Sometimes what you don't want, might be exactly what you need Aspiring fashion designer, Samantha Fremont, has put her love life on hold to focus on herself. She certainly doesn't need a complication, like her new neighbour, turning out to be a sexy, brooding English Professor. He might be dreamy but he's also rude. But keeping her distance proves difficult when his two children wind themselves into Sam's heart. Combined with a litter of cute puppies Sam might just have found what she was looking for... Ian is actually Lord Ian Summerhill, grateful for the chance to spend the summer away from his responsibilities in England, studying the unique habitat around Lake Haven. When Ian meets Sam he is determined to keep a distance but soon he is drawn to her charm and the fact that his children adore her. But he is only in Lake Haven for the summer, then he must return to England. But sometimes one summer can change everything...

One Day meets Up: The House That Made Us is a love story - and a life story - told through a series of photographs and inspired by a true story When Mac and Marie marry and find a home of their own, Mac takes a snap of them outside their newbuild bungalow, the garden bare and the paint on the front door still wet. It becomes a tradition, this snap, and slowly the photographs build into an album of a fifty-year relationship. Every year they take a photo and though things change around them - the garden matures, the fashions change, they grow older - the one constant is their love. Every year, come rain, come shine, from the Seventies through the decades, every photo tells the story of their love. But life never travels the path you expect it to, though they know that a life with love is a life lived to the full. Now, in the present day, the photo album belongs to someone who doesn't know the people in its pages. As they watch the lives from the past unfold, will the truth of their love story be told...? A heart-breaking story about life and love for readers who love Holly Miller, Jojo Moyes and Hazel Prior.

Perfect for fans of Jessica Jones and True Blood, this is a blockbuster modern fantasy set in a divided world where one woman must uncover the truth to seek her revenge.

Half-Fae, half-human Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion - also known as Crescent City - has to offer. But then a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, and brings Bryce's world crashing down.

Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs - but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again. And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer.

As Bryce and Hunt fight to unravel the mystery, and their own dark pasts, the threads they tug ripple through the underbelly of the city, across warring continents, and down to the deepest levels of Hel, where things that have been sleeping for millennia are beginning to stir...

Captured by pirates as a potential bride for their chief after her parents are killed in Nigeria, Alona finally escapes back to her birthplace in the U.K. Fete for her story Alona finds herself involved with film makers who are anxious to portray her story on the screen, but such a new life is not without its drawbacks one of whom appears in the guise of Gregg Bancroft. Alona however is to find herself in an even deeper quandary when she hears that the Island girl who affected her own rescue has been injured and flown to this country for surgery, all of which leaves Alona torn between her child and caring for the girl she once knew. In this she finds herself in a situation where only Gregg can help her. But then by this time Gregg is already engaged to another!

Poignant and powerful (Publishers Weekly, starred review), Cathy Bonidan's The Lost Manuscript is a charming epistolary novel about the love of books and magical ability they have to bring people together. Sometimes a book has the power to change your life... When Anne-Lise Briard books a room at the Beau Rivage Hotel for her vacation on the Brittany coast, she has no idea this trip will start her on the path to unearthing a mystery. In search of something to read, she opens up her bedside table drawer in her hotel room, and inside she finds an abandoned manuscript. Halfway through the pages, an address is written. She sends pages to the address, in hopes of potentially hearing a response from the unknown author. But not before she reads the story and falls in love with it. The response, which she receives a few days later, astonishes her... Not only does the author write back, but he confesses that he lost the manuscript 30 years prior on a flight to Montreal. And then he reveals something even more shocking--that he was not the author of the second half of the book. Anne-Lise can't rest until she discovers who this second mystery author is, and in doing so tracks down every person who has held this manuscript in their hands. Through the letters exchanged by the people whose lives the manuscript has touched, she discovers long-lost love stories and intimate secrets. Romances blossom and new friends are made. Everyone's lives are made better by this book--and isn't that the point of reading? And finally, with a plot twist you don't see coming, she uncovers the astonishing identity of the author who finished the story.

*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Eurydice and Orpheus and Charon.*

Eurydice Dimitriou has always been the innocent sister, but she's finally ready to step out of the long shadow cast by her powerful family…and the ex who shattered her heart. Perhaps rough hands on soft skin are exactly what she needs to forget her heartbreak once and for all?

Charon Ariti has been Hades's right-hand man for years. He's given everything to the lower city, but now he's ready to take something for himself. He's only too happy to give Eurydice a special kind of education…but is her heart really free enough to be claimed?

Orpheus Makos will do whatever it takes to make things right. Once the golden boy of the upper city, he's now a shadow of his former self. He'll do anything to get Eurydice back…even if it means she's not coming into his arms alone. Three hearts. Three futures. Countless ways to get it wrong.

But with enemies slipping through Olympus's faltering barrier to lay siege on the lower city, a trio of broken hearts will be the least of these would-be lovers' worries…

THERE'S A NEW COOK IN THE CASTLE. AND HE'S GOT A MAGIC TOUCH . . .

A heartwarming blend of cosy fantasy and romance in this tale of a wayward house witch and his magical adventures in and out of the royal kitchen.

When Finlay Ashowan joins the kitchen of the King and Queen of Daxaria, he’s an enigma. Which suits Fin just fine. He’s satisfied simply serving as the royal cook, keeping nosy passersby out of his kitchen, and concocting some truly scrumptious meals.

But Fin has secret, one that may not stay hidden for long . . .

As his past begins to catch up with him, Fin must negotiate court politics and stay out of trouble, together with his familiar, Kraken his fluffy black kitten.

But things become even more complicated when he catches the eye of a certain lady who just so happens to be part of the royal court.

Can Fin successfully hide his secret and protect his heart? Or will the chaos of the castle and its good-hearted people get the best of him?

'A beautiful and profound retelling' - Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe 'Gives the serpent-headed monster of myth a powerful and haunting humanity' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne and Elektra _________________ If I told you that I'd killed a man with a glance, would you wait to hear the rest? The why, the how, what happened next? Monster. Man-hater. Murderess. Forget everything you've been told about Medusa. Internationally bestselling author Jessie Burton flips the script in this astonishing retelling of Greek myth, illuminating the woman behind the legend at last. Exiled to a far-flung island after being abused by powerful Gods, Medusa has little company other than the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. Haunted by the memories of a life before everything was stolen from her, she has no choice but to make peace with her present: Medusa the Monster. But when the charmed and beautiful Perseus arrives on the island, her lonely existence is blown apart, unleashing desire, love... and betrayal. Adapted from the hardback illustrated by Olivia Lomenech-Gill, this paperback edition is perfect for readers who loved Circe and Ariadne, as Medusa comes alive in a new version of the story that history set in stone long ago. _________________ '... a must-read for women of all ages' - Red magazine 'Utterly transporting' - Guardian Books of the Year '... an impressive addition to the shelves of feminist retellings, balancing rage with beautiful storytelling' - Irish Times

Whilst she was busy collecting different hues of sand to compile a picture for her Phd exam, Sophia never imagined that she would finish up helping to rescue a President from a war torn African state. Neither at the time did she realise what an important role the tall blonde stranger, whom at first she saw only from a distance, would have in her life. But then there were other things too, which were of strategic importance to her country: All of which seemed to leave little time for love, or was that just a figment of her imagination.

Emotional and deeply satisfying. I savoured every page. - Sarah Morgan 'A rising star in the romance world. Her books are wonderfully romantic, feel-good reads that end with me sighing over the last pages.' bestselling author Debbie Macomber Opening up to a new future... The life Olivia Harper always dreamed of isn't so dreamy these days. The long work days are unfulfilling, as is her relationship with her on-again, off-again boyfriend. So when her estranged mother, Juliet, has an accident Olivia heads home to Sea Glass Cottage. Here she can clear her head and help her mother look after her orphaned niece Caitlin. Cape Sanctuary is a beautiful town, but one that holds painful memories for Olivia, Juliet and Caitlin Harper. But as Olivia tries to balance her own needs with those of her injured mother and her resentful fifteen-year-old niece, it becomes clear that all three Harper women have been keeping heartbreaking secrets from one another. Surrounded by her family and friends, including her best friend's brother, and local fire chief, Cooper Vance, Olivia finds happiness can come at life's most unexpected moments.

HOW MANY LOVES DO YOU GET IN A LIFETIME? AND ARE MAGNOLIA AND BJ EACH OTHER'S? It's been nearly a year since everything happened between Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine on the steps of the Mandarin Oriental, and it seems like everything since then has changed. Magnolia has a life in New York now and BJ appears to have finally let go and moved on. But when they both wind up back to London and are thrust together once again, they find themselves asking their age-old question: how many loves do you actually get in a lifetime, and most importantly - are they each other's? READERS LOVE THE MAGNOLIA PARKS UNIVERSE 'I was so wrecked by the ending I considered pulling a Joey from Friends and putting the book in the freezer.' (FIVE STARS) 'I never want to leave the Magnolia Parks universe! The obsession is real!' (FIVE STARS) 'If you want to obsess over a world and the gut wrenching love story that it revolves around - this book is for you.' (FIVE STARS)

My stepsister is gone. The ones responsible called themselves family. By blood, and now by marriage. I want to destroy them for what they’ve done. Burn everything they have to the ground. But first I need to find her.

Ryth.

The pathetic, little mouse that scurried into our lives and made a home. I can’t forget her, can’t get her out of my head. She unleashed something dangerous in me. Something that drove me to ruin her. And ruined myself in the process.

She was once a game to me…

She still is…only this time it’s for keeps.