Home is where the heart is Sydney Collins left the town of Rose Bend eight years ago, grieving her sister's death-and heartbroken over her parents' rejection. But now she's back-newly divorced and pregnant-ready to face her fears and make a home for her child in the community she once knew. The last thing she needs is trouble. Except trouble just walked in the door. Widower Cole Dennison is still grieving the loss of his wife and child. But after a chance run-in with Sydney, Cole finds himself drawn to her optimistic view of life. Yet when Sydney's past threatens to upend everything she's rebuilt, both find that a little trouble will take them where they never expected to go... Fall in love with Rose Bend Slow Dance at Rose Bend The Road to Rose Bend A Kiss to Remember Christmas in Rose Bend The Love List With Love from Rose Bend

Eileen Jackson was happy to set aside her own career dreams in order to raise a family with her husband Paul. But when she discovers Paul’s affair with a younger woman, she begins to question all those years of sacrifice and compromise. On the brink of forty, she fears it is too late to start over.

Meanwhile, Paul’s girlfriend Olivia is struggling to find herself while in the shadow of her mother, a famous actress, and her grandmother, a fiercely independent artist. With their love and support, Olivia takes a major professional step. But she realizes she still has much to learn about herself before committing her life to someone else.

Ultimately, Eileen decides to chase her own dreams as well, thousands of miles away in Paris. What awaits is an adventure that transforms her life. At every age, there are challenges to be met and new worlds to discover. The Numbers Game is a reminder that it’s never too late to turn a new page and start again.

When you are the sole heir of an English Lord who has made his fortune after striking oil in Texas, it is hard to know if the young men hotly pursuing you are in love with your beauty or your money. Declaring herself to be only interested in marrying a man who loves her for herself, Henrietta Radford is forced to flee Texas and return to England to escape the grasping hands of penniless fortune hunter, Prince Vasily. Beautiful, intelligent and brave, Henrietta chaperoned by her aging nanny, boards The Boston Queen bound for Liverpool under the assumed name of Harrietta Reed. Reveling in the freedom afforded by shrugging off the mantel of heiress, Henrietta quickly forms friendships with the unlikeliest of characters - and just as swiftly makes an enemy, in the shape of Lady Butterclere, a powerful society hostess intent on bettering herself and her protege Miss Romany Foss. Entering into a pact with a talented but ruthless musician who will stop at nothing, including blackmail, to achieve his ambition to play for the Prince of Wales, Henrietta soon realises that she stands to lose her reputation and position in polite society forever if she is unmasked. Gazing towards the shores of England, Henrietta is overcome with the feeling that she is sailing towards her destiny and true love, shaped by a handsome stranger that haunts her dreams. But it is a destiny more fraught with danger than she could ever imagine, and Henrietta soon finds that her loyalties are tested to the limits as she struggles to keep her identity secret and her honour intact. Stalked by a dark figure from the past, her chances of future happiness threatened, Henrietta is faced with a choice that could cost her, and those she loves, dearly. If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland

All 20-year-old Daisy Haites has ever wanted is a normal life, but as the heiress to London's most notorious criminal empire, it's just not on the cards for her. Raised by her older brother Julian since their parents were murdered, Daisy has never been able to escape the watchful gaze of her gang-lord brother. But Julian's line of work means that Daisy's life is... complicated. And things don't become any easier when she falls hard for the beautiful and emotionally unavailable Christian Hemmes, who also happens to be one of the few men in London who doesn't answer to Julian. Christian's life is no walk in the park either, since he's in love with his best friend's girlfriend, Magnolia Parks. He's happy enough to use Daisy to throw off the scent of his true affections - until she starts to infiltrate those too. As their romance blossoms into something neither were anticipating, Daisy, Christian, and Julian must come to terms with the fact that in this life everything comes at a price. As their relationships intersect and tangle, they all learn that sometimes life's most worthwhile pursuits can only be paid in blood. READER REVIEWS 'I will never get over Daisy and Christian... I miss them so much already.' (FIVE STARS) 'I am obsessed. Totally consumed. This universe has me all sorts of messed up.' (FIVE STARS) 'Jessa Hastings has created a world of pure magic.' (FIVE STARS) 'You will fall in love with Daisy Haites a million times over and be desperate for more of her story when it ends.' (FIVE STARS)

