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A judge’s wife is dead, and the public are demanding blood. It’s the sort of case that will end a defense attorney’s career. But Michael Gresham doesn’t have much left to lose and when he smells a rat in this headline grabbing story, it’s the justice establishment that needs to be worried. A brilliant legal mind with nothing to lose becomes a formidable adversary to those who abuse their power. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781036704537 • Author: John Ellsworth • Publisher: Vinci Books • Format: Paperback

A fate bound to two princes – one born of blood, the other of power. When the dark prince offers me a bargain that will save his people and my life, the cruelly intoxicating fae gives me no choice. Our union is his revenge, and I am his sacrifice. His lies are unforgivable. His wicked touch bathes me in sin. He is my mate, and he is tortured by a curse to protect his people from his own family – from my allies. I can now see him for exactly who he is. So why can’t I get his alluring touch out of my head? I am the key to saving his kingdom, but he alone has the power to ruin me. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464252259 • Author: Holly Renee • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Format: Paperback

Betray a kingdom or betray my heart. My union to the crowned prince will determine the fate of the kingdom, but it isn't my betrothed who haunts my dreams: it's the half-fae bastard who stands at his side. He is darkness and sin, and when he whispers wickedness in my ear, I crave a man I can't have. Every thought I have is treasonous. The way my hands ache to touch him deceitful. Even my dreams make me a traitor to the kingdom I am sworn to protect. But when our kingdom is attacked, I am forced to make a choice…and face a bitter truth. For our lies and deception are entangled in the shadows and stars, and as they unravel, so shall my fate. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464252266 • Author: Holly Renee • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Format: Paperback

Annie Ashworth is on maternity leave from her police job, enjoying spending time with baby Alfie. Her days at home might lack excitement, but after all of the horrific crimes she’s witnessed, that’s fine with her. But when she starts having strange dreams – dreams that turn out to be linked to a local murder – she can’t stop herself from digging. There’s an eerie connection to a serial killer from the 1950s, and Annie fears that the same dark forces are back. And maybe it’s just new-mum tiredness playing tricks on her, but she’s been noticing a cold presence lingering around Alfie late at night. Could her baby be the target of whatever evil is haunting them? And will she have what it takes to protect him? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008737214 • Author: Helen Phifer • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback

Terror stalks the streets of London. When a bomb explodes on Oxford Street, the force of the blast brings down a building, trapping dozens under the rubble. The whole capital grinds to a halt. Teamed with her new explosive detection dog, Otto, PC Lucy Halliday is against the clock to prevent a second tragedy. DCI Jack Ellis is pulled on to the case too – his former experience in counter-terrorism isn’t just a bonus now; it’s a necessity. The race is on. Can Jack and Lucy find the bombers before London is hit again? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835985861 • Author: Louisa Scarr • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback

Ella Jones knows what to expect from the long, hard winters in the northern reaches of Maine. Mostly boredom and monotony, broken up with a bit of skiing or quality time spent with her family. Which leaves her utterly unprepared for the arrival of Benjamin Kakoa, an ex-football star turned advocate in need of a break from fame and notoriety. For Ella, it's crush at first sight. But with a rocky past and an uncertain future, Ben's walls are tougher to tear down than she ever could have imagined. And once they fall, Ella and Ben will have to come to terms with the potentially tragic reality of their love. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529452693 • Author: Navessa Allen • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback

Desperate times call for desperate measures. To take down the Iceheart Dynasty, Selena and her friends must turn enemies into allies and setbacks into opportunities. But the world is filled with more secrets than Selena can imagine, and untangling the twisted web of interconnected loyalties and hidden agendas is far from easy. At the same time, tension within their group threatens to tear them apart. While Selena works desperately to undo the damage caused, she must also navigate changes to her own sense of self. The difference between who she used to be and who she must become is vast, and the path of change is a slippery one. To succeed in their mission, Selena and her friends will need to outsmart some of the most cunning people in the realm. But victory requires sacrifice. Can they do what needs to be done without losing themselves in the process? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398561267 • Author: Marion Blackwood • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback

When war erupts between humans and werewolves, a princess finds herself torn between duty and desire. On the eve of her wedding, Princess Aurora spares the life of a young werewolf at a brutal dog fight, catching the eye of a powerful alpha, Callum. That night, the alpha escapes and kidnaps Aurora, whisking her away to the rugged lands north of the border, where the once-warring Wolf clans are beginning to unite. Callum believes she is the key to their victory against the humans. As they send time together, a forbidden attraction starts to grow. Just when Aurora learns not all Wolves are bad, Callum discovers that she is in danger from both his enemies and those he once considered friends. With monsters on both sides and a bloodthirsty war between humans and Wolves raging, will their story end in love or tragedy? And will Aurora ever get home? Does she even want to? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781911751090 • Author: Lauren Palphreyman • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

