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I'm Daphne Wood, the bookseller of Castle Combe. My life was peaceful until the best-selling author Gill Holland moved to town. He bought the house next to mine, the late Bettie's place, and became my new neighbour. The girls from the book club envied my luck. I thought so too, until I started seeing the most disturbing things. They didn't know Gill Holland like I did.

*An Apple Best Audiobook of 2025* On an Island full of secrets The truth lies in the dark A gripping and atmospheric debut crime thriller set on an isolated Scottish island… A mysterious death On a small island off the coast of Scotland, an isolated community is grieving. Eighteen-year-old...

Wegen dem Golfclub ist Niederkaltenkirchen eh schon gespalten wie ein Holzscheit, aber jetzt liegt auch noch der Steckerlfischkönig höchstselbst und mausetot in der clubeigenen Spa-Landschaft. Der Franz ermittelt unter dubiosen Volksfestclans und golfenden Schickimickiarschlöchern, während seine Susi ganz andere Pläne hat: Sie kandidiert als Bürgermeisterin, was beim aktuellen Dorfoberhaupt hochgradig nervöse Zuckungen auslöst.

The new novel from bestselling author Graham Norton In his tense and darkly comic new novel Norton casts a light on the relationship between mothers and daughters, and truth and self-preservation with unnerving effect. Carol is a divorced teacher living in a small town in Ireland, her only son...

A new novel from the acclaimed author and broadcaster as part of Quick Reads 2022 and World Book Night. Helen is a retired teacher living on the Irish coast. She enjoys the peace and quiet - despite the burden of Margaret, her unpleasant sister. Margaret arrived three years ago for a short...

Christmas at the Davenports’ house was always about one thing: food! But when sisters Ella and Maddy were split up, Ella to live in London with their Dad, and Maddy staying in Greece with their Mum, mince pies lost their magic. Now, a cheating husband has thrown Ella a curved snowball…and...

Graham Norton's debut novel HOLDING was a Sunday Times bestseller and loved by readers everywhere. His new novel, A KEEPER, is a twisted tale of secrets and ill-fated loves that once again demonstrates Norton's understanding of human nature and all its darkest flaws. The mystery of Elizabeth...

Willow Tree Hall, the proud ancestral home of the Earl and Countess of Cranley for centuries, has seen better days. Annie Rogers takes the job as housekeeper at Willow Tree Hall, having to work with a reluctant heir Sam Harris to renovate the failing estate. With Sam running from his past and Annie hiding from hers, just maybe together they can bring Willow Tree Hall back to life.

This festive season, fall in love with The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss - a romantic read perfect for fans of Beth O'Leary and Josie Silver. 'If you need help getting into the festive spirit, this is the book for you' - Good Housekeeping 'Sparkly and romantic' - My Weekly On the...

It was supposed to be an innocent night, celebrating my brother’s birthday. Nothing was supposed to go wrong. We’d vowed to be on our best behavior after all.... But it only took one rowdy night with my brothers to flip my world upside down. One unlucky encounter saddled us with a family curse and the promise of doomed relationships. I laughed it off immediately. “Yeah, right,” I thought. “A love curse. Ha!” Boy, was I wrong.

When Robin finds out she's going on a work trip to Italy she can't wait for a week away in the sunshine, away from the daily grind. So what if there's a client pitch to do while they're there? The thing Robin is most excited about is the chance to show her work crush, James, what she's really like outside of work, and divert his attention from Liz, her work rival. To make things even better, Robin realises that the town they're going to in Italy is the same place that her childhood penpal, Andrea is from.

The latest novel from million-copy bestseller author Graham Norton - a dazzling, decades-sweeping story about love, bravery and what it means to live a significant life. 'Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know' BONNIE GARMUS 'I loved Frankie so much. I couldn't stop reading it...

From small town romance author, Brooke Montgomery, comes a family saga series based in the fictional town of Sugarland Creek, TN. Sugarland Creek Volume Two includes books 3-5.

Nach 35 Jahren im Dienst steht Polizeichef Ed Kapenash kurz vor dem Ruhestand. Doch während er den Sommer in Ruhe ausklingen lassen will, trifft eine junge Frau voller Träume auf Nantucket ein: Coco beginnt als Assistentin der aufsehenerregenden Richardsons und erlebt einen Sommer...

Eine Zugezogene als neue Inhaberin des alteingesessenen Inselbistros? So ein Quatsch, sagen die Langeooger und machen einen großen Bogen um das kleine Lokal. Die Betreiberin Janne ist ratlos. Warum sind bloß alle gegen sie? Sie gibt sich doch besonders viel Mühe, damit alles perfekt ist. Sogar Tammo, ihr Freund aus Kindheitstagen, dem die Fischbude nebenan gehört, steht nicht an ihrer Seite. Und als hätte sie nicht schon genug Sorgen, wirbelt auch noch die junge Ausreißerin Micki ihr Leben gehörig durcheinander.

