'A masterful exploration of love, loss and the healing power of the natural world. Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure' ObserverLONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2018Jonah roams Kew Gardens trying to reassemble the shattered pieces of his life after the death of his wife, Audrey. Weathering the seasons and learning to love again, he meets Chloe, an enigmatic origami artist who is hesitant to let down ...

On a remote island where girls face a terrible fate, they must find the courage to rise up in this dystopian novel: "a spooky, sure-footed debut" ( People ).Years ago, ten men and their families escaped an incinerated mainland and colonized a distant island. They built a radical society of ancestor worship, controlled breeding, and the strict rationing of knowledge and history. Only the Wanderers—chosen male descendants of...

From the Booker-shortlisted author comes a sensuous, evocative novel exploring the lives of women in Victorian London, for fans of Sarah Waters, Emma Donoghue and Kate Atkinson2011: When Madeleine loses her job as a lecturer, she decides to leave her riverside flat in cobbled Stew Lane, where history never feels far away, and move to Apricot Place. Yet here too, in this quiet Walworth cul-de-sac, she senses the past encroaching: a shifting in the atmosphere, a current of unseen lif...

'A book with special and dangerous properties' Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of Wolf Hall'Enthralling' M.R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl With All the Gifts'An imaginative tour de force' The Times1558: Twelve children, gifted far beyond their years, are banished by their Tudor queen to the town of Rotherweird. Some say they are the golden gener...

A young woman seeks her heritage in this thrilling, continents-spanning medieval historical adventure from New York Times bestselling author Dana Stabenow.Beijing, 1322. Wu Johanna is the granddaughter of the legendary trader Marco Polo. In the wake of her father's death, Johanna finds that lineage counts for little amid the den of intrigue that is the Great Khan's court. Johanna's future – if she has one – lies with her grandfather, in Ve...

I would like to make myself the heroine of this story and my character to be noble-an innocent victim led astray. But alas, sir, I would be lying…In prison, accused of murder, Tully Truegood begins to write her life story. A story that takes her from a young girl in the backstreets of 18th century London to her stepmother Queenie's Fairy House-a place where decadent excess is a must…Trained by Queenie to become a courtesan, and by Mr. Crease-a magician who ...

RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB 2017. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD.'A novel of huge scope with a tremendous sense of period and place' Costa judges**'**A dazzling tale of romance and survival' GuardianFollow the path to the freezing north. Follow your ambition. Follow your heartFlora Mackie first crossed the Arctic ...

The perfect recipe for hygge: make a hot chocolate, draw the curtains, snuggle under a blanket and read your way to happiness!It's autumn in Yulethorpe and everyone is gloomy. It's cold, drizzly and the skies are permagrey. The last shop on the high street - an adorable little toy shop - has just shut its doors. Everything is going wrong for Yulethorpe this autumn. Until Clara Kristensen arrives.Clara is on holiday but she can see the potential in the prett...

An intriguing, poignant and heart-warming novel about a secret that will change everythingAddie thinks she knows everything about her mother.But when a stranger appears, claiming to be Addie's sister, she realises that her life so far has been based on a lie . . .'A compelling family story . . . Beautifully written' Sheila O'Flanagan'Intriguing, twisting . . . I loved it' Dinah Jef...

From the bestselling author of The Ballroom Café and The Judge's Wife comes a new story of friendship, resilience and compassion, and how women support each other through the most difficult times.Connie Carter has lost everyone and everything dear to her. Leaving her home in New York, she moves to a run-down Irish mansion, hoping to heal her shattered heart and in search of answers: how could her husband do the te...

***WINNER OF THE 2018 SPECULATIVE ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARD*** ‘This is a pure joy’ HeatIf you could turn back time, would you choose a different life?Forty-something Maggie is facing some hard truths. Her only child has flown the nest for university and, without her daughter in the house, she’s realising that her life, and her marriage to Dan, is more than a little stale.When she spots an announcement on Facebook about a uni re...

Ever look at your life and find yourself wondering: how did this happen?When Claire discovers the list she wrote as a teenager entitled '20 Years From Now', she realises how far removed her life is from the one she'd imagined. Divorced. Stuck in a dead-end job. Dating a man who is desperate to settle down to a future she doesn't want . . . it's time for Claire to put her life back on track, before it's too late.From the bestselling author of Whi...