Welcome to Grosvenor Ranch - a century-old family legacy ruled by the Black brothers. Rugged, untamed, and fiercely loyal, these cowboys are as wild as the land they love. Beau Black is ready to take the reins. As the eldest son, he shoulders the weight of his family's cattle ranch, and raising his four-year-old twins alone after their mother’s death left secrets behind. Beau and his girl's mother may not have been a love match, but duty always came first. Now, love simply isn't on his radar when his family and its legacy is his priority. Even if that means making dangerous deals - and closing his heart for good. Until his ex’s long-lost sister shows up. Hallie Lockhart is a bright disruption in Beau’s dusty, responsibility-bound world. When she offers to help with the twins, sparks ignite fast and fierce. Beau knows wanting her is wrong - Hallie is the twins’ aunt and completely off-limits. But the longer she stays, the harder it is to deny what’s growing between them. When duty collides with desire, can Beau resist the love he never saw coming? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781911746676 • Author: Paisley Hope • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

A stolen child. A killer stalking the streets of Glasgow. A troubled detective running out of time. Five years ago, DCI John Lomond led the search for notorious Glasgow child-killer ‘The Sandman’, until personal tragedy forced him off the case. In Lomond’s absence, the killer was never found. Now, with nothing but work left in his life, Lomond remains obsessed with the case – despite the nightmares it brings. When a child is abducted in similar Sandman fashion from an affluent Glasgow suburb, Lomond is brought in to find them before it’s too late. But the only forensic evidence belongs to a little girl who was abducted and murdered twenty years ago. Could the Sandman’s identity lie buried in the coldest of cold cases? Or is a new killer about to claim their first victim? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781036705114 • Author: Andrew Raymond • Publisher: Vinci Books • Format: Paperback

A sports romance pairing a pro hockey star ready to walk away from his career with a woman fighting to keep her struggling business open. Warm, uplifting romance of found family among former teammates, career crossroads, mutual support and chemistry that complicates everything. Six professional hockey players used to play on an elite club team together, but have all separated and now play in the pro-hockey leagues. Not all of them were friends, yet circumstances bring them together, and for the greater good, maybe they can put aside their differences. He’s ready to quit his pro-hockey career. She’s doing everything to keep her career afloat. And neither of them have time for distractions. Jax Emerson, legendary forward for the Chicago Flyers, is ready to throw it all away when he uncovers the truth behind his NHL contract. The last thing he needs is more media attention, or his father to get involved in his contract, or a beautiful woman apologizing once again for an accident. Meg Bailey didn’t think her life could get any worse, until it does. Time is running out before her business is forced to close. When Jax Emerson offers a solution, she knows that by accepting his help, she might be getting in too deep. And deep is not a place her heart is prepared to go. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781036712891 • Author: Heather B. Moore • Publisher: Vinci Books • Format: Paperback

Maple Clark has vanished. And there are 1.9 million suspects. Anyone could have followed her. Only one person knows where she is… I get how this sounds, but you probably know who I am. I’m Maybe Maple. My mom has been posting videos of me online since I was a baby, and now I have nearly two million subscribers. But that doesn’t mean they know me, the real me. And honestly, I don’t know them. I used to think my followers were kids like me – into make-up, clothes, pranking. And that the worst thing about my life was my mom and her schedule. But lately, I’m starting to wonder who exactly is on the other side of the screen. And how they might be… bad. But it’s not like I’m in actual danger, right? Those people watching my videos are harmless, that's what Mom said. So why do I have this weird, creeping feeling in my stomach? Like something is really, really wrong? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008807078 • Author: Liane Child  • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback

The Mayfair Club survived the Blitz. But can it survive betrayal? September 1944. Deirdre Rowan is a passionate Irish receptionist at the exclusive Mayfair Ladies' Club in London. When new manager Maxwell Forster arrives, Deirdre is immediately attracted to him. But what Deirdre doesn't know is that Max has a secret: he is a German officer concealing his real name, fleeing his country's oppressive regime. When Deirdre is enlisted by DCI Jonathan Rudge to report anything suspicious that she notices in the club, the mysterious Max must not escape her scrutiny, even though Deirdre is in danger of falling in love with him… Surrounded by lies and conflicting loyalties, Deirdre must try to uncover the secrets hidden around her, hoping they might answer the dreaded question: could Max be a traitor to her country - and her heart? This moving new novel from bestselling author Molly Green explores the sacrifices made in the name of freedom and love. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008679606 • Author: Molly Green • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback

Two mortals. One Wraith. Zero rules . . . Dáinn the devourer has spent the past two hundred years of his undead life unwillingly bound to a dark witch, Ludmilla. When she commands him to devour the soul of a formidable rival witch, Jasper Prescott, Dáinn is stopped in his tracks by a human. Birdie Rhodes, aspiring historian and sometimes shopgirl, works for Jasper. But what dark magic could a human like Birdie possess to stop a wraith? Now, Jasper is back from the brink and obsessed with the woman who somehow saved him – and the monster who tried to take him. And all three are set on a path that could lead to their destiny . . . or their ruin. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035094073 • Author: Emily Rath • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback

They say grief does strange things to a person. When I buried my husband I said my final goodbyes, wondering if I could ever truly let him go. Four months later, I see him stepping onto a train. It can't be true but there he is, running a hand through his dark hair, disappearing amongst the commuters before I can reach him. It's the husband I buried. No one believes me but I know my husband. But if he is alive, who did I bury? And why would the man I loved let me believe he was dead? Either I'm going crazy, or my whole marriage was a lie. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781471420924 • Author: Maryann Webb • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Format: Paperback

Malta, 1941. A tiny island sits at the heart of the Mediterranean - and at the tipping point of the Second World War. As bombs rain down, beneath the ancient stone of Valletta's fortifications, a young nurse tends the wounded in the darkness. But Faith Simcock has a deeper connection to Malta. Before she left her home in England her parents dropped their own bombshell: she was adopted and her birth mother is Maltese. With only a rusty old tin of photographs from her great aunt, Faith is drawn into a search for her past. Torn between a growing attraction to a guarded doctor and her longing to uncover the truth of her origins, she must navigate a world under siege. As the island is relentlessly blasted by bombs and the residents face starvation, Faith must find the courage to survive. . . and to find out where she belongs. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804188774 • Author: Shirley Mann • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Format: Paperback

In the heart of Paris, one library refuses to close its doors … 1941. As the city’s shopfronts go dark and war rages across Europe, Frances Reed is determined to keep her library open. Delivering books to those who need them most, she knows stories are more than just words – they can save lives. Meanwhile, Cassie Watkins arranges safe passage for those with nowhere else to turn. When a parcel of books connects Frances and Cassie's worlds, they form a fragile network of readers, helpers, and secrets. But someone else is reading between the lines too, and discovery could cost them everything. How far will Frances and Cassie go to keep stories alive? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008744137 • Author: Kerry Barrett • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback

Romance, danger and intrigue await you in the breathtaking sixth book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series. What was broken will be remade. Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he's been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands. The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day. To make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable. But to defeat Koschei's creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781037200076 • Author: Sarah J. Maas • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc • Format: Hardback

Sybil Van Antwerp is seventy-three, slowly losing her sight and always writing letters . . . To her children. Her favourite authors. Her ex-sister-in-law. The journalist poking into her past. Her doctor. Suitors. Kindly neighbours. The infuriating gardening club. All receive Sybil’s witty, wise correspondence, rich with everyday concerns. But there is one letter that she has never sent. It concerns the darkest period of her life. To post it, Sybil must find forgiveness within herself. The hardest letter to write is the one you’d never dare to send. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405971553 • Author: Virginia Evans • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

Love can be explosive… Things haven’t been easy for Eiley but she’s finally stepping into the light. With a new flat above the local bookshop, Thorn & Thistle, and a job that lets her indulge her bookworm fantasies, Eiley is on the path to rediscovering who she is – until her village of Belbarrow gets an annoyingly self-important new fireman called Warren, who it seems is always there to throw cold water on her plans. Warren, with his hot looks and cool lines, is the last thing Eiley wants. Cocky, flirty and superior, she’s not about to be another notch on his belt. But when chaos sweeps through Eiley’s life, forcing her and Warren to team up to save the shop, sparks fly in ways she never expected. As autumn leaves swirl and the village gears up for their annual fireworks display, Eiley must navigate the smoking chemistry between them while facing the ghosts of her past. She knows that sometimes love hurts – but other times, it burns… ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008753481 • Author: Bonnie Woods • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback