"Journal writing is an unrivalled way to understand and appreciate your 'one precious life'. Dr Stephanie Dowrick is an award-winning writer with a unique breadth of psychological insight and creative writing experience. Here she takes journal writing to a new...

"Rhonda and Barbara 'Baby' Bird are half-sisters--and full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. They agree on nothing. Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a by-the-book approach to solving crimes, while teenage Baby relies on her street smarts. But...

"Molly Gray's life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner--a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures...

"Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, ducking school but barred from actual work, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he's old enough to enlist to fight the Germans....

"A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare. Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it...

"Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she...

"Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry. Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big...

"Under the clamour of the Sydney Harbour Bridge being built nearby, Grace Fairweather is working in her father's grocery shop in The Rocks when she begins making her own confectionery. Her colourful creations of toffees, lollies and chocolates soon become...

"In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a...

"The arrival of a hotshot New York composer brings a rare touch of glamour and excitement to the peaceful country town of Fig Tree River. For Leonie, Madison, Sarita and Chrissie, four women involved in the local musical theatre, it's a welcome distraction...

Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her...

Being a prince may seem like a fairytale, but to me, it's not all sunshine and rainbows. That's why I'm excited when I get permission from my uncle - the king of Norway - to go undercover as a student at an American college for a year. And I'm even more...

Mrs Mary Williams, a colonel's widow, arrives at Silchester Court with Miss Elizabeth Freemantle, who has been brought up as her sister. But Beth is actually the Duke of Silchester's cousin and he is her guardian. When the duke is called away to his estates in...

Lady Madeline Sheldon and her cousin, Miss Elizabeth Freemantle, are given permission to visit Bath if they agree to take Lord Rushton's daughters with them. The two girls have been running wild in London and it is believed that a change of scene will be of...

Under the midnight sun of Arctic Norway, Cecilie goes online looking for friends, and stumbles across Hector Herrera. They start chatting and soon realise that they might have just fallen in love. But there's a problem: Hector lives thousands of miles away in...

Orphaned as a child, Fliss Atkins has spent her life working at her uncle's pub, The Bay Horse Inn, nestled along the banks of the River Calder. Life has been anything but easy for Fliss. Her aunt is unloving, and her older cousin Gerald is cruel. Then she...

Manchester, 1941. Kitty learned early on in her marriage that her husband, Bill Dunbar, isn't reliable with money. So when they inherit the Dunbar family hotel at the start of the war, she's hopeful that their financial worries are over... until the bailiffs...

Everyone in Halfmoon Quay, the picture-perfect village clinging to the edge of the Cornish coast, knows Rick Penrose is the person to turn to for help. Friendly and reliable, not to mention drop-dead gorgeous, he'll do anything for anyone. When his teenage...

June, 1817. Sir Dominic De Lacy - one of the seasons most eligible gentlemen - has recently proposed marriage... to a woman he scarcely knows. But his father's choice for him, Miss Maria Nightingale, seems amiable, and at 29, Dominic cannot live the life of a...

July, 1936. After an unexpected heartbreak and a nasty accident on a busy Liverpool street, Lara Flynn is desperate to start afresh and leave painful memories behind her. She takes on a new job as a district nurse and midwife at a country practice, in the...

449AD, Old Saxony. Octa, the son of a mighty Saxon warlord, stands in the shield wall for the first time, eager to make a name for himself. But instead of the promised battle glory, fear overpowers him and he flees the battle, causing the death of his cousin...

When cash-strapped single mum Callie visits the beautiful Cotswold village of Rowan Vale on a school trip with her daughter, she is enchanted. It's run as a living museum, with a steam railway, vintage teashop, Elizabethan manor house and old water mill...

An English rose with American dreams. Audrey Wade longs to escape her domineering father and the bleak streets of post-war Yorkshire. Hollywood glitters with glamour, freedom, and the promise of a life with her best friend Freddie. But when Freddie abandons...

Sensible journalist Jess is not a rule breaker, especially where her career is involved. But trying to extract a tell-all interview from notorious art dealer and bad boy Xander Heaton is going to test her patience... and self-control. Because she must, at all...

When the surprise holiday Dee thinks her husband has booked for her sixtieth birthday weekend turns out to be yet another solo golfing break - it's the last straw. Meanwhile her best friend Babs's other half has decided to move to Spain and is acting like he...

Charlotte James prefers having her head in the stars to having her feet on the ground. Moving around for her job as an astronomical archivist gives Charlotte plenty of opportunity to avoid putting down roots. When she accepts a post in the idyllic Somerset...

Cocktail waitress Kelsey Armitage needs her job on board the Callisthenes cruise ship. Nursing a broken heart and an empty bank account, her trust is destroyed and she's vowed never to fall for a man again. Instead, she's only in the mood for one-stands. Not...

Lucia loved her brother Dinu to the depths of her soul, but she also worried about him. He was intelligent yet ambitious, resilient yet hot-headed, and there was a dark side to him that could lead him into terrible trouble one day. Sicily, 1943: Lucia and her...

Kate Whitaker has always believed in love, but when a stranger named Willem shows up on her doorstep, the news he has to share isn't as exciting as his god-like looks might suggest. He's come to tell her that Kate's fiancé is also engaged to his sister. Kate...

With her Curiosity Shop open for business, Alice Carroll is finally settling into life in the picturesque Cotswold village of Little Pride. But then her old life comes knocking... Alice's ex-boyfriend, Steven, who dumped her to travel the world, has run out of...

Abandoned, penniless and orphaned as young children, Bertram and Alice saved each other from a terrible fate. For seven long years they have been kept apart, Bertram, BJ to his friends, learning how to survive and then thrive in the penal colonies of...

Spring, 1924. Reporter Iris Woodmore plans to move to London to avoid a shocking hometown scandal. Longtime enemy Archie Powell has been threatening to reveal her darkest secret - and she's desperate to flee before he does. But when he's found murdered after a...

I first saw her on the platform on my way home from work a few weeks ago. She had an aura about her that made people stop and stare. Then I saw her again. And again. Our twice weekly commute into London Waterloo in sync. She was always so poised, so pretty, so...

'You must forever watch your back,' I spoke the words clearly, though he could not hear me. 'Come what may, I shall avenge my brother's death.' Now: When Sarah's summoned by her godmother to remote Norfolk, she doesn't want to go. Crossing the bridges where...

As the frozen earth gives way to the first spring crocuses, pushing their way into the warmer air, Maggie arrives in Starr's Fall. She's looking for a new start, with her lovable but painfully shy teenaged son in tow. It feels like the odds are against her,...

Bristol, 1941. Coronation Close survives the brutal Bristol Blitz but with rationing, call up papers and new rules and regulations everyone's lives are changed forever. Resident do-gooder PC Percy Routledge's obsession with rules being upheld finds him spying...

For the first time in her life, DCI Emma Gardner finds herself unable to concentrate on the job she loves. Her thoughts are now always with her old colleague Paul Riddick, who lies desperately ill in hospital - a tortured man in life, now facing death. When a...

Leah Williams knows exactly what she wants from life - comfort, luxury and security. All the things she would have had if her childhood hadn't been derailed by her father's bad decisions. And then she meets Miles Sinclair. After the death of his wife last...

A woman with a dark past... Helen Appleby just wants a quiet life. Recently released from prison for the manslaughter of her partner, she's trying to forget her past mistakes - all of them - to rebuild her life and move on. When she decides to open a bookshop,...

I loved the anonymity, flexibility and solitude that working the night shift at Storage Queen gave me. The unsociable hours paid well, helping me fund my university degree and giving me a quiet place to study while the world slept peacefully in their warm,...

When a teenage couple go missing, the police aren't too concerned. Young lovers often make bad choices. Then a body is found near a Suffolk lighthouse, and shortly after, two girls seem to vanish into thin air. Freshly promoted DI Ashley Knight knows she has a...

