‘OH! What a joy this book was…I loved loved loved the setting and the bookshop is somewhere I would like to visit’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐In a bookshop nestled in the sprawling streets of Lisbon, a shopkeeper leads a double life…Looking for a new start after her father’s death, Lara Hope arrives in Lisbon in search of a family she’s never met.As war storms across Europe, Lara finds solace and belonging in her landlady’s tranquil bookshop in one of...

Why would you walk away from the one person you can’t live without?As a child, Vicky Hall never had the sort of family she wanted. The least important person in her new step-family, ignored by her mother in favour of her two younger half-siblings, Vicky was always an afterthought. Sitting alone at her graduation ceremony at the age of twenty-one, she vows to create her own family and her own life, one which is full of the love and attention she has always craved.

‘Had me hooked from the very first paragraph’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘I was totally gripped’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Completely riveted from the word go’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Kept me on the edge of my seat’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Should come with a warning... brilliantly written and fiendishly clever’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Goodreads ReviewersLucy gets the same bus every day. Today, her journey home will change her life. Lucy can barely afford her weekly ticket for t...

Paige, Richard and me. We thought we’d be friends forever. But everything changed the day we took the short cut home from school along the old railway line. I wish we’d gone the long way. I wish we hadn’t seen our classmate, pale and still in the undergrowth. And I wish we hadn’t promised to keep one, awful detail a secret just between us…Twenty years later, I have a brand-new life, and try never to think about my old one. But I’m dragged back when Paige calls ou...

‘Everyone should read it… it may just save a life.’ Susan Elliot Wright, bestselling author of The Things We Never Said Friends for over thirty years, Kerry and Pat’s worlds came crashing down when their teenage sons were both diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses within weeks of each other. They quickly discovered that there was no handbook on coping when your child is seriously ill but took solace in their friendship – texting at a...

A hilarious, straight-talking read for fans of Fiona Gibson’s The Mum Who Got Her Life Back and Sarah Morgan’s Family for Beginners.Previously published as ‘The School Gate Survival Guide’.Maia is a cleaner for ladies who lunch. With mops and buckets in tow, she spends her days dashing from house to house cleaning up after them, as they rush from one exhausting Pilates class to the next.But an unusual inheritance catapults...

The heartening and hilarious story of a woman who doesn’t have it all figured out just yet.After accidentally-on-purpose exploding her listless marriage by being discovered in bed with the next-door neighbours, Clemence Lathbury returns to her hometown resolved to build a life for herself that is good and substantial, to become the kind of sensible woman who won’t be distracted by frippery and romance. It’s supposed to be Eat, Pray, Love, without the love ...

Inspired by an incredible true story, this is an unforgettable novel about love, loss and one impossible choice‘I loved this… Wonderful… Really tugged at my heart strings… My favourite… Had everything I love’ Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘OMG… Excellent. Chefs kiss… I love this… Heart-wrenching… Uplifting… I highly recommend this’ Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Heart-breaking but so uplifting – Kerry really is a hugely ...

‘I just couldn't put it down … It's not very often when reading a book that you find yourself laughing, crying snotty tears, feeling sick with tension … Yes, honestly, it really is that good.’ Being Anne Reading‘OMG, do I ever like this writer. I don't usually gush … But rarely have I come across a character that I so instantly identified with … The acerbic wit is my style. I want to meet and be friends with Lydia Rushfield.’ All Words Matt...

‘WHOPPER… I loved it… full of twists and turns which leave you breathless and you have no choice but to read the whole book in one sitting. It grabs hold of you from the first page and then it's just unputdownable… chilling to the bone and it made the hairs stand up on my arms… a brilliant book and I loved every page.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Rain pounds the windscreen in the pitch-black evening. She kno...

’Funny, warm and beautifully written – I loved it.’ MILLY JOHNSONCan one woman’s marriage survive her best friend’s divorce? Veronica Henry meets Erica James in this gorgeous summer read.Octavia Shelton thought she’d have a different life. One where she travelled the world with an exotic husband and free-spirited children in tow.Instead she’s married to safe, reliable Jonathan, and her life now consists of packed lunches, school runs and mo...

'Fantastic read!! The storyline was very interesting and kept me glued to my kindle! Packed with twists and tension, this is a crime thriller that demands to be read in one sitting!' Reader review, 5 starsCut. Slashed. Sliced.When Detective Fraser Brodie arrives on the scene of his latest case in the rugged outer Hebrides, he finds Simon Carver's body brutally carved up. In an even more sick twist, the man's tongue...