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Newly single lawyer Gwen Baker needs a family Christmas to bury her woes, with festive films, country walks and a mountain of chocolate. Her teenage crush Dev is back in their small village as well – and it turns out he’s just as kind, funny and good-looking as she remembers. But then Gwen wakes up to discover it’s Christmas all over again. She’s trapped in a snowy Groundhog Day. But would repeat meet-cutes with Dev really be so bad for a heart that needs mending? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008407865 • Author: Lindsey Kelk • Publisher: HarperCollins • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.8cm

Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. That is until it became the prologue to his actual love story with his childhood bestie, Petra. Which is how Daphne ends up rooming with her total opposite and the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles. As expected, it’s not a match made in heaven – that is until one night, while tossing back tequilas, they form a plan. And if it involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their adventures together, well, who could blame them? But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex . . . right? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780241624128 • Author: Emily Henry • Publisher: Viking • Format:  Hardback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions:  16.3 x 3.5 x 24.2cm

One disastrous year. One magical wish. One chance to change the past. In one fell swoop, Sadie Thatcher managed to lose her job, her apartment, and her boyfriend. So when a fortune teller offers her one wish, Sadie longs to redo her awful year. More than a little sceptical, she makes her wish, opens her eyes, and . . . nothing has changed. And then, in perhaps her worst move yet, she kisses her brother's best friend, Jacob. When Sadie wakes up the next morning, she's in her former apartment with her former boyfriend, and her former boss is expecting her at work. She realises it's January 1 . . . of last year. As Sadie navigates her second-chance year, she begins to see the red flags she missed in both her relationship and her career. Plus, she keeps running into Jacob, and she can't stop thinking about their kiss . . . the one he has no idea ever happened. Suddenly, Sadie begins to wonder if her only mistake was wishing for a second chance. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781035406159 • Author: Melissa Wiesner • Publisher: Headline Eternal • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 3 x 19.6 cm

Something bad happened last night. My best friend Posey is dead. The police think it was a tragic accident. I know she was murdered. I’ve woken up with the hangover from hell, a stranger in my bed, and I’ve gone viral for the worst reasons. There’s only one thing stopping me from dying of shame. I need to find a killer. But after last night, I can’t remember a thing… Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008536718 • Author: Katy Brent • Publisher: HQ Digital • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8cm

Becca Taylor is having a bad summer. Her best friend is dead. Her good-for-nothing ex is back in her life. And her career is in freefall. So, when fellow writer Riley O'Connell invites Becca to the charming Irish countryside, she can't pack her bags fast enough, even though they have never met. But happily-ever-after isn't quite so simple. And Riley is not a sensitive female romance novelist like Becca assumed. No, he is definitely a man. A hot, six-foot tall, Irish man. But with their complicated pasts getting in the way, Becca and Riley just can't get on the same page. So can fate give their love story a rewrite? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781035412082 • Author: Breea Keenan • Publisher: Headline Accent • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.54 x 17.78 cm

Set in Newcastle, Gin Palace rejoins Tanz, the Accidental Medium and an unwilling crime solver, as she grows accustomed to her rather unusual gift – communicating with the dead . . . Tanz can talk to ghosts, although she’d prefer it if she couldn’t. Struggling to make ends meet as an actress and wholly unsuited to supply teaching, Tanz is only one bad day away from a meltdown. And the babbling ghosts aren’t helping. So when Tanz is offered a paid acting gig in her hometown, things start to look up. But Newcastle’s dead won’t stay quiet for long, and soon Tanz becomes haunted with visions of a mysterious Gin Palace guarded by a sinister figure. As Tanz starts to piece together a terrible tragedy, it becomes clear there’s no limit to what the poltergeist will do to keep his secrets his own. Unfortunately, he’s never met anyone quite like Tanz before . . . Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781529087635 • Author: Tracy Whitwell • Publisher: Pan • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 304  • Dimensions: 13.08 x 2.03 x 19.69 cm

