Tasked with the care of Liza, a young girl who must be protected from her own father, journalist Gabe Ward seizes on the opportunity to exchange London for the isolated Northamptonshire estate of a minor baronet.He doesn’t expect to come face to face with a man he spent a pleasant evening with at the Rogue and Vagabond eight months ago. A man who seemed to have a good time then…and who is none too thrilled to encounter Gabe again in the middle of an extended family gathering.

THE IRISH BESTSELLER'A dazzling modern mythology of our oldest stories, richly imagined by the very best of Irish writers' DOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA, author of A Ghost in the Throat**'**'Enthralling . . . The imaginative freedom in Banshee's stories is remarkable' Irish Times'Bold, beautiful' Daily Mail'Dark, lyrical and exhilarating, these stories feel ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“With remarkable detail gleaned from a wealth of research, journalist and author Holden relates the three women’s unforgettable journey from their imprisonment in ghettos to their arrival at Auschwitz. . . . An astonishing and deeply moving work.” —Booklist (starred review)The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not ...

The Sunday Times bestseller now updated with a new forewordAmong millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret. Strangers to each other, they were newly pregnant, and facing an uncertain fate without their husbands. Alone, scared, and with so many loved ones already lost to the Nazis, these young women were privately determined to hold on to all they had le...

'I am in awe of Wendy Holden' Heather MorrisIn her dazzling new novel, No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Wendy Holden presents a new take on the Anne Boleyn story. The Queen's Painter traces her stellar rise and tragic fall as seen by Tudor court artist Hans Holbein. Close friend of the ill-fated queen, did he use his genius in a stunning act of revenge?When the brilliant young Holbein arrives at the Tudor court, Anne Boleyn i...

'I am in awe of Wendy Holden' Heather Morris'As exquisitely-rendered as a Holbein masterpiece, this vivid and compelling novel breathes new life into one of the most dramatic stories in English history' Tracy Borman'Brimful of sumptuous details... a fresh and engaging take on familiar Tudor political shenanigans' Daily MailIn her dazzling new novel, No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Wendy Holde...

'What a joy it is to read'Michael Magee, author of Close to Home'I couldn't put this book down'Sheena Patel, author of I'm A Fan'Powerful, moving, compelling, utterly enthralling'Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13*'*A prodigiously talented author: funny and brutal by turns'Guardian'The style of Woolf but the heart of Dickens'

In a village on the edge of the mortal lands, dragons need grooming, riders need taming, and love has a mind of its own.Twenty-six-year-old Livvy Stoud is content with her talking cat, cozy cottage, and job as the local dragon groomer in the mountain village of Eshan. But when the annual dragon jousting tournament arrives in the valley, her world is turned upside down.Despite her love for dragons, she despises their professional riders,...

A fifteen year old girl's family is uprooted from their established lives in England and moved to a rural farm on the outskirts of Nakuru in Kenya. Here, the main character Wendy, is introduced to a new way of living unlike anything she ever imagined.In a home without the trappings of modern homes, the family has to learn to live without electricity, plumbing, running water and basic cooking appliances.Employing a native helper reduces some of the load but introduces intere...

**A Today Show and New York Post Summer Reads Selection!First dates can be murder.**"Ferociously smart." —AJ Finn"Riveting." —Riley Sager"Addictive." —Liv Constantine"Wonderfully tense." —Aimee Molloy"Irresistible." —Mary Kubica"Impossible to put down." —Megan MirandaRiveting and compulsive, national bestselling author Wendy Walker’s The Night ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALCOTT PRIZE**'Her poetry stands unsurpassed in its popularity and technical accomplishment - there's no better contemporary writer of forms such as the triolet - and in the wit, acuity and seriousness of purpose with which she shows us what it is to be human.' GuardianThis volume comprises the full poetic works of one of our wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected poems.**When Making Cocoa for Kings...

It is already 2035 A.D. The world is still unchanged, mankind is still backward, women's lives are still lackluster, mothers are still nagging, children are still rebellious, and the meaning of life is still to be discovered.Today, like all days, is strangely boring.I have been with my spouse for ten years, and he is neither bad nor good, and he does not necessarily love me very much, nor does he necessarily not care at all. It is said that since the beginning of time, as lon...