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Discover the big-hitting, small-town series from No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author, Elsie Silver This exclusive box set includes all five books in the series with sprayed edges in the theme of each book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349447810 • Author: Elsie Silver • Publisher: Piatkus Books • Format: Box Set

Discover the bestselling sports romance series from TikTok sensation, Elle Kennedy! This exclusive box set includes all five books in the series with sprayed edges in the theme of each book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349447827 • Author: Elle Kennedy • Publisher: Piatkus Books • Format: Box Set

A priest is murdered and a Private agent is the number one suspect. Jack Morgan is in Rome celebrating the opening of a new local Private office, when the party takes a deadly turn. Private agent Matteo Ricci is found at the party standing over the body of a dead priest with a gun in hand, swearing he did not kill the man. As Jack tries to prove Matteo's innocence, he uncovers a much deadlier conspiracy - which leads him straight to the heart of the Vatican. With corruption closing in on all sides, Jack must decide who he can trust before the city falls. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804942512 • Author: James Patterson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm

It’s never too late to sail a new course... When retired Jill Parker wins an all-expenses paid mediterranean cruise for two she is thrilled! At 63 life in retirement has got a little bit bland for Jill and this might be just the holiday she and husband Eddy need to get the sparks back in their marriage. But when Eddy admits he would much prefer to build his patio and look through the latest DIY magazine, Jill is left with only one other option – her sister Diana. Diana has become rather reclusive since her husband, Caspar died, but perhaps this is the push she needs to bring some excitement back into her life, too? Could this trip be just what both sisters need to reconnect and chart a new path for their futures? Excited to be exploring new horizons and catching up, the sisters soon discover that not everything is smooth sailing on board. And as they enjoy cocktails together at sundown, they discover that they are both actually a little all at sea… An uplifting and hilarious story about living life to the full and always, always having fun! Perfect for fans of Judy Leigh and Dee Macdonald Product Information: • ISBN: 9781806583881 • Author: Maddie Please • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 442 • Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm

A BRAND NEW, enthralling WWII industry saga, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Maisie Thomas. September, 1939. When war is declared, Lily sees an opportunity to escape her domineering father: she will join the Great Western Railway factory to win her financial independence and move out of home. Maggie doesn’t want to simply follow in her sisters’ footsteps and work in the laundries at the GWR. So, when the chance comes to volunteer for men’s work in the machine shop, she’s the first to raise her hand. Catherine, a clerk in the GWR office, has been helping with London’s evacuation efforts, organising trains to move children out of the city. But when her task is completed, will she defy her family and fiancé’s wishes and sign up for a more dangerous role? Taking on demanding new duties, Lily, Maggie and Catherine – and others – develop an unexpectedly close bond. But will friendship be enough to carry them through the ups and downs of life at war? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781806584031 • Author: Jane Lark • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.81 x 12.9 x 2.01 cm

Let MILLION COPY bestselling author Judy Leigh whisk you off to the beaches and beauty of Brittany. Warmhearted, funny and uplifting. Sixty-nine-year-old Fliss has lived a life! A career running her own successful business, a beautiful home, a wardrobe full of designer clothes – Fliss has everything she ever wanted. So why does she feel so lonely? Sixty-six-year-old Shirl didn’t expect to be looking after a baby again, let alone a grown woman who should know better. But with her daughter Gemma struggling to adapt to motherhood, and her boss Fliss increasingly reliant on Shirl to run her life, Shirl never gets a moment to herself. Fliss might not be great at life’s chores, but she is great at seizing opportunities, so when the chance for a jaunt to France’s beautiful Brittany comes her way, she decides it’s just what she and Shirl need. And as the sun-soaked town of Plouvannec-Sur-Mer begins to work its magic on the women, they realise there’s another way to live. From cake-laden patisseries, to joyous local fetes, from food, views and beaches to die for, to a community quick to embrace them, not to mention some rather fine French men for company, perhaps it’s not too late for Fliss and Shirl to embrace a new adventure and look forwards to a totally different future. The perfect feel-good story from besteller Judy Leigh. A must read for all fans of Maddie Please, Dawn French and Caroline James. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781806583935 • Author: Judy Leigh • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 312 • Dimensions: 19.81 x 12.9 x 1.88 cm

