Where the Warm Room IsOn the frozen steps of a locked church in a northern town nobody remembers, sixteen-year-old Charlie Mercer meets a man who offers him what everyone else has taken back: a warm room, a name that isn't his, a place at a fire. Cyrus Walcott runs a kingdom in the shell of an abandoned glassworks, a circle of the town's lost held together by drink and drugs and the low patient voice of a man who has been the same kind of hunter for twenty years.Ch...

When military veteran Marcus Johnson returns to his hometown of Sweetwater, Florida, he's searching for peace-a quiet place to heal from the wars that left scars both visible and hidden. But the sleepy Gulf Coast town he remembers has become a battleground, and the violence he thought he'd left behind has followed him home.A brutal murder shatters Sweetwater's fragile calm, pulling Marcus into a deadly confrontation where his combat skills become his only advantage. As bodies pile ...

Alice Wilson is happy to be returning home to Redstone Station after two years at Ag College. On various placements at farms and stations during her college days she's been shocked by some of the attitudes to women. By contrast, her grandfather Sam has always treated her as an equal.For his part, Sam is delighted to have his granddaughter back on board. In shaping Alice he and his wife tried to avoid the mistakes they made bringing up her mother, Lara, and Alice has more than lived...

'So tender and thoughtful. I loved it!!' MARIAN KEYES'A gorgeous, rich treat' JANE FALLON'Warm, intriguing, brimming with tenderness. An utterly joyous book' RUTH JONES_____________________Only the truth will set her free . . .After her wedding is cancelled just hours before she is due to walk down the aisle, Rachel is newly single and must move back in with her mother,...

All Detective Judd Hanna was looking for was a few days of peace and solitude, away from the dark shadows of big-city crime. But in a little town in the Wyoming high country, he found something more, much more-a woman who made him dream, for the first time in years, of a life filled with love and laughter….But even here, peace was hard to find. For Charlotte "Charlie" Franklin-a strong but gentle woman who was raising an adorable little girl alone-was in mortal danger. And before J...

A purrfect series filled with chaos, adventure and magic spells!When Alice hears about her school's swimming gala, which everyone must take part in, she's terrified. She hates the water. But when special grey-and-white kitten Flame arrives to make a real splash in her life, suddenly the gala doesn't seem quite so scary . . .

Winner of the 2001 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical FictionThe New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation makes her middle grade debut with a sweeping tale of the ghosts of our past that won’t stay buried, starring an unforgettable girl named Ophie.Ophelia Harrison used to live in a small house in the Georgia countryside. But that was before the night in November 1922, and the cruel act that took her home and her f...

The twelfth story involving DCI Victor Moyes and DS Victoria Morgan set in the nineteen sixties sees them trying to apprehend a vicious pair of criminals who have carried out a number of robberies. With the arrival of a newly promoted Detective Constable, we also follow Victoria as she breaks the rules and succumbs to his charms and this story concentrates as much on her personal life as it does on the case they are trying to solve. This is a dangerous course for her to take, as it could j...

The first thrilling adventure in the brand-new collectible series for young readers from survival expert and Chief Scout BEAR GRYLLS.Olly isn't enjoying activity camp. Why should he bother building a shelter or foraging for food with his teammates - he'd rather be at home in the warm and dry, where the sofa and the video games are.But then Olly gets given a compass with a mysterious fifth direction. When he follows it, he's magically transported to a high m...

Stacie Wakefield is sick of playing second fiddle. When her gorgeous older sister steals her man, it's the last straw. She leaves and is definitely happier on her own. Until she meets her new boss-brooding ex-soldier Troy Rushton.…After an injury cost him everything, Troy's too busy putting his life back together to worry about his heart. Plus, Stacie deserves the complete fairy tale, not damaged goods like him.Troy has shown Stacie the woman she could be-so now it...

When Daisy arrives at the farm campsite where her family are spending her summer holiday, she knows she's going to have the best time ever. Especially when she finds out that the farm dog has just had puppies! Daisy can't help falling in love with Barney, the smallest of the litter of German shepherd pups. Barney takes to the friendly new girl who sneaks her food and smuggles him into her sleeping bag at night, and soon the pair are inseparable. Daisy longs to take Barney home with her and...

Original Tank Girl writer, Alan C. Martin, pitches his foul-mouthed, beer-swilling, chain-smoking, kangaroo-shagging anti-heroine - star of bevy of best-selling graphic novels - into her debut novel! Witness Tank Girl, Booga, Jet Girl and Barney as they launch an unhinged all-out assault on the unsuspecting town of Chankers, in retribution for crimes to be revealed... Then revel in a bonus selection of short stories, unpublished comic scripts, poems and wanton mayhem! Littered, like a part...