Romance Books

London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, Bess is astonished to be told she has already claimed her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why. Less than a mile from Bess's lodgings in the city, in a quiet, gloomy townhouse on the edge of London, a young widow has not left the house in a decade.  When her close friend - an ambitious young doctor at the Foundling Hospital - persuades her to hire a nursemaid for her daughter, she is hesitant to welcome someone new into her home and her life.  But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781838771409 • Author: Stacey Halls • Publisher: Manilla Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.9

In the darkest days on the Blitz, family is more important than ever. With Ida Brogan's family struggling amidst the nightly bombing raids in London's East End, she is doing her very best to keep their spirits up. The Blitz has hit the Brogans hard, and rationing has begun to bite. When Ida's oldest friend Ellen returns to town, sick and in dire need of help, it is to Ida that she turns. But Ellen carries a secret, one that threatens not only Ida's marriage, but the entire foundation of the Brogan family. Can Ida let go of the past and see a way to forgive her friend? And can she overcome her sadness to find a place in her heart for a little boy, one who will need a mother more than ever in these dark times? Product Information:• ISBN: 9781786496072• Format: Paperback• Author: Jean Fullerton• Publisher: Corvus Books• Pages: 390• Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.5cm

When twins Annie and Lauren attend their older sister Chelseas fortieth birthday party at the Dorchester Hotel, they wonder why their lives are so different. Chelseas husband is twirling her round the dance floor, while Annies husband has gone fishing and Laurens lover is at home with his wife and children. Annie and Lauren decide its time to make a change and turn their lives around, its time they starting living for again. But have they left it too late?

An inspiring, feel-good romantic novel from the international bestselling author of PS, I Love You. Christine Rose is crossing the Ha’penny Bridge in Dublin late one night when she sees a stranger, Adam, poised to jump. Desperate to help, she talks him into a reckless deal: if he gives her two weeks – till his 35th birthday – she’ll prove that life is worth living. But as the clock ticks and the two of them embark on late-night escapades and romantic adventures, what Christine has really promised seems impossible… ‘Tender, funny and romantic’ - Marie Claire. A novel to make you laugh, cry and appreciate life, this is Cecelia Ahern at her thoughtful and surprising best. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780007481583 • Author: Cecelia Ahern • Publisher: HarperCollins • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.1 x 2.3 cm

Melody Rosewood loves her new home in idyllic Sandcastle Bay. The beautiful little cottage on the edge of Sunshine Beach, with its bright yellow door and view of the sea has captured her heart... And she loves being close by to her family and best friend Tori Graham. Life by the sea is pretty much perfect, there's just one thing missing... Gorgeous Jamie Jackson, with his cheeky grin and adorable puppy, works as a sculptor opposite Melody's jewellery shop. From the moment he and Melody meet sparks fly. But despite their instant attraction, a past heartache is holding Jamie back. As Melody starts to make a life for herself in the close-knit, quirky seaside community, she realises Jamie could be the one for her. But as the two of them take a chance on romance, it's one dating disaster after another. Are they destined to always be just good friends? Or will Melody finally find her happily-ever-after in Sandcastle Bay? Product Information: ISBN: 9780751577815 Author: Holly Martin Publisher: Sphere Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.6cm

When Nicola's husband, Dominic, retires they decide not to spend their days finding hobbies to fill the time until Countdown is on. Instead, they fulfil their life-long fantasy of buying a country house and filling it with their dearest friends. Reliving their youth and spending their children's inheritance. Joined by seven of their friends they club together to invest in a château in Normandy. Group dinners, fine wine, beautiful scenery - they're living the dream! But la vie en rose is harder than it first appears. Is there a reason why only teenagers take gap years? Product Information: ISBN: 9781785764769 Author: Sarah Long Publisher: Zaffre Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.3cm

After losing her job in New York, Amber Green isn’t looking forward to visiting her godmother in the sleepy village of Cranbridge. With its empty lanes and rundown shops, it’s hardly a place to mend her lonely heart. But when Amber discovers that Cranbridge Stores, owned by her godmother Cathy and son Josh, is under threat of financial ruin, she realises that her skills as a window dresser might just be able to help save the struggling shop. When disaster strikes, Amber and Josh must unite to save both the shop and the village from flooding. Can Cranbridge Stores become the heart of the village once more? And as the village begins to come back to life, perhaps Amber will discover a reason to stay… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781800485624 • Author: Alison Sherlock • Publisher: Boldwood Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 316 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.83 cm

