September, 1939. Friends Maggie Shaunessy and Lizzie Taylor are heartbroken to be evacuated from their Liverpool homes to rural Yorkshire. Lizzie is sent to live with a vicar in the village of Gargrave, while Maggie finds herself delivered by chauffeur to...

Nuneaton, 1880. Twenty-year-old Daisy Armstrong lives a happy life with her father Jed. They have a special bond, particularly after losing her mother and brother. But when Jed falls in love with Victoria Peake, a local widow, everything is set to change for...

Bolton, Lancashire, 1943. Livvy knows that her family's survival rests on her shoulders - with her parents gone, it falls to her to support her grandfather, Morris, and younger sister, Joan. Times are tough, largely due to the hardships of war, and Livvy knows...

October 1941. Marianne Fordham has a lot to cope with. As well as taking care of her young daughter Emily and working on dressmaking commissions, she is desperately worried about her pilot husband Alex, flying over enemy territory. And her baby is almost...

Liverpool, 1847. At 17, Delilah Shaw is the eldest of the eight Shaw siblings, and the one who must take charge when her mother and brother die in a tragic manner, and her father is left disabled in an accident at the docks. When they can no longer afford to...

Kent, 1822. Fearing for his life, Thomas Marsh has fled Castle Bay and found work as a mill hand, deep in the countryside. Here he comes across the unconventional Isabel Cavendish and is captivated by her beauty and wildness. But Isabel's father has ambitions...

There's a price on his head... and one US marshal will make sure no one collects US marshal Crystal Remington is assigned to protect Wade Brewer, but the wounded combat vet with a bounty on his head is quickly becoming her most challenging case. The stubborn...

Her son is a murder witness. Can the new sheriff protect them both? Astrid Mitchell's abusive ex-husband showed her the dark side of law enforcement, so she has every reason to distrust Sheriff West Chandler. But they're going to have to work as a team to find...

The key to Cinderella's inheritance... In this One Year to Wed story, when Anastasia finds herself in need of a husband she turns to her best friend, millionaire tycoon Connor. She's always carried a torch for the guy from next door, but anything romantic is...

'MARRY ME, LINCOLN.' In this One Year to Wed story, Rose has put everything into running her family's farm, so she's furious that her father's will states she must marry to keep it! All she can do is propose-to anyone. She picks Lincoln, her neighbour, her...

To have... But not to hold? In Las Vegas for a wedding, Hannah accidentally marries her teenage crush, Alden. What happened on that hot, hazy night can certainly be dissolved in the cold light of day-until Alden asks Hannah to stay married a while, and play...

A queen by chance! In this Royals in the Headlines story, when Breanna steps in for her twin to become the King's convenient bride she's confident of her plan to escape their arrangement. But her attraction to dutiful, guarded Sebastian throws a spanner in the...

As 1954 draws to an end, the village of Hen Carw Parc is changing. The post-war boom brings a creeping lethargy as the villagers stay in watching their new TV sets, instead of going out to enjoy each other's company. As usual, however, Nelly is busy keeping...

She's looking for vengence... After her double-crossing husband disappears, Geneva Carrington Beck recruits Calhoun St Pierre to track him down. But their mountain mission takes a dangerous turn when criminals searching for the missing man make his bride a...

His secret could get him killed... Unless she can protect him. Search and rescue volunteer Zach Gregory thought his sister had been killed years ago after testifying against notorious killers. But when she's found murdered, FBI agent Shelby Dryden reveals...

A love story on stage. And one waiting in the wings? Ruth Connell's beloved theatre is under threat! In desperation, she approaches reclusive playwright Artemis Goode. If Artemis can write a hit, Ruth can save her troupe from financial ruin. Yet it's not just...

A dangerous temptation! In this Daredevil Doctors story, after a family trauma, self-proclaimed playboy Edward is living life to the fullest. On his first day with Aberdeen-based air rescue paramedics he's floored by the instant crackle of electricity he...

A newborn on his doorstep. In this Daredevil Doctors story, doctor James's world is turned upside down with the arrival of a stranger-nurse Sarah. Because Sarah is not alone. She's holding a tiny bundle-his surprise daughter! As if the situation isn't...

OLD FRIENDS... NEW BEGINNINGS? Determined to outrun a humiliating ordeal, single mum and doctor Charlie arrives in Alaska and is stunned to meet her boss-a blast from the past, delectable local doc Eli. They clash at first, but Eli's infectious enthusiasm soon...

Her knight in shining scrubs. Following years of her ex's abuse, trusting anyone-even herself-doesn't come naturally to Ella. So she barely recognises the frisson of attraction she feels for Australian GP Luke when he rescues her and her daughter from a flood....

A second chance in paradise? At a destination wedding, nurse Alyssa is hoping for a stress-free break. But the best man is her ex-husband, island GP Leighton! Their whirlwind marriage collapsed as quickly as it began, when Leighton suddenly withdrew from her....

A reason to stay? In this Wyckford General Hospital story, flying EMT Tate is the new guy in town, but he won't be staying long. Grief and guilt keep this ex-military medic on the move. Inadvertently becoming ER nurse Madi's date to a charity auction should...

Wanting what they can't have! When billionaire Leander vanishes from his convenient wedding, maid of honour Kate is determined to bring him back. But upon tracking him down she's blindsided by the need blazing in his gaze-and the explosive connection it...

Cinderella's nine-month surprise! Prim headmistress Beatrice hides behind strict behaviour and a stricter dress code... until abandoning her disguise for one night with a mysterious stranger leaves her scandalously pregnant! Then Beatrice accepts a tutoring...

He wants revenge... and her! Since her traumatic childhood, Easton Hall has been innocent Louisa's sanctuary... until billionaire Matteo arrives, hellbent on claiming the estate as revenge on her family. He doesn't expect an instant hunger for Louisa to put a...

The King's Cinderella bride... When Helia Demetriou, the palace librarian, is selected as rebellious King Vasili's bride, nobody is more shocked than Helia herself. She likes books-not ballgowns! But her becoming Queen might help those growing up orphaned, as...

Marry in haste. Fall in love at leisure...? Angeline Carlow's hasty marriage to her childhood best friend Jason, Duke of Rotherton, is purely practical. She knows that he can never love her the way he loved his late wife. Yet in her new husband's month-long...

A royal distraction... for the debutante! One of The Triplet Orphans. Given her meagre dowry and lack of known parents, Isobel Lennox must use her only London season to make a sensible match. So why, oh, why is she dazzled by the dashing, handsome Prince...

A pretend courtship... To prevent a marriage! At his sister's society wedding, Lincoln Dryer finds himself paired up with heiress Victoria Biggs. Tired of being matchmade, Lincoln is surprised to learn that Victoria feels the same. So they agree to pretend to...

Returning for his heir-staying for her! One year after a sizzling fling with lawyer Erin, tightly wound CEO Ajax discovers a bombshell-he's a father! And now the paparazzi know too... Determined to protect what's his, Ajax whisks his new family into hiding....

He's forgotten everything... but their forbidden desire! Julius wakes after an accident with two clues to his identity: a diamond ring and the name Esmerelda Clark. He tracks Esme to her Caribbean hideout and she reveals who he his. He's a crown prince!...

Redeemed by a twin secret? Greek tycoon Sebastian has spent three years searching for Laila Jaafri. Now she's appeared with bombshell news-her toddler twins are his! When Laila refuses his marriage proposal, unconvinced by his sudden wish to play happy...

The Ricci wife returns! Rae's craving for her husband Domenico Ricci was dangerously all-consuming. To retain her identity she had to leave. But now Domenico's grandmother has made an outrageous dying decree: to save the Italian's palazzo, Rae must stay in...

"Iðunn knows her constant fatigue is a sign that something's not right, but practitioners dismiss her symptoms and blood tests haven't revealed any cause. When she talks to friends about it, the refrain is the same - have you tried eating better? exercising...

"Katy Sweeney is determined to find her sister. A year earlier, just three weeks into a solo vanlife trip, free-spirited Phoebe vanished without a trace on Western Australia's remote and achingly beautiful Coral Coast. With no witnesses, no leads, and no DNA...

"Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson. Though inhabiting someone else's body will always be unsettling, even if her employers know that she's not actually housemaid Catriona Mitchell, ever since the...

