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Jordan Gates isn't easily flustered —or easily scared. When his boss asks him to accompany him to Italy for a family wedding, Jordan agrees. He'll get paid handsomely for his trouble. There's a catch, though. Several catches. 1.

IT MAY BE QUIET IN THE SUBURBS, BUT IT'S FAR FROM PEACEFUL. . . 'A fantastic frothy read about suburbia with all Tom Allen's great style' JACQUELINE WILSON, international #1 bestseller 'A deliciously witty suburban comedy of manners with real bite, shot through with Tom Allen's trademark humour...

In 1896 London, Elias Bell measures life by gears and silence —until Henry Ashford tumbles into his shop with a broken pocket watch and a ready smile. Their chance meetings, lavender sprigs, and shared quiet moments kindle something neither expected: a tender, patient love that slowly rewrites the rules Elias kept so tightly wound. As fog thins, they choose one another —not to fix the past, but to begin a life whose pace they will set together, one careful, deliberate day at a time.

On a windswept island crowned by an old lighthouse, Elias arrives hoping to outrun heartbreak and finds himself seen too clearly by Rowan, the quiet artist who lives at the cliff's edge. As desire, vulnerability, and art begin to intertwine, their romance becomes a tender coming-of-age story about learning to be loved, to trust passion, and to recognize the beauty and talent that have been there all along.

Devin Green keeps the old mountain hotel running in a ghost town that lives up to its name—especially as the anniversary of the deadly 1800s fire approaches. She swears she'll shut down early this year...until unexpected guests show up. Suspended detective Courtney Rankin arrives hoping to disappear for a week—only to realize Devin is the woman she once shared a wild, anonymous night with in college. Her sister-in-law Kayla insists on staying; the town's haunted history is perfect research for her next novel.

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo, read by Scottish actor Lorne MacFadyen. An Oprah's Book Club pick "Lorne MacFadyen narrates Stuart’s extraordinarily beautiful novel of love, secrecy, loneliness, and pride in...

An instant No. 1 Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab. Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them. 1532. León, Spain: María, wild...

Summer term, 1956. For boys and girls, primary school days mean blackboards and chalk dust, pinafores and short trousers, satchels and skipping ropes. For talented teacher Helen Mercer, returning to her home county of Yorkshire and working in a supply role, it's a term of being sent wherever there's a gap to fill, and getting to grips with idiosyncratic head teachers, eccentric colleagues and new classes of young children. To each school, Helen brings warmth, creativity and a stubborn conviction that every child matters.

Miles Jupp stars as fussy food writer Damien Trench in the complete four series of this much-loved BBC Radio 4 sitcom. Well-known cookery writer Damien Trench is famous for his book A Year in the Kitchen, a diary of everything he cooked and ate over the course of 12 months. Now, for the follow-up volume, In and Out of the Kitchen, Damien undertakes to open up the doors 'not only to my kitchen, but also to my life'. But is Damien’s life as idyllic as his listeners might suppose? 

Ten years ago, Taylor Whitmore left Sabrina Fox with twelve words on hotel stationery and a broken heart. Now Taylor is the star of a struggling daytime drama, and Sabrina has just been cast as her new love interest. The network wants chemistry. The producer wants ratings. And somewhere between...

After being stranded in the remote Alps of Europe, a shipwrecked crew of knights are stalked by both human and monstrous threats in this medieval horror that’s perfect for fans of The Terror and Between Two Fires. There are strange things in the mountains, my lord. Things older and darker than...

Craig Foster is shocked at the unexpected reappearance of his ex-lover Mark into his life six years after Mark's terrible betrayal. Even worse is the fact that he has to work with him. For a long time, Craig has nursed fantasies of revenge against the man who broke his heart, but Mark's arrival in his business stirs up emotions he can't handle at any level. Is this the opportunity he's dreamed of to hurt Mark as Mark once hurt him at last? Or are there other voices in his heart he needs to consider? This book is the second in The Heart's Voice series. The first is The Heart's Greater Silence.

Hazel Ross isn't your average pet photographer to the stars. She's got a secret: she can see other people's memories, playing out right in front of her. When a desperate plea for help yanks her from her glitzy life, Hazel plunges headfirst into a century-old romantic mystery. Scientist Jo...

To the world, Dominique Fournier is the picture-perfect wife: married to a powerful man, draped in wealth, and living a life most would envy. But behind closed doors, her world is anything but golden. Trapped in a loveless, suffocating marriage, each day is a carefully concealed...

'Absolute joy' Sarah Winman 'The funniest of writers. . . Villa Coco is such a sunny book' Kate Atkinson 'Every sentence in this novel sings' David Sedaris 'Eccentric, funny, touching: I adored it' Nina Stibbe 'Sheer, riotous, unmitigated joy' Kiran Millwood Hargrave Broke and directionless, our...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A #1 STREAMING SHOW The epic enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from Rachel Reid, streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the U.S. "The book that got me into hockey romance." —NPR's Weekend Edition on Heated Rivalry The next three scorching MM hockey...

Countless alternate dimensions exist, each with their own versions of Adachi and Shimamura. With Yashiro's aid, the two are sure to find each other in every timeline--but what if a single choice had the power to split their destinies apart? What cataclysmic consequences could that bring?

The latest novel from million-copy bestseller author Graham Norton - a dazzling, decades-sweeping story about love, bravery and what it means to live a significant life. 'Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know' BONNIE GARMUS 'I loved Frankie so much. I couldn't stop reading it...

With no job, no apartment, and no money in the bank, unemployed chef Harley Plotkin didn't think her life could get any worse. Until she accidentally destroyed a high fashion photoshoot and got one of her best friends fired. Now she has exactly one chance to repay her debt and get her friend his job back. All Harley has to do is survive ten weeks working for Santana Torres, legendary fashion designer, control freak, and all-around boss from hell. Santana has the warmth of a glacier, and Harley will be at her beck and call, day and night, from Manhattan ateliers to the runways of Paris.

Matt Bomer's heart-rending narration in this new audiobook edition offers a fresh and poignant listening experience of Hanya Yanagihara's timeless modern classic. Perfect if you're an A Little Life fan or a new listener. 'I'm not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought...