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She broke his heart. Now it’s time he destroys her. Tierney There’s a bullet with my name on it. And Achilles Ferrante is the man who’ll pull the trigger. I’d always known one of us would kill the other. I’d just hoped to do the honor. Twice I betrayed him. First, I broke his heart. Then, I sold him out to the Feds. Even if I hadn’t, I doubt he could spell mercy, much less spare me any. The Camorra prince promised he’d make a spectacle of my death when he caught me. Let him try. He could chase me until the end of Earth. I will always run faster. Achilles To love is to destroy, and I’d loved Tierney Callaghan far too long, and far too much. She’s a fatal weakness, but unlike the Greek mythology warrior – I will remain undefeated. My little flame can run fast, but my bullet is faster. Once upon a time, she was the only person who saw my humanity. She’s about to meet the monster everyone else knows. Includes cover and fanart exclusive to The Works Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399752534 • Author: L.J. Shen • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.8 cm

London, 1940: Farmer John Cook would rather avoid the city at the best of times. But as he watches Nazi bombers passing overhead in the moonlight, he knows he is exactly where he needs to be. A young woman has disappeared during an air raid and Cook links her to a network of spies. As his search continues, he realises more is at stake than he could have imagined... Occupied France: Lady Margaret is playing a dangerous game. To the German high-command she is a valuable prize. To the British, she has become the enemy, unless she can do the impossible: gain the trust of those at the heart of the Nazi war machine and betray their secrets. With the fate of Europe in their hands, will Cook and Margaret make the ultimate sacrifice to keep each other's secrets safe and save innocent lives? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399745734 • Author: Stephen Ronson • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384  • Dimensions: 12.45 x 2.54 x 18.8 cm

One last summer to fall in love... Alice and Briar were best friends through high school, returning every year to the summer camp Briar's mother ran. Until one summer - their last together - when Alice kisses Briar, then flees to England and cuts off all contact. Now, it's up to Briar to keep the summer camp running. Determined to ease her long-term guilt over how she treated Briar, Alice offers to help co-direct, and soon the two are sharing a cabin and managing chaotic campers and counsellors. The two constantly butt heads and rub each other the wrong way - but is all the friction they're feeling purely down to past grievances, or is some of the heat due to rekindled attraction? The beautiful and heartwarming sapphic romance for fans of Alison Cochrun, Ashley Herring Blake and Casey McQuiston. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835980989 • Author: Lily Easton • Publisher: Canelo • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 0.9cm

Eve knows this first-hand: one of her mothers was cursed by the Knight and trapped in the body of a songbird. With the unique abilities to communicate with animals and conjure weapons from nature, Eve has trained all her life to defeat him. With more and more villagers harmed by the Knight's corrupt deals, Eve believes she's finally ready to face him. But when Queen Regina begins acting strangely – talking to seemingly no one, isolating herself, and lashing out at the slightest provocation – Eve must question if her powers are enough to save her family and her kingdom. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781526641090 • Author: Kalynn Bayron • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.6 cm

‘Ask him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath’ St. Joseph, patron of departing souls – pray for me.’ Liverpool, 1979: new CID recruit Leigh Borrowdale is seconded to a disturbing murder inquiry: a mysterious death in a decaying building, where the remains of a young man have been found. Tasked with looking into missing persons’ cases to track down the identity of the victim, Leigh comes into contact with the disappeared of a city living through its darkest days of the winter of discontent. As she faces her own family demons and battles the male-dominated world at work, Leigh discovers a connection to two boys feared drowned in the Mersey and links to the murky Liverpool underworld. Through it all her only ally is her colleague, DS Des Chung, who knows what it means to be an outsider in the police force, albeit one who takes a very different approach. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008716240 • Author: Sarah Mellor • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.6 cm

