Romance Books

Follow the lives of Carmen, Polly and Dana. Three happy and successful women, but with very different ideas concerning the matters of the heart. Carmen is ready for the new step in her relationship, Polly is apprehensive about marriage after her parent's divorce and Dana longs to find the right person to bring into her life as a single parent. Discover how it's never too late to make a fresh start. Product Information:• ISBN: 9781472263575 • Author: Erin Green• Publisher: Headline Publishing• Format: Paperback• Pages: 400• Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.7 x 2.5cm

Sometimes the things we desire most are right in front of us. Growing up, Piper Manning spent her childhood caring for her younger siblings. Now they've all grown up, Piper has only one job left to do which is to sell her grandparents lake house. After having it all figured out, a huge storm hits throwing her off course where she bumps into a dark and broody stranger, Camden Reid. The spark between them is shockingly strong, until the return of her siblings and unwanted secrets. Will Piper comes to grips with such secrets in hope of her chance to live the life she's always wanted? Product Information:• ISBN: 9781472269584• Author: Jill Shalvis• Publisher: Headline Publishing Group• Format: Paperback• Pages: 384• Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.2cm

It is 1939 and the eve of the Second World War when the handsome sailor Ewan Mackinnon returns to his childhood home on the remote Hebridean island of Phetray. He was forced to run from the ignominy of a terrible event, the disgraced Minister's son. Arriving home, many years later, he is reunited with Minn Macfee, a cottar's daughter, instantly falling for her graceful beauty and enchanting voice. But Minn and Ewan are bound by the same misfortune that caused their separation in childhood. When Ewan joins the Special Boat Squadron and embarks for France, leaving Minn behind, it seems fate has intervened once more. Touched by tragedy and the weight of the past, their love seems destined to die. Or will the tides of time bring them together again? Product Information:• ISBN: 9781789543261• Author: Leah Fleming• Publisher: Head of Zeus Ltd• Format: Paperback• Pages: 400• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm

Two girls meet by chance on London's Hampstead Heath - well-mannered and smartly dressy Verity and dishevelled and grubby Ruby. Yet this mismatched pair form an instant friendship strong enough to survive their parents' disapproval. When war engulfs the country - sending Ruby to Devon while Verity struggles to find a new beginning under a shadow from her past - the girls are convinced they will always be there for each other. Until the day on breaks the other's heart... Can Verity and Ruby find a way back to each other before it's too late? Product Information:• ISBN: 9780241465578• Author: Lesley Pearse• Publisher: Penguin Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 524• Dimensions: 18.5 x 11 x 3.5cm

The last thing top divorce lawyer Olivia Hamilton ever expected was to be served her own divorce papers! To escape her marriage troubles, she agrees to go on a year-long trip to find the ultimate guide to love. Travelling the world, surrounded by stories of love and happiness, it’s not long before her thoughts turn to Nathan, her soon-to-be ex-husband, and she starts to take note of her own lessons in love… But with Nathan over a thousand miles away, will it be too late? Product Information:• ISBN: 9780008364762• Author: Rosie Chambers• Publisher: HQ• Format: Paperback• Pages: 384• Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm

When twelve-year-old Sara Cordwainer, the unloved child of rich and fashionable parents, sees a ragged girl with a baby in her arms outside her church, she stops to talk to her, pressing her collection money into the girl's icy hand. But from this generous act comes a tragedy which will haunt her for years. When, years later, Sara meets Brogan, a young Irishman working in England, she feels she has found a friend at last. But Brogan has a secret which he dare tell no one, not even Sara. And in a Dublin slum, Brogan's little sister Polly is growing up. The only girl in a family of boys, she knows herself to be much loved, but it is not until Sara begins to work at the Salvation Army children's home, Strawberry Fields, that the two girls meet - and Brogan's secret is told at last... Product Information:• ISBN: 9781787463820• Author: Katie Flynn• Publisher: Arrow Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 528• Dimensions: 11 x 3.3 x 17.8 cm

Born into grinding poverty, young Freddie Musgrave relies on his wits to survive and help feed his family. He earns a few shillings by navigating his little boat across the swift-flowing waters of the Tyne, running messages and smuggling goods between the busy seaports on either side of the river and evading the customs agents. Luck is on his side . . . until the night he witnesses something truly horrific. In a supremely brave act he saves a life – and changes his own forever. Gaining the patronage of Maggie Hewitt, a sea captain’s daughter, Freddie is able to shape a future he can be proud of. But the threats of the past won’t stay buried and the dark events of that distant night have cast a long and dangerous shadow… Product Information:• ISBN: 9780552177672• Author: Catherine Cookson• Publisher: Corgi Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 448• Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm

Young Kitty Drinkwater lives in Paradise Court, just off Burlington Street. Life is tough in Liverpool in the years after the First World War and Kitty is always hungry and dressed in rags. As the eldest child, she is the scapegoat for her feckless, drunken mother. She dreams of a better life... Lilac Larkin's prospects, by contrast, are very different; she is beautiful, self-possessed young woman, and even when her pleasant job as a lady's maid comes to an end and she starts work in a bag factory, she is sure that her life will be full of promise and excitement... So when the two girls meet by chance in a millinery shop, neither can have any idea what changes in their lives the encounter will bring nor how strangely fate will work to bring them together once more. Product Information:• ISBN: 9781787463868• Author: Katie Flynn• Publisher: Arrow Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 416• Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.1 x 17.8 cm

Rosie finds it hard to cope with her eldest sister's over-possessive nature. Since the death of their mother Beatrice has been insufferably dominating, taking over the running of the house and ruling their father and servants with an iron hand. She glories in being the mistress at Pine Hurst and never dreams of leaving. But when their father dies unexpectedly their security is threatened, and Beatrice must lay plans to protect this most prized possession. How will the sister's survive now their father is gone? Product Information:• ISBN: 9780552177658• Author: Catherine Cookson• Publisher: Corgi• Format: Paperback• Pages: 432• Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.7 x 19.8cm This book contains smaller print size that may not be suitable for those with reading difficulties.

On the dirty backstreets of Liverpool, housemaid Maud Linklater witnesses an appalling accident. Rushing young chimney-sweep Alfie to hospital, she helps nurse the boy on the overcrowded ward - and finds herself with a new job. Maud cannot believe her luck at joining trainees Alice and Eddy at the new Nurses' Training School and they form the closest of bonds. Then one day Alfie is abducted. Maud and the girls know the alleyways and slums of Liverpool are no place for a lost little boy. Can these determined women find Alfie before it's too late? Product Information:• ISBN: 9780241467855• Author: Kate Eastham• Publisher: Penguin Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 416• Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.5 x 19 cm

Just before her fifteenth birthday Jinnie Howlett is offered a position as maid-of-all-work at a farm near the Cumbrian border. She hopes this will be a welcome relief from the workhouse she knows too well. But when she meets her brutish employers Jinnie realises she has only exchanged one life of drudgery for another. She is grateful when one of the sons befriends her, but it isn't long before Jennie sees how tempting life is beyond her place of work... Product Information:• ISBN: 9780552159364• Author: Catherine Cookson• Publisher: Corgi Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 480• Dimensions: 12.8 x 3 x 19.8 cm

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