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Anita Blake makes her living off of zombies – but these aren't the kind she knows so well. These creatures hunt in daylight, and are as fast and strong as vampires. If they bite you, you become just like them. Micah's estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about 'zombie disease'.

When Sarah breaks her leg, her only thought is how on earth she'll get to the south of France for her beloved son's wedding. She's been told not to fly, and the train route involves many changes – not ideal when you can barely walk. There's only one person she can turn to. Her son's father, Hal. The pair were teenage sweethearts when Sarah fell pregnant, and he's always been in his son's life. But she's out of options. And Hal is happy to drive her, with one proviso: they're taking the scenic route, in his battered VW camper van.

A cold, dark night on a quiet New York street. Four shadowy figures huddle in a doorway fumbling with the lock. Behind them, a mundane existence of dead-end jobs, mounting debt, and disappointing relationships. Before them, on the other side of the door, freedom. The freedom to leave their lives behind. The freedom to start over. The freedom to finally shape the lives they want from the hands they were dealt.

When Cleo arrives at Villa Ariadne on the sun-drenched island of Crete, she's hoping for space to breathe – and perhaps some clarity about the life she no longer recognises. Sharing the villa with a small group of women, each carrying their own private heartaches, Cleo is drawn into the gentle rhythm of island life. Beneath the lemon trees and endless blue skies, friendships begin to form and long-buried hopes stir. But when an unexpected event shakes their peaceful escape, the women are forced to come together in ways none of them anticipated.

The most adventurous thing unlucky-in-love primary school teacher Libby has done this year is buy an air fryer. So when she finds herself trading places with her twin sister during the summer holidays, to be a contestant on reality TV show Love on the Island, she is way out of her comfort zone. Jetting off to a villa in Mexico full of promiscuous muscle-mountains coupling up with glamorous women with frozen foreheads and hidden agendas, and a she-devil executive producer hellbent on exposing her to ridicule, should be her worst nightmare but somehow Libby does end up catching feelings...

As the sun rises on a summer's day, four people are about to find out what it takes to make their dreams come true. Global TV megastar Ollie Chiles has fame, fortune, and now he's met Stevie Dixon, the love of his life. But he's realised that he can't have it all. He has a huge decision to make – and no matter what he chooses, he's going to hurt someone he loves. Widow Netta McGonigle gave up her dreams to spend a lifetime taking care of everyone else. Alone now, she's resigned herself to quiet contentment – but what if life still has one or two surprises in store for her?

When Emmeline Buchanan grows weary of her city career, she decides to make a huge change by taking a job as a gardener at the gorgeous stately home, Ashington House. Welcomed with open arms by the lady of the house, Emmy is looking forward to a season of flowers and sunshine. So she is flabbergasted when Lady Penelope, desperate to save face with a nightmare neighbour, announces that her son, Edward, the Lord of the Manor no less, and Emmeline are engaged.

Life at the Chocolate Pot Café has never been sweeter for Tara Porter. For Jed, returning from Australia feels like coming home in every sense. But the past can't stay at bay forever. When Tara's estranged foster sister reappears, old wounds resurface. And when Jed is reunited with twelve year old Aaron - a boy he once believed was his son - secrets unravel and loyalties are tested. Now Tara and Jed must decide whether facing the past will shatter everything they've built—or hope it gives them the strength and courage to dream again.

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For the last seven years Mel has been hiding; from life, from her friends and from those who love her the most—her family. But being at home in her beloved Lake District has been far too painful for Mel to contemplate. Because seven years ago, Mel lost everything and she’s never been able to banish the dark clouds that follow her. When Mel returns to Willowdale for a family event, she has no intention of staying. But surrounded by her family she begins to realise just how much she's been missing and also, how much healing she still needs to do.

Iris is falling in love with the father of her child. The only problem is she never told him they had a daughter.

Ballet dancer Jessica Stone has just landed her dream role in New York. At thirty-one this is her last chance to be a prima ballerina. To celebrate, Jessica flies to England to surprise her parents before her rigorous training begins. But instead, when she gets home, she finds her whole family with their cases packed—they are going on holiday, without her! Now she’s stuck in Surrey taking care of Monty the dog. At least he hasn’t abandoned her. But out on a walk his lead gets caught around Jessica and she falls, badly hurting her foot. Luckily a handsome stranger comes to her rescue.

Als Phoebe Stone in einem grünen Kleid, goldenen High Heels und ohne Tasche im prächtigen »Cornwall Inn« ankommt, wird sie von allen für eine der Hochzeitsgäste gehalten. Denn sie ist die Einzige, die nicht wegen des großen Ereignisses angereist ist. Lange hat sie von diesem Aufenthalt geträumt, nun ist sie hier, am Tiefpunkt ihres Lebens, entschlossen, sich ein letztes Mal ein bisschen Luxus zu gönnen. Doch dann entwickelt sich zwischen den beiden ungleichen Frauen eine überraschende Freundschaft, die alles auf den Kopf stellt.