A BRAND NEW romantic comedy from TOP TEN BESTSELLER Phoebe MacLeod! Thea Rogers has dedicated her life to her career in corporate law. Apart from her colleague and long-time friend-with-benefits Alasdair, she’s forgone friendships and relationships, and now she’s on track to become her firm’s youngest ever female partner. She should be ecstatic. But when a senior partner dies unexpectedly, Thea realises the people at his funeral are only there out of duty. Suddenly, Thea can’t shake the question: if she disappeared tomorrow, would anyone care? As the life choices she's made suddenly make less and less sense, Thea is forced to make a decision. Stick with the original plan or take a completely different path. Thea has a chance to do it right this time, and fill her world with the things that matter. But can people really change? And once life starts looking up, why does it feel like there’s something… or someone she can’t seem to replace? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781806583997 • Author: Phoebe MacLeod • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 296 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.81 x 1.78 cm

It's been years since Anna has seen Leo Knight. And of all the apartments in all the cities in all the world, he just happens to walk in to her cosy new attic home – as her new housemate. As the two walk the cobbled streets of Prague, taking in the sights and sounds from Wenceslas Square, frosted with snow, to the soft glow of candlelit Charles Bridge, the enchantment of the City of a Hundred Spires soon starts to work its magic on them… Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008670818 • Author: Julie Caplin • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3 cm

Welcome to the town of Starr’s Fall, where Autumn can feel like it goes on forever, and two people have a chance to fall in love… The leaves are falling, with a crispness to the air, along with the scents of coffee and pumpkin spice, past a half-empty street of shuttered storefronts and a bandstand that has seen better days… Just like the whole town of Starr’s Fall, thinks Laurie Ellis – as she and her beloved dog Max head to collect the store keys. Maybe she has seen better days, too, but she’s certainly ready for a new start—and to leave her past behind. Still Laurie wonders whether she made a terrible mistake in coming to lovable but shabby Starr’s Fall. Will she even find customers for her pet store and bakery, never mind a community to welcome and accept her? Not according to Joshua Reilly, the handsome but grumpy manager of the bookstore across the road, who claims he’s never heard of anything so ridiculous as a bakery for dogs. But Laurie remains stubbornly undeterred. She’s starting over, right here. Not least because she has another secret reason for being here… one she isn’t telling anybody, at least not yet, as it involves her own tragic past. What she doesn’t yet know is that a clue to the mystery is hidden deep in Joshua’s bookstore. And he doesn’t yet realize that Laurie herself might be the key to mending his own battered heart… for Laurie and Joshua and the whole town, it’s going to be a fall to remember. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781806583874 • Author: Kate Hewitt • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 19.81 x 12.9 x 1.55 cm

Welcome to Bloodwing Academy. Expect magic. Expect competition. Expect blood. I didn't sign up for this. A half-fae in a school of highblood vampires? That's a recipe for torment. I'm Medra Pendragon – last of the dragon riders, or so they tell me. Funny thing is, there are no dragons left. Not a single one. But somehow, that hasn't stopped the vampires from deciding I'm worth capturing. Now I'm stuck at Bloodwing Academy, where the highbloods run everything and blightborn like me? We're just blood in their veins, pawns in their games. But that's not even the worst part. Enter Blake Drakharrow. Cold, arrogant, and way too gorgeous for his own good. He's been tormenting me since the moment we met, and now, thanks to some ancient ritual, we're betrothed. He acts like he owns me, but I'm not going down without a fight. Bloodwing isn't just a school – it's a battlefield. Highbloods fight for power, and if you're weak? You're dead. Between deadly competitions, lies that could get me executed, and a dragon-shaped secret looming over my head, all I have to do is survive. Easy, right? Except I'm starting to think the real danger isn't the academy – it's what I'm becoming in this twisted game of power. And Blake? He might just be the one who pushes me over the edge. They think they can control me. They think they can use me. But they have no idea what they've awakened. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008792060 • Author: Briar Boleyn • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 592 • Dimensions: 24 x 15.9 cm

Immerse yourself in the World War II saga from bestselling author Chrissie Walsh As World War II takes its toll on Liverpool, only friendship and community can keep the women of Weaver Street smiling. The neighbours on Liverpool’s Weaver Street have always looked after each other, but when the Second World War takes many of the husbands, brothers and sons away to fight, the women’s friendships are more important than ever. Matriarch Kitty Conlon is missing her son Patrick, proud but fearful of the fate of his Spitfire, while spinster Mavis welcomes a new lodger, WAAF Anna Carswell who is delighted by the Weaver Street welcome after a loveless childhood. At number nine, Maggie Stubbs worries nightly as her daughter Lily patrols the streets to protect the neighbours during air raids in her role as ARP Warden, and when an unexploded bomb is discovered at the allotment, danger comes terrifyingly close to Weaver Street. With war raging and Liverpool bearing the brunt of seemingly non-stop bombing, the friends must share the burden of rationing, blackout and news from the front, while helping one another capture all the moments of joy they can. All the time wishing and hoping that soon news of peace will come and finally their lives can start again. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781806583928 • Author: Chrissie Walsh • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 328 • Dimensions: 19.81 x 12.9 x 1.98 cm

Book One in Jennifer L Armintrout's New York Times bestselling HARBINGER SERIES, perfect for fans of Romantic Fantasy! She’s protecting an explosive secret, and her hiding place has just been discovered… Eighteen-year-old Trinity Marrow may be going blind, but she can see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. Her gift is the reason she’s been in hiding for years in a compound guarded by Wardens—shape-shifters who protect humankind from demons. If the demons discover the truth about Trinity, they’ll devour her to enhance their powers. When Wardens from another clan arrive with reports that something is killing both demons and Wardens, Trinity’s world implodes. Not the least because one of the outsiders is the most annoying and fascinating person she’s ever met. Zayne has secrets of his own—but working together becomes imperative once demons breach the compound and Trinity’s secret comes to light. To save her family and maybe the world, she’ll have to trust Zayne. But all bets are off as a supernatural war is unleashed… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781335012852 • Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 512 • Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 cm

Three sisters. Three journeys. One destination. In 1863 the authorities send Irish orphans Ismay and Mara to Australia against their will. Just when they thought it couldn't get any worse, on arrival they're separated from one another. While Ismay is forced to take a job as a maid miles away in the country, Mara must stay in the care of the catholic mission. Desperate to be reunited, they both run away but Ismay soon runs into danger out in the bush. She is saved by Malachi Firth, but although he's attracted to her, he doesn't want to be encumbered with a wife. Meanwhile, their elder sister Keara has not forgotten them. But she has had her own struggles to face and by the time she reaches Melbourne in search of her sisters, she finds that the trail is cold. Danger continues to threaten all three girls and they start to wonder: will they ever see one another again? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780340821381 • Author: Anna Jacobs • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm

Sometimes the worst has to happen . . . Recently widowed, Hannah Firth is still young – young enough to dream of a new life. When her spiteful daughter-in-law uses her as an unpaid servant, Hannah tries to leave, but she is unaware of the depths that Patty’s spite will lead her to. Nathaniel King’s life is ruined when his landlord’s son lays waste to his market garden for a prank – and the resulting feud puts Nathaniel’s livelihood at stake. Hannah has only a few coins and dreams of a happier future to sustain her as she tramps the roads and evades pursuit. When she meets Nathaniel, the attraction between them cannot be denied and they join forces. But their enemies have money and powerful allies on their side and will stop at nothing to get rid of them . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9780340821404 • Author: Anna Jacobs • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384

Love can cross oceans . . . Keara Michaels doesn't want to leave her family in Ireland, but fate sends her first to Lancashire, then across the sea to Australia, pregnant and penniless. And Theo Mullane, the man who loves her, is married, with an ailing baby son, so cannot follow her as he longs to. Mark Gibson leaves Lancashire to avoid marriage. But gold prospecting is a dangerous pursuit, and when his gentle young wife dies in childbirth, his father-in-law kidnaps the baby. So Mark runs away again, this time to Western Australia, where he employs Keara in his country inn. But danger threatens them all, even in the bush, as Keara searches for her lost sisters, Theo comes looking for the woman he loves, and Mark at last confronts his past. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780340821367 • Author: Anna Jacobs • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm

A taut edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Freida McFadden and Claire Douglas. The higher you climb, the greater the fall. I would never have been hired if they knew what I’d done. My past. St Anne’s is a strict environment, and after one year in the coveted position of head teacher, I know I can’t put a foot wrong. Some don’t think I deserve this. Others are desperate for the job themselves. And one of those people wants to bring me down. Whoever this person is, they know things about me. Secrets I’ve barely told anybody. And I’m scared what they might uncover if they delve a little deeper. And what they might do to me – and my family – if I don’t get to them first… An unputdownable and tense psychological thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat, from bestselling author H. M. Lynn. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781806583942 • Author: H. M. Lynn • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 392 • Dimensions: 19.81 x 12.9 x 2.36 cm

“When a chance at being a bridesmaid turns into a chance at being the bride . . . how could she possibly refuse?” Hudson Hopper is in some trouble. After doing his business partner a favour by hiring his younger sister, Sloane, as his assistant, Hudson very quickly finds out that she is a massive distraction. But when Sloane is asked to fill in as a bridesmaid for another of Hudson’s business partners, she comes up with an equal trade. She’ll be a part of the regency-themed wedding – corset and all – if Hudson marries her. Sloane knows the value of the trade: he needs her, and she needs his wedding ring to get her into a high-society club and further her career. It’s an instant no from Hudson at first, but when she convinces him that no one will find out – including her brother – and that he will certainly benefit from the marriage too . . . well, Hudson suddenly finds himself saying ‘I do.’ Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399739238 • Author: Meghan Quinn • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 480 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm

Book Two in Jennifer L Armintrout's New York Times bestselling HARBINGER SERIES, perfect for fans of Romantic Fantasy! Dangerous secrets and forbidden desires lead to shocking consequences. Half-angel Trinity and her bonded gargoyle protector, Zayne, have been working with demons to stop the apocalypse while avoiding falling in love. The Harbinger is coming, but who…or what…is it? All of humankind may fall if Trinity and Zayne can’t win the race against time as sinister forces gather. As tensions rise, they must stay close together and patrol the DC streets at night, seeking signs of the Harbinger, an entity that is killing Wardens and demons with no seeming rhyme or reason. But as deaths pile up and they uncover a plot endangering someone dear to Zayne, Trin realizes she is being led…herded…played for some unknown end. As anger builds and feelings spiral out of control, it becomes clear that rage may be the ruin of them all. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781335012845 • Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 544 • Dimensions: 20.29 x 12.54 x 3.63 cm

The raven, crane, and firebird each chose a tribe of man, granting humans heavenly magic. But power in man's hand caused endless wars for land. With mankind's destruction, the birds perished taking with them their magic. Magic is now rare, war common. The discarded daughter of an emperor, Khamilla Zahr-zad is raised with her mother's nomadic tribe until a violent raid ends that peaceful life. Amid the chaos of death, the heavenly magic of nur awakens within her, granting her the power to wield a cosmic light. Khamilla suddenly goes from outsider to weapon, finally accepted into her father's court. Now worthy, she trains in combat and poisons, pledging loyalty to his throne. But tragedy strikes again and when her clansmen are defeated by a rival empire, Khamilla vows lasting vengeance as she escapes. However Khamilla is not alone - for something shadows her, feeding her darkness. Hiding her identity, Khamilla infiltrates the enemy's army academy. She studies jinn, magic, and martial arts from cutthroat mystic monks in a bid to bring down an empire from within. However, through her studies Khamilla begins to question her father's teachings of war and rule. With war escalating across kingdoms and a twisted magic spreading, Khamilla is torn between two impossible choices: revenge or freedom. With gorgeous prose and a captivating magic system, layered with morally grey characters, Dawn of the Firebird embraces rich Islamic culture and raises provocative questions about individual power, choice, and the cost of war. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781526674371 • Author: Sarah Mughal Rana • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc • Format: Hardback • Pages: 480 • Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.8 x 4.4 cm

A wildland firefighter reconnects in a second-chance romance with his late best friend’s sister, the one that got away, in the scorching hot second book in the BookTok viral Sky Ridge Hotshots series. ‘Let me be your twin flame, love.’ I walk into the local bar with my hotshot crew, dirty and exhausted, only to slam into my biggest regret. The twin sister of my lost best friend and the one who got away, Violette Taylor. I haven’t seen her in years, but I haven’t forgotten her either. I used to be Rowan to her. Now, I’m just King, the guy who broke her heart, but not for the reasons she thinks. Violette, a nurse and single mom, is back in town for good, and working hard to avoid anyone who reminds her of the past, especially a career hotshot like me. But when I fall into her care after an injury lands me in her burn unit, it feels like maybe it’s fate. I know something she doesn’t – life rarely offers second chances. I need to protect those I love. So, if this is my chance to make things right, I’m taking it. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035093199 • Author: Paisley Hope • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm