Fleeing from the emotional shackles of her family in Ireland and the convent where she was training to be a nun, the feisty 21-year-old Ashling O'Leary arrives in San Francisco in 1982 with a backpack, a judo outfit, her artist's portfolio, a three-month visa, and a determination to find a way to speak up about the abuse of girls and women in Catholic Ireland. As she becomes embroiled in a whirlwind of love, art, and deception, Ashling learns that her success as an artist and a human being...

Bloomsbury presents Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon, read by Patricia Allison, Gemma Whelan and Arty Froushan.This audiobook features an exclusive interview with Samantha Shannon and Katherine Webber, bestselling author of the Twin Crowns trilogy.With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tre...

**AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK | AN INDIGO BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOK OF 2024 | A CHATELAINE BEST BOOK OF FALL 2024The spellbinding new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train.**Welcome to Eris: An island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day.Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist...

A 2026 Audie Award Winner for Thriller/SuspenseINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell, three women are connected by one man in this “g****ripping, shocking, masterful” (Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author) thriller.He’s the perfect man. It’s a perfect lie.Nick Radcliffe is a man o...

**Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Gemma Whelan, best known for her roles in Game of Thrones, Gentleman Jack and Upstart Crow. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Patricia Ingham.**When her father leaves the Church, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the North of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industr...

#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA Today) Philippa Gregory returns with a dazzling historical novel of ambition, betrayal, and survival in the court of Henry VIII. Read by Gemma Whelan“Gregory skillfully captures the lust for power and wealth that overcomes those who serve a mentally unstable ruler.”--Library Journal“Richly atmospheric, Gregory’s novel delivers a riveting portrait of Jane...

From the author of global bestseller THE GIRL IN THE LETTER, a gripping, powerful and heartbreaking new novel of two families and the devastating secret that binds them...'A hugely addictive story...full of twists, turns, class divides, betrayal and deceit ****' Heat magazine'Emily Gunnis weaves a gripping story' Woman & Home'One of the best books I've read this year!

A breathtaking, enchanting series from Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world—but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks—and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday.But...

In the magical city of Nevermoor, long-buried secrets are coming to light, and Morrigan Crow’s life is about to turn upside down.When Morrigan is invited into Nevermoor’s wealthy Silver District, she discovers a world of extravagance and a family mystery she’s eager to unravel. She could never imagine where it will lead: a white wedding, a golden dragon and a red pool of blood.Embroiled in suspicion and danger, Morrigan leaps head first into a murder invest...

In the magical city of Nevermoor, long-buried secrets are coming to light, and Morrigan Crow’s life is about to turn upside down.When Morrigan is invited into Nevermoor’s wealthy Silver District, she discovers a world of extravagance and a family mystery she’s eager to unravel. She could never imagine where it will lead: a white wedding, a golden dragon and a red pool of blood.Embroiled in suspicion and danger, Morrigan leaps head first into a murder invest...

Jenny Many is an exuberant, lovable ten-year-old with a nose for intrigue and an eye for a mystery. She is bold, fearless and enthusiastic, as well as bags of fun to be around!Together with her best friends Hannah, Ella and Dylan, Jenny unearths crimes, rights wrongs and makes a host of nail-biting new discoveries. Nothing gets past Miss Many – she’s curious, quick-thinking and as bright as a button. Sometimes she might make a few teeny mistakes on the way...

The international booklife prize for fiction winner - Face Value is the gripping first book in the Wright & Tran crime thriller series. If you like electrifying action, breathless pacing, and three-dimensional characters, then you'll love Ian Andrew's award-winning special ops detective novel.Kara Wright is a former Royal Air Force Intelligence Analyst. Her best mate, Tien Tran, is a veteran of the British Army's Intelligence Corps. Both served in Afghanistan and b...