Summer Reads

Experience the romantic and satisfying conclusion to Colleen Hoover's powerful global bestselling novel, It Ends with Us. Colleen Hoover takes us on a whole new emotional rollercoaster, this time, switching between the perspective of Atlas and Lily as they navigate friendship, love and a very jealous ex-husband... Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favourite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to It Ends with Us. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.  Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398518209 • Author: Colleen Hoover • Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.3 x 2.45 cm

Get your hands on this gorgeous exclusive stencilled edge edition of Powerful, exclusive to The Works! From the international bestselling author of Powerless, comes a sizzling and heart-racing new story set in the Kingdom of Ilya.  Adena and Paedyn have always been inseparable. Fate brought them together when they were young, but friendship ensured they’d always protect each other and the home they built in the slums of Loot. But now Paedyn – an Ordinary – has been selected for The Purging Trials, which means almost certain death. Now alone in Loot, Adena must fend for herself. After attempting to steal, it’s a mysterious man from the market who comes to her rescue. Mak’s shadowy past and secretive power set him apart from the other low-level Elites of Loot. And as the pair team up to see their loved ones before the Trials begin, the quest tests their loyalty, their love, and their lives… Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781398535732 • Author: Lauren Roberts • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 288 • Dimensions: 13 x 1.72 x 19.8 cm

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

Discover your new TikTok obsession, a SPICY reverse grumpy x sunshine sports romance!  Sebastian: It's my final season to prove myself before the MLB Draft. The last thing I need is a distraction -especially not one as tantalising as Mia di Angelo. She's the drop-dead gorgeous astrophysicist-in-training who ditched me the moment I wanted to take us from casual to committed. But when she needs somewhere to stay for the summer... I can't help but offer her my place. Being roommates can't be that hard, can it...? Mia: I have two goals this summer: get into a study abroad program and get over baseball god Sebastian Miller-Callahan. It's not easy to stop thinking about him, but he deserves better than a prickly, career-focused girl like me. And the last thing I need is to play roommates with the only man who can set my body ablaze, when our futures could not be more different. But why do all the feelings I pretend that I never had come rushing back, far too strong for either of us to ignore...?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781035412860 • Author:  Grace Reilly  • Publisher:  Headline Eternal • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  448 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 3.2 x 19.6 cm

The bookworm and the basketball player are about to meet their match... Kendall Holiday spends her Friday nights exactly where she wants to be: with her head buried in a spicy romance novel while she works the graveyard shift at her university's library. She knows she could join her friends for a weekend of drunken debauchery and college parties, but she likes her alone time, so she tells herself she isn't hiding when she gets lost in the pages of fictional love stories.  But that all changes when Vincent Knight, captain of the basketball team, turns up with an injured wrist, a sour mood, and a pressing need for poetry recommendations for a class he hates. Vincent is tall, smart-mouthed, and challenges Kendall like no one has before. Suddenly, she's falling headfirst into her very own romance novel. But it takes a lot more truth than tropes to get to a happy ever after in real life...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781405968683 • Author:  Annie Crown • Publisher:  Penguin Books Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  234 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 19.8 x 2 cm

Discover your new TikTok obsession, a spicy fake dating college football sports romance... James: Football is my everything. But when I transfer to McKee University to escape the distractions that nearly cost me my future in the NFL, I'm faced with another consequence: retake the writing class I failed at my last college, or lose any chance I have at making it big. That's where fellow senior Beckett Wood - gorgeous, stubborn, and just my type - comes in. She's the key to my success in this class... but the price of her help is a fake relationship, and I never do things halfway. Bex: I don't mess around with athletes, and handsome, self-assured James Callahan is no exception. He wants me to help him pass the writing class we're both stuck taking, but I'm too busy to take on yet another responsibility. But when his teammate - my cheating ex - won't leave me alone, I realize I need to convince him I've moved on . . . and what better way than by pretending to be with James, who wants nothing to do with a real relationship? But with every fake kiss, why does James pull me deeper into a place that thrills me? And why don't I want it to end?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781035412815 • Author:  Grace Reilly  • Publisher:  Headline Eternal • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  304 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 2.8 x 19.6 cm

Bastian Bishop. That's his name. He's rough, rugged, and utterly unpredictable. Silent and steady one second, and a nightmare the next. He's an outsider and in my world outsiders don't belong. But he doesn't seem to care. After one night of reckless rebellion, the tattooed tyrant keeps coming back, sneaking into my world without permission, and causing trouble I can't allow. I should end it before my father discovers my existence and does it for me. But Bastian says, like it or not ... I am his now, that nothing and no one will stand in his way. What he refuses to understand is I'm a Girl of Greyson, a coveted queen of sorts in the underground crime world. He's a nobody with nothing to his name. We could never be. Or so I thought I did, until betrayal burns so deep that suddenly nothing makes sense. Nothing but him...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781398719538 • Author:  Meagan Brandy  • Publisher:  Orion • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  528 • Dimensions:  12.6 x 4 x 19.6 cm

An ice hockey enemies-to-lovers sports romance... Zanders: Chicago hockey isn't complete without me - everyone's favourite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night. What I don't like is the new flight attendant on our team's private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I'll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee, by the end of the season, she'll be begging to quit her job. But every road trip blurs the lines, and I can't quite figure out if I keep pushing that flight attendant call button to push her buttons, or if it's more than that. Stevie: I've been a flight attendant for years. I thought I'd seen it all, but when my new job lands me onboard working for the most egotistical and self-righteous diva in the NHL, I start to guess everything second. Including the promise I made to myself of never hooking up with an athlete again . . . no matter how annoyingly tempting he may be. Evan Zanders is unfiltered, unapologetic, and too attractive for his own good. He loves his image, but I hate everything about it. Everything but him.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781399728546 • Author:  Liz Tomforde  • Publisher:  Hodder Paperbacks • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  592 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 3.8 x 19.6 cm

Two exes. One pact. Could this holiday change everything? Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Every year, they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world. Except this year, they are lying through their teeth, because Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone. But the cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be here together. They can't bear to break their best friends' hearts so they'll fake it for one more week. But how can you pretend to be in love - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241995365 • Author:  Emily Henry • Publisher:  Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  400 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm Please note: The edge of the book may vary in design.

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Summoned to Evelyn's luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the '80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn's story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398515697 • Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid • Publisher: Washington Square Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.9 x 2.4 cm

Hockey's golden girl just made a deal with the bad boy... Gigi Graham has exactly three goals: qualify for the women's national hockey team, win Olympic gold, and step out of her famous father's shadow. So far, so good, except for two little things. Fine - a little thing and a big, grumpy thing. She needs to improve her game behind the net, and she needs help from Luke Ryder. Ryder is six-foot five, built, opinionated, rude... and sexy as hell. But he's still the enemy. Briar's new hockey co-captain has his reasons, though. The men's team just merged with a rival program, leaving Ryder with an angry roster where everyone hates one another's guts. To make matters worse, the summer coaching spot he's angling for with the legendary Garrett Graham is out of reach after he makes the worst possible first impression on his hero. So, really, this compromise with Gigi is win-win. He helps her make the national team, she puts in a good word with her dad. The only potential snag? This bone-deep, body-numbing, mind-spinning chemistry they're trying to ignore. It's a dangerous game they're playing, but the risks just might be worth it. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349439501 • Author:  Elle Kennedy • Publisher:  Piatkus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  496 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 3.8 x 19.6 cm

He’s a world champion. She’s the new girl on the grid. Will their sizzling chemistry throw him off track? As the new social media manager for Revolution Racing, Faith is ready to get her drivers in front of the world. With their sizzling good looks, champagne lifestyles, and charming smiles it's going to be easy. But Julien Moretz is the obstacle she never saw coming. The renowned World Champion doesn't need his personal life splashed across the internet. He's here to race and he's here to win. Julien has too much at stake to let someone see the real him. But Faith isn't the woman he first thought, and Julien isn't the bad boy he shows the world. No matter how hard they try to push each other away, as they discover the people behind the media, Faith and Julien could be the most scandalous story of the racing season!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781405958059 • Author:  Emilee Carter  • Publisher:  Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  352 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm

From the bestselling author of It Happened One Summer comes the last sexy and hilarious novel about three broke and beautiful best friends... Construction worker Russell Hart has been head-over-work boots for Abby Sullivan since the moment he laid eyes on her. But he knows a classy, uptown virgin like her could never be truly happy with a rough, blue-collar guy like him. If only she'd stop treating him like her personal hero—a role he craves more than oxygen—maybe he could accept it. With the future of her family's company on her shoulders, Abby barely has time to sleep, let alone find love. And her best friend Russell acting like a sexy, overprotective hulk any time their Super Group goes out in public definitely isn't helping her single status. But after a near-tragedy lands Russell in her bed for the night, Abby's suddenly fantasizing about what he looks like shirtless. Chest hair and tattoos—who knew? As Russell struggles to keep Abby at a safe distance, she begins to see through his tough-talking exterior—and acknowledge her own feelings. Now she's ready to turn the friend-zone into foreplay…and make him lose control.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780063329416 • Author: Tessa Bailey • Publisher:  Avon • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  304 • Dimensions: 13.49 x 1.73 x 20.32 cm

When Russ and Aurora cross paths at a university party, a drinking game ends with them spending the night together. The next day, Aurora slips away before Russ learns her full name.  This anonymity ends when they both turn up to their first day of work as camp counsellors. A job they had both chosen to escape Maple Hills for the summer.  Given their history, there’s still an obvious tension between the two but the camp has a strict “no staff fraternizing” rule. Russ doesn’t want to risk heading home early but Aurora has never been one for rules.   As things heat up, they'll have to resist or risk starting something they just can’t stop.      Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781398525719 • Author: Hannah Grace • Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  400 • Dimensions:  13 x 2.35 x 19.8 cm   Please Note: These copies are standard edition without a sprayed edge.

Two young adults from completely different backgrounds embark on a tentative romance, unaware of what the future holds... After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she’s finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows. Devastated and anxious for the summer to go by quickly, Beyah has no time or patience for Samson, the wealthy, brooding guy next door. Yet, the connection between them is too intense to ignore. But with their upcoming futures sending them to opposite ends of the country, the two decide to maintain only a casual summer fling. Too bad neither has any idea that a rip current is about to drag both their hearts out to sea.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781398525054 • Author:  Colleen Hoover • Publisher:  Simon & Schuster UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  368 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 13 x 1 cm 

Read the incredible book that inspired the new Netflix series that everyone is talking about... Twenty years, two people, one day...  15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that? And every year that follows? Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781399728621 • Author:  David Nicholls • Publisher:  Hodder & Stoughton • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  480 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 19.7 x 3.5 cm

A new life awaits... Martha and Penelope Merridene desperately need a fresh start. Their father is gone, they are left penniless, and the only way forward is to accept an unusual job offer in the distant town of Tapton. Jonas Wright, the mill owner there, requires a teacher for his daughters and some promising mill workers. The sisters aren't settled long before their lives are flipped upside down. Caught up in a riot, Penelope meets a disgruntled worker, Daniel Porter, whose family have been brought to starvation by a rival mill owner. And against her better judgement, Martha finds herself drawn to Ben Seaton, the father of one of her students. Amid the chaos, some romance might be just the respite the two sisters need - but the course of true love never did run smooth. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781804367223 • Author:  Anna Jacobs • Publisher:  Canelo • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  336 • Dimensions:   12.9 x 19.8 x 2.5 cm

Libby and Will spent a glorious honeymoon in this magical city.  They didn't have much money, but they had a whole lot of love and a bright future ahead of them. And Venice was where it all went wrong... Two kids and twenty-five years later, they are struggling with money problems but somehow Will manages to fulfil his promise to Libby to take her back to Venice for their anniversary.  This time, they are doing it in style and a masked ball awaits. But among the beautiful buildings and romantic canals, Libby learns that her husband has a secret that breaks her heart. The trust is broken and the marriage is over. But there are decades of love and two grown sons between them. Can they ever find their way back to each other or have they missed their chance forever? Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781804362273 • Author:  Helga Jensen • Publisher:  Canelo Hera • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  304 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.8 cm

Just friends. Just friends. JUST FRIENDS. If they repeat it enough, maybe it'll be true . . . Hazel knows she's a lot to take - and frankly, most men aren't up to the challenge. If her army of pets and taste for the absurd don't send them running, her lack of filter and tendency to say exactly the wrong thing will. Their loss. Not everyone can handle a Hazel. Josh has known Hazel since college. From the first night they met, Josh has always thought of Hazel more as a spectacle than a peer. But now, ten years later, after a cheating girlfriend has turned his life upside down, going out with Hazel is a breath of fresh air. Not that Josh and Hazel date. At least, not each other. Because setting each other up on progressively terrible double blind dates means there's nothing between them . . . right? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349421872 • Author: Christina Lauren • Publisher: Piatkus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 2.8 cm