Longlisted for the Somerset (CIBA) Award for Contemporary Literature · Finalist, Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2025Are you the Jack Mathews I met on Santa Catalina Island twenty-one years ago?One message. Sent on a whim during lockdown, when the world stopped and there was nothing left to hide behind.Elizabeth Lambert has everything she was supposed to want — an old-money husband, a daughter, a life that looks right from the outside. What she d...

Ever wondered what it's like to date an actor who hits the big time? When Stella Tyler's boyfriend shoots from penniless waiter to Hollywood star, her life nosedives from city lawyer to lovesick dogwalker.It's all over the internet that Stella's boyfriend, Joseph West, has just proposed to his co-star but Stella is the last to find out. On the heels of heartbreak, Stella rejects the offer of a partnership at her London law firm and vows to spend her time rescuing an...

After three years, her missing husband has returned—but can she ever trust him again?A bereavement, I called it. A death without a body, a coffin, a note, or a reason. But what do I call it now, now that you've come back?When Kate marries Marc, a wild, sexy Frenchman she meets on holiday, everyone is stunned. But Marc proves to be an adoring and attentive husband—until the morning he goes out and doesn't come back.After three years searching f...

Kate’s husband leaves for work and doesn’t come back. She spends three years searching for him until she wakes one day to find him asleep in her bed. He asks for seven days to prove his love. Is a week long enough to learn the truth?

Wonder what it is like to date an actor who hits the big time? Resentment, jealousy and that's just from your best friends.

Curl up with three festive short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Christmas for BeginnersAll I Want for Christmas is YouChristmas is around the corner but Maria just can't get into the spirit - will she ever find Mr Right? But when a secret admirer starts leaving her poems and notes, it looks as though her luck is about to change . . .Cold TurkeyTara is in love with a man ...

'I absolutely loved this book!' Maxine MorreyWhen Charley finds herself suddenly single on Christmas Day it feels like her world has fallen apart.Forced to move back in with her parents, she embarks on a journey of re-invention. When she meets Ed, who is on honeymoon alone after being jilted at the altar by a bride he's never met, it looks like her life may be taking a turn for the better.Fate, however, has other ideas, and she and Ed are...

**A woman desperate to turn a new page heads to the Scottish coast and finds herself locked in a battle of wills with an infuriatingly aloof bookseller in this utterly heartwarming debut, perfect for readers of Evvie Drake Starts Over.“Humor and charm abound. . . . [This] love story hits the spot.”—Publishers Weekly**Thea Mottram is having a bad month. She’s been let go from her office job with no notice—and to make matters even worse, her husband of nearl...

Carrington’s Department Store – where life is sweeter…‘Cupcakes and ice cream vans aplenty … the perfect, feel-good summer read’ Women’s WeeklyGeorgie Hart and Carrington’s Department Store have got the world at their feet. Since a reality TV series put them both on the map, life has been amazing! Carrington’s profits are in the pink, Georgie has carved herself a place in the nation’s heart and even better, her romance with Tom, the store’s boss, h...

A hilarious romantic comedy from the author of The Bucket List to Mend a Broken Heart**'**Romantic and refreshing' Mhairi McFarlane'A fun, bouncy, brilliant tale' Heat'Funny, relatable and fabulously written' Daily Express'Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella' Take a BreakWhen Lexi's sport-mad boyfriend Wil...

Charlie Matthews's love story begins in a pebble-dashed house in suburban Bolton, at a time when most little boys want to grow up to be Michael Jackson, and girls want to be Princess Diana.Remembering the Green Cross Code and getting out of football are the most important things in his life, until... On his ninth birthday, Auntie Jan gives him a gift that will last a lifetime: a seven-inch single called 'Lucky Star'. He discovers Madonna – and falls in love.Casting the pop ...

A city girl through and through - how will she cope with country life?'Amber is a gorgeous character to spend time with, and it's a real treat to find a genuinely funny, uplifting book' Fiona WalkerAmber Scott loves her city life - a terrific job working on a glossy magazine, and a fiancé, Ed, she's known since Uni. Even if Ed doesn't take her job seriously (as a solicitor, he doesn't have much time for women's magazines!), it is Amber's dream job. So Ed's ...