Even though its famous opera house has shuttered its doors for the war, Covent Garden remains one of the most exciting, bustling areas of London. It's where Hannah Merrill and Aunt Violet have their bookshop and, in spite of the recent spate of burglaries in...

My son George is everything to me, but he's slipping away, and no one can tell me why. Every test comes back inconclusive, every doctor leaves me with more questions than answers. I'm terrified - each day brings new fears, and my heart aches knowing how much...

To outsiders, twins Mia and Kate have always been close, like good sisters should be. But in private their relationship is one of jealousy, resentment and bitterness. Popular and attractive Mia is always the centre of attention, loved by all. Quiet and...

The perfect date... To celebrate their wedding anniversary, Lily Leonard books a table at the exclusive restaurant of Hector Bolson-Woods renowned celebrity chef. It should be the perfect evening for Lily and husband, Stig, but not even a perfect menu can heal...

Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies suddenly during a town council meeting. When traces of aconite - also known as the queen of poisons - are found in his coffee cup, the police realise he was murdered. But who did it? And why? The police bring Judith,...

Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the 19th century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A...

DI Nyree Bradshaw and her team have their work cut out for them once again. Local woman Lizzy Bean has been found dead, garrotted with a piece of wire. Lizzy's property, a 1970s beach house overlooking a pristine Northland bay, is overflowing with rubbish....

Thriving on structure and organisation, Lachie's life is a tapestry of travel, surf and sea. Working and living in the breath-taking Whitsunday Islands, he finds solace in the ocean's embrace. But when carefree Irish traveller Kat crosses his path, he senses a...

Cambridge, UK, 1947. Martin Friedrich, a German philosopher, is cycling through an intersection on his way to give a lecture when a speeding car strikes and kills him. Shortly afterwards, Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter - an Austrian-born cockney Jew, whose...

Working at the local pearl button factory, Ada Fletcher is doing her best to make ends meet in trying times. When tragedy strikes and her siblings are taken to a workhouse orphanage, Ada is saved from a similar fate by her neighbour, Sarah Connell. But the...

After falling pregnant unexpectedly, 16-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father sends her away and has her baby taken from her. Then she's reunited with her brother Roddy, a trainee doctor, and Catrin determines to change her life for the...

November 1915. For young housemaid Anwen Rhys, life is hard in the Welsh mining village of Dorcalon, deep in the Rhymney Valley. She cares for her ill mother and beloved younger sister Sara, all while shielding them from her father's violent temper. Anwen...

When Finchmere's summer fete turns fatal, Nell has more than just a killer to net... Since their YouTube channel FOLLOWING FINCHEMERE has taken flight, showcasing Dr Nell Ward's sustainability activities at her family's Finchmere estate, it's her partner and...

Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town's Northern Soul nights, where she gets to put on her best and lose herself in the classics. Dinah has an especial hero: Bucky Bronco,...

It's the late 1970s, and Tiff lives with her mum Joan at Rockfield, the iconic recording studios. This place of legend, where some of the most famous rock albums of all time were recorded, is the background to a freewheeling, ever-changing whirlwind of a...

Foster mum Stella Smith and Officer Joe Carpenter's makeshift family is threatened with the arrival of two new vulnerable foster boys and a terror campaign waged by the boys' biological mother's violent boyfriend. When threats and extortion fail, the culprit...

Special Agent Emma Parker is determined to uncover a cyberbully targeting local teens - and Max Hughes's daughter, Kayleigh, is the prime suspect. Max gives Emma full access to their home and technology to clear Kayleigh's name, never counting on his...

England, 1940s. Minnie has spent most of her life feeling like a plain Jane, watching things happen around her, waiting for something to happen to her. When her old best friend, the beautiful and callous Junie, unexpectedly returns to Sixteen Streets, Minnie's...

Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep, along with a note begging her to 'take care of little Rose'. Who is the mother? Victoria, Naomi and the Churchwood bookshop organising team set about trying to identify her,...

Nan Turpin is in trouble again, accused of stealing. She's guilty. Cast out by her family, she turns to the House of Help for Friendless Girls, which promises Nan a fresh start - it's the House or gaol. She and warden Hetty immediately clash, but Hetty has her...

