A Katie Couric Book Club Pick / One of President Obama's '26 Summer Reading List Picks / A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick / A GoodReads Most Anticipated Book of Summer“Ann Patchett’s new novel is a rare phenomenon in contemporary fiction: a novel both majestic and intimate, original and masterful in its structure, crystalline in its prose, revelatory in its insights, utterly devastating yet ultimately uplifting in its emotional impact. . . . I think it is...

Dare Collins doesn't want this new city girl innkeeper changing his small town and his family business. Only he's outvoted and now has to work with the woman who sets him on edge in more ways than one.He's trying to be a single father and keep his family's legacy intact, but everything keeps falling apart around him.Kenzie Owens tried to leave her ex and her past behind her, but she's forever looking over her shoulder. A man almost broke her once, and she refuses to let her...

When it rains, it pours … and this amateur sleuth may be in over her head.Graduate student Raina Sun is trying to keep her head above water as the bills roll in when her dashing college adviser cons her out of several months of rent. Her quest to retrieve the money sets in motion a streak of even worse luck.First, she stumbles on her advisor's dead body and becomes a suspect in his murder. Next, the only man she's ever loved reappears as the lead detective to the case. Rain...

This special 10th anniversary edition of the record-breaking masterpiece that won the Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Awards follows a warship trapped in a human body on a quest for revenge. This edition will feature a striking new cover, illustrated endpapers, deckled edges, foil on the book casing, a reversible jacket and a new introduction from the author.Ann Leckie is the first author to win the Arthur C. Clarke, the Nebula and the Hugo Award for Best Novel i...

Lose yourself in the story of a lifetime – the unforgettable Sunday Times bestsellerLonglisted for the Women's PrizeA STORY OF TWO SIBLINGS, THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME, AND A PAST THAT THEY CAN'T LET GO.In the economic boom following the Second World War, Cyril Conroy's real estate investments take his family from poverty to enormous wealth. With it he buys the Dutch House, a lavish mansion in the Philadelphia suburbs. Meant as a...

Victoria hopes that her new job at a beautiful Austrian castle will heal the scars left by an insincere lover. What she didn’t expect was handsome yet gruff Baron Horst and his daughter, Sophie. Victoria’s been hired to tutor Sophie, but the girl has a defiant attitude. Victoria soon begins to question what happened to Sophie’s mother, but the baron refuses to discuss it. As curt as he may be, Victoria can’t help but fall for the kindness in his eyes when he looks at his daughter. But she ...

Instant New York Times bestseller‘Exquisite and devastating. It won’t fail to move you’ – Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the SunHer beauty hides a deadly purpose . . .Since birth, Xishi’s extraordinary beauty has been seen as a blessing. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One tha...

To save the prince, she must agree to marry him.Marianna has sworn off men. After all, they only hurt you the moment they have the chance.Prince Leonardo is in America with one mission: propose to the woman he doesn’t love because his parents think it will be the best thing for their country. When he hits his head, he fakes amnesia with the hopes that his parents will let him off the hook. After all, they wouldn’t force him to marry someone he doesn’t remem...

Join Jefferson Bethke, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion, as he challenges the accepted view of contemporary Christianity with the world-changing message that Jesus actually brought.Jesus was most upset at people for seeing but not seeing. For succumbing to the danger and idolatry of forcing God into preconceived human ideals. But what if there were a better way? What if Jesus came not to help people escape the world b...

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againThe Healers is the fifth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Isolated farmer Ernie Bowles was found lying on his kitchen floor, gruesomely strangled . . .News of the murder came to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early on Monday morning and he fears this case will ...

Bonnie & Clyde are at it again!When the death of a local baker threatens to shred the fabric of their lovely town, this dynamic sleuthing duo bolts into action. The results will leave you in stitches.It’s summertime in beautiful Bliss, Georgia, and while second chance dress shop owner, Bonnie Balfour, would prefer to spend her time redesigning gowns for the upcoming Founder’s Day parade, her grandma, Gigi, is too hot under the collar to con...

Okay, so I didn’t mean to break the guy out of prison and become his pretty little hostage. It just kinda happened. Can you blame me? Vicious murder tendencies aside, he’s one hell of a snack!Stone Blackthorne. Even his name rubs me the right way.Sure, he might be a convicted felon and be the most wanted man on Earth, but under all of those red flags, he’s probably a really nice guy. Just misunderstood.Screw red. Stone’s flags are pitch black, but that’s the way I l...