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For fans of Elizabeth Strout and Kent Haruf: a novel that follows the intertwined lives of a small-town Midwestern police chief and a young man recently released from prison, each in search of justice It's 1986, deep winter, in the hinterland of Minnesota: remote Middle America, with demolition...

Mary Webb’s award-winning novel adapted for radio with a full cast, plus a dramatised biography of the celebrated author Novelist and poet Mary Webb is as closely associated with Shropshire as Thomas Hardy with Dorset and the Brontës with Yorkshire. She wrote six books set against the...

‘A perfect novel … on the knife’s edge of hilarity and tenderness’ JONATHAN LETHEM From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt, comes Dodge City, a thrilling novel about a young man on an amphetamine fuelled cross-country road trip fleeing the draft for the...

Kitty Brown has arrived in Saffron Bay with a new name, a new job, and one simple rule… keep her head down. Starting over in a picture-postcard Cornish village should be straightforward enough. But Saffron Bay has other ideas, and before long, Kitty finds herself cast as Juliet in the village play, unofficially adopted by half the locals, and dangerously distracted by one very unsuitable man.

Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Three heartwarming reunions unfold at this visit to the Torunka Café. Chiyoko, an elderly woman who has been frequenting the cafe for 20 years, reflects on her long-forgotten memories of her first love; Kota, a childhood friend of the owner's daughter Shizuku, reveals his complicated true feelings held deep within; and Ayako, an aspiring illustrator at a crossroads in her life, embarks on a journey.

Inspired by the viral 'treasure houses' on social media, a single mother and her daughter relocate to rural Maine for the chance to own their very first home – only to discover that the real treasures hidden inside aren’t just objects, but community, belonging and love. For fans of The...

JP swore he’d never return to the small Cornish village where he grew up. After Lucy’s body washed up on the beach, someone made sure JP knew he wasn’t welcome. A scrawled warning. A postcard shoved through his door. If you want to keep your secret, leave now. Now, ten years later, he’s back—the best man for his childhood friend. Trapped in St Hellion for a week, he feels it immediately: the stares, the closed doors, the past pressing in.

I've always known I was different. My name is Seven Grey, and I hang out with dead people. Yes, Seven like the number, and yes… literal dead people. I'm the only mortician in a small town tucked away in backwoods Maine, and I've known this was my dream job since the day they asked us on our first day of Kindergarten. I know who I am, and I don't apologize for it. Death is just different for me, which is why my second job works even better than my first. They call me "The Cleaning Lady".

Alyssa was just getting used to life in Kotahi Bay when an old friend arrives, bringing a kitten and more complications. Then a handsome stranger with a dark past moves in next door, and everything she believed about magic—and herself—begins to unravel. When the town's guardians call upon her for help, Alyssa must face a choice that terrifies her more than any ghost ever could. But with new threats emerging and old secrets surfacing, running is no longer an option.

A contemporary romance in the small Michigan town of Hart's Landing.

I'd always been the black sheep of the O'Shea family, living life unfazed and unbothered. Then one day, a girl walked into a bar, we clicked, and lived happily ever after... Wait. Let's rewind. One day, Rosie Woods, the town's resident pocket rocket, walked into my family's bar and turned my world upside down. Then she disappeared, and I went back to my military unit... Three years later, she struts her sweet ass back into town, and our spark is even more explosive. We reconnect over shared memories and heated attraction, but it doesn't take long for life to start flinging curveballs.

Mark, a 31-year-old factory worker, spends his days packaging aspirin and escaping into his vivid imagination. He finds reality dull and often drifts off, envisioning himself as the hero of thrilling adventures. In one moment, he is a swashbuckling pirate captain battling rival ships and searching for treasure. He leads his crew with cunning and bravery, outsmarting foes and overcoming mutiny. But just as he nears victory, a coworker’s voice snaps him back to the monotonous assembly line. Frustrated by the routine of his life, Mark longs for more excitement.

Santa brought my Christmas present early this year… one night with a smokin' hot lumberjack. Until I find out he's my bestie's brother. Oops. And now I'm snowed in with him—and his two mountain man brothers. After a social media disaster nukes my career, my best friend insists I hide out at her family's remote cabin. Except when I arrive, it's flooded. And she forgot to mention one tiny detail… Her brothers.

Romance readers! You've had chemistry with steminist romance, you've raced through sports romance. Now get ready for the ultimate crossover... Biochem major Keely is in her element. A college senior with a near-perfect GPA, all that's left is to make it through finals and into Grad School. But...

A compulsively readable novel of enormous charm swimming in the cuisine and culture of the Faroe Islands from the author of Girl, Interrupted. Jonathan Brand, a graduate student in anthropology, has decided to do his fieldwork in the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. But, despite his...

When a group of middle-aged friends accidentally receives a city youth-sports grant, they do what any responsible adults would do—they spend it on go-karts and form a racing team called The Rusty Sprockets. What follows is a chaotic, heartfelt misadventure involving garage politics, spreadsheets taken far too seriously, social-media fame nobody asked for, suspicious municipal auditors, and a rival team that actually knows what they’re doing.

Junge Witwe zieht mit ihrem Sohn auf die Insel Föhr, um die Heimat ihres verstorbenen Mannes kennenzulernen. Nach seinem plötzlichen Tod steht sie nicht nur vor den Scherben ihrer gesamten Existenz, sondern auch vor der quälenden Frage, wie gut sie Barne überhaupt gekannt hat. Gemeinsam mit ihrem kleinen Sohn Liam wagt sie einen Neuanfang auf der Nordseeinsel Föhr – Barnes alter Heimat. Sie will endlich ihre Schwiegereltern kennenlernen, aber die beiden lehnen jeden Kontakt ab.

Carry It Forward is a story about loss, resilience, and the quiet courage it takes to keep going when life doesn’t turn out the way you planned. When Caleb Reinhardt loses his parents, the world keeps moving while his stands still. The house grows quieter. The workshop colder. And the future heavier than he ever expected to carry. In the stillness of grief, Caleb begins to uncover the wisdom his father left behind. These are not answers, but truths meant to be lived.

Nach Jahren als gefeierter Chefkoch kehrt Archer zurück in seine Heimatstadt Dream Harbor – nicht als Star, sondern als alleinerziehender Vater, der für seine kleine Tochter Olive ein stabiles Zuhause schaffen will. Als er das heruntergekommene Strawberry Patch Pancake House übernimmt, ist ihm klar: Hier beginnt ein neues Kapitel. Für Iris hingegen fühlt sich ihr Leben gerade nach Stillstand an. Der Job als Olives Nanny scheint zunächst ein Ausweg zu sein. Doch bald merkt sie: Dieses kleine Haus ist mehr als nur ein Ort zum Durchatmen.

Sarahs Aufenthalt auf Norderney hat vieles verändert. Doch Sarah stößt weiterhin auf Rätsel. Frieda spricht von ihrer Schwester Nele, die als kleines Kind mit der Mutter verschwand. Kann es sein, dass sie tatsächlich noch lebt? Und was geschah damals mit Friedas Vater? Antworten zu finden, ist schwer, da Frieda sich nach wie vor in Schweigen hüllt. Zwischen alten Geheimnissen und neuen Hoffnungen erkennt Sarah, dass die Nordsee nicht nur Vergangenes ans Licht bringt, sondern auch ihr eigenes Leben für immer verändert.