurice Wren, Chief Executive of the Refugee CouncilOne of the Guardian’s Readers’ Books of the YearLong listed for Not the Booker PrizeAwarded the Victor Turner Prize in 20182nd March 1975In Asmara, Eritrea, Yonas Kelati is born into a world of turmoil. At the same time, on the same day, Jude Munroe takes her first...
| Автор | Ellen Wiles |