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`The perfect blend of sweetness and substance, with plenty of laughs along the way' Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of Summer (read more)

`The perfect blend of sweetness and substance, with plenty of laughs along the way' Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe One chance isn't always enough... A feel-good story that's as scrumptious as your favourite slice of cake! Emma's new cafe will be perfect, with its gorgeous strings of vintage bunting, mouth-wateringly gooey cakes, comforting pots of tea and quirky customers who think of each other as friends. It's a long road to get there, but as her business fills with freelancing hipsters, stroppy teens, new mums and old neighbourhood residents, Emma realises that they're not the only ones getting a second chance.

She is too.But when someone commits bloomicide on their window boxes, their milk starts disappearing and their cake orders are mysteriously cancelled, it becomes clear that someone is determined to close them down. Will the cafe be their second chance after all? A deliciously laugh-out-loud story about friendship, second chances and surviving parenthood, perfect for fans of Carole Matthews, Milly Johnson and Holly Martin. Praise for Lilly Bartlett: `Fun, flirtatious and fresh' Alex Brown, bestselling author The Secret of Orchard Cottage `Warm, witty, and wonderful - the perfect rom com' Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe `I loved the humour, the settings, the quirkiness, and ALL the characters' Jane Linfoot, bestselling author of The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea `Absolutely wonderful romantic comedy that is guaranteed to lift your spirits' Rachel's Random Reads
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`A warming testament to the elasticity and enduring love of true family bonds. I adored this book' Penny Parkes'Fresh, funny and (read more)

`A warming testament to the elasticity and enduring love of true family bonds. I adored this book' Penny Parkes'Fresh, funny and utterly fabulous, it's the perfect holiday read' HeatThe first rule of Sunday Lunch Club is ... don't make any afternoon plans.

Every few Sundays, Anna and her extended family and friends get together for lunch. They talk, they laugh, they bicker, they eat too much. Sometimes the important stuff is left unsaid, other times it's said in the wrong way.

Sitting between her ex-husband and her new lover, Anna is coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy at the age of forty. Also at the table are her ageing grandmother, her promiscuous sister, her flamboyantly gay brother and a memory too terrible to contemplate. Until, that is, a letter arrives from the person Anna scarred all those years ago. (hide)

** SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE ** Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now (read more)

** SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE **

Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. (hide)

It should have been a relaxing day at the beach for Dr Clair Mercer and her family. But an argument with husband Adam distracts her (read more)

It should have been a relaxing day at the beach for Dr Clair Mercer and her family. But an argument with husband Adam distracts her from watching their four-year-old autistic son, and tragedy strikes when a sneaker wave sweeps him away. Clair's well-ordered life is plunged into madness, and after attempting to murder her husband, she walks into the ocean.

Arrested, charged and awaiting trial on a locked psychiatric unit, can she discover a path to forgiveness, for herself and the husband she tried to kill? The Wave is a beautifully-written debut novel that explores the emotional complexity of family life - and how suffering, self-realisation and the power of love can heal even the most wounded bonds of trust. (hide)

`It was a few months later on, when Samantha was twelve years old, and I was fourteen, and winter come on, and the wind was blowing (read more)

`It was a few months later on, when Samantha was twelve years old, and I was fourteen, and winter come on, and the wind was blowing a gale, and dark was a thing we dreaded, that the panther called on us again.'In the remote hill country of Texas, Samantha Shreve, the young daughter of a former slave, and her half-brother are terrorised by a ferocious panther. Orphaned, without protection or money, the pair must fight to survive against the odds. But this twelve year old girl has more than survival in mind: she wants revenge on the beast that killed her mother.
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In the wild, windswept Welsh marches a noble young lord rides homewards, embittered, angry and in danger. He is Guyon, lord of Ledworth, (read more)

In the wild, windswept Welsh marches a noble young lord rides homewards, embittered, angry and in danger. He is Guyon, lord of Ledworth, heir to threatened lands, husband-to-be of Judith of Ravenstow. Their union will save his lands - but they have yet to meet...For this is Wales at the turn of the twelfth century.

Dynasties forge and fight, and behind the precarious throne of William Rufus political intrigue is raging. Caught amidst the violence are Judith and Guyon, bound together yet poles apart. But when a dark secret from the past is revealed and the full horror of war crashes over Guyon and Judith, they are forced to face insurmountable odds.

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The new thrilling instalment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series. It is spring, and the semi-preserved body of a young (read more)

The new thrilling instalment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series. It is spring, and the semi-preserved body of a young Jewish woman is discovered buried in the Maine woods. It is clear that she gave birth shortly before her death.

But there is no sign of a baby. Private detective Charlie Parker is engaged by the lawyer Moxie Castin to shadow the police investigation and find the infant, but Parker is not the only searcher. Someone else is following the trail left by the woman, someone with an interest in more than a missing child, someone prepared to leave bodies in his wake. (hide)

She says she's an ordinary mother. He knows a liar when he sees one. Sarah thinks of herself as a normal single mum. It's what she (read more)

She says she's an ordinary mother. He knows a liar when he sees one. Sarah thinks of herself as a normal single mum.

It's what she wants others to think of her. But the truth is, she needs something new, something thrilling. Meanwhile, DI Tom Thorne is investigating a woman's suicide, convinced she was driven to do it by a man who preys on vulnerable women.

A man who is about to change Sarah's life. From five-million-copy bestseller Mark Billingham comes a breathless new thriller starring Thorne and Tanner that readers will devour . . (hide)

Agatha Christie's international mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation (read more)

Agatha Christie's international mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an, as yet, unidentified and undescribed secret weapon. Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of this fantastic secret weapon - a British agent named Carmichael.

Unfortunately the criminal organisation responsible for the weapon's development will stop at nothing to prevent him entering Baghdad and presenting his proof to the assembled delegates. Can Carmichael enter the city against such odds? Into this explosive situations appears Victoria Jones, a girl with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded Carmichael dies in her arms in her hotel room. Now, if only she could make sense of his last words '...Lucifer...Basrah...Lefarge...'

Pub Date:23/03/2017 (hide)

Twenty years ago, four men attempted to pull off the ultimate heist, almost walking away with half a million dollars. By daybreak, (read more)

Twenty years ago, four men attempted to pull off the ultimate heist, almost walking away with half a million dollars. By daybreak, their plan had been shot to hell. One was in hospital.

One was in jail. One was dead. And one got away with it.

Arden Maxwell is the daughter of the man who disappeared all those years ago, presumably with the money in his pocket and blood on his hands. After years of running from her past, she is returning to her family home in Caddo Lake, Texas. Little does she know, two of her father's co-conspirators are still there. (hide)