Hull, 1905. As the doted-on daughter of the local doctor, Violet Stroud had a comfortable, happy childhood - despite a distinct lack of love from her cold-hearted mother. But when her father unexpectedly dies, Violet's life is turned upside down. As secrets...

In this Blame It on the Mistletoe story, conveniently marrying her best friend will give florist Millie the child she craves. Yet when her husband-to-be is called away on business, best man Giles comes to the rescue. Giles doesn't believe in marriage. He's...

In this Blame It on the Mistletoe story, Charlie should be planning his convenient wedding. As heir to a dynasty, he must produce the next generation. But gorgeous childhood friend Liberty needs help - and his castle! - to avoid a work disaster. He just...

In this The Bridal Party story, bridesmaid Marietta is attending a fabulous Italian wedding before starting her New York promotion. After fleeing an abusive marriage, she's focused on her career - no dating! But one night with red-hot best man Rico - who...

Pottery studio owner Evie isn't feeling festive. Her ex-boyfriend - now her stepsister's fiancé! - is joining her family for Christmas. Going alone is not an option, but Evie's afraid of being hurt again. So, she hopes an online fake dating service can work...

Acting Sheriff Cat Jameson fights to keep a desperate abuse victim safe. But the woman is later murdered... and her newborn baby gone. Still, the seven-months-pregnant officer's determined investigation soon convinces her that prime suspect Dylan Walker is not...

Rancher Zeke Daniels left his secret agent career - and his doomed romance with Brooke Campbell - in the past. Until the forensic anthropologist stumbles across Bent County's sinister secret... and attracts a stalker in the process. Brooke refuses to quit the...

Executive assistant Victoria is done with demanding billionaire boss Marcello. After a pre-dawn summons to his Manhattan apartment she quits - only to get trapped there by a snowstorm! Stranded with him, it's easy for her to forget he was once off-limits......

Married in haste... Reunited in passion? Vows are for ever as far as Spanish aristocrat Santos is concerned. So when he finally finds Mia, his waitress wife, who ran away weeks into their whirlwind marriage, he insists she returns home. Only the painful loss...

Winter wedding bells are ringing... For three Regency couples! In A Mistletoe Kiss for the Governess by Christine Merrill, Major Frederick is stunned when his daughters' governess is not the stern matron he expects, but a beguiling miss who challenges and...

A festive romance to fool society... but are they fooling themselves too? A Matchmakers of Bath story: Mary St Aubin is a stellar matchmaker, but society has decided that, as a spinster, she can no longer be trusted with their matches! After watching her...

A spinster, a Scrooge... and only one bed! American industrialist Elliot has a plan to ensure his sisters will marry well: find a London society wife to elevate the family name! What's not part of his plan is falling for a shy spinster who has no intention of...

Will he risk his mission... for her hand in marriage? Part of The Knights' Missions. On a secret quest to expose a traitor, Sir Hugh enlists in a tournament to win the hand of his target's daughter, Lady Bronwen. But the clever, driven maiden jeopardises his...

Beautiful women usually fall at Greek billionaire Jace Diamandis' feet. But diamonds and champagne fail to impress beautiful veterinary surgeon Gigi Campbell. So Jace's legendary Diamandis charm works overtime to persuade Gigi into one unforgettable date...

They're playing with fire! CEO Florence Clare's relationship with devilishly attractive Hades Achelleos is... complicated. By day, their cutthroat corporate rivalry is a thing of headline-grabbing legend. By night, they indulge in a reckless, clandestine...

A high-stakes proposal! Magnate Apollo's life-long purpose is the ruin of the Shetty dynasty. His final gambit? Gaining control of the Shetty business by conveniently marrying his enemy's eldest daughter. That is until Jia, the fiery and altogether more...

Just revenge... or something more? Damos planned to seduce Kassia to thwart her ruthless father, a longtime business rival. Only stepping into his world gave shy archaeologist Kassia a newfound confidence that inspired an ever-growing hunger in the Greek...

