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Brought to you by Penguin. They knew they were changing history. They didn’t know they would change each other. Oxford, 1920. For the first time in its 1000-year history, the world’s most famous university has admitted female students. Giddy with dreams of equality, education and...

For fans of Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane, and Simon Scarrow comes a spellbinding tale of adventure and unshakeable friendship from the author of the bestselling Wolf of Corwick Castle Series. If you liked Hadrack of Corwick, you will love Marcus Agrippa!

Brought to you by Penguin. When James meets Luke, everything changes – an exhilarating tale of hidden desire and sudden freedom in the wild countryside. THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER James dreams of another life far away from his small village. Almost an adult, his newfound desires...

Brought to you by Penguin. The first in a brand-new nostalgic and heart-warming WWII series, perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and Elaine Everest. Alice is nursing an injured hand and a broken heart when she moves to the village of Churchwood at the start of WWII. She is desperate to be...

Don’t You Miss It, a new Fourth Estate book, full description to follow when available...

Baby groups: a warm, supportive haven for new mums? Yeah, not so much. Or is it just Stevie?Motherhood has turned Stevie’s world upside down. She adores...

Caterer George Fraser has a mission. She's going to prove everyone wrong. Owner of catering firm Finger Food and black sheep of her family, she's determined to succeed in business where she's so far failed in her personal life. Asked to cater for gorgeous rock star Quinn Blake's after-show party, her life suddenly takes a turn for the dramatic. Magnetically drawn together, George and Quinn embark on a relationship that no one must know about.

When Liv Latimer says goodbye to her colleagues and finishes work for the holidays, she's looking forward to a Christmas to remember with her boyfriend Eddie. But before she makes it home, her phone rings, calling her back into work. And Liv is faced with a choice. Does she do as she's always done, and put herself second? Or, will she say no, so she can finally begin the life she's dreamed of? Liv's decision will turn her world upside down in ways she could never have imagined. Because whatever choice she makes, Liv is about to discover, fate finds a way...

“A harrowing portrait of sexual violence and its thunderous reverberations. Through Jenna Tang’s incisive translation, the reader is brought along a heartbreaking and unflinching journey.”—Crystal Hana Kim, author of If You Leave Me *Shortlisted for the Baifang Schell Books Prize* The...

A “big-hearted” (The Daily Beast), “LOL-worthy” (Cosmopolitan) debut about a down-on-his-luck gay man working out how he fits into the world, making up for lost time, and opening himself up to life’s possibilities “Part of a new wave of authors releasing uplifting queer literature...

Brought to you by Penguin. As the Great War rages across Europe, twenty-one year old Ruby Archer decides to ‘do her bit’ at an East End munitions factory. The work is relentless and deafening, but the camaraderie of the other girls carries her through. As the threat of another Zeppelin...

The day before Murray McBride moves Jenny, his beloved wife of eighty years, into a memory care center, she convinces him to search for a case her grandfather buried long ago, said to contain “a treasure worth more than gold.” With the help of some new friends, Murray and Jenny retrace their steps from years before. Over the course of the day, Murray tenderly retells their love story—how they met, the challenges they faced and overcame, and their initial attempt at the quest.

“For readers who loved Call Me By Your Name.” —Dua Lipa’s Service95 A dreamy debut novel about the summer love that changes two girls at the edge of adulthood. “In the heat and the green haze that seemed to surround us both like a physical presence, I felt intensely awake.” One...

At 31 years old, Helen Pines is far from where she thought she would be. Whilst her ex-boyfriend is now engaged, Helen’s still eating ready meals for one, wistfully dreaming of her last first date. Determined to give online dating a go, she matches with drop-dead-gorgeous Brody, and they hit it off immediately. One date later, Helen’s heart is still singing. Brody’s everything she’s looking for in a man—sexy, charismatic and the perfect gentleman. But then she receives an error message on the app…all her contacts have been deleted.

From New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne comes a brand-new story about two women, a family secret and a lost manuscript that changes everything… Raised by her literary icon father Carson Wells, Alison Wells always felt loved, even though her mother died when she was a teen. But...

Bloomsbury presents After the Fire by Charlotte Rixon, read by Nikki Patel and Max Dinnen. 'Rixon has done it again. She’s queen of the tragic romance.' – Laura Pearson *** This is the story of girl meets boy. And then everything goes wrong . . . Ever since they first met at university, Beth...

Sylvie Carter has broken every rule on her way to the top of her profession. But the ballet world is as unforgiving as it is ruthless. When a devastating scandal erupts, Sylvie alone is blamed, and loses everything she’s ever worked for. She vows never to make the same mistake again. But when Sylvie is magnetically drawn to renowned dancer Alessandro Russo, once again her world starts to spiral. From New York to Vienna and Paris, Sylvie is caught between the glamorous and dark side of ballet.

Named a Best Book of Summer by Glamour, BuzzFeed, Cosmopolitan, and many more! From the author of Maine Characters and Playing with Matches, the rollicking tale of a young jewelry shop owner who accidentally leads her Instagram followers to believe that she’s engaged—and then decides to keep...

Nell and Charlie feel a spark when they meet by chance in a café. But they don’t trade numbers, or surnames, so there’s no way they’ll meet again. But the next day, Nell’s phone rings at work. Somehow, impossibly, Charlie is on the other end. And he needs her help. Nell is about to save a life, fall in love...and risk everything for a perfect stranger.