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Three friends. Two secret crushes. One wedding… Lori has been in love with her best friend Aiden since college. Now Aiden (handsome, fair, All-American dream doctor) is getting married, and Lori desperately needs a date to the wedding. So she asks the best man, Jace (tall, dark, and brooding), to pretend their platonic friendship is something more not to have to face the worst day of her life alone. Fake dating one best friend to forget the other should be easy… Plot twist—it’s not. When Jace starts acting like the sweetest, most attentive boyfriend, Lori begins to wonder if she’s been seeing him wrong all this time? They’ve been an inseparable trio since freshman year, but now everything is changing — and that’s not even bringing Jace’s feelings into the mix. Basically? It’s complicated. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836784876 • Author: Camilla Isley • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Pages: 384 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm

Help support your child's number and counting skills with Peppa Pig and friends in this colourful wipe-clean activity book. Children will practise counting from 1-20, use numbers in a sequence, draw in the missing objects on the pages to make the correct number of items and other activities that make learning seem effortless and fun! Ideal for young readers who are starting school and developing their early number skills and pencil control. Children can wipe the page clean and practise again and again. Includes a free pen. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241598047 • Author: Peppa Pig • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Pages: 16 • Format: Paperback

Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in her kitchen. He thinks she’s his mother. But Tessa doesn’t have any children. Not anymore. She doesn’t know who the little boy is or how he got there. After contacting the police, Tessa is suspected of taking the mystery child. Her whole life is turned upside down. And then her husband reveals a secret of his own… Tessa isn’t sure what to believe or who to trust. Because someone is lying. To find out who, she must confront her painful past. But is the truth more dangerous than Tessa realises? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836180685 • Author: Shalini Boland • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 304 • Format: Paperback

How to put a positive spin on a murder mystery… Meet our narrator: witty, nosy, a professional weaver of lies – aka ghostwriter for the rich and famous – and now, lander of The Dream Assignment (that is, a politician’s tell-all memoir). Enter Dorothy Gibson: recently toppled Presidential C andidate, aka that woman, the most talked-about person in the country right now… for all the wrong reasons. Add — an invitation to the middle of nowhere, one well-heeled neighbour dying under suspicious circumstances, a secret investigation — and an unreasonably beautiful man. The result — a story even our ghostwriter wasn’t expecting. And for once, it’s all hers… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408720653 • Author: Kemper Donovan • Publisher: Little Brown • Pages: 336 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.8 cm

The ultimate enemies-to-lovers, fake dating summer romance from MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Portia MacIntosh. Lara and Sonny are sworn enemies. As rival showbiz journalists, they are always out to get one-up on each other – whether being the first to scoop the latest celebrity gossip, or sabotaging a potential lead. So when their bosses ask them to join forces and go undercover at an exclusive celebrity retreat, they can’t think of anything worse – except that they are going to need to pretend to be in couples therapy to blend in… Being on a tropical island for work would be most people’s idea of heaven, but for Lara and Sonny it’s hell. Can a week of sun, sea and uncovering showbiz secrets together chip away at Lara and Sonny’s rivalry? And once they get home and the fake relationship is over, could a real one be left in its place? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836784869 • Author: Portia MacIntosh • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Pages: 272 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.57 cm

Does she have the perfect life… or is she the perfect liar? Sorcha thought her life was over when she discovered her husband’s affair. But somehow, she’s risen from the ashes of their divorce, and now she’s determined to give something back and help other women who need support. Women like shy and isolated Tina, who has barely left her flat in the past year. Like Sorcha, Tina knows what it feels like to be betrayed by the man you love. But when Sorcha invites Tina into her life, and her home, she opens the door to much more than just friendship – and for these two women, nothing will be the same again. Because one of them is hiding a dark secret – a secret they’ll do absolutely anything to keep… Prepare to be gripped by this year’s most addictive psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Alice Feeney, Valerie Keogh and Claire Douglas. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836784791 • Author: Claire Allan • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Pages: 312 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.8 cm

Develop and practise first number skills with Peppa Pig and friends in this colourful wipe-clean activity book! Children will learn how to write the numbers 1-10 and begin to link number words with the numerals (one = 1) through a range of fun Peppa-themed activities. Ideal for young readers who are starting school and developing first number skills and pencil control. Children can wipe the page clean and practise again and again. Includes a free pen! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241598276 • Author: Peppa Pig • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Pages: 16 • Format: Paperback