Finding love was not the only goal . . . When grumpy ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets badgered into selling his memoirs, he knows he’s never going to be able to write them. He hates revealing a single thing about himself, is allergic to most emotions, and can't imagine doing a good job of putting pen to paper. And so in walks curvy, cheery, cute-as-hell ghostwriter Mabel Willicker, who knows just how to sunshine and sass her way into getting every little detail out of Alfie. They banter and bicker their way to writing his life story, both of them sure they’ll never be anything other than at odds. But after their business arrangement is mistaken for a budding romance, the pair have to pretend to be an item to satisfy a public ravenous for more of this Cinderella story. And now they have to decide: is their fake relationship all for show, or something so real it might just give them their fairy-tale ending? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035038121 • Author: Charlotte Stein • Publisher: Pan • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 13 x 2 x 19.7 cm

It's 1938 and as the threat of war hangs over the country, Sarah Caselton is preparing for her new job at Woolworths. Before long, she forms a tight bond with two of her colleagues: the glamorous Maisie and shy Freda. The trio couldn't be more different, but they immediately form a close-knit friendship, sharing their hopes and dreams for the future. Sarah soon falls into the rhythm of her new position, enjoying the social events hosted by Woolies and her blossoming romance with young assistant manager, Alan. But with the threat of war clouding the horizon, the young men and women of Woolworths realize that there are bigger battles ahead. It's a dangerous time for the nation, and an even more perilous time to fall in love . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781447295488 • Author: Elaine Everest • Publisher: Pan Macmillan • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 2.8 cm

Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and a witch hunter falling in love in bestselling author Kristen Ciccarelli's latest romantic fantasy. On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is. Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe – a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution – who she can't help but find herself falling for. Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting? Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Crimson Moth is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch…is falling in love. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008650605 • Author: Kristen Ciccarelli • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

In Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Rebel Witch, the exciting conclusion to The Crimson Moth duology, love has never been so deadly. A witch. Rune Winters is on the run. Ever since the boy she loved, Gideon Sharpe, revealed who she was and delivered her into enemy hands, everyone wants her dead. If Rune hopes to survive, she must ally herself with the cruel and dangerous Cressida Roseblood, who’s planning to take back the Republic and reinstate a Reign of Witches―something Cressida needs Rune to accomplish. A witch hunter. Apparently it wasn’t enough for Rune to deceive Gideon; she’s now betrayed him by allying herself with Cressida―the witchwho made his life a living hell. Gideon won’t allow the Republic to fall to the witches and be plunged back into the nightmares of the past. In order to protect this new world he fought for, every last witch must die―especially Rune Winters. An impossible choice. When Rune makes Gideon an offer he can’t refuse, the two must pair up to accomplish dangerous goals. The more they’re forced into each other’s company, the more Gideon realizes the feelings he had for Rune aren’t as dead and buried as he thought. And now he’s faced with a terrible choice: sacrifice the girl he loves to stop a monster taking back power, or let Rune live and watch the world he fought so hard for burn. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008650650 • Author: Kristen Ciccarelli • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

Rose Evans is off limits. She's young, impulsive and my best friend's little sister. Now I'm stuck with her as my assistant. And something tells me I'm not the only one willing to cross the line. Wilder My brother is out of commission, so I'm left running our ranch on my own all summer. Or at least I was until my best friend proposed hiring his wild-child sister from the East Coast. It seems perfect . . . until her first day. Because the Rose I once knew is all grown up. Petite, mouthy . . . with sinful emerald eyes that don't cower at my scowls. She knocks the breath right out of me. And not just because she keeps crashing into me at work. But there's more to this spitfire than she's seen for. And I want it all. Rose This summer is a chance to slow down, breathe, reset . . . and let go of a past that follows me like a shadow. Instead, I get a grumpy boss with buttons too easy to press. He thinks I like getting into trouble. He's addicted to saving me. And the more he does, the easier it is to trust him-with every part of me. But his own heart is locked up tight. I only have a few weeks left. Will they be enough for him to ask me to stay? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781471420146 • Author: Roxanne Tully • Publisher: Embla Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432  • Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.8 x 19.6 cm

In this deadly maze, the most dangerous thing may be the passion between them. Sadaré wakes in a labyrinth, remembering only that she is a powerful sorceress. Her sole companion is a hostile immortal named Daesra - beautiful, dangerous, and demonic - who bound his divine soul for power and revenge. Despite their animosity, the two develop a tenuous truce, realising that neither can defeat the monster at the centre of the maze and escape alone. But as they wander, Sadaré recovers glimpses of their shared history that make her question everything. Unlocking the secrets of her past may be the only way to survive and heal their entwined fates - but as she learns more about the betrayals that brought them together, Sadaré begins to fear what truly lies at the heart of the labyrinth. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781785124846 • Author: AdriAnne May • Publisher: Zaffre • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 13 x 2.4 x 19.9 cm

The child you never knew knows all your secrets . . . Out of the blue, Susie Jukes is contacted on social media by Anna, the girl she gave up for adoption fifteen years ago. But when they meet, Anna's home life sounds distinctly strange to Susie and her husband Gabe. And when Anna's adoptive parents seem to overreact to the fact she contacted them at all, Susie becomes convinced that Anna needs her help. But is Anna's own behaviour simply what you'd expect from someone recovering from a traumatic childhood? Or are there other secrets at play here - secrets Susie has also been hiding for the last fifteen years? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529444964 • Author: JP Delaney • Publisher: Quercus Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 387 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 2.9 cm

1914. War brought them together, now duty threatens to tear them apart. Rose Courtenay is bound by duty to her wealthy family. She is expected to marry well and continue the family legacy. But when war engulfs Europe, she sees her chance to escape. She volunteers as a nurse on the Western Front, prepared to face the horrors of the battlefield rather than submit to a life she doesn’t want. Arriving in France, Rose is immediately thrown into the chaos of war as she tends to injured soldiers. At the hospital she is reunited with Lieutenant Alex Denham, her childhood friend she never thought she’d see again. The connection between Rose and Alex is instant and, as she nurses him back to health, stolen moments turn into something deeper. But Alex has a secret, one that binds him to a duty he can’t escape. As war rages around them, Rose and Alex must decide — will they fight for love, or will duty tear them apart once more? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781781899458 • Author: Margaret James • Publisher: Joffe Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 298  • Dimensions: 12.85 x 1.91 x 19.84 cm

They're rivals on and off the ice. But they might have more in common than they realise.. Partying, dudes and hockey. What more could a gay NHL player want? Ezra's life is perfect apart from Anton Hayes. A winger from Philly, Anton is all about the game. He's worked for years to be one of the best in the league, and he's done it without splashing his orientation all over the tabloids, unlike his Boston rival, Ezra. Not even an earth-shattering one-night stand can thaw their animosity. With two massive egos colliding, there's going to be sparks. As they fall into bed together time and time again, Anton's possessive streak awakes, and Ezra delights in playing up to it. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835984857 • Author: Saxon James and Eden Finley  • Publisher: Canelo Romance • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm

Never date a jock – it’s her one rule. He'll do whatever it takes to break it. When seventeen-year-old Violet is left heartbroken by the captain of her school’s ice hockey team, she vows to never date a jock again. But, in an attempt to prove she’s moved on, she turns to the most unlikely person—her ex’s biggest rival, the notorious captain of the Ransom Devils. Reed Darling is gorgeous, mysterious and intimidating, both on and off the ice. Wild rumors constantly circulate about him, and the only thing people love to talk about more than his hockey skills are his exploits as a ruthless heartbreaker and bad boy. Who better to serve as Violet’s fake boyfriend until her ex gets the message, right? But despite the intense rivalry between their two schools and Reed’s infamous reputation, Violet soon starts to wonder if there’s more to him than the gossip suggests. And while she tries her best to control their ‘relationship’ with a list of strict guidelines, Reed has other ideas. He’s set his sights on winning her over and is determined to show Violet he’s not the guy everyone thinks he is. She should have known better than to make a deal with a devil because this one is going to break all her rules. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008762247 • Author: Alexandra Moody • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.2 cm

