Modern Romance Books

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

Escape to the Wild West with the first book in the steamy new cowboy romance series that will leave you breathless... The perfect holiday read for fans of Elsie Silver and Lucy Score. CeCe Ashby is looking for a fresh start after escaping the toxic relationship that has consumed her adult life. Unsure of what the future holds, she returns to the small town of Laurel Creek and her family’s ranch. Nash Carter is the recently retired hockey superstar of the Dallas Stars, Laurel Creek’s hometown hero, and notorious bachelor. He may look good in a cowboy hat, but he is also CeCe's brother’s best friend… and therefore off limits. When CeCe reappears in her hometown in need of a job, Nash knows he has to have her, and not entirely for business. As ‘just one night’ turns into many, Nash learns that where CeCe Ashby is concerned his typical rules don’t apply. Now he has to figure out if he can push his past trauma aside to live the life he never dared dream of. All he has to do? Take a deep breath and let go of the reins… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804953723 • Author: Paisley Hope • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.4cm

This edition features an exclusive cover. She’s the wife he never wanted… and the weakness he never saw coming.  Billionaire Dante Russo is ruthless, meticulous, and arrogant – marriage was the last thing on his mind. Until the threat of blackmail forced him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows: Vivian Lau, jewellery heiress, and daughter of his newest enemy. It doesn't matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal. But now that he has her, does he even want to let her go?   Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349436326 • Author:  Ana Huang • Publisher:  Piatkus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  400 • Dimensions:  12.6 x 3.2 x 19.6 cm

He's a boy who's lost. She's girl who might just be the home he's never had. The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unravelling. When his older brother Darren skips town, twelve-year-old Joey finds himself thrown into the role of protector to his younger siblings and mother.  Plagued by self-loathing, and furious with the world, he grapples with teenage life and his unwavering sense of duty to his family, while balancing precariously close to a life of addiction that threatens to swallow him whole. The only light in his sea of darkness is his boss's firecracker of a daughter who refuses to back down. A girl who just so happens to be his classmate. Aoife Molloy has never been backwards in coming forward. Her bubbly and self-assured nature has never led her astray. Until her first day of secondary school when she collides with a hot-headed boy who sparks a burning curiosity inside of her that only grows stronger by the day. Falling into a complicated friendship with her father's apprentice, Aoife works to unravel the secrets around Joey Lynch's life - while he desperately fights to keep her out. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349439280 • Author: Chloe Walsh • Publisher: Piatkus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 656 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 4.6 x 19.6cm

She's been driving him wild for years... the good kind of wild. The kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend's little sister and knowing you can't have her. Forbes may have labeled Ford Grant the World's Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in gorgeous small town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he's her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend's sister, Rosie Belmont. After living in the city, Rosie came blasting back into town like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic. And one wide-eyed, desperate plea for a job is all it takes for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm's length. Tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplay―friction that soon turns to blistering heat. Ford knows damn well he shouldn't cross this line. But shouldn't and can't are two very different things. And the only thing he truly can't do is resist her.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349441634 • Author:  Elsie Silver  • Publisher:  Little, Brown Book Group • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  464 • Dimensions:  19.6 x 12.6 x 4.4 cm

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

What if the person you love the most is the one you can’t have? Grace has loved Jackson since she was fifteen – when they spent every childhood summer exploring France's breathtaking Ardèche region together. They were best friends, until life took its course and Jackson married someone else. Years later, Jackson re-enters Grace’s life with an irresistible offer: her dream job in the very town where their story began. And he’s newly single. As memories from those idyllic summers flood back, Grace encounters an old friend Étienne, who proposes a plan to help make Jackson jealous. But as their scheme unfolds, Grace finds herself questioning if the sparks between them might not be so pretend after all… Unbeknownst to Grace, Étienne is harbouring a secret that could shatter her world. Will learning the truth finally set her heart free? Or is this the beginning of a love story bigger than she ever imagined? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804947845 • Author: Paige Toon  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.5 cm

This edition features an exclusive cover. Ana Huang returns with the third and final instalment in her standalone King of Sin series about a steamy marriage romance.... He had her, he lost her... and he'll do anything to win her back. Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything - a beautiful home, a beautiful wife and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn't until she's gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory... but by then, it may be too late.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349436357 • Author: Ana Huang • Publisher:  Piatkus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  352 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm

I'm saving you, six. With his world unravelling around him, and pressure rising at home, Joey Lynch's life has never been in more turmoil. Desperate to prove himself worthy of the only person he's ever put his trust in, Joey fights to stay away from a world that threatens to destroy everything. But with the odds stacking against him by the day, can he keep his head above water? Unwilling to give up on the boy she loves, Aoife Molloy fights to save her best friend from the edge of self-destruction. Drowning in a world she doesn't understand, with only her heart to guide her, Aoife refuses to turn her back on Joey, no matter how badly the odds are stacked against them. Through heartbreak and horror, Aoife and Joey have had each other's backs, and this time is no different. Come what may. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349439303 • Author: Chloe Walsh • Publisher: Piatkus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 960 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 4.6 x 19.8cm

Forbidden romance and sexy cowboys... Escape to the Wild West with the second book in the steamy small town cowboy romance series that will leave you breathless... Perfect for fans of the Chestnut Springs series by Elsie Silver. Wade Ashby is a closed book. With the weight of the family business on his shoulders, and his ongoing battle to escape a failed marriage, he only has time for one thing: looking after his ranch. Life has dealt Ivy Spencer some tough blows. So when the opportunity to work on the Silver Pines ranch presents itself, she grabs it by the horns. Nothing will stand in the way of her dream of training a racehorse on route to the Kentucky Derby. Wade might be determined to keep his heart under lock and key, but Ivy’s constant presence soon ignites a passion he thought he’d lost long ago. And once she starts tearing down his walls, there’s no going back. . . Because the only way he’ll open up his heart again is if it stays that way forever. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804953747 • Author: Paisley Hope • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.5cm

Two bickering strangers trying to foster their younger siblings team up to create a stable home, but the undeniable chemistry between them threatens to ruin everything. When she discovers her biological mother has had a new baby, Chloe doesn't hesitate to provide a home for her. Failing to meet social services' financial evaluation, she's forced into a new initiative: joining households with another prospective guardian. Surly garage mechanic Warren, who is trying to gain custody of his deaf teenage brother, does not make a great first impression. But as their lives intertwine, Chloe and Warren discover they have more in common than they thought. So much so that the chemistry between them threatens everything they've fought for... Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781835010938 • Author:  Hannah Bonam-Young • Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  368 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.0 x 19.8 cm

Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider, notorious ladies' man, scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package. Welcome to Chestnut Springs: the big-hitting, small-town series from TikTok sensation Elsie Silver. And he's looking at me like I might be his next meal. I'm almost free of my toxic marriage and have sworn off men entirely. So all I see when I look at Theo is temptation served up with a heaping side of heartbreak. The man is hard to trust-and even harder to resist. Make that impossible. Because Theo is persistent. And no matter how hard I try to freeze him out, he melts my icy exterior and pulls apart all my defences. Then I spend the singular hottest night of my life with him. It was supposed to be a one-time thing. A secret. But that little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349437729 • Author: Elsie Silver • Publisher:  Piatkus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  432 • Dimensions:  12.6 x 3.6 x 19.6 cm Click here to purchase books 1-4 of the Chestnut Springs Series!

Independent, confident, and not held back by her disability, Winnifred McNulty has been determined to prove to herself and others that she can do anything without needing anyone. That all changes when Win meets Bo at a Halloween party, a charming boy in a pirate costume who has more in common with her than she realises. Bonding over the fact that they both have a visible disability, Win and Bo develop an electrifying connection with each other that they just can't ignore. After a one-night stand leaves Win with the biggest decision of her life, Bo is more than happy to join her in sharing this new experience - on the condition that they remain strictly friends. Win and Bo embark on a journey together, discovering more about themselves than they thought they knew. But the chemistry between them is unavoidable, and the plan they put in place soon gets thrown into question as feelings begin to surface. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781835010976 • Author: Hannah Bonam-Young • Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.8 x 19.7 cm

She’s a small-town school teacher, he’s a hotshot creative director. Together, it’s hate at first sight. Sophie Taylor has a secret and Joe Walsh is the last person she'd tell. He’s devilishly handsome, incredibly hot – and far too sure of himself. But Sophie desperately needs his help. Because she's not just hiding something small. She is Este Cox, the mysterious romance author the entire world is desperate to unmask. When a trip to the countryside means sharing a cottage with only one bed, it’s a short step to sharing a whole lot more besides… Can Sophie trust Joe with the truth – and be herself? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008687694 • Author: Lindsey Kelk • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback  • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.2 cm

The brand new summer romance set in Dream Harbor from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Strawberry Patch Pancake House! The greatest love is the one you never expected to find Daisy is fed up with being unlucky in love. And since Mayor Kelly declared her beloved flower shop cursed in one of his infamous visions, business has been slow. Dream Harbor newcomer Elliot has been adjusting to small-town life following his own relationship turmoil. And until now he’s avoided the flower shop at all costs. If the mayor is correct, he doesn’t need any more bad luck in his life. When he finds himself walking through the door of the Daisy Chain Flower Shop, he doesn’t expect it to be a life-changing moment. But as the petals blossom in the sunlight, might the unluckiest woman in Dream Harbor finally find that love comes when you’re least expecting it? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008761479 • Author: Laurie Gilmore • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

The Twilight Saga series has entranced millions of readers around the world. Now all 6 books in the series are available in this deluxe white-edition paperback boxed set. When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him. He seems determined to push her away - until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward's coldness. He, and his family, are vampires - and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close. Includes: • Twilight • New Moon • Eclipse • Breaking Dawn • Midnight Sun • The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349003962 • Author: Stephenie Meyer • Publisher: Atom • Format: Box Set • Dimensions: 21.2 x 21 x 13.3 cm

She’s the quintessential sunshine girl. He’s the lovable class clown. But storm clouds are rolling in, and this Tommen boy is about to get serious. Tommen’s cheeky lad, Gerard ‘Gibsie’ Gibson, is a comedian at heart, but underneath his happy-go-lucky-nature lurks a broken boy, tortured by the events of his past. Using humour to cope with his demons, Gibsie hides everything from the world. Only one person knows who he truly is on the inside. His friend’s little sister. His Claire-bear. Enveloped in sunshine, Claire Biggs has spent her whole life adoring the boy across the street. Her brother’s friend. Seeing a side to Gerard that no one else sees, Claire is determined to tame her wild-at-heart childhood best friend. But when the unexpected occurs and lines are crossed, will Gibsie and Claire’s friendship survive? Will it blossom into something more, or will they lose themselves in the riptide? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349439358 • Author: Chloe Walsh • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 576 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.6cm

I loathe the day I ran smack dab into the hard chest of Alister Howl, Avix University's second-string quarterback. I should've run the moment that beautiful liar smiled my way. Unfortunately for me, he takes my dismissal as a challenge and comes back twice as hard. But how can I be with him if I can't trust him? And that is how I end up at a party, locking lips with campus playboy and ultimate bachelor, Brady freaking Lancaster. Just like that, I'm "Brady's girl". I have no idea where things go from here. But one thing is for sure, fake dating one football player while his teammate tries to win me back is going to be one hell of a ride... A third interconnected standalone in the universe of TikTok sensation Say You Swear, from bestselling author Meagan Brandy. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398723405 • Author: Meagan Brandy • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm

Laurel Creek’s fire chief is good at putting out fires and keeping secrets, but the town sweetheart is determined to burn through his defenses in the blazing-hot finale to the Silver Pines Ranch series. She's as wild as fire. He's ready to burn for her. Olivia Sutton is the sweetheart of Laurel Creek. The owner of a popular boutique, she enjoys the comforts of home, her cat, and freshly baked treats. She's been burned before and she knows the kind of man she should want. Yet beneath her good girl exterior, Olivia’s harbors a secret desire for something more intense—a man who can take control. Enter Asher Reed, the town’s fire chief, known for his intense eyes and mysterious past. Asher keeps everything in his life tightly controlled. . . except when it comes to Olivia, the copper-haired woman who has captured his attention in ways he can’t ignore. After a fire damages Olivia’s home, Asher steps in to help her pick up the pieces, finding her a temporary place to settle at Silver Pines Ranch. When one moment of weakness leads to two pink lines, Olivia and Asher begin spending more time together, determined to be friends. Though Olivia soon realizes that the smoldering firefighter might be the key to her deepest desires and the future she’s always dreamed of. But when she discovers the truth about his past and how it connects with her own, will their spark ignite into a blazing romance—or will their future be extinguished by the weight of family secrets? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804956274 • Author: Paisley Hope • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 2.8 cm

The beloved #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse. Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in Los Angeles together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel.  Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist. Can Ben’s relationship with Fallon – and simultaneously his novel – be considered a love story if it ends in heartbreak? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398540262 • Author: Colleen Hoover • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback  • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.4 cm