The perfect read for fans of Pumpkin Spice Café and Legends and Lattes! When Saphira opened up her café for baby dragons and their humans, she wasn’t expecting it to be so difficult to keep the fires burning. It turns out, young dragons are not the best magical animals to keep in a café, and replacing all that burnt furniture is costing Saphira more than she can afford from selling dragon-roasted coffee. Aiden is a local gardener, and local heart-throb, more interested in his plants than actually spending time with his disobedient baby dragon. When Aiden walks into Saphira’s café, he has a genius idea – he'll ask Saphira to train his baby dragon, and he'll pay her enough to keep the café afloat. Saphira’s happy-go-lucky attitude doesn’t seem to do anything but irritate the grumpy-but-gorgeous Aiden, except that everywhere she goes, she finds him there. But can this dragon café owner turn her fortunes around, and maybe find love along the way? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008727666 • Author: A. T. Qureshi • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Pages: 384 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

For as long as I can remember, I've had one dream. Go to the same college as my friends, become the starting quarterback of a division one team, and hear my name announced to the world come draft day. The path was clear, and things were falling in place perfectly. And then she came along. Now I'm in love with a girl . . . whose heart was buried alongside the boy she gave it to. The ghost I can't compete with. The father of her newborn son. She wants me to walk away, to focus on my love for football, but I can't, because I have a new dream. And it begins and ends with them. The angsty, hotly anticipated follow-up novel to SAY YOU SWEAR Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398723375 • Author: Meagan Brandy • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 400 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm

The thrilling epic fantasy sequel to No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, GODKILLER. War is coming, godkiller. The gods are stirring, whispering of war. Godkiller Kissen sacrificed herself to save her friends. But gods cannot be destroyed so easily – and neither can godkillers. Young noble Inara and her little god of white lies, Skedi, seek answers to the nature of their bond. But secrets they uncover could determine the outcome of the war. Meanwhile, Elogast has been charged with destroying King Arren, the man he once called friend, who has now entered into an unholy pact with the most dangerous of them all. The kingdom is on the brink of destruction. What will they each sacrifice to save it? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008521554 • Author: Hannah Kaner • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Pages: 384 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

The characters Happiness, Anger, Sadness, and Pride are here to teach your little one how to manage their emotions. This collection includes: • How Am I Feeling? • I Feel Happy • I Feel Angry • I Feel Sad • I Feel Proud Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241464168 • Author: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Number of Books: 5 • Format: Box Set

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cheat Sheet and Practice Makes Perfect comes an expanded edition of The Off-Limits Rule – a heartwarming romance about new love and fresh beginnings, with a never-before-seen chapter. Rules are made to be broken – especially for love, right? Lucy Marshall has found rock bottom. After failing to succeed as a single mom in Atlanta, she’s back home and moving in with her older brother Drew. Reconnecting with her support system is the right thing to do, but Lucy can’t help but feel like a failure. Her four-year-old son deserves the world, and all she can give him is a spare bedroom. But Drew is the sweetest uncle, and some quality time might be exactly what they need to start fresh. That is until she meets Cooper, her brother’s incredibly hot best friend. When Drew senses something between the two of them, he puts his foot down on any shenanigans. According to him, Cooper is everything Lucy should stay away from: flirtatious, adventurous, and especially non-committal. But Lucy has been getting the opposite impression so far; Cooper is a genuinely great guy, and she’s starting to catch real feelings. Her whole life, Lucy has tried to do everything right, and look where that’s gotten her-so what if she were to try something wrong? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035419326 • Author: Sarah Adams • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 336 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm

FRANCES ALWAYS SAID SHE’D BE MURDERED. SHE WAS RIGHT. In 1965, Frances Adams was told by a fortune teller that one day she’d be murdered. Frances spent the next sixty years trying to prevent the crime that would be her eventual demise. Of course, no one took her seriously – until she was dead. For Frances, being the village busybody was a form of insurance. She’d spent a lifetime compiling dirt on every person she met, just in case they might turn out to be her killer. In the heart of her sprawling country estate lies an eccentric library of detective work, where the right person could step in and use her findings to solve her murder. When her great-niece Annie arrives from London and discovers that Frances’ worst fear has come true, Annie is thrust into her great-aunt’s last act of revenge against her sceptical friends and family. Frances’ will stipulates that the person who solves her murder will inherit her millions. Can Annie unravel the mystery and find justice for Frances, or will digging up the past lead her into the path of the killer? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529430073 • Author: Kristen Perrin • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Pages: 400 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.6 cm

12 sturdy board books featuring early learning concepts and best-loved Disney characters! Includes: • Let’s Eat! • Shapes • How Do You Feel? • 123 • Move Your Body • Colours All Around • On the Go! • Let’s Play! • On the Farm • Step Outside • Animal Friends • What Time Is It? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781503734258 • Author: PI KIDS • Publisher: PI KIDS • Number of Books: 12 • Format: Box Set

Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! When the animal shelter Brandon volunteers at (how cute is he?) is too full to take a litter of abandoned puppies, Nikki decides to look after them until the shelter has more room. Simple, right? UMMM NO! Her parents won't allow dogs in the house so Nikki has to hide the pups at home and take them to school in secret ... but the dogs are a lot harder work than they look - and messier too! Is Nikki's plan going to end in a pawfully dorky disaster? With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398527645 • Author: Renee Russell • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Pages: 320 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13.1 x 2.8 cm

LOVE IS AT STAKE ... SO SHARPEN YOUR BLADES! Carolina wants to join her family in hunting the bloodthirsty vampiros that plague her village, and prove she'll be a better slayer than wife, so she vows to take down a monster herself. But then she runs into an irresistible vampiro who challenges everything she ever knew. Lalo was content leading a perfectly dull life until a vampiro turned him. Now forced to flee his city and hungry for revenge, he heads to where he believes the first vampiro was made. Instead of finding salvation, Lalo collides with a beautiful young woman who'd gladly drive a dagger through his heart. Can her fists and his fangs stay focused long enough to triumph over their common enemy, or will their hatred for one another get in the way? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781785308017 • Author: Angela Montoya • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Pages: 416 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8  x 12.9 cm

A SLEUTHING EXPERIENCE THAT’S PERFECT FOR ALL PUZZLE AND WHODUNNIT LOVERS… The murderers have committed the crimes, now it’s up to you to solve them. Using your powers of deduction, can you play detective and help put the killers behind bars? 5 Minute Murder features 100 logic and code-based murder-mystery puzzles, skillfully compiled by acclaimed psychological thriller writer Christopher J. Yates and puzzle expert Bruce Pitchers. From the dreaming spires of Oxford to the gritty streets of New York, this puzzle-meets-fiction book is split into 10 short stories, each with their own scintillating plotline to accompany the murder-based puzzles. If you’re an armchair detective with a 5-minute coffee break to spare, can you crack the case? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529440898 • Author: Christopher J. Yates • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Pages: 272 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 21.34 x 13.21 x 2.29 cm

Have fun counting down from ten with the little chicks in this fun, spring-like storybook.  Children will love spotting the chicks on each page as they skateboard, dive and have fun! The beautiful illustrations will engage little ones and make learning numbers fun, while the hilarious rhyme will keep the whole family entertained.  Product Information: • ISBN: 9781805440604 • Author: Rosie Greening • Publisher: Make Believe Ideas • Pages: 32 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 26.5 x 26 x 0.4 cm

Enjoy this vibrant collection of easy-to-read crossword puzzles! Presented in a large-print type so that you can boost your general knowledge and test your skills, but not your eyes, as you attempt to complete them all. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398851849 • Author: Eric Saunders • Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd • Pages: 96 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 28 x 22.5 x 0.8 cm

Delicious recipes. Nutritionally balanced. So Good. When we think of nutrition and eating well, so many of us jump to the words ‘diet’, ‘unenjoyable’, and ‘sacrifice’. Sometimes we see healthy eating as something we should do, rather than something we want to do. This is the book to help you kickstart healthy eating as an enjoyable lifelong habit rather than a fad for a week. A perfect collection of over 80 vibrant, tasty and easy recipes all steeped in nutritional science, So Good explains the principles of healthy eating in a fun and relatable way. With recipes including… Fluffy Ricotta Lemon Pancakes Hot Honey Halloumi Avocado Toast Mango And Crunchy Chickpea Salad, With Jalapeno Dressing. Chicken And Spicy Guacamole Lunch Time Tacos Garlic Crumbed Salmon With Courgettes And Yoghurt Creamy Parmesan Chickpeas With Pickled Chillies Greek Yoghurt Roasted Strawberry Eton Mess Food should be a celebration, a memory, a moment. It’s not about counting calories; it’s about making every meal count. Let every meal you make nourish your body and bring you joy with every bite. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399620055 • Author: Emily English • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 240 • Format: Hardback • Dimensions: 23.88 x 19.05 x 2.54 cm