Fiona and Roger are young innocents treading a turbulent path towards self awareness, especially sexual. Idealistic Fiona is headstrong, but even she cannot live up to her own standards and her naivety leads from one compromising situation to another. Roger, on the other hand, is already emotionally scarred, devastated by the loss of his mother, and his encounters only serve to gauge ever deeper wounds, until, that is, he finally meets Fiona. Yet, is the happiness they find too good to be ...

Father Tom Christmas moves to the picturesque English hamlet of Thornford Regis to become its new vicar and to seek a peaceful haven. But inside the empty village hall, the huge Japanese o-daiko drum that’s featured in the May Fayre festivities has been viciously sliced open—and curled up inside is the bludgeoned body of Sybella Parry, the daughter of the choir director. Realizing this village is not the refuge he’d hoped for, Father Tom comes to a disturbing conclusion: Sybella’s...

Emilio Andreoni's goal is perfection. A corporate king and Italy's most eligible bachelor, he craves only one more thing to complete his phenomenally successful life-the perfect woman!Once he thought that woman was shy Gisele Carter, until her scandalous goings-on became headline news and he called off their seemingly perfect engagement.But now Emilio is faced with proof of Gisele's innocence. He's determined to win back the only woman who ever truly satisfied him, but firs...

‘I love all of Sue Moorcroft’s books!’ Katie FfordeCountdown to Christmas with your new must-have author, as you step into the wonderful world of Ava Bliss. Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Carole Matthews and Katie Fforde.On a snowy December evening, Sam Jermyn steps into the life of bespoke hat maker Ava. Sparks fly, and not necessarily the good ones.Times are tough for Ava – she’s struggling to make ends meet, her ex-boyfriend is a bully, and w...

All that glitters…Merciless businessman Ciro D’Angelo knows an opportunity when he sees it – and Lily Scott’s vulnerable sweetness and old-fashioned values are exactly what he needs in a wife. She’s the complete opposite to the red-taloned gold-diggers who relentlessly pursue him. Isn’t gold…But on their wedding night Ciro realises that Lily isn’t quite the pure bride he expected. Does her virtuous façade hide a fortune-hunter as shameless as the rest? It s...

Santina Princess-To-Be's Sister Serenades High-SocietyIt was a night filled with scandal, but pop princess Izzy Jackson really took the crown! Royal and VIP guests were reportedly horrified at the singer and reality TV star’s impromptu performance at her sister’s royal engagement party.It was left to Prince Matteo, second in line to the throne, to whisk tipsy starlet Izzy off stage, into his limo and straight to his luxury palazzo, from which the pair are y...

Quirke returns in the third volume of John Banville’s celebrated seriesA junior doctor at a local hospital, April Latimer is a scandalous presence in the conservative and highly patriarchal society of 1950s Dublin: the independently-minded scion of a well-connected family, she has decidedly unconventional taste in men. When she vanishes, her friend Phoebe fears the worst—and calls on her father, forensic pathologist Quirke, for help.Sober again after intens...

Last year, Scarlet King was a blushing bride-to-be, but now she's alone and more than anything she longs for a baby. This time, she's determined to prove she doesn't need a man!Successful, spine-tinglingly gorgeous John Mitchell has desired Scarlet for years, so he seizes the chance to claim her. But his proposal comes with a devilish price: if she wants a baby, they'll do it the old-fashioned way!John reminds Scarlet of the pleasures she's been missing, but when the affair...

A mistress is for pleasure, not for marriage...Tycoon Markos Makarios thinks he has the perfect woman in Vanessa: she's beautiful, adoring, living only to please him. In fact, she's the best mistress he's ever had. Until he has to warn her not to think of marriage; a mistress is only for pleasure, after all.But Vanessa had believed she was his partner--not merely a plaything. Now Markos is about to learn the true price of the woman he's obsessed with...and to disco...

For three years, Kalera has been a model secretary to Duncan Royal, with only one hiccup in their otherwise perfect relationship: a one-night stand that should never have happened, and which both have tried to forget.Or so Kalera thought. But Duncan is haunted by their one night of unbelievable passion, and secretly longs for their relationship to develop after office hours. As a rule, he can have any woman he wants–so he's furious when Kalera announces her engagem...

"You will be mine…on my terms…."Nathan Audley was a powerful man. What he wanted, he usually got…and he wanted Annie! He'd branded her a gold-digger, a widow in search of a rich husband; yet he was determined to control her life-to possess her beloved home, and her passionate heart.Annie had no desire to be any man's mistress, and knew she mustn't allow Nathan's brooding sensuality and outrageous charm to captivate her. But such a relentle...

A jilted widow shakes up a wedding when she tries to get her groove back in this classic romance.Joshua Wade was convinced that Regan was plotting to disrupt his wedding. Why else would she have agreed to organize the big day—when she clearly had a grudge against him? Regan had to admit there was unfinished business between them: a reckless one-night stand. . . .Regan wasn't out for revenge, though she did have a hidden reason for getting close to Joshua's ...