Surely everyone deserves a second chance? Ex-fireman and edible flower farmer Shay McGillen has plenty of reasons not to give Sarah Pickering even one chance when she turns up in his small Yorkshire village. After all, she is only there to try and convince him and his fellow villagers to sell up so her company can build a bypass. If Sarah thinks she can make Shay give up his farmhouse and his business, she has another thing coming! But when an unexpected blizzard leaves Sarah stranded in Shay's home, he soon realises that they are far more alike than he could have ever imagined - and perhaps both of them deserve a second chance … Product Information: • ISBN: 9781781894606 • Author: Gina Hollands • Publisher: Choc Lit Publishing • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

What price will she pay for following her heart? Eighteen-year-old domestic servant Kate Stacey is passionately in love with David Owen, the brother of Lady Helen Sherwood. Seeing a chance for them to spend more time together, David recommends Kate as nanny to his young nieces at Bramwood Hall. Their secret relationship is soon discovered and he is recalled to his father's industrial empire in the Welsh Valleys, while Kate is abruptly dismissed. Kate follows her heart, and David, to Wales. However, she is shocked by the poverty and squalid conditions on which the Owen fortune is built. As her sympathies increasingly lie with the workers, she finds herself dangerously caught up in their political cause. Her love for David endures, but is he strong enough to defy his father - and can Kate contemplate a future built on the proceeds of human misery? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781800322073 • Author: Rosie Harris • Publisher: Canelo • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.3 cm

'Happiness had never been something she'd looked for. A quiet day with no insults or wallops, that was the best she could imagine.' London, 1920s. Kate Goss lives in a freezing cold garret, bullied by her aunt and cousins. She dreams of being rescued by her handsome father. No one knows where he is, or what he is doing, just that he is sure to come back a rich man. By the time Kate is seventeen, she has learnt to cope alone. When her aunt throws her out, she finds a job as a cleaner in the Bermondsey Bookshop and Reading Room. Here she will discover a world she never knew existed. But trouble is never far away and long-held secrets are about to burst into the open, ensnaring her in a web of lies and violence. Will she ever be able to escape? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781788542654 • Author: Mary Gibson • Publisher: Head of Zeus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 19.69 x 12.7 x 2.79 cm

It is 1939 and working class Evie Bishop has received a scholarship to study mathematics at Oxford when tragedy turns her life upside down. Evie must seek a new future for herself and, inspired to contribute to the war effort, joins the Women's Auxiliary Air Force as an Ops Room plotter. Posted to a fighter station on the Sussex Coast, Evie befriends two other WAAFs shy, awkward May and flirty, glamorous Jess. Faced with earning the approval of strict officers and finding their way in a male dominated world, the three girls band together to overcome challenges, navigate new romances and keep their pilots safe in the skies. But the German bombers seem to know more than they should about the base's operations, and soon Evie, May and Jess are caught up in a world more dangerous than they ever imagined... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781800320918 • Author: Vicki Beeby • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2cm

Gina Moss is single and proud. She's focused on her thriving childminding business, which she runs from her cottage at the edge of The Evergreens: a charming Victorian home to three elderly residents who adore playing with the kids Gina minds. To Gina, they all feel like family. Then a run-in (literally) with a tall, handsome American stranger gives her the tummy-flutters... Before a tragedy puts her older friends at risk of eviction - and Gina in charge of the battle to save them. The house sale brings her closer to Dexter, one of the owners - and the stranger who set her heart alight. As the sparks fly between them, Gina carries on fighting for her friends, her home and her business. But can she fight for her chance at love - and win it all, too? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409186731 • Author: Cathy Bramley • Publisher: Orion Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4cm

One crumbling cottage. One broken heart. A chance to start over? When Annie returns to Thorndale, the village where she spent much of her childhood, she's looking for a new start. All she wants to do is fix up the cottage her godmother left her, and fix up her broken heart. When she clashes with local hero, Jon, Annie can't help but wonder if coming back to Thorndale was a mistake. The village has clearly changed and the last thing she needs is more drama. But avoiding the distractingly handsome Jon is proving impossible, especially when Thorndale seems to be conspiring to throw them together... Annie is looking for a fresh start with zero romance - but what if the only way to learn to trust again is to take a risk on love? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781800322196 • Author: Suzanne Snow • Publisher: Canelo Escape • Format: Paperback • Pages: 304 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.9 cm

It's February 1942, and as the Americans finally join Britain and her allies, twenty-three-year-old Francesca Fabrino is doing her bit for the war effort in a factory in East London. But her thoughts are constantly occupied by recently married Charlie Brogan, who is fighting in North Africa with the Eighth Army. When Francesca starts a new job for the BBC Overseas department, she meets handsome Count Leo D'Angelo and begins to put her hopeless love for Charlie aside. But then Charlie returns from the front, his marriage in ruins and his heart burning for Francesca at last. Could she, a good Catholic girl, countenance an affair with the man she has always longed for? Or should she choose Leo and a different, less dangerous path? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781786496096 • Author: Jean Fullerton • Publisher: Corvus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 3cm

It is 1902 and Babs and Beth are identical in looks, but very different by nature. Kidnapped by gypsies a decade ago as young girls, Beth has accepted their plight, but Babs has always yearned for their real mother, Tilly, and their beloved hometown of Blackpool. Desperate to be reunited with their mother, Babs hatches a plan to escape. But Beth is too afraid and Babs realises if she ever wants to go home she'll have to leave her sister behind. 1914. Babs' life has been blighted by misfortune ever since she walked away from her sister. She's never given up hope of finding her family, but now having found peace and purpose as a nurse, the war is sending her to France, away from them. Or so she believes... As the Great War continues to tear families apart, could it be that Babs, Beth and Tilly will be reunited at last? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780751577167 • Author: Maggie Mason • Publisher: Sphere • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.4cm

Penny Bridge has always been unlucky in love. So she can’t believe it when she meets a remarkable new man. Followed by another. And then another… And all of them want to date her. Penny has to choose between three. But are any of them The One? Product Information: ISBN: 9780008365431 Author: Laura Jane Williams Publisher: Avon Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2cm

Meriel's lifelong dream suddenly becomes possible when the frustrated accountant wins some money. Quitting her job and buying a house in Australia, she combines her love of the outdoors with her ambitions to be an artist. Ben also had dreams until his wife's death. But when the circumstances force Meriel and Ben to share a house, together they find a way to save and unite their dreams... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781788636131 • Author: Anna Jacobs • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 306 • Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm

An accident will open her eyes to a world she never knew existed... Penny Forshaw is racing through the streets of Liverpool in her father's new motor car, rushing to meet her fiancé, and is horrified when she knocks over a little girl. Penny feels it is her duty to take in six-year-old Kelly while she recovers, much to her fiancé's disapproval. Learning about Kelly's miserable, poverty-stricken existence since the Great War opens Penny's eyes to a world she never knew existed. Her decision to look after Kelly will change her in ways she could never have expected. She wanted to give Kelly a better chance in life - but it may be Kelly who changes Penny's world for the better. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781800322066 • Author: Rosie Harris • Publisher: Canelo • Format: Paperback • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.9 cm

1896, Nuneaton. Left on the doorstep of Treetops Children's Home, young Kitty captures the heart of her guardian, Sunday Branning, who has never been blessed with a child of her own. Kitty brings sunshine and joy wherever she goes, and grows into a beguiling and favoured young girl. But then Kitty is summoned to live in London with her birth mother. At first London offers Kitty excitement and adventure. With her delicate beauty and the voice of an angel, she attracts a promising singing career and the attention of a number of dashing suitors. Product Information: ISBN: 9781785762369 Author: Rosie Goodwin Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Format: Paperback Pages: 472 Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death, Stella comes into some money unexpectedly and decides to make a new start in the country. She settles on Ellin Valley, where she quickly begins to make friends. She falls in love with a cottage in Birch End, but an unscrupulous man wants it too. Will she be able to buy her dream home? Life has changed drastically for local handyman Wilf Pollard as well. When tragedy strikes, Wilf is left as the only support of his two young children. But his friends rally round to help so that he can pull his life together and take up an exciting new job with a well-respected builder. Some of the local council are eager to deal with the squalid conditions of the Backshaw Moss slum, but others will stop at nothing to keep their profitable rents. And Stella's dream cottage is threatened by their plans to build yet more cheap housing. Can Stella, Wilf and the residents of Birch End pull together to make sure good triumphs over evil? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781473677852 • Author: Anna Jacobs • Publisher:  Hodder • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3cm