In 1917, at the tender age of sixteen Matilda Mary Twiss married Sapper James Devine, an Aussie Digger who spent more time AWOL and in detention than carrying out his military duties.Two years later, she arrived on Australian shores as a war bride.Making their home in East Sydney, the Devines involved themselves within Sydney’s criminal underworld. After tolerating years of an abusive marriage,Tilly decided to challenge the inferior status of women in society and set out to ...

Since the 17th Century, legends, stories and folkloric accounts of these mythological beings have fascinated and enthralled humanity. No one place or historical period during these decades can lay claim to their origins or if indeed they really do exist. But they have tantalised and captivated us for generations. Come on a journey that begins in a bathhouse in Ancient Greece in 383 BC and traverses the Mediterranean to the Isles of Greece and beyond. Journey through time and experience the...

In 1917, at the tender age of sixteen Matilda Mary Twiss married Sapper James Devine, an Aussie Digger who spent more time AWOL and in detention than carrying out his military duties.Two years later, she arrived on Australian shores as a war bride.Making their home in East Sydney, the Devines involved themselves within Sydney's criminal underworld. After tolerating years of an abusive marriage, Tilly decided to challenge the inferior status of women in society and set out to...

Born in a small country village in Greece during the 19th century, at a time when the resistance to the occupation and brutality of the Ottoman Empire is peaking to a final conflict, the beautiful and innocent Sara comes under the protection of an immortal blood hunter. The intense, electrifying attraction they have for each other soon turns to a deep, abiding love that once requited will carry them through the centuries.Travel with Sara from the sanctuary of her homeland - to the e...

Created through act of deliberate violence planned carefully over decades, we witness the birth of a boy child who has no idea who he is or where his destiny will take him. Born in 1334BC from the loins of an Egyptian princess and sired by one of the most powerful and cunning of the Ancient Immortal Vampyrs, we meet Tycho, a Dhampyr – half human, half blood-hunter. Struggling with an unrelenting lust for blood and his growing distaste for his manipulated existence to serve the nefarious en...

Beautiful, privileged, wealthy, and a citizen of ancient Rome, the story of Veronika unfolds; from her innocence and arranged marriage to an ambitious Senator; her trials and tribulations in becoming a mother and at the same time a hostess to the elite of one of the world’s most powerful Empires. This all suddenly collapses under the rule of a depraved Emperor as she finds herself cast into the arena of gladiatorial combat to appease his insane quest for control, power and entertainment. I...

Six continents.Twenty cultures.A world filled with raucous festivals and building resentments.Brute force against special mental abilities.Ancient warfare versus the newest steam-weapons.A series of murders and mysterious deaths shake the fragile peace of the United Empires (aka the Realm).While the royals celebrate lavish balls and the citizens live their lives between the raucous monthly festivals, an underground organisation is getting ready to...

A headstrong beauty.An arrogant Viking bad boy.At his mercy, can she protect her heart, or must she surrender all?Filled with action and suspense, Viking Thunder features intense scenes of sexy sizzle.Look out for the stirring full-length sequels, Viking Wolf and Viking Beast.Heat level: Volcanic.Discover what it means to be loved by a Viking.As you'd expect from a story set in this period of history, there are some int...

The Glass Room is the fifth book in Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope detective series – which is now a major ITV crime drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera.Sometimes crime strikes too close to home . . .DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her neighbours keep her well-supplied in homebrew and conversation. But when one of them goes missing, her path leads her to more than a missing friend . . .Vera tracks the young w...

Part 2 of the series, Her Billionaire, Her Wolf:He is a man with particular tastes.Fine wines, private jets...a windswept château perched upon the French Atlantic coast.And Brazier Abraxis is no less extravagant in the choice of his women...but just what quality he sees in her, Sara cannot fathom.Murder and contracts written in blood lurk in her shadow as she is secreted out of the country and over the sea. Yet every time he turns his impenetrable gaze upon ...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCartes Postales from Greece is an extraordinary new book from Victoria Hislop, the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of The Island, The Return, The Thread, and The Sunrise. A beautifully depicted love affair with Greece, and a spellbinding tale of love and loss. It is fiction with a distinctive photographic framework - magical and unique.

The stunning prequel to the worldwide bestselling Black Magician Trilogy*Over 3 million Trudi Canavan copies sold worldwide*In the remote village of Mandryn, Tessia serves as assistant to her father, the village Healer - much to the frustration of her mother, who would rather she found a husband. But her life is about to take a very unexpected turn.When treating a patient at the residence of the local magician, Lord Dakon, Tessia is...