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As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job - not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe... It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously gave me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, and stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen her inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything.... That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349132600 • Author:  Freida McFadden  • Publisher:  Orion Publishing • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  352 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 2.8 x 19.6 cm

Introducing our Book of the Week! Each week we personally recommend a trending title that we're super excited about. Want to find a bestselling book worthy of a spot on your bookshelf? Then look no further… She survived her first year at Basgiath War College... but the danger is only beginning. Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's gruelling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance. It's the new vice commandant, who's made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is - unless she betrays the man she loves. Although Violet's body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else's, she still has her wits and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules. But a determination to survive won't be enough this year. Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College - and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349437026 • Author:  Rebecca Yarros • Publisher: Little, Brown • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  640 • Dimensions:  24 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm

When no one is what they seem, who can you trust? Katy Henry is lost and lonely. A single mother, plagued by fatigue and anxiety, she rarely has time for friends. But when she encounters Sibeal Matthews, all this changes. Sibeal is everything that Katy is not: assured, headstrong and charming. Katy soon finds herself pulled out of her isolation into a fierce friendship. But Sibeal is not all that she seems. Tragedy haunts her, and for all her feistiness, she is startlingly dependent on her brother, Gabriel. And when her life begins to spectacularly unravel, Katy is swept up in the storm. As Katy fights to protect herself and her son, it's not just Sibeal who threatens to endanger them - Katy's own past starts to rupture. Who can Katy trust? Can she even trust herself? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349431499 • Author: Caroline England  • Publisher: Piatkus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3cm

Delve into this 5 Book Collection by Ella Maise. In this collection: Charlie, Love and Cliches The Hardest Fall To Hate Adam Connor To Love Jason Thorn Marriage For One Charlie, Love and Cliches Charlie might work at her dad’s company but that doesn’t make her life easy. She’s the kind of person who always goes the extra mile for a client, remembers colleagues’ birthdays and arranges the cake. And yet her dad still favours her sister. So Charlie shouldn’t be surprised when her dad brings someone in to manage her and the team. But what does surprise her is that the new boss is her guy.   The man who she went out with years ago and could never stop thinking about. Charlie wants to hide under the desk… but then she realises she doesn’t have to.   Because William doesn’t seem to remember her at all.     The Hardest Fall In the game of love you can't afford to drop the ball... Zoe’s always been shy. At college, to try to help her, her friend dares her to do the craziest thing she can think of… kiss a random guy. She follows Dylan into a room she thinks is a classroom and ends up seeing a little too much of him. She can hardly kiss him now… not after their embarrassing encounter and certainly not after he tells her he has a girlfriend. But when he finds out about the dare, the two make a pact… if they ever cross paths again – and they’re both single – they’ll kiss. Two years later, fate intervenes, and they end up as accidental roommates. Now Zoe’s seeing a lot more of Dylan than she bargained for and it’s even harder to resist peeking the second time round.   To Hate Adam Connor There’s a sexy actor living next door… wouldn’t you take a peek? Adam Connor is an award-winning actor and undeniable heartthrob. He’s also recently divorced, a single dad and he happens to live right next door to Lucy. And it might be rude to stare but Lucy just can’t help it. The ladder might have been a little much though… One night when she’s indulging her stalker side, Lucy sees something terrible and has no choice but to intervene. She had the best of intentions but Adam can’t see past it and has her arrested. After that night, they're sworn enemies. Even though Adam knows he actually owes Lucy a lot and she can’t pretend she doesn’t still find the hot dad act quite appealing...  To Love Jason Thorn Your childhood crush turned movie star. Now set to play the leading role in a book he doesn't know you wrote about him.   Jason Thorn is a name everyone recognises. A famous actor with the big house, nice car and the bad boy reputation to match. But Olive knows him as her brother’s childhood friend and the boy who broke her heart. But years later, he should be easy to avoid even if he’s impossible to ignore. That is until Olive’s first novel suddenly becomes a bestseller and the film rights get sold to the highest bidder. In an instant, she’s sitting across the table from a team of executives and Jason Thorn himself. Jason hasn’t long re-entered her life before she finds himself being whisked around in his car and – inexplicably – being talked into a fake dating plot to restore his damaged reputation. Marriage For One The only way to secure her dream is to marry a handsome stranger . . . When Rose and Jack meet, she has just lost her uncle, and with him her dream of owning a coffee shop. Rose wanted nothing more than to open a café in her uncle’s building. But her uncle’s will is clear – the building goes to Rose’s husband. Not to her. Then, his lawyer, Jack, offers an unusual solution… she can marry him. She’ll get the café and he’ll get the building. For some reason, Rose agrees. It might be a marriage of convenience but it’s anything but simple. Despite it being his idea, Jack is unbearably surly... But then he does something that shows Rose he might just have a softer side. Maybe love can start with a contract… but will Rose still feel that way when she learns the full terms of their deal? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398533592 • Author: Ella Maise  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Boxset

