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The Cities Classics Collection: London, Paris, New York allows you to step into the vibrant streets of three of the world's most iconic cities through a carefully curated collection of literary masterpieces. From the foggy alleys of London to the grand boulevards of Paris, and the buzzing avenues of New York, these stories bring to life the essence of urban life, capturing the triumphs, tragedies, and timeless experiences of the people who shaped these cities.

Elizabeth Hrib will have readers racing to the finish line when a Manhattan architect’s attempts to win over her office crush set her on a collision course with a personal trainer who’s got all the right moves. Lydia McKenzie is not a runner. Not even close. But in her quest to be taken...

Brought to you by Penguin. When 'dream husband' Xan Meo is vengefully assaulted in the garden of a London pub, he suffers head-injury, and personality-change. Like a spiritual convert, the familial paragon becomes an anti-husband, an anti-father. He submits to an alien moral system - one among...

Brought to you by Penguin. Writer, Samson Young, is staring death in the face, and not only his own. Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson’s dash to a decaying, degenerate London has brought him through the doors of the Black Cross pub and into a murder story just waiting...

Una Lowe lives a perfectly edited life in London. Other than her best friend, she’s careful about who she lets in. Emotional complications are just that – complicated. That is, until she rescues a rare white swallow… who might have just flown in to change her life. Because, when her...

When the man you marry isn’t who he claims to be… After a whirlwind romance and a dream beachside wedding, Lucy Brightman returns home brimming with hope for her future. But as the honeymoon glow fades, small cracks begin to show. Life quickly shifts into something far darker, and Lucy finds...

The Skelf women have been keeping their heads down, running the family’s funeral directors and private investigation businesses. But when a woman collapses at her husband’s funeral and is saved by Dorothy, she finds herself drawn into the murky world of ‘grief tech’ – a booming new industry that creates digital avatars of the dead.

« Cinq étoiles ! Inspirant, enthousiasmant et d’une rare et brute intensité." RT Book Reviews Lorsqu’à onze ans, Jessica Creswell rencontra Callen Hayes, elle sut immédiatement qu’il était un prince brisé. Son prince. Ils étaient devenus un refuge l’un pour l’autre, un havre de...

Brought to life with dual narration by Jonathan Keeble and Emma Gregory From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, The Sea Change is a witty yet heart-rending story of a marriage in crisis. Emmanuel is a famous playwright. Lillian is his sickly and embittered wife. They have never...

'Such a good time – a warm and funny story of found family that brings a whole neighbourhood to life. By the end of the book I felt like I'd lived there myself' Holly Gramazio, bestselling author of The Husbands When Mona moved into her glorified broom closet in a broken-down apartment block...

A page-turning, addictive psychological thriller from the UK Top 50 bestselling author of The Bride Can she escape the man she married? Kathy thought she’d met her soulmate. But Police Inspector Michael Conner’s behavior changes on the day of their wedding. Showing his true colors for the...

Three lives are brought together by chance in 90s London, in this spellbinding story of friendship and loneliness, healing and redemption *Guardian Book to Read 2026* Jaycee finally has a room of her own in Sky City, a housing estate in north London carved out of the glow-in-the-dark sky. But...

He was a fool to believe he could live without her. Once she's gone, he finds out that she's everything he needs. A tattooed, muscle-bound construction boss, Gage Walker specializes in restoring New Orleans' historic buildings—and in avoiding anything that looks like a commitment. Naomi...

A powerful and atmospheric saga set in the glitter and grit of Victorian Bath’s theatre world. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Mary Wood and Sarah Waters. 🎭 A young girl’s dream… Bath, 1852. As a girl, Nancy Bloom would go to Bath’s Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and...

Is love in the air for two strangers this Christmas? When charming, mysterious Nik sits next to Jess on a plane home from a Christmas toy trade fair, she doesn’t know the impact he’s about to have on her life. As they touch down in London, Jess is hesitant to let him walk away, and before...

Sam und Daisy sind seit der Uni beste Freundinnen. Als sie sich kennenlernten, war Daisy noch ein wildes, von Fleetwood Mac besessenes Mädchen, das aus den Yorkshire Moors stammte, während Sam ihre Freizeit mit Shoppingtouren und Ausgehen in Liverpool verbrachte. Als sie sich auf einer Holzbank im Garten ihres Lieblingslokals an Sams Hochzeitstag aneinander lehnen, ahnen sie nicht, dass sich ihre Wege kurz darauf zum ersten Mal trennen werden.

A brilliantly funny, relatable romance set in Ireland from BESTSELLER Clodagh Murphy.☘️💛 Perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Beth O’Leary and Sophie Cousens. Two former almost-somethings. One very messy reunion. Could this finally be their time? As teenagers, Ella and Roly were an...

The acclaimed novel of girlhood, friendship, and sexuality set in the bohemian Greenwich Village of 1970, with a new introduction by Jessica Anya Blau Fourteen-year-old Rainey Royal—fierce, gifted, and dangerously magnetic—lives in a once-elegant, now-crumbling townhouse with her cultish...

Dramatisations of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most popular works, plus bonus documentary Often described as ‘the laureate of the Jazz Age’, F. Scott Fitzgerald captured the reckless, hedonistic spirit of 1920s America in his classic novels The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned and Tender is...

This collection of stories explores the hidden, sentient lives of discarded objects in a fictional city. The narrative is set in the “Residual World”, a subterranean reality where waste and debris possess memories, emotions, and a shared history. Through personified characters like Barnaby...