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He's looking for the perfect wife. She's just looking for the perfect one-night stand. As literary agent to a romance novelist, Zoey Moody's life currently revolves around love - which is ironic, as she is practically allergic to the L word. She's also a city girl through and through, and yet here she is in tiny Story Lake, Pennsylvania, trying to wrangle author Hazel's next big hit. Life isn't exactly going to plan. It takes all of five minutes in town before chaos finds her, sending her directly into the path of Gage Bishop, one of the stupidly handsome Bishop brothers. He is exactly the kind of romance hero that could entice a heroine to succumb to the charm of small-town life - but Zoey is no romance lead, and Gage can't seem to stand her. It's clear they're all wrong for each other. She's allergic to commitment and can't work a calendar app; he's looking to settle down and has the next five years all planned out. But when Gage's world is rocked by a devastating family secret, he turns to Zoey for one night to forget everything. That one night might just change everything . . . or ruin it. Zoey suddenly finds herself wanting to be the one to save him - and maybe even be saved in return. Can Story Lake inspire a woman who is terrified of love to finally write her own happy ending? Includes colourway exclusive to The Works. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399726979 • Author: Lucy Score • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 560 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.2 cm

Everyone has secrets. But some are worse than others… Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know. Like… Where did her son go when he snuck out late at night? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows? And what’s buried in her backyard? April’s secrets are enough to destroy her. I’ll make sure of that. The inimitable Freida McFadden peels back the layers of a seemingly flawless life to expose a picture of obsession, deception, and the quiet menace that waits just beyond the frame – with shocking twists that will keep you hooked to the last page. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464299575 • Author: Freida McFadden • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.5 cm

He's used to being the boss. But she's in her own league... As the first female team owner in Major League Baseball, Reese Remington has spent her entire life preparing for this role. With a sharp mind and years of experience working behind the scenes, she's more than qualified. But the public only sees a woman in a man's world - not the person who's earned their place on the field. Under constant scrutiny and pressure to prove herself, Reese can't afford distractions. Especially one that comes in the form of the team's tempting field manager who questions her every decision. Emmett Montgomery is a former All-Star turned coach who treats his players like family and the field like home. After years of running the team his way, the last thing he wants is a new boss - let alone one who seems ice-cold and laser-focused on business. But forced to spend long hours - and too many away games - side by side, he begins to see the fire beneath Reese's control, the heart behind her ambition and the unwavering determination to prove herself. When heated banter turns into sizzling chemistry, professional boundaries blur and the spark between them becomes impossible to resist. But Reese is constantly reminded of how many people are waiting for her to fail, and the safest move is to keep Emmett at arm's length - for the sake of the team, the season and her career. But keeping their distance is one game neither of them can seem to win... Includes a cover exclusive to The Works Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399746441 • Author: Liz Tomforde • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm

Braedyn Winslow never expected to return to Starlight Grove—the town that took everything from her. Not after her best friend, the one who’d sacrificed so much for her, vanished without a trace. But with a young son to raise and a past that won’t stay buried, Brae is back…and determined to uncover the truth. She just didn’t count on the brooding, reclusive mountain man living next door. Dex Archer is the stuff of local legend—silent, rugged, and surrounded by whispers of his and his brothers’ violent father. But Brae sees through the scowl and his parentage to the man beneath: fiercely loyal, unexpectedly kind…and just dangerous enough to protect her when someone starts warning her off her search. The closer she gets to the truth, the harder it is to stay away from Dex. And as things get more perilous, Brae realizes the only person she can rely on is the one man who swore never to trust again. Only someone isn’t happy that Brae has been digging, and they’ll do anything to stop her. But Dex? He’ll do anything to save her, even slip back into the dark. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781911746300 • Author: Catherine Cowles • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm

Weather boy meets weather girl. One big storm is heading their way . . . Jackson Clark likes life neat, predictable, and preferably viewed from the comfort of his radio booth. Delilah Stewart prefers hers wild, spontaneous, and preferably in the eye of the storm, out in the field. For years, the two have clashed like thunder and lightning - until they’re partnered against their will to cover the snowstorm of the century, finding themselves scrambling to figure out how to work together. Eager to be taken seriously as a journalist, Delilah offers Jackson a deal. If he can help her ace this assignment, she’ll help him rediscover his long-lost fun side. With an undiscovered chemistry burning beneath their clashes, the unlikely partnership quickly tumbles into an easy and surprising friendship. But when other feelings start to enter the equation, can Jackson and Delilah withstand the storm? Or does what happens in the mountains, stay in the mountains? Two competing meteorologists are forced to find common ground in this opposites attract, When Harry Met Sally-inspired romance, from New York Times bestselling author B.K. Borison. Includes a sprayed edge and cover exclusive to The Works Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035073917 • Author: B.K. Borison • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 20 x 13.1 x 2.9 cm

For her, he would risk everything… Notorious Mafia enforcer Maximo DiMarco has always been Joey Moretti's protector – her brothers’ best friend… and secret crush. With the body of a god and the mind of a devil, he’s the only one who sees the real woman beneath her spoiled Mafia princess façade. Max’s rigid loyalty to the Moretti brothers keeps them apart, and he does everything possible to ignore the sparks that fly between then. But when they finally lose control, their desires threaten to set the world ablaze. As Max’s dark past catches up to them, Joey must choose: remain bound by loyalty to her family, or risk everything for a love that could destroy her? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008799618 • Author: Sadie Kincaid • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.1 cm

He's the forbidden enigma I wanted to ignore . . . but instead I'll be forced to share a home with him. Jameson Knight arrives at precisely the same time every day to pick up. It's the only time I see him smile. I don't ask questions because it's not my place. I'm just his daughter's favorite teacher, nothing more. . . . Until the first bullet flies by us at recess. Suddenly, I'm risking my life to protect her. And then Jameson drags me back to his estate, claiming it's a matter of life-or-death. Now I'm in the most beautiful home I've ever seen, faced with an offer from a man who's just as gorgeous: Be the temporary live-in nanny until he can ensure my safety and find a more permanent solution. It'll be easy, he promises. Yet, the arrangement is anything but simple. Not when Jameson's hungry stare is all consuming and his touch pulse racing. And definitely not when I find that nothing in this neighborhood is as it seems, including Jameson. This edition includes cover art exclusive to The Works Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399749770 • Author: Shain Rose • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm

Rebellion. Loyalty. Friendship. Magic. Love. What would you do to have it all? Even though she's not one of them, Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha - a community exiled to live at sea - training to be a guard and waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta - the very same people who exiled her adopted community. Going to the market is a rite of passage eagerly anticipated by all young guards, but Brynn does not anticipate breaking a century-long peace treaty while there... Or for an intense encounter with an enemy soldier to threaten the fragile peace between their people and everything Brynn once believed to be true. Soon, Brynn's loyalty to the Alaha is tested when an unexpected visitor tracks her down - none other than said enemy soldier - sworn under oath to awaken Brynn to her true identity. Sent to sea and feeling more alone than ever, there a world of denied magic is unveiled. With rumours of a growing rebellion, Brynn's future has never looked so unsure. She was once certain of her fate and where she belonged, but the dark, knowing eyes of this stranger have her questioning everything, including her heart... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399633994 • Author: Rachel Schneider • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 480 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm

In the first book of a sizzling dystopian romance series, psychic gifts are a death sentence and there are rules to survival: Trust no one. Lie to everyone. Hide in plain sight. And whatever you do, don’t fall for your greatest enemy. Twenty-year-old Wren Darlington is not your ordinary Mod. She’s one of the most powerful in existence. But her world is divided. On the Continent, being a known Modified means certain death, as the Primes—those immune to the biotoxin that nearly wiped out the population 150 years ago—want nothing more than to eliminate those who were enhanced by the toxin and developed psychic powers. Wren has survived all these years by concealing her abilities and keeping a low profile while doing what she can to aid the rebel Uprising in fighting against the Primes’ oppressive rule. But one careless mistake places her in the crosshairs of the Continent’s military, and she is forced to join their most elite program: Silver Block. Unwittingly, her enemy has given her—and the Uprising—the perfect opportunity to strike a devastating blow from inside their ranks. That is, if she can keep her powers hidden, survive training, and prove herself to Cross Redden, her cocky, maddeningly attractive commanding officer. Despite the explosive chemistry between them, Wren cannot let Cross get in the way of her mission. But as war rages between Mods like her and those who aim to destroy them, emotions run high and secrets are revealed, forcing Wren to decide how far she’s willing to go to protect herself . . . and how much of the Continent is worth saving. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804950722 • Author: Dani Francis • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 528 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.9 x 3.3 cm

Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya...  And Paedyn has a life-altering choice to make. Whatever she decides will determine her fate – and the fate of those around her – forever.  In the ultimate battle of love and loyalty, who wins? Be swept away by the conclusion to the smash hit, romantasy trilogy that has taken the world by storm.  Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398551923 • Author: Lauren Roberts • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 528 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 3.11 cm

The epic enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from Rachel Reid. Nothing interferes with pro hockey star Shane Hollander’s game. Now that he’s captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, he won’t let anything jeopardise that—definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate. Boston Bears captain Ilya Rozanov is everything Shane’s not. The self-proclaimed king of the ice, he’s as cocky as he is talented. No one can beat him—except Shane. Publicly, they’re enemies. Privately, they can’t stop touching each other. The smart thing to do? Walk away, once a few secret hookups turn into a struggle to keep their relationship out of the press. The truth could ruin them both. But for Shane and Ilya, secrecy is soon no longer an option… Please note: Content recommended for 18+ Product Information: • ISBN: 9781335534637 • Author: Rachel Reid • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 20.32 x 13.34 x 2.29 cm

Hannah Grace for YA readers, this is a motor racing romance revving with tension on and off the track! Cody has the next few years of her life all planned out: get top A-level results, attend Cambridge University with her gorgeous boyfriend Rob and find her dream job on a motor racing team. But on results day, one phone call changes everything. A top motor racing team have headhunted her and need her ready for the upcoming season! Rob is less than pleased that the plan has fallen apart, and Cody arrives in Melbourne heartbroken and single, ready for the first race. Cody is introduced to her team's drivers: 19 year old nepo baby Carl, whose dad was a racing prodigy, and Austin, who grew up riding dirt bikes and has an astonishing natural aptitude for racing. On screen they play it friendly, but behind the tracks they are fierce rivals, made only worse when they both start falling for Cody. There's also Leo, the leader driver of their main rival team, who seems set on winning the season no matter what... Who will ultimately win the race for Cody's heart? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780702345708 • Author: Tyra Prince • Publisher: Scholastic Limited • Format: Paperback  • Pages: 288 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3 cm

Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own... Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house from top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it's like. But she soon finds out... and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it's far too late. But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don't know who I really am. They don't know what I'm capable of...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781408728512 • Author: Freida McFadden  • Publisher:  Bookouture • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  336 • Dimensions:  12.6 x 2.6 x 19.6 cm

As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job - not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe... It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously gave me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, and stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen her inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything.... That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349132600 • Author:  Freida McFadden  • Publisher:  Orion Publishing • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  352 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 2.8 x 19.6 cm

A thrilling and heart-healing supernatural road trip featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors. The Bones Beneath My Skin is a gripping tale that explores what it means to be human – by the bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune. In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright is at a loose end: his parents are dead, his older brother has disowned him and he’s been fired from his job. Looking for a sense of direction, he returns to his family’s summer cabin in Oregon. The cabin should be empty – but it’s not. Inside is a man named Alex and an extraordinary little girl who calls herself Artemis Darth Vader. There’s far more to Art than meets the eye. But as Nate and Alex bond over just how special she truly is, they discover that powerful forces are closing in – forces that want nothing more than to control her . . . There’s nothing more human than a broken heart. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035002313 • Author: TJ Klune • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm

RETURN TO THE INTOXICATING WORLD OF THE FAE… Betrayed by destiny. Cursed by love. Bound by hope. Yeeran and Lettle are no longer prisoners to the fae court, but now they’re bound by the shackles of their hearts … Yeeran was born for war but is unprepared for love. She has left her new lover, the Queen of the fae, to return to her homeland, only to find that her former lover now threatens war against the fae. Left behind, her sister Lettle is determined to break the curse that binds the fae to their realm. When a stranger appears in the city, Lettle is convinced he’s the key. But the Fates that once spoke to her have fallen silent. Can Lettle and Yeeran discover the secret behind the curse – and unite these two worlds before they destroy each other? Return to the intoxicating world of the fae in the seductive sequel to the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Faebound. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008597054 • Author: Saara El-Arifi • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.6 cm

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Chemistry teacher Ashleigh Hutchinson knows better than anyone that love and lust don’t mix. The feelings come from different hormones, they trigger different responses, and they demand different reactions. Which is why she doesn’t date. She hooks up. No catching feelings required. When Ashleigh is fired from her job without notice, she signs up to participate in a month-long sleep study, which will pay her enough to cover rent while she job hunts. It seems easy enough—until she walks into the clinic and finds herself staring right into the gorgeous eyes of Xander Miller, the only man to have ever tempted her to abandon her no-relationships rule. When Xander and Ashleigh realize the study is only looking for couples, they agree to pretend to be together—which means sleeping in the same bed every night for the next few weeks. How hard can it be to keep their cool under the covers? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804998625 • Author: Elizabeth McKenzie • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 304 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm

Her secrets will be the death of you… When Pixie moves into Columbia Mansions, divorced Gwen is quick to take the younger woman under her wing. But as Pixie becomes entangled with her charismatic landlord Alec, the lines of friendship begin to blur. With rumours of illicit goings-on swirling, Gwen soon realises Pixie isn’t the only one with something to hide. How well does she really know the neighbours she considers her friends? As scandal erupts, old grudges resurface, leading to a crime that will destroy the peace of Columbia Mansions forever. Sunday Times bestseller Louise Candlish returns with this gripping, twisted story of neighbours, secrets and murder. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008753733 • Author: Louise Candlish • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

A wildland firefighter falls for his best friend’s widowed sister after she and her kids move in next door, in this flaming hot book three in the BookTok viral Sky Ridge Hotshot series. Being a hotshot wildland firefighter is all I’ve ever known. It’s my greatest passion. This job is dangerous, and after watching my parents’ marriage fail because of it, I knew long ago I’d never be a relationship kinda guy. That all changes when Teddy moves in down the street. As her brother’s best friend, I’ve always been Xander to her, but secretly I’ve always wanted to be more. She’s recently widowed, with two young kids and another soon on the way. With a heart locked up like Fort Knox after losing her husband, breaking down Teddy’s defences will be damn near impossible . . . but I want to show her that I’m here to stay. As superintendent, my duty to my crew has always been my priority. But with Teddy’s heart on the line, can I give up the only life I’ve ever known? Or am I doomed to be honour bound and lose the only woman I’ve ever loved? Tropes: Firefighter romance Angst Small town romance Forced proximity Friends to Lovers Hurt Care Workplace romance Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035093168 • Author: Danielle Baker • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 2.3 cm