'Smart and unashamedly fun... A real romantic treat'-Heat Is it possible to freecycle love? Modern dating is hard, especially when all you meet are liars, oddballs, men who wear Superman pants and men who live with their mums. So why not date someone who already comes pre-approved? Why not recycle people you've dated and share them with your friends? That's Marnie's new plan for herself and her three best friends, perennially single Helen, recently divorced Rosa and cynical lawyer Ani. What could possibly go wrong? Through bad dates and good, the four friends are starting to realise that dating your friend's exes - and falling for them - can come with some serious pitfalls. 'A fresh take on modern romance' - Sunday Mirror

Originally published in 1951, The Hidden Fairing presents one man's moral choices, and their consequences, against the background of a society impressed by material success and divided by class and religious prejudices. Growing up on a croft in the remote Highland village of Barnfingal, Bartle MacDonald is shown little affection by his dour widowed mother. Consequently, he enjoys the benevolent attention of Lady Wain, whose annual presence with her family in the Big House brightens his world. He is also imaginatively excited by his grandmother's strange stories, shared in secret, about her past on the island of Wrack. These stories form a bond between them that later, for good or ill, influences Bartle's major life choices. Academically gifted, Bartle progresses to Glasgow University where he excells in Mathematics and, thanks to Lady Wain's patronage, he is offered a prestigious research post. However, Maysie Wain's high-handed rejection of his marriage proposal forces Bartle to realise that he can never really belong in her world, and he declines the position and the brilliant future he thought it promised, in favour of obscurity as a village dominie. Finally finding a form of contentment after a life peppered with disappointments, his equanimity is shattered by an echo from his past. But, like the other gifts he has received, is this latest 'fairing' a punishment or a reward?

Jacob Hochstetler is a peace-loving Amish settler on the Pennsylvania frontier when Native American warriors, goaded on by the hostilities of the French and Indian War, attack his family one September night in 1757. Taken captive by the warriors and grieving for the family members just killed, Jacob finds his beliefs about love and nonresistance severely tested.

Jacob endures a hard winter as a prisoner in an Indian longhouse. Meanwhile, some members of his congregation the first Amish settlement in America move away for fear of further attacks.

Based on actual events, Jacob's Choice describes how one man's commitment to pacifism leads to a season of captivity, a complicated romance, an unrelenting search for missing family members, and an astounding act of forgiveness and reconciliation.

'Evocative, intoxicating and basically impossible to put down. Like Normal People, it's a love story which feels so achingly real that you miss the characters when you stop reading' BOBBY PALMER, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ISAAC AND THE EGG 'Deeply romantic. Reminded me of just how all-consuming first love can be' LAURA BARNETT, AUTHOR OF #1 BESTSELLER THE VERSIONS OF US 'STUNNING, TENDER AND TRUE' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING SUMMER READING __________ Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They're opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he is her twin brother's wild and unpredictable friend. But over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer - destined to be one another's great love story. Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and their future together is shattered. But as the years roll on, Will and Rosie can't help but find their way back to each other. Time and again, they come close to rekindling what might have been. What do you do when the one person you should forget is the one you just can't let go? __________ 'Spellbinding, beautiful, lyrical and tender...a dazzling debut. I loved every word and was left longing for more' ROSIE WALSH, AUTHOR OF THE MAN WHO DIDN'T CALL 'The story of Will and Rosie is a classic love story in every sense, and yet, in Claire Daverley's hands, it felt entirely new' MARY BETH KEANE, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ASK AGAIN, YES 'Entirely beautiful, bruising and hopeful. Claire Daverley has created a perfect thing. Talking at Night takes its place amongst my all time favourites' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Writing that is laced with the quiet devastation of Sally Rooney. Utterly spellbinding' JULIE OWEN MOYLAN 'A classic will-they-won't-they in the vein of David Nicholls, this novel is impossible to put down' CONSTANZA CASATI, AUTHOR OF CLYTEMNESTRA

Nine Lives is a thought-provoking story of lost love and new beginnings, by the number one bestseller Danielle Steel. After a carefree childhood, Maggie Kelly came of age in the shadow of grief. Her father, a pilot, died when she was nine. Maggie saw her mother struggle to put their lives back together. As the family moved from one city to the next, her mother warned her about daredevil men and to avoid risk at all cost. Following her mother's advice, and forgoing the magic of first love with a high-school boyfriend who she thought too wild, Maggie married a good, dependable man. Together they had a son and found happiness in a conventional suburban life - until tragedy struck again. Now on her own, feeling a sense of adventure for the first time, Maggie decides to face her fears, setting off on a whirlwind trip from the US to Rome, Paris, London and Monaco. But when her travels reconnect her with the irresistible, thrill-seeking man she's spent thirty years trying to forget, Maggie is terrified that rushing into love and sharing his life may end in disaster. But while Maggie tries to outrun her fears and painful memories, fate will surprise her in the most astounding of ways, as she walks the tightrope between danger and courage, and between wisdom and love.

Hoe dans jy as die lied in jou hart stil geraak het?

Bekende musiekster, Zander Breedt, se muses het hom verlaat. Die helder ligte van die verhoog het hul glans verloor, en dit klink asof die suiwer melodieë in sy kop vervang is met ’n droewige klaaglied.

Boonop is daar sy nuwe skoonsus, Anine Vos, ’n joernalis, ’n spesie waarvoor hy nie baie ooghare het nie. Hy moet haar gedoog, al maak sy dit duidelik dat sy nie tyd het vir ’n popster soos hy nie. Tog, om een of ander rede begin die note weer helder deur Zander se
gedagtes klink wanneer sy naby is.

Anine kan nie verstaan hoekom juis sý die opdrag moes kry om ’n in diepte-artikel oor Zander te skryf nie. Sy het mos niks verloor by hierdie mislike musikant nie. Om deur sy lewe te krap is die laaste ding wat sy wil doen terwyl haar eie hart nog gebreek is.

Diané sukkel van jongs af met 'n eetversteuring. Tot sy Robert ontmoet, 'n aantreklike man wat haar help en aanvaar net soos sy is en met wie se steun sy weer kans sien vir die lewe. Robert het haar nog altyd lief gehad en onderskraag, maar nou duik ernstige vrae op: Wie is die vrou wat sê Robert is die pa van haar kind? Het Robert 'n verlede waarvan Diané niks weet nie? Hoekom sal Robert haar nou in die steek laat? Diané wil haar outisties seuntjie ook ten alle koste help. Of is sy juis die oorsaak van haar kind se probleme?

Wanneer Diané uitvind wat werklik aan die gang is, kom sy voor groot besluite te staan.

Met Reënboogmelodie delf gewilde skrywer Anzil Kulsen diep in 'n komplekse moderne huweliksverhouding. Wat verg dit van jou om in jou huwelik te bly, en is dit noodwendig die beste vir almal?

Her scandalous claim! To free her cousin from an unwanted marriage, Ariana must confess...one night with the groom, Luca, left her pregnant! She knows the lie will incur the billionaire's wrath. But going toe-to-toe with vengeful Luca is a wild and unexpectedly passionate ride! Can he win back his wife? An amnesia misdiagnosis provides the ideal opportunity for Javier to finally discover why his estranged wife, Emily left. And to remind her of the connection he's not ready to forget...not when every heated look makes it clear she still feels it too!

Spend summer with Nora Roberts! Rebecca Malone uncharacteristically followed a wild impulse and jetted off to Greece, to blue skies, to sun, to adventure - and she even met a sexy, stranger! To get an interview with charismatic Hunter Brown ambitious reporter Lenore found herself being blackmailed into spending two weeks alone with the mysterious author... Confident, charming David Katcherton swept into Megan Miller's pretty seaside home town, declaring that by summer's end he'd have the family business and her, too.

'Sparky dialogue and a lovely depiction of friendship. I loved this!' Katie Fforde This story is a celebration of the people that bring you back to life when your world closes in: your mates. Relationships come and go, but the Break-up Club membership never truly expires. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO BE SINGLE . . . Holly Braithwaite and loveable loser Lawrence have been together for five years. But the obvious cracks in their relationship can no longer be ignored and Holly soon finds herself saying 'it's not me, it's you'. In the shock aftermath of their break up, Holly finds unlikely companions in Olivia, Harry and Bella. Together, they form the Break-Up Club, as they support each other through their mutual melancholy and find ways to love, laugh and function as human beings again. What others are saying about The Break-Up Club: ''You'd be DAFT to miss out on this fab book - it's blimmin' marvellous! I LOVED IT' Miranda Dickinson 'I loved this fun, bittersweet read. The story is full of both laughs and tears... It's written with warmth and love, and makes you realise that we can get through anything if we have our friends by our side.' Reader review 'Full of humour, compassion, and the odd twist, this book will cheer up anyone who has experienced a rotten break up. Pack it in your suitcase and read it on the beach, or just curl up in bed and read it at home. Either way, just buy it' Reader review 'Very funny light hearted reading' Reader review 'I loved this book from start to finish. A refreshing take on relationships that had me chuckling out loud.' Reader review

Two attractive, intelligent people with one thing in common - both of them have sworn never to marry, unless it is for true love. Beautiful and headstrong, Lady Elva Chartham shocks her family when she denounces the debutante balls and festivities of London as a waste of her time. Determined not to bow to the pressure of polite society into an early marriage, she returns home to the pleasures of the country and to dream of travel and adventure. Little does she know that opportunities for both will be presented to her during a surprise visit from her cousin, the enigmatic Duke of Sparkbrook. Handsome and equally adamant that he will not marry the eligible young ladies paraded before him, they enter into a pact to help the British Government. Leaving the safety of England for Russia and the opulent court of Empress Catherine, Elva and the Duke grow closer as they face great danger amongst the plotters and espionage they discover. Will they succeed in their mission and return safely back to Britain? Or will their deception be discovered as they get drawn ever deeper into a court filled with desire, betrayal, revenge, and ultimately love? If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland .

All eyes are on Lady Tamina Braithwaite as she dazzles the cream of London society at a masked ball. Dressed as a bird of paradise, even the sumptuous silks of her costume cannot detract from the glow that love has given her. In love for the first time with a handsome young politician, it would appear that they are a couple destined for great things. But is she the only one who is pretending to be something other than she is? Underneath Tamina's frothy exterior there is an intelligent young woman who values truth and loyalty above all else. A late night telephone call threatens to destroy her happiness forever, so donning yet another mask Tamina flees London for Europe on board the Blue Diamond. On a voyage that no one will ever forget, Tamina's strong spirit is tested to the limits as old wounds are healed, new friendships are forged and the meaning of true love finally discovered. If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland .

Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) began writing in 1848 and published about 100 works, chiefly novels. Her first commercial success was "The Heir of Redclyffe" (1854). During her lifetime, she was admired and respected by such notable literary figures as Alfred Tennyson and Henry James, and strongly influenced the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, especially William Morris and D. G. Rossetti.

Golden haired, intelligent and beautiful, Della the much-loved niece of Lord Lainden leads a seemingly golden life in the English countryside. In tune with nature and a skilled horsewoman Della is happy and looking forward to her future. But an arranged marriage proposal to a man she neither trusts nor loves quickly shatters her rural idyll, seemingly forever. Frightened, confused and caught between her belief in true love and family duty, Della seeks refuge amongst her friends, the Romanies who camp on her Uncle's land. But Della holds a secret that gives her more in common with the gypsies than could possibly be imagined. She too has the gift of second sight and is in tune with the thoughts and hearts of those around her. Will this be a help or a curse as she struggles to find a way to follow her heart, and secure the future happiness of those she loves? If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland .

Kate Petersen keeps her panic attacks to herself, until the day she experiences one in front of her boss. With her personal life in ruins, her job is all she’s got. When an important renewable energy assignment in an Eastern Cape surfing village comes up, she is allowed to take over only if she promises to get her anxiety under control. She decides not to tell her boss that he is sending her to the very place where all her troubles began with a tragedy which continues to haunt her.

Determined to put the past behind her, she arrives in St Francis Bay ready to placate environmental opposition to her employer’s planned wind farm. Trouble brews when she begins to fall for Matthew Sykes, the attentive vet and surfer who is still grieving the death of his wife. Meanwhile, the parochial locals escalate their protests, from peaceful resistance to creepy threats, and Kate is forced to confront her worst fears as well as risk exposing her fragile state of mind to Matthew and her client.

Then the violence intensifies and Matthew turns out to have a few secrets of his own. Kate understands that their growing relationship and her job are at stake, but she doesn’t know that her life is also in danger …

Winner of the Strelitzia Award from the Romance Writers Organisation of South Africa in 2017.

A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win.

The stunning, internationally bestselling sequel to Caraval.

After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn't yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend's true name.

The only chance of uncovering Legend's identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the competition once more. Caraval has always demanded bravery, cunning, and sacrifice, but now the game is asking for more. If Tella can't fulfill her bargain and deliver Legend's name, she'll lose everything - maybe even her life. But if she wins, Legend and Caraval will be destroyed forever.

The games have only just begun.