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'Absolute joy' Sarah Winman 'The funniest of writers. . . Villa Coco is such a sunny book' Kate Atkinson 'Every sentence in this novel sings' David Sedaris 'Eccentric, funny, touching: I adored it' Nina Stibbe 'Sheer, riotous, unmitigated joy' Kiran Millwood Hargrave Broke and directionless, our...

She grew up with one rule: Don't date Duke Monroe. Oil and water. Montague and Capulet. Monroe and Caplan. All recipes for disaster. Colette Caplan grew up knowing Duke Monroe was bad news. After all, the Monroe Family had wanted to ruin the Caplan family for ages. With the ranch in trouble and Christmas on the way, Colette comes home to wage war on the Monroes… with baked goods. Duke Monroe can't believe it when Colette Caplan finally comes home again. And somehow, she only gotten cuter.

Christmas cheer turns to terror when two bodies are discovered posed in the town's nativity display. What begins as a grotesque holiday spectacle quickly unravels into something far darker... a series of ritualised murders mirroring the story of redemption itself. As Detective Inspector Maia Powell and her partner, Detective Rourke, race to uncover the truth, they find themselves drawn into the warped theology of a serial killer who believes he's been chosen to cleanse the impure through acts of "divine forgiveness.

Als er zustimmt, den Fake-Boyfriend seiner Ziehschwester zu spielen, hat er nur eines im Sinn: Sich auf der kleinen Privatinsel in den Seychellen einen wohlverdienten Urlaub zu gönnen.

A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, or, in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, poetry) and the story was edited by Dickens, who also wrote the first and last chapters with Wilkie Collins.

After being guilted to come home for the holidays, Linda decides to make the best of it and spend some quality time with her mother... and the step-father that Linda has never been close with. As soon as she steps into her childhood home, Linda is greeted with memories and nostalgia that help her prepare for a week of her mother's hovering and awkward conversations with her step-father. But just as Linda starts to feel comfortable in her childhood home again, her brothers arrive. The same brothers she hasn't talked to in three years.

Snön ligger tung över Nynäshamn när kriminalutredaren Paula Larsson återvänder hem efter ett förhör som tycks ge svaren hon väntat på. Men när ett sedan länge ouppklarat mord väcks till liv och nya spår pekar mot en av hennes barndomsvänner får helgfriden ge vika.

Snön ligger tung över Nynäshamn när kriminalutredaren Paula Larsson återvänder hem efter ett förhör som tycks ge svaren hon väntat på. Men när ett sedan länge ouppklarat mord väcks till liv och nya spår pekar mot en av hennes barndomsvänner får helgfriden ge vika.

I sin hyggelige boghandel i Edinburgh, The Christmas Book Shop, forbereder Katie sig til jul. Alt tyder på, at det bliver den sidste, for økonomien halter, og Katie er blevet gammel og mangler én til at overtage den lille butik, der har været i familiens eje gennem generationer. Samtidig leder Katies kusine Ann efter en fjern slægtning i København, en ung kvinde som er eneste overlevende fra en ulykke mange år tidligere.

Snön ligger tung över Nynäshamn när kriminalutredaren Paula Larsson återvänder hem efter ett förhör som tycks ge svaren hon väntat på. Men när ett sedan länge ouppklarat mord väcks till liv och nya spår pekar mot en av hennes barndomsvänner får helgfriden ge vika.

A luminous modern parable for the holiday season, reimagining the journey of the Three Wise Men as three women’s quests for faith, hope, and love—revealing the hidden guidance, synchronicities, and miracles that shape every soul’s path. Cross the desert, follow the star, mend the circle...

Eine Mutter und ihre Tochter, die seit einem Jahr nicht mehr miteinander gesprochen haben. Zwei beste Freundinnen, zwischen denen ein Geheimnis steht. Ein junges Paar, dessen Beziehung sich auf dem Prüfstand befindet. Diese sechs Menschen treffen Mitte Dezember in Chaspers idyllischem Chalet in den verschneiten Schweizer Bergen aufeinander, aber alle haben unterschiedliche Vorstellungen von diesem Wochenende. Doch zwischen Lichterketten, prasselndem Kaminfeuer und Schneegestöber wartet das Leben darauf, ihre Schicksale kräftig durchzuschütteln, und bald ist nichts mehr so, wie es war.

The laugh-out-loud best seller is back with the only book to buy this Mother's Day. Perfect for fans of Outnumbered and Carole Matthews, Fiona writes about life as it really is. Forget about having it all. Sometimes you just want to leave it all behind. Audrey is often seized by the urge to walk out of her house without looking back - but she can't possibly do that. She is a single parent. She is needed. She has a job, a home, responsibilities...and a slothful teenage son's pants to pick up.

Brought to you by Penguin. Seven Londoners are invited to an opulent dinner party. From a brutal hedge-funder to a lovelorn barrister, a Polish footballer to a pickle magnate, they are defined by the virtual worlds of religious extremism, financial gambling, drugs and internet obsession they...

She wanted a birthday surprise, just not the one she got.... The last thing Sally Summers expected from her husband on her special day was that he'd leave her for a Latvian lap dancer half her age. So with her world in tatters, Sally jets off to Turkey for some sun, sea and sanctuary. The Blue Bay resort brings new friends and the perfect balm for Sally's broken heart in gorgeous Dubliner James. He's just the birthday present she needs.

Let yourself go.... Georgia Green is about to board a plane to India, alone - again. Things were supposed to be different this time, but Georgia backpacked solo to Thailand and survived, what could possibly go wrong? Only she is about to find out that when in India the country calls the shots - not you. The new favourite series for fans of Bridget Jones's Diary, the Shopaholic series and Eat, Pray, Love. Join Georgia Green for her next big adventure in Bollywood!

What if you had a second chance...to find yourself? Instead of slipping on her something borrowed and tripping up the aisle to wedded bliss, Georgia spends her big day crying into a warm Sex-on-the-Beach, wondering where it all went wrong. Forced to make a bucket list of her new life goals by best friend Marie, it's not long before travel-virgin Georgia's packing her bags for a long-haul adventure to Thailand. Yet, Georgia's big adventure doesn't seem to be going to plan.

The new witty and warm novel from best-selling author and TV presenter Fern Britton. Perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Jill Mansell and Trisha Ashley. Penny Leighton, TV producer and wife of the local vicar Simon Canter, is struggling to cope with motherhood. The couple have had their only child Jenna, while Penny is in her forties and it's been a big shock to her system. When Simon engages the services of a nanny, Ella, as a way of helping Penny, it serves only to push her further away from him and from Jenna.

It used to be that Summer was just that annoyingly excitable girl he went to college with. But now, Lloyd is sure she’s the love of his life. It’s time to make it official, and what better place to propose than at his family home over the holidays? But Lloyd has complicated, unfinished business with his father, a man whose example of matrimony he’s promised himself he will never follow.

All either of them wants for Christmas are some jingle bells, to deck the halls, and for everyone to stop finding them dates. This Christmas, Macie and Aaron are teaming up to make everyone believe they're dating each other so they'll quit trying to line them up with others. But as this fake relationship starts to feel real, can they overcome the obstacles in their way?