The Lake District, 1944. Spring is in the air for the women at Mary Vale Mother and Baby Home. Beautiful Stella, the head-turning cook of a munitions factory, has been swept off her feet by a handsome GI. He proposes when she falls pregnant, but soon his letters stop arriving . . . Then there is Lillian, who is deeply unimpressed when she is conscripted as a Land Girl miles from her home, but then she meets a charming, married vet . . . Meanwhile, midwife Ada is getting used to being back at work after the birth of her own beautiful baby girl. But she faces the biggest challenge of her life when the home is engulfed in an outbreak of whooping cough. Though each woman is from a different walk of life, only together can they help Mary Vale come through this crisis . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405965057 • Author: Daisy Styles • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.05 x 12.7 x 2.54cm

Discover the TikTok sensation and bestselling author, Alexandra Christo! To Kill a Kingdom is an action-packed YA debut pits a deadly siren princess and a siren-hunting human prince against each other as they fight to protect their kingdoms. Into the Crooked Place begins a gritty two-book YA fantasy series from Alexandra Christo, the author of To Kill a Kingdom. Follow up with City of Spells, where the world is on the brink of war and four unlikely allies facing sacrifices they had never imagined. Princess of Souls is a Rapunzel-inspired YA fantasy romance about a teen witch groomed to steal souls for an immortal king and the reckless, rebellious boy to whom her fate is tied. Included in this Collection: • To Kill a Kingdom • Into the Crooked Place • City of Spells • Princess of Souls  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781471416002 • Author:  Alexandra Christo • Publisher:  Bonnier • Format:  Book Collection

Alice and Alife couldn't be more different. He's charming, talkative and outgoing. She's reserved, efficient and a workaholic. Forced together by circumstance, they can't see each other but they can talk - and as Alfie slowly brings Alice out of her shell, they start to get to know each other better. The connection between them feels real, but can you really fall for someone you've never seen? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781784166519 • Author: Emily Houghton • Publisher: Black Swan • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.5 x 2.4cm

London, 1944. With bombs raining over London, keeping the Battersea Tavern open is no easy feat for owner Winnie Berry - but the community need the warmth and familiarity of the pub more than ever. After marriage, Maureen Fanning had moved out to Wandsworth with her bad-tempered husband Brancher. But when he loses both his job and their lodgings, the only people who will take them in are her kindly grandparents, Len and Renee. Getting a cleaning job at the Battersea Tavern is the least she can do to pay them back. It would all be fine... if it weren't for Brancher. Winnie is determined to take timid Maureen under her wing. But when tragedy strikes, it will be up to Maureen to find the strength she didn't know she possessed... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409197676 • Author: Kitty Neale • Publisher: Orion • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4cm

Ruby and Ethan were perfect for each other. Until the day they suddenly weren't. Now, ten years later, Ruby is still single, having spent the last decade focusing on her demanding career and hectic life in Manhattan. There's barely time for a trip to England for her little sister's wedding. And there's certainly no time to think about what it will be like to see Ethan again, who just so happens to be the best man. But as the family frantically prepare for the big day, Ruby can't help but wonder if she made the right choice all those years ago. . . Because there is nothing like a wedding for stirring up the past! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405965088 • Author: Melissa Pimentel • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.1cm

Can a single girl really have no-strings sex minus the heartache? Lauren moves to London looking for fun, not commitment. So why do the men she dates assume she's searching for The One and run for the hills? It's time for drastic action. Lauren turns her love life into an experiment, vowing to obey the advice of a different dating guide each month. She'll follow The Rules and play The Game to discover the science behind being a no-strings siren. But modern dating is more complicated than swiping right - and Lauren's about to discover that the things you run from tend to catch up with you . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405965095 • Author: Melissa Pimentel • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.9 x 13.3 x 2.6cm

Sisters, beware the 'Wasteman of Whitewell' . . . As host of radio show Brown Sugar, Kiki Banjo's mission is to protect her listeners from heartbreak. Which puts Whitewell College's newest student, handsome 'player' Malakai Korede, at the top of her hitlist. But when Kiki's dream summer internship in New York depends on finding a fresh angle for her radio show, she must make an unlikely bargain with Malakai himself - to put their simmering clashes aside to form a fake relationship, something sweet and spicy enough to win over the whole campus. However, close proximity to the notorious heartbreaker brings everything Kiki thought she knew about her own heart into question. Why does throwing out her stringent romantic rulebook suddenly feel so tempting? Will she find it in her to resist? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781472286420 • Author: Bolu Babalola • Publisher: Headline Review • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.8cm

It's love . . . what could go wrong? When Josh proposes in a pod on the London Eye at New Years' Eve, he thinks it's perfect. Until she says no. And they have to spend the next 29 excruciating minutes alone together. Realising he can't trust his own judgment, Josh decides from now on he will make every decision through the flip of a coin. Maybe the coin will change his life forever. Maybe it will find him find the girl of his dreams . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405965125 • Author: James Bailey • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.4cm

Jilly Cooper's legendary hero returns! Rupert Campbell-Black, all-conquering racehorse owner-trainer and handsomest man in England, is in the darkest of places. His adored wife, Taggie, is about to undergo chemotherapy. His beloved leading stallion has been assassinated. Now his daughter Bianca is badgering him to buy into a failing local football club, Searston Rovers, so he can sign up her superstar striker boyfriend, Feral Jackson, and he and Bianca can return home from Perth to look after Taggie. Rupert dislikes football and his first impressions of Searston are distinctly unfavourable. But as their new and indelibly competitive Chairman, he won’t stand for anything less than an Everest climb to the top of the Premier League. With the help of the club’s ravishing and adorable secretary, Tember West, and his sassy Press Officer, Dora Belvedon, he becomes increasingly fond of his riotous mix of players, despite bawling them out whenever they face defeat. Rupert’s explosive arrival at Searston causes outrage, so the fights are as furious off the field as on – particularly when glamorous WAGS flood in to stir up trouble and lust after Rupert… Nor do the rival local football team, their duplicitous chairman and their corrupt dealings make things easier – let the scandals, sabotage and seductions begin…  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781787634244 • Author:  Jilly Cooper • Publisher:  Bantam • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  448 • Dimensions:   16.3 x 4 x 24 cm

Eve is like any other teenage girl... Except that the fate of the entire world lies on her shoulders. She's the first girl born in fifty years. She's the answer to their prayers. She's the final hope. Which means she has one function alone... At sixteen, Eve must face her destiny and make a choice. She will choose a man, one out of three carefully selected suitors. But what about Bram? The future of the planet hangs on Eve making the right choice. Will she?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781405965187 • Author: Tom & Giovanna Fletcher • Publisher:  Michael Joseph • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  416 • Dimensions:  16.2 x 3.6 x 24.7 cm

Martin Kemp, the music, film and TV legend creates fiction gold as he introduces fictional anti-hero Johnny Klein in a breathless, high-octane page-turner. Johnny Klein is a rock casualty, a fallen 1980s popstar who has lost everything ― his family, his money and his fame. Thrown a lifeline by an old contact in the music business, Johnny doesn’t care what he is getting himself into. Dragged down into East London’s dark underbelly, Johnny discovers there is more at stake than his own shattered ego. Johnny hates being yesterday’s man but now he’s wishing he could disappear altogether. The party might be over, but there’s no escape from the past…  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780008626792 • Author:  Martin Kemp  • Publisher:  HarperCollins • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  384 • Dimensions:  15.9 x 3.4 x 24 cm