She came into the world under extreme circumstances. Vulnerable and fragile, her life began in a rundown orphanage.There weren't any reliable records about this precious baby girl, so one of the nurses cradled her, looked down at her adorable face and gave her a name... Lorna.Due to overcrowding and lack of resources, Lorna was relocated to two other orphanages, by the time she was three months old.When Lorna reached eight months, with...

**The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the New York Times bestselling author of Deep End.**Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life.Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotec...

This visionary and unflinching novel is about a black woman who has spent her life carefully navigating cutthroat worlds of privilege in her career and relationships—until one day she is pulled up short by a life and death decision.Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Go to college, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy an apartment. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head dow...

The unforgettable, poignant new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Freya North.Born and brought up in an artists’ commune in Derbyshire, Oriana Taylor had freedom at her fingertips in a home full of extraordinary people. The Bedwell brothers, Malachy and Jed, shared their childhood and adolescence with Oriana. In the rambling old house and tangled grounds, their dreams and desires could run free.But too much freedom comes at a price. Something happened the summer t...

Wren Bancroft has found herself at the wrong place at the wrong time.After her mother-in-law is fatally stabbed, Wren is seen fleeing the house with the bloody knife. Is Wren really the killer, or is a dark, scandalous family secret to blame?If you enjoy the twists and turns of a good suspense story, you'll be swept away with Dead of Night.A New York Times bestselling mystery series.*"Keeps you guessing until the end.""I hav...

Bring a little joy to the world? Not today, Santa.Matthew Prince is young, wealthy, and notorious for living life like it's one big party — until a PR disaster lands him in forced holiday exile. Now stuck in a picturesque town that feels like the North Pole's forgotten outpost, Matthew is determined to count down the days until his return to the city. But sharing close quarters with Hector Martinez — the grumpy, gorgeous local who sees right through him — changes e...

Lose yourself in this gorgeous new romance from bestselling author Camilla Isley. Perfect for fans of Sarah Adams, Lynn Painter and Jo Watson.Sometimes, life is stranger than fiction...When she’s ghosted by yet another Tinder match, Leighton swears off dating for life. Who needs apps and blind dates when she has the perfect-in-every-way (apart from being fictional) heroes of her beloved romance novels?That night, Leigh finds a second-hand book on ...

Shelby Hunt has the perfect life, married to the perfect man.At least, that's what anyone would think, looking at her. They couldn't possibly know about the past five years of lonely nights, or the divorce papers still sitting unsigned on her husband's desk, or the shady business practices he's brought home on more than one occasion — often in the form of scary men with loaded guns and briefcases full of laundered cash.The truth is, Shelby's perfect life is starting to feel...

When the garishly grotesque clan of wealthy carpet-sweeper magnate Otto Broadie sweeps down upon Judith McMonigle's Hillside Manor Inn, it looks like there'll be a wild night of drinking, dining, and fortune-telling in the offing. But when their soothsayer-for-hire Madame Gushenka drops dead after someone douses her tea leaves with bug killer, harried hostess Judith and her irrepressible cousin Renie are left to clean up the mess. One of the Brodie bunch would dearly love to sweep the Mada...

Murder and Mayhem: Book OneDead women tell no tales.Former cat burglar Rook Stevens stole many a priceless thing in the past, but he's never been accused of taking a life—until now. It was one thing to find a former associate inside Potter's Field, his pop culture memorabilia shop, but quite another to stumble across her dead body.Detective Dante Montoya thought he'd never see Rook Stevens again—not after his former partner falsified eviden...

'This book is intoxicating; it made me imagine things I never imagined before. The world of flying is so complete, so detailed and real, it was as if I was flying, as if I could feel my wings. This is an addictive mystery, clever and compelling.' Jane Campion, director of The Piano and Bright StarFlight - you'll dream about it.'She had never seen the sky in all her life before. How high could she fly? What was the limit? She was already so high the earth w...

From New York Times bestselling author Olivie Blake comes a tantalizing story of power, seduction, and the omens you’ll ignore when everything you’ve dreamed of feels just within reach.The headlines are calling it the "summer of exsanguination" in LA—girls are being murdered, the Santa Ana winds are blowing a strange energy into the city, and all signs point to fire season.More pressing for Anya Morris, though, is the drudgery of living at home, wo...