"There's a new arrival at Buckshaw - Flavia de Luce's obnoxious cousin Undine. Flavia reluctantly takes on the mentorship of her fellow orphan, who in her best moments shows some potential for trespassing and trickery. When Major Greyleigh, a former hangman,...

"It all started one Blizzardy Kansas night when a half frozen Indian staggers into Somerville and dies right there on the floor of Wilsons Barbershop ... but not before telling a crazy story and showing a lump of gold that looks strangely like a golden buffalo...

"Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: read a book or two, or three (okay, hundreds). Taught herself to paint. Built a working wind power system from scratch. But for all the...

"The vibrant economy of the new Vietnam is a shiny lure for Western capital. Companies are racing to uncover ideal opportunities. Not wanting to be left behind, Hendley Associates has sent their best analyst, Jack Ryan, Jr., to mine for investment gold. And he...

"The man's body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a care home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never...

"Liv and Finn meet six summers ago working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn's life is in LA with his band, and Liv's is...

"I have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus. Living as a cursed office clerk for the Order of Thieves, I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won't notice me. Not an easy feat, given San Francisco...

"Years ago Alex Marks escaped to New York City for a fresh start. Now, aside from trips to her regular diner for coffee, she keeps to herself, gets her perfectly normal copywriting job done, and doesn't date. Her carefully cultivated world is upended when her...

"In 1581, Emilia Bassano, like most young women of her day, is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlain's mistress, she has access to all theater in England, and finds a way to bring her work to the stage secretly. And yet, creating some of the...

"On a hot August night, Lt. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, speed through the streets of Manhattan to the Down and Dirty club, where a joyful, boisterous pre-wedding girls' night out has turned into a murder scene. One of the brides lies in a pool of...

"A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death--and what might follow--by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm. For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger traveled to many front lines and frequently...

"Charlie and Eve can't believe the deal they've gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they're working in the house one day, there's a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking...

"Fact and fiction meld into one in this stirring family saga set against shifting landscapes and pivotal moments in Australian history. Lillian was born in 1892, the same year Henry Lawson wrote 'The Drover's Wife' and cemented his place in Australia's...

"When Yael Silver's world comes crashing down, she looks to the past for answers and finds solace in surprising places. An unconventional new friendship, a seaside safe space and an unsettling amount of dairy help her to heal, as she wrestles with her demons -...

"When she breaks an unspoken family code not to dig too deeply into the past, Andra is plunged into the bleak world of the Soviet and Nazi occupations of Latvia in World War II, and the secret lives of her grandmothers. Teenage Aline is separated from her...

"Milk. It's in our coffee, on our cereal. We see it in processed form – yoghurt, butter, cheese, skimmed and lactose free. It's there in almond form, or made from oats or soy, and is as lauded as the 'perfect' food or lambasted as not fit for human consumption...

"Drop the eco-guilt and create the sustainable lifestyle you want! Sustainability leader Dr Kate Luckins knows how striving for eco-perfection sets us up for failure. She encourages everyone to act on climate change by living their own shade of green instead....

"'After I swim, I watch an osprey hanging in mid-air. If those who came before really do dissolve and dissipate, and if their cells really are all around us, then that bird is held there by Mum and Peter and billions of others of the long-dead. The osprey is...

"New York City, 1945. The war is over, the men are coming home and life can go back to normal for young Fanny Fabricant. But when she loses her rosy future in a single instant, she is forced to reinvent her life and raise her daughter alone by sheer will and...

"It's 1989 and for a young Jewish-Australian violinist, a scholarship to Berlin is the chance of a lifetime. Germany is on the verge of change as the wall is torn down, and Susanna is swept along by the tumultuous event. Under the careful guidance of Stefan...

"In 1940, as the Nazis sweep toward Lithuania, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his own government and secretly issues thousands of visas to Jewish refugees desperate to flee. After the war, Sugihara is dismissed and disappears into obscurity. Three...

"Jersey 1945. In the immediate aftermath of Liberation from the Nazis, Jean Parris and her family wait anxiously for news of her deported father. But now a different kind of war is unleashed - a war amongst the islanders themselves. And as Jean, now a young...

"When student doctor Taylor Lawrence's city life is turned upside down, she seeks sanctuary on her grandparents' farm in the South Australian countryside. During the lonely nights, she fantasises of a time long-gone; of Anna, who, rising at dawn to milk the...

"Olive Stone is about to spend four weeks in Italy with the most beautiful man she's ever hated. When Olive Stone and her Italian pseudo-celebrity chef father fell out fourteen years ago, annoyingly handsome Leo Ricci slipped right in as his surrogate son and...

"One survivor chooses loneliness. One chooses exile. One chooses oblivion. Some have violent tendencies, ruining lives indiscriminately. Some seal their own fate in slow motion; others do so in the blink of an eye. In The Survivors, award-winning true-crime...

"She's the one to turn to when you need saving. But first she has to save herself. Lou Alcott is turning over a new leaf as a private investigator. Formerly police, she was forced to resign when she attacked a domestic violence perpetrator. She's always vowed...

"Young academic and emerging translator Fay takes her mother on a holiday to France to celebrate her birthday. It's a chance for the two of them to take a break from work, but they both find it hard to relax. Her mother seems reluctant to leave their room in...

"Family. It means everything to Sheridan. Her brother Lachy is finally home in Australia and she's excited about Easter with him and their nephew. But when a traumatic incident tears the families apart, she blames him. Lachy knows he's not coping right now but...

Headteacher Ella Lucas and football star Jake Prince have a very complicated history! Their mind-blowing encounter two years ago is proving impossible to forget now Jake is back in her small town after being kicked out of the NFL. She knew he was trouble then,...

When your boss is at a conference in a city where there's a suspicious death, it's unlucky. If it happens twice, it's odd. But when she's in the same city at the same time as a third unexplained death... Could she be a stone-cold killer? Millie's always known...

Paris, 1942: Two sisters in Paris had their lives torn apart. Now they must choose - save themselves, or fight the Nazis to the very end... I'd given up everything to fight for the Resistance. But nothing prepared me for discovering my sister was a traitor....

Was she incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? Neither. Just a bookshop girl doing what she could against her country's oppressors. The banned books club was only the beginning; a place for the women of Prague to come together and share the tales the Germans...

The JIA sends intelligence agent Carl Logan on a routine mission to Russia. It should have been simple. But when Logan's cover is blown, he's transported into a world of hell he thought he would never see again. Something is different this time, though, and...

They've erased his past. Wiped out his very existence. But Carl Logan isn't finished yet. On the run in a harsh Russian winter, Logan - once an invaluable asset but now branded a traitor - has been framed for murder. His own firm, the secretive Joint...

Holly Berry is finally in a place where she can see her happy ending: a beautiful daughter, who's growing ever sweeter by the day, a new home she can make her own, and - of course - her partner-in-crime, Evan. But when tragedy strikes, Holly's life is thrown...

A remote lakeside house. Six strangers with something to hide. Who's out for revenge? Who will survive? When Polly signs up to an art retreat in the Lake District, it's an escape from the stress of recent months, when a stalker preyed on her and her friend....

Old friends Shelley, Lena and Pearl have reached their limit with the festive preparation that has always fallen to them, and five days before Christmas, they've booked a mini break... without their families. Up until Christmas Eve, they'll be sipping prosecco...

She came to Provence in the hope of a fresh start, she never expected she would fall in love in and find herself along the way. Inheriting an old stone house in Provence along with her sisters is the catalyst Ellie Gilchrist needs to put some distance between...

Heartbroken after the loss of a friend and the collapse of her marriage, Stella hopes that this trip to the idyllic Greek island of Crete will give her and her family a chance to heal. And when she first steps into the breath-taking Villa Ariadne, with its...

It's the most wonderful time of the year, but Franca Andrews has never felt more miserable. With business far from bustling, she needs a Christmas miracle to keep her beloved nutcracker shop open... But there's one man standing in her way - expert snow globe...

When her fifteen-year-old son Milo goes off the rails, Alex Harding is terrified she's passed on her abusive father's 'bad' genes. When she then makes the shocking discovery that her estranged son, Samuel, who she gave up for adoption as a baby, has been...

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...

He will win no matter what it costs... James Ryker knows the ghosts of his dark and violent past are never far away. Yet he's still taken aback when he sees Leia Devereaux's face at his door. Even more surprising is that the woman he knows to be a lethal...

Carl Logan was the perfect agent. A loner. No real friends or family. Trained to deal with any situation with cold efficiency, devoid of emotion. But Logan isn't the man he used to be, or the asset he once was. Five months ago his life changed forever when he...

Emily is back in Ireland after nine long years away from home, when she sees him. Her ex-husband, Rob, holding hands with a five-year-old girl. A girl that should be hers. Over a decade before, Emily and Rob were exhausted but ecstatic new parents, delighting...

Emma is having a fresh start. After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma - helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms. While imagining days spent supporting Grayson with his dream, working the land and helping...

When Julia Hudson is involved in a near-fatal accident, the lives of her children - nurse Flo and her twin sister, high-flying lawyer Ari - are sent into freefall. As they sit vigil by their mother's bedside, the sisters discover that Julia, who has always...

Turn a tumbledown Paris hotel into a perfect boutique, bookish retreat, and have it open for Christmas? What could possibly go wrong? When Anais receives a near-derelict Paris hotel in her divorce settlement, her first thought is to tidy it up and sell it...

The four courageous Bletchley Park girls continue to help England win World War Two at the top secret code-breaking centre where they work. The fourth Christmas of the war is approaching fast. It should be a happy time, yet life throws them challenges they...

A hidden secret Live every day as if it were your last - that's the motto Bess has lived by since her father died unexpectedly. As a critical care paramedic, Bess sees every day just how easily life can be taken away. But carefree living has risks, and as...

I found you because I wanted to tell you. Jack is with someone else. He's got no intention of sending for you or the kiddie or seeing you ever again. Don't try to contact him, you'll never find him. All it takes is one message for Gemma's life to fall apart. A...

The year is 1885 and a young woman is on the run, knowing if she's caught, she'll be hanged for murder. Moments from a safe haven, she collides with a gruff stranger, falling and breaking her ankle. To her surprise, the man - Marcus Greybourne - convinces the...

Buying and relocating to Château du Cheval in rural France has fulfilled one of Peter and Ingrid Chevalier's lifelong ambitions. Despite never being able to trace a missing link in Peter's French ancestry he feels he has finally come home. Now they must...

Singer Jessie Delaney has finally got her big break in London's West End and is determined to make the most of her golden opportunity, even with the start of the Blitz. Lonely, and lacking the guidance of friends and family, Jessie hopes that seasoned...

Fiona is set to tie the knot with her dashing captain, Archie Somersby. But, while Fiona is busy planning her happily ever after, side-kick Kitty Lane and a group of judo-chopping suffragettes are kicking up trouble at the Piccadilly Jujitsu Club. When Kitty...

When Sadie Bingham's life takes an unexpected turn, her children treat her to a well-earned break at Juniper Meadows, the gorgeous Cotswolds estate owned by the Travers family. The festive season is in full swing, and Sadie throws herself into the packed...

Abandoned by his people and destined for Valhalla, do not stand in the way of his fury. Ribe is lost, its hall burnt, and Charles is still missing. Sven must once more sail into dangerous waters to rescue his grandson. King Louis of East Francia, the man who...

1916, Midwinter Manor: Desperate for a Christmas weekend break from war-torn London, Hannah Merrill and her Aunt Violet take Bartleby the cat and themselves off to visit Hannah's sister and her husband, the Earl of Atherton, in their beautiful country estate,...

"Carmen Sanchez is a Homeland Security agent who plays by the rules. But when her sister is attacked, she enlists the aid of Professor Jake Heron, a private security expert who believes rules are merely suggestions. They team up to catch the assailant, who has...

"A guide not just for overcoming the obstacles that hold us back--but for using them for great benefit. The great Athenian orator Demosthenes was born with a crippling speech impediment and was robbed of his inheritance by cruel guardians. Samuel Zemurray was...

"An attorney and mother of two discovers her husband's secret life--and it might cost them all their lives. Everyone in Hemingway Grove, Illinois, knows David and Marcie Bowers. David owns the local pub. Marcie is a former big-city lawyer who practices family...