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Welcome to Flamford, the town sanity forgot. Edgy, sharp-tongued City burn-out Andy Chambers has been advised, for the sake of his health, to take a break from his stressful London lifestyle and get some rest. So he goes to stay with his estranged uncle, Jeff Whitaker, at his seaside home in Flamford - but, as he soon discovers, living with his relative is far from relaxing.

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times It is summer 1939 and the social event of the year is about to take place: Rose Birkett, a flighty beauty with a penchant for breaking engagements and hearts, is finally...

Brought to you by Penguin. LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 Clara's sister is missing. Angry, rebellious Rose, had a row with their mother, stormed out of the house and simply disappeared. Eight-year-old Clara, isolated by her distraught parents' efforts to protect her from the truth, is...

Small-town charm and steamy billionaires: Welcome to Cinnamon Springs . . . How to Break My Heart is a cosy and steamy enemies-to-lovers romance following a small-town cafe owner and her best friend’s billionaire brother as they’re forced to work together to plan a wedding. Perfect for fans...

Bloomsbury presents The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall, read by Georgina Sadler. The New York Times and USA Today bestseller For fans of Practical Magic and Gilmore Girls this charming debut novel and TikTok sensation is packed full of romance, charm and...

After an accident ends her big city ballet career, Cassie Simons is ready for a brand new start, moving a to small town to help run her best friend's dancing school. She knows she's made the right choice-the kids love her, she gets to spend lots of time with her bestie, and the flashbacks to her car crash are slowly starting to dissipate. The only fly in the ointment is moody single dad, Pres Hartson.

Widowed Lessie Hamilton lives with her young son and her brother Davie. To make ends meet, Lessie works in the local grocery shop supporting Davie as he works on the docks and attends night school, hoping to become an engineer, much to the scorn of their reformed alcoholic father. With her mother's drinking spiralling, putting their vulnerable younger sister Thomasina at risk, brother Joseph frequently in trouble with the police and sister Edith thinking herself above them all – Lessie has much to contend with.

Football has always been Cam Hartson's life. When he's forced to retire following an injury, he slinks back to his small home town, planning to lie low and lick his wounds. Until he meets Mia Devlin. The beautiful single mom of two tearaway boys has no interest in love. She's too busy trying to find a job and keep a roof over her family's heads to worry about relationships. Even if every time Cam looks at her it sends her heart into a spin. She knows she shouldn't like him. He's too ambitious, too confident. But when he offers to be her rebound guy, she finds herself agreeing.

When Grace tries to steal Michael's cab in the middle of a torrential downpour, their chemistry is instant. And after one unforgettable night in his hotel room, it looks like life is finally going her way. But in the morning a shocking revelation rips her world apart, and she has to leave him for good without saying goodbye. A year later, Grace is living quietly in her small home town when she sees Michael storming toward her. He demands answers, so she tells him exactly why she left that morning.

Nobody expects to meet the love of their life on their first day at school, but from the moment Tanner Hartson set his eyes on Savannah Butler, she stole his breath away. She was beautiful, wild and free. And though her life was hard, she made everything feel easy. As they grew up, they were best friends. Then sweethearts. And finally lovers. Until he broke her heart in the worst way. They haven't spoken for the last ten years. But now she's returned to their small home town and he can't fight the intense attraction that keeps pulling them together.

Sawyer Kanfield is smoking hot and sexy as hell, and the one person who could put me out of business.

Big dreams. Tierney Chandler had 'em. Why else would she leave her small town—and her picture-perfect fiancé—behind? Nine years later, the town's still small, her dreams are mostly still dreams, and her still-perfect ex is still interested. And, it turns out, so is his cousin. Jack Elliott has changed a lot in the years since Tierney left, even if his old crush on her hasn’t. His easy charm (and irresistible baked goods) reel her in, and she finds herself making excuses to come home for the first time in years.

Some couples have chemistry, others have a connection. We have both. We took turns walking away. Somehow, we’ve still ended up here. On stage, together, in front of tens of thousands of people. Him holding a guitar, me a microphone. Singing the song I wrote that launched my career and dubbed me the princess of pop music. The song about him. Maybe we were inevitable from the start. To love. To dream. To end. Our song had one ending. Our story might have another.

Carry It Forward is a story about loss, resilience, and the quiet courage it takes to keep going when life doesn’t turn out the way you planned. When Caleb Reinhardt loses his parents, the world keeps moving while his stands still. The house grows quieter. The workshop colder. And the future heavier than he ever expected to carry. In the stillness of grief, Caleb begins to uncover the wisdom his father left behind. These are not answers, but truths meant to be lived.

Emery Robert’s life is everything she wanted: married to the love of her life, with a good job, and plans for a family in the future. But when Emery’s husband dies tragically, she is the one who stops living. Three years later, at the age of 30, she’s still struggling to move on. Friends are encouraging her to date again, while her in-laws want to keep her in the past, trapping Emery in the middle.

To overcome her tragic past and move on, Bingun school teacher Tilly Schroder longs to love again, but her yearning lies neglected. Instinct tells her there is more behind the accidents five years ago, but how to uncover the truth? When a stranger returns to the district, change rustles into the small country town. New information comes to light, the catalyst for long hidden revelations. Can Tilly resist his mysterious appeal to finally break free and leave the past behind?

More than a decade into the 21st century, Nate Ray is down and in the final throes before he's out for good. He has burned through jobs and the goodwill of others, including his son, Brandon. When Nate's dad, Ronnie, summons him for a trip from Texas to Montana to bury Ronnie's sister, Nate's self-destruction is put on hold but new and long-simmering issues arise.