Mick Rogers had his heart broken by Maria. He tries but can never forget the woman he loved and who stole his very soul and now he sees himself as a man that women will always turn away from and consider to be stupid and not worth the effort. So what happens when 'fate' brings him and his beloved Maria and her family together? Why are people around them changing their personalities, some of them finding it easy to kill? And what has Maria's little sister got to do with the changes that mor...

On a damp July morning in 1946, two schoolboys find a woman"s body in a bomb site in north London. In this gripping murder story, Sian Busby gradually peels away the veneer of stoicism and respectability to reveal the dark truths at the heart of postwar austerity Britain.

'One of the bad girls of gritty crime' Daily MirrorMaria Price is a survivor of the care system who thought she would never have a family or security again. She's just inherited a house and a bank account, and things appear to be looking up.Joel Parry - good-looking, charming and a wonderful lover - seems to know everyone who is anyone in Manchester. He just happens to need a place to stay.Before lo...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG'More than a touch of genius.' THE TIMESAs a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman named April is found to have vanished. Flawed pathologist Quirke responds to a request to help find her. Speaking with those who knew her, he begins to realize that there may have been more behind the young ...

Mills & Boon presents the complete Betty Neels collection. Timeless tales of heart-warming romance by one of the world’s best-loved romance authors.She stood no chance with Gideon!Arabella Birch had a less than happy introduction to Holland when she became involved in a traffic accident. It seemed destined that the first person on the scene should be Dr Gideon van der Vorst, who took charge of the situation – and Arabella –in a ver...

LOCKING YOUR DOOR WON'T KEEP HIM OUT.'A brilliant read - unbearably tense' Daily Mail'A truly sinister, unsettling masterpiece' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐A pulse-pounding psychological thriller you won't forget - if you love books by Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell and Gillian McAllister, you'll be obsessed with The Intruder...William Heming is the best estate agent in town. Successful, smart, good-looking - i...

The very first Miss Read novel - set in a charming 1950s English countryside community, perfect nostalgia for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE or Gervase Phinn.'An affectionate, humorous and gently charming chronicle ... sometimes funny, sometimes touching, always appealing' New York TimesFairacre is a village of cottages, a church and the school - and at the heart of the school, its headmistress, Miss Read.Through her discerning e...

Phoebe Brook hadn't planned to take a nursing job in Holland. But when her sister Sybil got married instead of going to work for Dr Lucius van Somersen, Sybil persuaded Phoebe to take her place. And just to compound matters further, Phoebe found herself captivated by Lucius.

THE GENTLEMAN AND THE LAMPLIGHTER is a historical romance short story about two men from different worlds who find acceptance—and red-hot passion—in each other's arms. From Summer Devon, who writes "gay Victorian romance with emotional tension" (Publishers Weekly).You Can't Walk Away from Love.Destroyed by the death of his former schoolmate yet unable to show it publicly, Giles Fullerton has taken to walking the streets of ...

A captivating volume of over forty short stories full of love, hope, and fear, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay.Barbara Erskine is a born storyteller. The tales in 'Encounters' illustrate her extraordinary talent for capturing the spirit of a place and drawing us into the hearts and minds of her characters. Some are humorous, some thrilling, while others are unashamedly sentimental. Old-fashioned love stories such as 'A Face in the Crowd' follow ingenious gho...

A wickedly sexy rebel – with a secret…Mechanic Pace Brodrick has stepped straight out of prim Phoebe’s wildest fantasy – oil-slicked and dangerously sexy, he’s her perfect Mr Right Now! Phoebe’s been long overdue some excitement – and Pace’s wicked smile guarantees she’ll have the thrill of her life! Then Pace discovers the temptress behind Phoebe’s good-girl façade!She drives him wild – but will she want their fling to last for ever when she discovers Pace...

Just one cruel twist of fate will bring his world crashing down . . .Perfect for fans of EastEndersFalling asleep on the bus after a hard day's work, Joe finds himself stranded in the East End, disorientated in the heavy fog and innocently embroiled in a violent encounter. The incident ends in murder and Joe is accused - of the real villains there remains not a trace.But his memory of that fateful night, and a clue to the identity o...