Recently and abruptly divorced Veronica Barrington is anxious for a new direction when she answers a listing for a travel companion. It’s from Mariah Ellsworth, a young woman adjusting to an injury that ended her Olympic career. She’s also grieving her mother, Rachel, a lauded food writer, and Mariah aims to trace the steps of her mother’s final, unfinished project so she can heal and also honor the woman she misses.

'THE FUNNIEST BOOK YOU'LL EVER READ ABOUT GRIEF' MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD 'PERFECTLY CAPTURES THE MESSINESS, HEARTACHE AND BEAUTY OF GRIEF' RED MAGAZINE ‘For years I'd known exactly who I was to Gabe. It was a long story but I could tell it confidently, like a bartender sharing a recipe for her...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE BESTSELLER THAT DEFINED AN AGE From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch 'Everything, somehow, fit together; some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I felt myself trembling on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as though...

Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But...

A trio of dramas based on Henry Green’s most notable novels Born Henry Yorke, aristocrat and industrialist Henry Green led a double life as a managing director of an engineering firm and one of the finest English modernists of the 20th century. A contemporary and friend of Evelyn Waugh and...

The first book of the viral Dream Harbor series by #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Laurie Gilmore! 🍁 TikTok Made Me Buy It – Winner of the TikTok Shop Book of the Year 2024, Sunday Times and USA Today bestseller. As seen on Good Morning America! 🍁🍁🍁🍁 When...

STREAMING ON NETFLIX FROM JANUARY 2025: Stephen King's 'The Life of Chuck' is a 'phenomenal' (USA Today) tale of life and legacy - and now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen Gillan. Available in a beautiful standalone...

The heart-warming and romantic SUNDAY TIMES bestseller: the perfect escape. One little mistake and nothing will ever be the same again! On the one hand, if Essie hadn't written that letter - the one that only her best friend was meant to see - then she'd still be living like an actual proper...

A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania “Powerful and provocative . . . a novel about...

The brilliant new novel from the author of the New York Times best seller Everything I Never Told You. Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads to the colours of the houses to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Toni Morrison was the lodestar who inspired us' Bernadine Evaristo Twyla and Roberta have known each other since they were eight years old, when they were thrown together as roommates in a girls' shelter. Inseparable then, they lose touch as they grow older, only to...

From the bestselling author of The Radio Hour comes this charming but pointed look at the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s, and the effects of the pill, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women as alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles, they embrace freedom... 1960s...

Dot Brightmore has never been one for lists. But now she's been given one of her own, by the love of her life, with whom she's finally been reunited. Dot's list has just two words on it: Marry me. The problem is, Dot can't get married. Because what Dot hasn't yet told anyone is that she's still married. To a man she hasn't seen in years. But her beloved Mabel isn't a woman who can be stopped easily. After all, her own last list helped her find Dot again.

Euan Sparks is back in town, newly self-employed and newly mortified after a disastrous first job threatens his fledgling electrician business. Can he prove that he belongs in Cairn Dhu? Peaches McDowell is a gifted fashion student on the brink of her Master's showcase. She's focused, ambitious and bound tightly within the expectations of her formidable mother. Romance is a distraction she can't afford. But when a crisis throws Peaches and Euan together at the repair shop, a spark is ignited…

When you're born into the MacGregor clan, scrapping runs in your blood and the streets will always be your home. Along with his brothers, Virgil MacGregor is building a fearsome empire taking on opponents in underground bare-knuckle bouts but he is nursing a wound that can't be healed. Staring down the barrel of divorce from his tempestuous ex-wife Ember, Virgil is full of fury and regret. So, when their empire is threatened, their beloved mother comes under attack and the brothers' loyalty is called into doubt, the MacGregors have only one option… to come out fighting.

The May Day celebrations are underway and offer some light relief from the daily hardships and a glimmer of hope for a brighter future for the folk of Norton Dene. Conscientious Sister Edith Harrison has her fortune told and a handsome, tall dark stranger is predicted to be on the horizon for her affections. Imagine her surprise when a mysterious stranger arrives in town with a hidden agenda that will upset those at Orchard Manor House. It seems like there are some ghosts from the past that need to be put to rest.

Raised in a conservative Christian home in the East Coast of Canada, Mag is urged to preserve her purity at all costs. Desperate to secure her place in heaven, she rejects the hyper-sexual youth culture of her small town—until she falls for a magnetic, sophisticated girl while attending a program designed to usher young people into Evangelical Missionary work. Spiraling into shame and regret, Mag breaks away from the Church and launches herself into the world of sex for hire, attempting to shed her repressive past and become an anti-virgin—the antithesis of who she was raised to be.