From the author of the Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley's The Italian Girl takes you from the back streets of Naples to the world's finest opera houses on a poignant, unforgettable journey of love, betrayal and self-discovery.Read by Yolanda Kettle (Philippa Gregory's The Queen's Fool)Nothing sings as sweetly as love, or burns quite like betrayal.Rosanna Menici is just a girl when she meets Roberto Ross...

#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory weaves a spellbinding tale of a young woman with the ability to see the future in an era when destiny was anything but clear.Winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee with her father from their home in Spain. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee; she has the gift of “Sight,” the ability to for...

'[Park Lane Stables] is such a force for good' - Rob Brydon'[An] uplifting story' - Horse and RiderThis is the story of Park Lane Stables. It is about hope, about horses and about lots and lots of heroes.Natalie O'Rourke was an ordinary little girl from Birmingham in all respects save one: she was lonely. When she discovered how much she loved horses, she decided she wanted to grow up and run a riding stables. She wa...

The Black Mountain is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Kate Mosse.It is May, 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano, which legend says has the devil living inside it. However, there has been no eruption for thousands of years and no one believes it is a threat.One day, Ana not...

Sunday Times number one bestseller Joanna Trollope explores the issues at the heart of a modern family with her trademark wit and warmth, in Mum & Dad.‘What a mess, she thought now . . . what a bloody, unholy mess the whole family has got itself into.’It’s been twenty-five years since Gus and Monica left England to start a new life in Spain, building a vineyard and wine business from the ground up. However, when Gus suffers a stro...

**The Spanish Promise is a sizzling summer novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Swan, set in the vibrant streets of Madrid, for fans of Victoria Hislop and Santa Montefiore.'The perfect summer read' - Hello!****'Smart plots, brilliant characters and juicy romance' – HeatOne of Spain’s richest men is dying. But as he prepares his estate, his family is shocked to discover he is making plans to give away...

Getting lost and feeling found...'I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.' - John Muir, John of the MountainsWalking is medicine for the mind. It helps us slow down and think things through. It also helps us perk up and generate new ideas. There are few activities as readily available and revitalizing as a brisk walk, or as soothing and stimula...

"An enthralling thriller . . . utterly addictive" Sunday Telegraph. A **tense psychological thriller with a devastating twist, perfect f**or fans of BA Paris' Behind Closed Doors and The Girl on the Train.Sarah is in a coma.Her memory is gone - she doesn't know how she got there. And she doesn't know how she might get out.But then she discovers that her injury wasn't an accident. And that the assailant hasn't been ...

"All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one; you need not covet it), is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone."Twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot is well past the bloom of her youth. Having been persuaded by her friends and family to break off her happy engagement with the young naval officer Wentworth, whose station lies beneath her own, Anne is seemingly destined for spinsterhood.However, when Wentworth later reappears in ...

Four months. One impossible task. It's time to save Christmas at The Highland Flower Shop...Bella Reed has worked at The Highland Flower Shop ever since she left college and now her Aunt Jane has handed the keys and the lease over to her. With the business under her reign, Bella is ready to hit the ground running - until she's dealt a massive blow. They're being evicted.When dashing businessman Maverick McIntyre turns up in...

In a remand centre in the Ural Mountains, Oxana Vorontsova awaits trial for triple murder. Not what you’d expect from a star linguistics student. Half a world away, her potential has been noted. Sprung from prison and trained in the dark arts of assassination, she’s reborn as the beautiful, lethal Villanelle. The price of her luxurious new life: to eliminate targets assigned to her by a shadowy group of all-powerful businessmen.

From the author of How to Save a Life comes a heartfelt story of two people finding the courage to choose love, no matter how hard it may be.Gemma thought she had her future all mapped out. She had a wonderful husband, a cute apartment, and plans to start a family. But just months after their wedding, illness took her husband from her. And now she finds herself trying to think up new dreams, when all she really wants are her old ones back.Across to...