Ash's friend Rowan is having a baby that just might be his (if he could only remember). He has no idea how to help her. Meanwhile, her cousin Hazel provides some undemanding distraction while Genista the hillfayre girl teases him with possibilities beyond his reach. What with helping his dour father at the charburn, being troubled by three women and dealing with an unexpected stepmother, Ash is thoroughly confused. It doesn't help that he thinks he looks a bit like a sad frog and usually s...

Rowan Amhill loves the old traditions. That’s why she wears a thornfair gown for the festival. Her cousin, Hazel, laughs at her, her mother is impatient, her friend, Ash, accepts her ways, but to Flynt dan Apfel, the temptation is almost irresistible. His people are dying, and Rowan could help to save them. She’s willing. He refuses her sacrifice. Unfortunately for everyone, no is not an answer Rowan is willing to accept.

A scientist in hiding. A race to the ultimate weapon. Can a bold operative crush Nazi plans before he's taken out by a Nazi bullet?December, 1942. Conor Thorn will stop at nothing to end Hitler's terror. So when a brilliant nuclear physicist is discovered holed up in Italy, the elite OSS agent reunites with his MI6 counterpart and slips behind enemy lines on a recruitment mission. Now pitted against rival forces also on the hunt, Thorn is hell-bent on preventing th...

A disgraced agent. A missing battle plan. Will he find redemption or damage the Allies beyond repair?London, 1942. OSS Agent Conor Thorn is desperate for a second chance. After a botched mission in Tangier, Thorn knows failure is not an option. When confidential directives for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, go missing, the agent must recover the plans before the Nazis thwart the crucial mission.Thorn teams up with MI6 agent Emily Bright to s...

"15 Essential Tips for your Vending Side-Hustle" is your guide to streamlining your business, prioritizing tasks, and yes, making more money in your full-line vending business.Author, Vicki May Thorne, writes with authority borne of first-hand experience about the Do's and Don'ts of having a successful vending side hustle. Vicki bought a 'healthy vending franchise' in 2016 and started with 10 machines. After the franchise went bankrupt and left her high and dry in 2018, she not onl...

When artist Violet Brooke leaves her engagement ring on top of a Chinese wedding cabinet and runs away from the trendy apartment in London’s Brick Lane, there’s only one place to go – Sunrise Cottage. All she wants is to cosy up in her rural retreat, concentrate on her painting, and forget about Jayden Fox, bad boy of the East End art scene – he’s certainly forgotten about her. The last thing she needs is romance. Then handsome antique dealer Max Finch shows up in the middle of a field and...

The Santa's Great Treasure Chest gathers more than 450 Christmas novels, tales, carols, poems, and legends into an expansive archive of festive imagination. Moving between devotional verse, fairy tale, domestic realism, moral fable, comic vignette, ghostly wonder, and children's adventure, the volume traces Christmas as both sacred observance and secular cultural ritual. Familiar holiday narratives, carols, and folkloric retellings stand alongside less-circulated period pieces, making the ...

Want to create a rich history for your world, but don’t know where to start?Need help creating a past that impacts on your characters and their stories?How to Create History breaks the process down into easy-to-follow steps. By completing a series of creative prompts, this book will guide you from your present world, back through its deep history.This workbook will help you to:Create a historic timeline of important ev...

The Big Christmas Basket gathers more than two hundred illustrated novels, tales, poems, and carols into a capacious archive of Christmas writing. Its range extends from devotional lyric and traditional seasonal song to domestic realism, fairy tale, comic anecdote, moral fable, ghostly fantasy, and cosmopolitan short fiction. Canonical Victorian and Romantic modes meet children's literature, American regionalism, and European storytelling, making the volume a vivid record of how Christmas ...

Want to create a world with a dark and ominous feel, but don’t know where to start?Need help worldbuilding the shadows? Not sure if you’re evil enough?How to Create Dark Worlds breaks the process down into easy-to-follow steps. By completing a series of creative prompts, this book will show you how to cast darkness over your fictional world.This workbook will help you to:-Craft a believable and immersive dark setting-...

Want to create unique and compelling magic systems for your world, but don't know where to start? Need help designing magical traditions that feel rich and believable?Crafting Magic provides clear and insightful information to help you design magical systems that are as unique as the worlds they inhabit. This mini guide offers a deep dive into the creation of diverse forms of magic, helping you craft systems that feel rich and believable.This guide will hel...

Want to write a warm, low-stakes fantasy world but worry it will feel flat or dull? Struggling to balance gentleness and charm with depth and meaningful storytelling?How to Craft Wonder and Woodsmoke breaks the process down into simple, creative steps. With a series of imaginative prompts, this book will help you create a world that feels rich, real, and quietly magical.This workbook will help you to:Create a rich and comforting cosy fantasy s...