Five years ago, actress Cher Le Visage was found murdered backstage at a star-studded charity event in Brazil. Her killer was never found. Now, in the heart of glamorous St Tropez, Michelin-starred chef Dexter Franklin invites five guests from that fateful night to his new restaurant's extravagant opening.As champagne flows and secrets unravel, old rivalries and dark pasts resurface. Among the glittering celebrities are bitter ex-lovers, ruined has-beens, and ambitious stars desper...

Welcome to the Velvet Hotel Barbados where money and sex go hand in hand with murder.When millionaire playboy Sheridan Rivers is found dead at his luxurious hotel on the paradise island of Barbados, there are several suspects in the frame.Sutton: Sheridan's long-suffering wife was constantly pushed aside for his younger lovers. Was it time for her to make a stand?Kassidy: Sheridan's assistant longs to be wealthy in her own right. Employed for her sexual and organisa...

Fame, fortune and five-star luxury. Meet four fabulous women – all of them hold a dark secret… one of them won't live to tell the tale.Nancy Arlow: the fading entertainer determined to gamble and charm her way out of a mountain of debt.Laura Everett: behind the façade of the perfect politician's wife lies a woman with an outrageous past and a spiralling drug habit.Portia Safari: the world-famous opera diva, adored by millions, has it all, but could her secret drinki...

Lovers and liars, divas and sinners, welcome to a world of scandal, where one woman will pay the ultimate price.SUSPENSE: Georgia's best friend, ballroom dancing sensation Mitzi, has vanished with her boyfriend Foster while on holiday in California. Can Georgia get to the truth of their disappearance before it's too late?SECRETS: Reality TV star Nova could give the Kardashians a run for their money. But while she allows millions of viewers into her fabulous home, she's unaw...

What would you do if you saw your husband killed right in front of you… identified his body… had him cremated… then six months later received a letter written by him two days ago?Amy Barrowman grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. So when she falls in love with millionaire Riley Hart and he asks her to marry him she can't believe her luck. She has found true love and her happy ever after.Riley Hart is a Millionaire Man about Town. Men want to be him and women want to bed...

Willkommen, bienvenue and welcome! It's time for the newly launched musical celebration that is the Eurowide Song Contest, debuting in the unglamorous city of Ermpit in Rottimoldovia at Europe's most easterly tip. It's like Eurovision, but it's not...Lifelong fanatic and walking Eurovision encyclopaedia, Jemma La Vie is the UK's first ever buoyant Eurowide hope. Plucked from obscurity, her childhood dreams of taking part in a national song contest have come true as she finds hersel...

LEARN HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST NOVEL WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE.This new edition of an acclaimed guide to writing a novel helps you if you are just at the very beginning of your writing journey, showing you how to gain confidence and find inspiration. A classic book that has supported thousands of authors over the years, it contains a wealth of information on how to structure, craft and develop your writing, how to edit and redraft, and how to take the first steps towards publica...

'The ultimate guilty pleasure of a rollercoaster read you'll want to repeat the experience of time and time again… His scandalously sexy novels will keep you up all night.' Melanie Blake, AuthorWhen friends become enemies there are no rules…Ambitious gossip queen Anoushka Silvers is the daughter her abusive father never wanted. Determined to prove herself to her family, she'll stop at nothing to get what she wants. But when her bitchy tongue gains her death threats and the ...

There is a saying that 'everyone has a book in them'. But not many people are able to get it out. This practical and inspiring guide, written by a successful author whose novels are published by Bloomsbury, will help guide you through every step of the process, including: * First thoughts - Why do you want to write, and how can you do it? * Genres - Understanding the conventions of writing * Generating ideas - Find a concept that makes your book stand out * Structure - Create a compelling ...

Timespace undermines the old certainties of time and space by arguing that these dimensions do not exist singly, but only as a hybrid process term. The issue of space has perhaps been over-emphasised and it is essential that processes of everyday existence, such as globalisation and environmental issues and also notions such as gender, race and ethnicity, are looked at with a balanced time-space analysis.The social and cultural consequences of this move are traced through a...

A milestone in the history of the novel, Samuel Richardson’s epistolary and elaborate Clarissa follows the life of a chaste young woman desperate to protect her virtue. When beautiful Clarissa Harlowe is forced to marry the rich but repulsive Mr Solmes, she refuses, much to her family’s chagrin. She escapes their persecution with the help of Mr Lovelace, a dashing and seductive rake, but soon finds herself in a far worse dilemma. Terrifying and enlightening, Clarissa weaves a tapestry of n...

A milestone in the history of the novel, Samuel Richardson’s epistolary and elaborate Clarissa follows the life of a chaste young woman desperate to protect her virtue. When beautiful Clarissa Harlowe is forced to marry the rich but repulsive Mr Solmes, she refuses, much to her family’s chagrin. She escapes their persecution with the help of Mr Lovelace, a dashing and seductive rake, but soon finds herself in a far worse dilemma. Terrifying and enlightening, Clarissa weaves a tapestry of n...