Claimed... then crowned? Violet doesn't know the stranger she's shared an unforgettable night with is a future king - until they're caught on camera and she's whisked to the desert for royal damage control! She's infuriated... especially by her body's...

Royally pregnant! Former wild-child actress Lexi's stalker finds her at a gala, sending her straight into the protective arms of irresistible Prince Magnus! They succumb to a single night of scalding pleasure... When a positive pregnancy test changes Lexi's...

In this A Tale of Two Midwives story, still healing from an unhappy childhood, midwife Jenni refuses to repeat her parents' mistakes. So she lives by these rules: no marriage, no babies. Besides, singledom has its benefits... like the freedom to spend a...

Resisting... the irresistible! Haunted by the loss of her family and beloved dog, doctor Sage devotes herself to saving animals in her remote clinic. She has no time for distractions! Particularly not a charismatic, arrogant TV horse whisperer from the...

Mr grumpy, Ms sunshine - the perfect family? Anna loves nursing children - it's healing after having to give her own baby up for adoption. Her favourite patient is Jordan, an adorable boy who has Down's syndrome. Caring for him is rewarding - especially when...

A pulse-racing encounter... In this Kentucky Derby Medics story, vet Conor lost everything when his wife and unborn child died. Now, working in Kentucky, with a horse entered in the famous Derby, is the ideal distraction. He just didn't expect to be in such...

New city, old flame... second chance? Ambitious oncologist Madison will do anything to further the fight against the disease that claimed her mother - including accepting a position with Dr Antonio Rodriguez! It's been ten years since she walked away from...

In this A Tale of Two Midwives story, to escape her abusive ex-husband, midwife Grace will move to the other side of the world. Even if it means sharing an apartment with her best friend's brother! Yet while obstetrician Jock's cheeky charm and 'boy next door'...

"From the comfort of her beautiful mountain-top retreat, Katherine Winston creates her bestselling young adult series, Girls with Unusual Powers. No one in the nearby town has any idea of her true identity. Katherine mostly interacts with people anonymously...

"One day soon, suddenly and without explanation, the moon as we know it is replaced with an orb of cheese with the exact same mass. Through the length of an entire lunar cycle, from new moon to a spectacular and possibly final solar eclipse, we follow multiple...

"Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. She's the lynchpin of a top-secret project, Red Queen, created to work across borders and behind the scenes to solve the most...

"The USA Today bestselling, Lambda Award-winning author of Dirt Creek is back with a woman's story of the aftermath of the climbing incident that killed her girlfriend--and getting to the truth. Torn between her girlfriend, Magdu, and her best friend, Daphne,...

"Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set on a train packed with a fascinating cast of characters who hail from as close as Brittany...

"Evan Smoak is a highly trained former government assassin who has survived for years by keeping his circle to a few trusted confidants and a strict code he calls 'The Ten Commandments.' But when Evan suddenly finds himself at odds with his oldest friend, all...

"Grappling with the aftermath of a tragic incident that altered her life, ex-police officer and bestselling mystery author Erin Delaney finds solace in the tranquility of a cabin nestled deep in the Smoky Mountains. But her newfound peace is shattered when...

"Tabitha Schrock's return to Lancaster County shakes the foundations of her family and community. After her departure during rumspringa and then a recent divorce, Tabitha faces the challenge of reintegrating into Amish society while pursuing her dream of...

"Amidst the growing chaos of the post Civil War America, former Union Colonel Elijah McCain is on a mission to find his deserter stepsons. Going through more struggles than he thought possible--maybe more than when he was a colonel in the war--McCain finally...

"When Kyle McCray gets word his father has suffered a debilitating stroke, he returns to his hometown of Potsdam, New York, where he doesn't expect a warm welcome. Kyle left suddenly two and a half years ago, abandoning the people who depended on him: his...

"Sadie has met her love, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian, by "cold bump," making him believe the encounter was accidental. Like everyone Sadie targets, Lucien is useful to her and used by her. Sadie operates by strategy and dissimulation, based on what...