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Named a Best Historical Fiction of 2020 Pick by the New York TimesA multigenerational story about two families bound together by the tides of history and the bittersweet complexity of love.England, 1959: two young soldiers—Drummond and Carter—form an intense and unlikely friendship at "Doom Town," a training center that recreates the aftermath of atomic warfare. The experience will haunt them the rest of their lives. Years later, Carter, now a high-...

One fake relationship. Two stubborn hearts. And a billionaire who has no business being this charming.Violet Hart writes romance for a living—well, tries to. When she’s not battling writer’s block, she’s dodging her ex, who dumped her like last season’s fashion. So when a chance encounter with a jaw-droppingly gorgeous stranger turns into a wild, wine-fueled idea—fake date her way into making said ex regret everything—Violet’s in.One tiny detail: the stranger? Yeah, he’s Al...

'There is no more carefully chosen yet eclectic anthology series in existence in Britain today' – Susan Haigh, The Short ReviewBest British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, ne...

Your Father Sends His Love heralds the powerful American debut of a bold new literary talent.Stuart Evers writes with uncanny psychological acuity. The inventive, elegant stories in Your Father Sends His Love illuminate the precarious and electrifying connections between parents and children. Evers's unforgettable characters long to repair relationships that have faltered or that never quite began. A single father goes to jail for avenging a hate ...

‘The Maskeys dives deep into the wreckage of family, where love, loyalty, ambition and revenge collide with electrifying results. Bitingly funny, gloriously feral.’ – CATHERINE CHIDGEYA small Australian town. The story of an extraordinary family.Locals see George Maskey as a hollow braggard who is at least partly responsible for the crime and drug related death Naples has seen over the years. His wife blames him for the death of th...

Dominic Bennetti doesn’t do messy. Not in his home, not in his life, and definitely not in his love life—if you can even call it that. As a single dad with a color-coded schedule and a penchant for control, he’s sworn off distractions. But then there’s her.Sienna Blake. His quirky, too-young, too-loud, too-chaotic neighbor. She bakes her heartbreaks into cookies, hums off-key in hallways, and somehow waltzes into his life with paint-splattered jeans and a smile bright enough to riv...

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its sixth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites, looking for the b...

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Is life a game of chance, or what you choose to make it? The small-town romantic comedy with lots of laughs, tears, steam, and a HEA, from the author of the Amazon bestselling romcom The Ticket.Dylan Douglas considers herself unlucky. She lost her job at Edwin Cove's Starry Night Café, she's accident prone, can't land an audition, her roommate's a pyromaniac, and her rent's long overdue.Driving to an audition for a movie role on Sunset Ridge, a piglet leaps off a t...

‘An astonishing novel’ The Independent‘A terrific tribute to the Brontë’s' Guardian* * * * *I am William Lee: brute; liar, and graveside thief.But you will know me by another name.Heathcliff has left Wuthering Heights, and is travelling across the moors to Liverpool in search of his past.Along the way, he saves Emily, the foul-mouthed daughter of a Highwayman, from ...

I am as brown as brown can be,And my eyes as black as sloe;I am as brisk as brisk can be,And wild as forest doe.(The Child Ballads, 295)So begins a beautiful tale of love, loss and revenge. Following the seasons, A Pocketful of Crows balances youth and age, wisdom and passion and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless wild girl.Only love could draw her into ...

"Hilary Mantel and Helen Simpson feature in the nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fifth year …"Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazine...