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From the author of the Seven Sisters series, The Angel Tree is Lucinda Riley's compelling mystery of family secrets and forgotten pasts on the sweeping pastures of south-east Wales. Read by the award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply) 'Sweeping, absorbing, beautifully written...

It is the sweltering summer of 1997 when strait-laced, straight-A student Karen meets Biba - a bohemian and impossibly glamorous aspiring actress.She is drawn to her new friend’s carefree world of constant parties, and quickly abandons her old life to move into the crumbling Highgate mansion Biba shares with her brother Rex and a stream of lodgers. For a while, life is one long summer of love. But summer must end. And by the end of theirs, two people would be dead.

Gryff Morgan, a church-going Kentucky family man, hides a dark secret. Living under an assumed identity to avoid extradition to Argentina, not even his twin sons, Travis and Chase, know their comfortable lives are built on the proceeds of drug smuggling. Only his wife, Gwenna Garland—a failed singer—knows the truth of his Welsh origins.

From the writer of the Wexford novels and read by Isla Blair. Once, when Benet was about fourteen, they had been in a train together, alone in the carriage, and Mopsa had tried to stab her with a carving knife. Threatened her with it, rather. Benet had been wondering why her mother had brought...

Childhood betrayal casts a long shadow… From the author of The Haven and The Cliff House, this is a devastating thriller set in a Cornish boarding school. ‘A gripping page-turner’ Tammy Cohen, author of The Wedding Party At a bleak boys’ boarding school in Cornwall in the eighties when...

Charlotte is trying to navigate being a mother of two children on the spectrum, while suffering from her own crippling anxieties. The unique challenges that families face with one child on the spectrum are hard enough. But she has two who both have their own unique needs. She and Matthew have been together over twenty years and seem to struggle more and more with each day. Matthew is trying to be there for her, but how do you ask for help when you don't even know how to help yourself? Their love for each other and their boys is the fuel that keeps them going and fighting every step of the way.

When Edith Davies is unexpectedly made both unemployed and homeless, she will take any opportunity going. Soon one comes in the shape of Trenton Manor, a crumbling mansion, which local aristocrat Lord Pickles wishes to sell and Edith jumps in with both feet. Along with her parents’ introverted lodger, Stephanie, Edith takes on the role as live-in cleaner. However, when the discovery of a hidden room reveals a stunning hundred-year-old secret, Edith can have no idea of the rollercoaster that lies ahead.

After more than two centuries imprisoned by her father, Ash escapes Lucian’s clutches—taking with her three young girls he also held captive. On the run, Ash must keep them safe, but doesn’t have a plan, until a pull from deep within her soul draws her home—the one place she has longed for. Woodlight, home to witches, druids, and the Tree of Knowledge, welcomes her back. But peace is short-lived. Ash is more than a daughter of Endor. More than a tree guardian. She is the anchor that holds the balance and the only one who can defeat Lucian.

Hayley Jo Zimmerman is gone. Taken. And the people of the small town of Twisted Tree must come to terms with this terrible loss and their place in it. In this brilliantly written novel, one girl's story unfolds through the stories of those who knew her.

A man walking his dog stumbles upon trees that cause disappearances, death, and mania. The Trees Swallow People tells the story of the narrator and his dog, Diva, as they witness disappearances, mania, and cult worship caused by a paddock of supernatural trees in a public park in a small Irish village.

For Julie Holt, travelling to the beautiful but ravaged coast of Biloxi, Mississippi, is a journey into a secret past, and a life she never expected.... Julie first knew loss at the age of 12, when her sister disappeared, never to be found. As her once close-knit family grew apart, Julie's mother obsessively searched for the girl, and when her mother died, Julie took up the search, never letting go of the hope. Then, at an art exhibition in New York, she meets Monica....

Wesley Greenfield approaches Dr. Rosalyn Hunter, his high school crush, even though she’s now stepping up to help him protect three neighborhood kids. As the principal of the local elementary school, she’s in a league he believes is far above his as the owner of a struggling community center. Ice had to grow up fast after the tragic loss of his only living parent when he was nineteen. Now, he relies on his childhood friends, who share his dreams of a better life, to help run the center. Although he longs to be with Rosalyn, he’s determined to build a future for himself and his community.

Lonely Lily Phelps is orphaned and in debt at 17 - but that's not the worst of her problems. Her dark past, hidden even to her, causes her to see ghosts. This scared, naïve girl must grow up fast in a rural community if she is to find work, love, and build a future. She learns to cope, but the weight of the past threatens everything she loves. Because of her terrible secret, Lily must protect her family from the worst danger of all - herself.

The town of Rangeley, Maine is in an uproar: fingers are pointing in every direction. A pattern has started, and the local police department is finally paying attention and placing every piece they can find together.

Following the sudden death of Sebby’s mother, his father takes Sebby to live in the family’s summerhouse, hoping it will give them both time and space to recover. But Sebby’s father deteriorates in this new isolation, leaving Sebby struggling to understand his mother’s death alone, dreaming and even reliving moments of her life. He ultimately reaches out to a favorite teacher back home and to two nearby children who force him out of the void of the past and help him to exist in the present.

Gemma Louise Coldiron has two personalities. One is herself - easygoing, curious, and travel-hungry. The other is a dictatorial other half named Tansy, who only lets Gemma come out of their Victorian mansion to do the shopping every two weeks. Gemma also has amnesia, and Tansy’s too busy painting macabre art to be forthcoming about their past. The town speaks to Gemma about a “Mr. Hardin”, and it doesn’t take her long to learn she was married to the oil tycoon before he mysteriously went missing.

Back in the 1970s, a series of bizarre incidents occurred at what has since been known as "The Devil Tree". Beneath this ancient denizen, evil was wrought by a sick serial killer, calling upon forces most evil and dark. People were hung there...and bodies buried there...exhumed by the police. Overcome by superstition, some tried to cut down the tree. Since then, it has stood in a remote section of a local park - left to its own devices and quiet in its eerie repose - until now!

Based on a true story, get to know author Abigail Gazda’s mind through her first fictional narrative, Talking to the Trees. Dealing with debt, a breakup, and a dead-end job have taken their toll on Maddy, who craves more for herself and her life but feels stuck and hopeless. After failing to find her answers and worth in achievements, relationships, income, and titles, this dynamic character begins to realize that there is more to life than what fits on her resume. She finally answers the call to take a trip into nature after she is met by her guardian angel.