Forty-year-old Faye Lawson is falling back in love with life at last. Finally divorced from her cheating husband, she has turned her back on the UK and has been living the Greek dream in Corfu managing a beautiful traditional boutique hotel. Twenty-something ex-professional basketball player Kostas Petsas's life, as he has always known it, is over. Having to take early-retirement because of injury, he's at a loss as to what to do next. But when a piece of land in Corfu comes on the market, it seems this might be the perfect fit.

Mal's just passing through. Skylar's the small-town nurse who fixes everyone but himself. Mal swears he won't fall, but Sky's smile hides shadows he can't ignore. Those pewter-grey eyes. That sun-kissed hair. That ink. We're a mistake waiting to happen. Inevitable. Excruciating. So where's the harm in Just This Once?

For readers of Karly Lane and Fleur McDonald, comes this fresh rural romance about courage, hope and learning to believe in love from an award-winning, much-loved author. A traumatic past, a charismatic stranger, a closeknit community...life is about to get complicated. Flick Atherton loves the...

While investigating a spate of unexplained deaths in a remote village, Mumbai-based journalist Mamta learns of the dakini: a bloodthirsty entity that haunts the surrounding forests, leaving mutilated corpses in her wake. As the villagers' terror grows, so does their dangerous suspicion of women...

A stunning debut that illuminates the hidden struggles of Victorian women and the unbreakable bonds of love that transcend society's harshest judgments. Yorkshire, 1840. Clara George's world crumbles in a single night when a charming stranger's promises prove as false as his name. Cast out by her family for bearing an illegitimate child, Clara must navigate the brutal realities of a society that offers fallen women only degradation or death.

Getting dumped was rough. Losing the baby? Heartbreaking. Now I'm thirty-six, single, and stuck in a body I barely recognize. Clara says I need fresh air and a fling. I wasn't expecting the fresh air to come with a stolen cat… Or him. Brayden Foss. My sweet, quiet neighbor. Freshly eighteen. My landlord's son. Totally off-limits. But he's not a boy. He cooks for me, looks at me like I'm everything, and shows up when no one else does. Even when I push him away. It was never supposed to be more than a spark. But this thing between us? It's real. It's wild. It's ours.

Moving to my fiancé Adam's hometown was supposed to be an adventure, the beginning of our life together. Instead, I'm met by his unwelcoming family and an old friend who wants more than friendship from Adam. He let me down once. Adam swears Millie is just a friend, like a little sister to him. That their feelings for each other are completely platonic. I just wonder if she believes this. To his family and friends, I'm the outsider standing in the way of Adam and Millie's destined love story.

Working as the social media manager for a pro hockey team is all fun and games—until you trip into the arms of their biggest flirt during a livestream. Now the fans are shipping us, my boss is thrilled with the engagement, and I'm stuck dodging feelings for Cade Lennox, aka the certified charmer. The problem? My contract says he's off-limits. My heart, unfortunately, didn't get the memo.

When Cora’s husband retired from the Navy, he came back a bald-headed Buddhist, a very unusual situation in their small Texas town. What’s more, when he started giving classes on Buddhism, folks didn’t know quite what to make of it. Later, they got a genuine Tibetan lama to come to teach, — a most unexpected and unusual individual. Though only a boy, he could see inside his pupils feelings, and his love, compassion, and patience slowly began changing those who came to him… and slowly, the town itself began to change.

Lucy Andersson-Spring's twenty-ninth birthday comes with a side helping of a quarter-life crisis. She loves her community, her sewing shop, and her secret social media account featuring Starlight Grove's cat mayor, but maybe she needs to be more ambitious, more self-sufficient. At least, that's what the alphas she dated last year kept saying... before they cheated on her.

Set in the creepy small town of Whisper's Creek, a man named Lenny Frost has been pulled into a psychological game of terror after his wife has gone missing. During the span of the 24 days leading up to Christmas, he must follow a series of Christmas-related clues—a twisted, sinister game created by someone named the Xmas Day Butcher. The Xmas Day Butcher needs Lenny to learn the dark history of who he is, before Christmas Day. If he doesn't follow the twisted instructions of the Xmas Day Butcher—Angela—his missing wife will die.

He's a filthy, fierce cowboy. I'm his best friend's daughter. He says I'm off limits. But now I'm back in our small town, all grown up and aching for the one man I shouldn't want. My dad thinks throwing me into ranch work will scare me off for good. He's wrong. Because the more I'm around Dixon Chase, with his rough hands and dirty mouth, the more I want to stay. He says he can't touch me. That I deserve better. But once he gives in, there's no going back.

Trinity Blaine was supposed to be a one-night and done, but now she's standing in my ER. We shared a moment of passion that I can't forget. Then he ruined it by mocking my work in front of thousands. I never thought I'd have to see him again, but now my mother's in his care, and avoiding him isn't an option. We clash over everything, but every argument seems to end the same way… in his bed.

Luke McCabe was everything—my best friend, my first kiss, my forever. Until he lost himself in the Army and disappeared without a word, leaving nothing behind but my shattered heart and two pink lines on a test. Now I'm home again, widowed and unsure, with our son beside me and my daughter in my arms. And Luke? He's here too—older, quieter, eyes full of regret and whispering promises I've heard only in my dreams. But can we find our way back, with all these years stacked up between us?

As a florist, I'm no stranger to hot groomsmen. So why is it that Andrew gives me butterflies? I missed my chance with him, but I'm ready to put myself out there. I sign up for a blind date photoshoot, and lo and behold, Andrew is who I see when I take the blindfold off.

From the moment I first picked up one of Jade Jackson's books, she's had me in a chokehold. But when we start talking and flirting online, I end up with a very real crush on her. And when we finally meet in person, the sparks between us could start a forest fire. When Jade reveals that she needs surgery that will impact her life as an author, and her insurance company refuses to pay, the solution is obvious—we should get married. While Jade thinks I'm doing it all for her, she doesn't realize she's giving me everything I've ever wanted. Someone to care for and somewhere that feels like home.

The second hint something's wrong in a town that pretends its magic is perfectly under control? A hex mark on your front door. It showed up overnight—burned into the wood, smelling faintly of sulfur and sage. Just another Tuesday in this charmingly cursed town. But when fires start flaring in...

Several years after nearly being lost to the town villain, Bear Bailey’s Co-op and Grocery has become the community hub. Mary Bailey’s cousin, Katie, is the cornerstone in the store’s impressive growth, though her personal life lacks the same success. As the co-op seeks new solutions for much needed funding, a wandering dog appears in town with the arrival of spring. Bear learns the heartbreaking history of the abandoned hobo dog, and soon realizes the stray has arrived to help Katie find her life’s journey.

The third hint something's wrong in a town where secrets are steeped stronger than the tea? A knock on the door after dark. Especially if it's a delivery of potion ingredients you didn't order. When a shadowy stranger drops off an unlabeled tincture kit at the apothecary—along with a cryptic...

As the nation's star omega lawyer, getting three small-town hockey players back on the ice should've been a one-day job. Well, turns out this pack of stubborn, unfairly hot alphas doesn't negotiate on standard terms. When it becomes clear they're not interested in my offer, I make my power play and walk… right up until I realize a blizzard's trapped me in their cozy lodge. Suddenly we're sharing space… and heat. My suppressant & scent-blocking drug fails. Our pheromones collide, and old wounds come skating back... Can an omega who's been burned risk letting three alphas this close again?

For two years, Kaylee Kringle didn't stop moving—but then she happened upon Holiday, Idaho. The residents of her new hideout welcomed her with open arms, but as a fugitive she can never fully let her guard down. Falling in love is out of the question when she might have to drop everything and run for her life.

I've been in love with Chloe Walker since we were kids. She's always been the center of my world, the only thing I ever wanted. When my married boss sent me inappropriate texts, I told his wife. Now, I'm hiding out at my brother's… and so is the man I've loved my entire life. Trystan thinks he can tell me what to do, but I've never been one to listen. Yet, he's constantly in my space, saying all the things I've wanted to hear my whole life. And I'm falling for him the same way I always have.

Gage has a blueprint for his life all mapped out. First, straighten out his little brother so Gage can finally stop being pseudo-father to him. Second, expand the company to have permanent crews. Third, avoid any more hookup dates–he wants all or nothing. The very sexy, tatted bar owner that slides into his life? Not part of the plan. But god, Gage can go for some red line changes to make Logan part of it.

Since losing my wife years before, I'd resigned myself to the fact that I was meant to live the rest of my life alone, so I fell into a cycle of good times, fast women, and, of course, my brotherhood. Then, one day, while on a security job, I saved a beautiful young singer called Saint from an attack. In the space of one night, we connected. Two years later, she's now the lead singer of one of the biggest rock bands in the world, and she's in trouble. I'm hired to protect her again, and our connection is still there, but can I get over the hurt she caused?

Alexandra Quinlan fue acusada de masacrar a su familia cuando era apenas una adolescente. Un país entero la vio esposada mientras los medios la bautizaban Ojos de asesina. Años después Alex lo ha cambiado todo: su nombre, su apariencia y su pasado. Vive oculta, evitando a fanáticos del true...