WELCOME BACK TO BLUE RIVER RANCH . . . Dallas Six months ago, a fire on my ranch took my fiancée. And my whole world along with her. Just when I thought I'd never feel anything again, a six-year-old landed on my porch-with a paternity test confirming what I knew the moment I saw her. Now the people who brought her to me want her back-and I'll do anything to keep her. Even marry the fiery redhead who snuck into my half-built house and charmed my daughter faster than I could throw her out. A fake marriage to keep my daughter safe? Deal, as long it's clear this arrangement has an expiration date. Willow Marrying Dallas Thorne could be the best and worst decision I've ever made. The best because, like me, he's sworn off the four-letter word indefinitely. The worst because he's rugged in every sense of the word and fiercely protective. So naturally, I'm drawn to him like a moth to a flame. Only this flame is bound to burn me alive if I let myself fall. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781471420733 • Author: Roxanne Tully • Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.9 x 2.4 cm

What happens in paradise… stays in paradise! Hotel guest relations manager Jasmine, also known as a Love Alchemist, adores her job at the exclusive Spanish Love Hotel. She prides herself on helping guests meet their perfect match. But matchmaking is absolutely forbidden between staff. And so Jasmine must resist the attraction she feels every time she’s around delectable sous-chef, Alejandro. The problem is, she knows the feeling is mutual. But she cannot jeopardise her job or break the rules. Because all her hard work is about to be recognized when she’s asked to set up the new branch of the hotel in Jamaica. With an ocean between her and temptation, Jasmine is ecstatic. This is just the distance she needs to keep her feelings under control. But there is one kink in her plan… Alejandro has been asked to join her. For two whole weeks! Under the sultry Jamaican sun, keeping it strictly professional becomes impossible when romance is literally all around them! So they agree a (secret) holiday fling may help satisfy their desires and then they can move on. After all, what happens in paradise stays in paradise… right? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781807340711 • Author: Olivia Spring • Publisher: Boldwood Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 312  • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.88 x 19.81 cm

You'll do anything to get your daughter back . . . Lauren can't wait to see her daughter again, to pick her up from university at the end of her first term. But when she arrives at her hall and knocks on the door to her room, a stranger opens it. At first, Lauren thinks she must have the wrong room, or the wrong floor. Maybe even the wrong building. But she soon realises the truth: Evie's not there. She hasn't been there for weeks. So where is she? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804185186 • Author: TM Logan • Publisher: Zaffre • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm

Filled with heartbreak, redemption, dark magic and bloodthirsty vampires, The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King is the stunning second book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent. Love is a sacrifice at the altar of power. In the wake of the bloody tournament known as the Kejari, Oraya is now a prisoner in her own kingdom and grieving the only family she ever had. She’s left with only one certainty: she cannot trust anyone, least of all Raihn, the vampire who betrayed her. The House of Night, too, is surrounded by enemies. Raihn’s own nobles are none too eager to accept a Turned king, especially one who was once a slave. And the House of Blood has dug their claws into the kingdom, threatening to tear it apart from the inside. When Raihn offers Oraya a secret alliance, taking the deal is her only chance at reclaiming her kingdom – and seeking her revenge against the lover who betrayed her. But to do so, she’ll need to harness an ancient power, intertwined with her father’s greatest secrets. With enemies closing in on all sides, Oraya finds herself forced to choose between the bloody reality of seizing power – and the devastating love that could be her downfall . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035040988 • Author: Carissa Broadbent • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 768 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13.2 x 4.8 cm

An exiled princess teams up with the last man she thought she could trust in the start of an immersive debut fantasy series filled with a sizzling reluctant allies-to-lovers romance, a world to get lost in, dangerous quests, and dragon bonds. She is vengeance. He will be her sword. Dragons were myth in Ravaryn until five eggs, long thought fossils, hatched in the presence of Princess Elowen Atarah. Jealous and fearful, King Garrick imprisoned his young daughter while desperately seeking a way to break her soul-bond with the creatures. Many years after a daring rescue freed her, Elowen is now a queen in her own right. She is ready to seek vengeance and save the precious dragons she was forced to leave behind. But to succeed she will need to ally herself with Cayden Veles, the most ruthless commander in the kingdom and her father's sworn enemy. Elowen initially ignores the lure of the charismatic commander but, as the plan to infiltrate King Garrick's castle progresses, both her and Cayden find their growing desire almost impossible to resist. Can their attraction survive a daring life-or-death heist and the looming threat of war? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804187982 • Author: Olivia Rose Darling • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.6 cm