Should Liv take herself out of the friend zone, or are they better off there? Liv Granger has been flailing through life since her teens. When her brother, Joe, announces his engagement to his long-term boyfriend, Liv realises that she has never been able to commit to anything - a career, a fixed address, a relationship - and she may, in fact, be a massive loser. With the help of Joe and Henry, her oldest friend, Liv comes up with the Loser List: ten tasks to change her life. The most challenging - three dates with the same person. After each increasingly disastrous date, Henry is always there to the rescue. Has what she's been looking for been right in front of her the whole time? Between restraining her mother's wedding planning and doing everything in her power to not be her father's wingman for his various short-lived girlfriends, Liv learns that the path to self-improvement needs to start with a little self-acceptance. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781804366622 • Author: Lauren Ford  • Publisher: Canelo • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.8 x 2.1 cm

Maggie’s marriage has ended just 608 days after it started, but she’s fine – she’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s alone for the first time and can’t afford her rent and her obscure PhD is going nowhere… but at the age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new status as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée. As Maggie throws herself headlong into the chaos of her first year of divorce, she soon finds herself questioning everything, including: Why do we still get married? Did I fail before I even got started? And how many 4am delivery burgers do I need to eat until I am happy? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780008511760 • Author: Monica Heisey • Publisher: Fourth Estate • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.9 x 19.8 cm

The local mayor has a dinner date with death… With school out for the summer, Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are taking advantage of the break to go on holiday. They plan to explore the village of St-Martins-on-the-Water and rest before the chaos of Mrs Smith's impending hen do. By the end of their first night, the local mayor lies dead on the floor of the hotel restaurant, having been poisoned by his meal. The villagers are convinced: The Poisoner is back. As the residents turn to the duo with suspicion and begin to freeze them out, Margery and Clementine are left with more questions than answers. Everyone is convinced that the pair - and Clementine in particular - are bad news, but why?  And as more people in the village start to become unwell, the question remains, is The Poisoner back, or is this the work of a new killer? And will they strike again?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781800326538 • Author:  Hannah Hendy • Publisher:  Canelo • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  304 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 12.9 x 1.9 cm

Samantha thrives under pressure. A high-powered London lawyer, all she can concentrate on is taking the next step in her career; eating, sleeping, seeing friends – even taking a breath – will have to wait. But just when she’s about to get everything she has ever wanted, Samantha makes a mistake. A fifty-million-pound, career-destroying mistake. Unable to face the consequences, she does the unimaginable and runs away… Catching the first train she can, she finds herself in the countryside, outside a beautiful grand house. Mistaken for another woman, she falls into a new job as the family’s housekeeper. Disaster ensues. In a blink, her life has shifted from writing briefs to washing them – and she has no idea how to work the washing machine. But gradually, she falls in love with her new life in a wholly unexpected way. Will her employers ever discover the truth? Will Samantha's old life ever catch up with her? And if it does...will she want it back? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780552772747 • Author: Sophie Kinsella • Publisher: Black Swan • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.7 x 2.6 cm

It'll get easier when he starts school... That's what Lucy was told, and she believed it. But now that her autistic son Stanley has joined Reception, his obsession with Africa and daily screaming fits at the school gates haven't exactly won him or Lucy any popularity contests. So for Stanley's fifth birthday Lucy plans an extravagant party to help him connect with his classmates. But her autistic husband Ed knows how his son's mind works better than anyone, so instead of a big bash, they travel to Wales to eat a Libya-shaped birthday cake with Lucy's family. And suddenly Lucy is faced with the truth about what her loved ones really need, and how they can finally find their tribe... Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781838953201 • Author: Katy Cox • Publisher: Corvus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  368  • Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm

I love you . . . but what if I can't love your life? Ava is sick of online dating. She's always trusted her own instincts over an algorithm, anyway, and she wants a break from it all. So when she signs up to a semi-silent, anonymous writing retreat in glorious Italy, love is the last thing on her mind. Until she meets a handsome stranger. . . All she knows is that he's funny, he's kind and - she soon learns - he's great in bed. He's equally smitten, and after a whirlwind, intoxicating affair, they pledge their love without even knowing each other's real names. But when they return home, reality hits. They're both driven mad by each other's weird quirks and annoying habits, from his eccentric, naked-sauna-loving family to her terribly behaved, shirt-shredding dog. As disaster follows disaster, it seems that while they love each other, they just can't love each other's lives. Can they overcome their differences to find one life, together? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781784163587 • Author: Sophie Kinsella • Publisher: Black Swan • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm