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Book SynopsisThe best way to get back at my horrible ex? Fake date his rival. Being the team physiotherapist for a bunch of pro hockey players is challenging enough without my ex joining the team. He''sthe reason I don''t date hockey players. Vancouver Storm''s new captain and the top scorer in pro hockey, Rory Miller is the arrogant, flirtatious hockey player I tutored in high school. And he''s just agreed to be my fake boyfriend. I get sweet revenge. Rory gets to clean up his image. It''s the perfect deal. Faking with him is fun and addictive, though, and beneath the bad boy swagger, Rory''s sweet, funny, and protective. He teaches me to skate. He sleeps in my bed. He kisses me like it''s real. Was he ever faking it at all?The Fake Out is a pro hockey fake dating romance. It''s the second book in the Vancouver Storm series but can be read as a standalone. Tropes:Fake datingEx''s rivalPro hockey

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Book SynopsisPraise for Abby Jimenez: 'Literally the best book I ever read' â â â â â 'This author has blown me away before but this book . . . I can't even. I will need some serious time to recover. It was everything and more' â â â â â 'OK, this is the best romance I've ever read. I loved everything about it' â â â â â 'This book deserves all the stars in the universe' â â â â â 'Things I loved about this book . . . I mean it's literally everything. Not a single flaw' â â â â â 'Wow. wow. WOW. Every book I've read of Abby's just gets better and better' â â â â â ......................... To find their soulmates, all they need is four dates, a kiss and a breakup . . . Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the s

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Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTIONA BBC 2 ''BETWEEN THE COVERS'' BOOK CLUB PICK''Wonderful'' RICHARD OSMAN''Perfect'' INDIA KNIGHT''Beautiful'' JESSIE BURTON''Witty and sharp'' DAVID NICHOLLS1957, the suburbs of south east London. Jean Swinney is a journalist on a local paper, trapped in a life of duty and disappointment from which there is no likelihood of escape. When a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud. As the investigation turns her quiet life inside out, Jean is suddenly given an unexpected chance at friendship, love and - possibly - happiness.''Gorgeous . . . I could not recommend it more'' PANDORA SYKES''Remarkable . . . Small Pleasures is no small pleasure'' THE TIMES''Irresistible . . . wry, perceptive and quietlyTrade ReviewA very fine book... It's witty and sharp and reads like something by Barbara Pym or Anita Brookner, without ever feeling like a pastiche. * David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY *Perfect. * India Knight *Small lives, love and loneliness, wit and despair all wrapped in an unexpected mystery and placed in a perfectly-realised 50s setting. Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mind. * Lissa Evans, author of OLD BAGGAGE *This is one of the most tender, beautiful books I have ever read. Please, please order it now for July. I honestly don't want you to be without it. It is exquisite. * Lucy Mangan *I've had about five people recommend this to me, which is quite rare... It's a novel about the last throw of the dice, the last chance perhaps of finding a life of happiness when you've had a struggle. The writing is beautiful. This is also the first novel Chambers has written for 10 years, which I find really inspiring. I think there's this discourse in our culture that you've got to have everything done in your first book ... But Chambers has been away for 10 years and she's come back with this absolute humdinger. It's just so nice to read a book by someone who's so confident with their talent. I'm glad she's having this renaissance. * Jessie Burton *Quietly remarkable... Small Pleasures is no small pleasure. -- Andrew Billen * THE TIMES *Small Pleasures is an almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish. Written in prose that is clipped as closely as suburban hedges, this is a book about seemingly mild people concealing turbulent feelings... one of the great strengths of the book is its tender, atmospheric descriptions of England: wet leaves, misted windows, the "melancholy sense of approaching dusk". Small Pleasures succeeds in creating one of those enclosed fictional worlds that, however desolate, has its own rules, its own flavour and its own charm. -- Johanna Thomas-Corr * THE SUNDAY TIMES *There's compassion and quiet humour to be found in this tale of a putative virgin birth in postwar suburban London... Chambers's eye for drab, undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity. -- Alfred Hickling * GUARDIAN *An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastating. -- Hephzibah Anderson * MAIL ON SUNDAY *Small Pleasures is no twee romance, but a quietly compelling novel of duty and desire. -- Francesca Carington * THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *Wonderful. * Richard Osman *A wonderful novel. I loved it. * Nina Stibbe *Miraculous. * Tracy Chevalier *A beautiful and moving read set in 1950s suburbia that'll be on bookseller tables across the land this summer -- Francesca Brown * STYLIST *This is a dazzling, exquisitely written story of how happiness and even love can find us when we least expect it. -- Sarra Manning * RED *There are small pleasures aplenty in Clare Chambers' quietly observed, 1950s-set story... Chambers' novel combines a startling storyline with an engagingly nuanced portrait of post-war suburban femininity. -- Claire Allfree * METRO *A stunning novel to steal your heart. * WOMAN & HOME *A wonderfully compassionate imagining of the post-war years, darned with the fine skeins of love. -- Kerry Fowler * SAINSBURY’S MAGAZINE *I loved this novel, which simmers with repressed emotions, and the gut punch of an ending really stayed with me. -- Jo Finney * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, Book of the Month *The glorious literary equivalent of pulling the duvet over your head... Both an absorbing mystery and a tender love story - and the ending is devastating. Chambers is a writer who finds the truth in things. If you admire Tessa Hadley or Anne Tyler (and there are shades of Barbara Pym too), then this is one for you. -- Alice O'Keefe * The Bookseller, Book of the Month *It is a glorious piece of storytelling where powerful emotions and awful revelations are treated with a dignity that makes them all the more devastating. -- Eithne Farry * DAILY MIRROR *A gentle, heart-aching mystery that's infused with empathy and a keen understanding of stifling 1950s mores. -- Stephanie Cross * DAILY MAIL *The author's first novel in almost 10 years is so good it made me want to read her entire backlist!.. An enticing read. -- Nina Pottell * PRIMA *I am perverse about those books that acquire a sudden, unexpected popularity; perhaps a combination of natural contrariness and fear of being out of step with the cultural zeitgeist. I'm glad I overcame that irrational prejudice for Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers, another story of lives that appear to have hit the buffers... A little gem of a book that transplants the listener quite elsewhere, while exploring the abiding issue of how much we are prepared to suspend our disbelief if we glimpse a chance of happiness. * Financial Times (Best Audiobooks) *Clare Chambers's novel is a delight to read: completely and utterly haunting... Quietly confident with moments of vibrant humour, this is an exquisitely drawn study of human fragility. -- Helena Gumley-Mason * THE LADY *Part mystery, part love story, part reflection on changing attitudes to sexuality in post-war Britain, Small Pleasures is a disarmingly gentle read that quietly builds to a devastating conclusion. -- Scarlett Sangster * PRESS ASSOCIATION - syndicated across regional newspapers and websites *A devourable mystery with a side order of love story set in 1950s suburbia. -- Rosamund Dean * GRAZIA *Hauntingly tender, and written with powerful grace, Clare Chambers's Small Pleasures is an absolute joy from start to finish... Laying bare a quivering three-way tug between obligation, propriety and passion, and the inexplicable way thunderbolt-bonds are formed between similar-souled individuals, Jean's conflicts and chance to love truly get under your skin. What a remarkable book, with a dagger-sharp climax that will pierce your heart. * LOVEREADING - July Picks of the Month and a Star Book *Beautiful... Small Pleasures is a sort of meditation on finding moments of joy (a solo cigarette, a melting ice-cream) in a context of wider sadness. * Emma Beddington in the Observer Magazine *Small Pleasures is a tender and heart-rending tale that will draw you in from the first page and keep you gripped until the very end. Exquisitely compelling! * Ruth Hogan, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS *Clare Chambers is that rare thing, a novelist of discreet hilarity, deep compassion and stiletto wit whose perspicacious account of suburban lives with their quiet desperation and unexpected passion makes her the 21st century heir to Jane Austen, Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Taylor. Small Pleasures is both gripping and a huge delight. I loved what she did with the trope of the claim of a virgin birth, and how the hope of a miracle opens the door to love, kindness and hope in an arid existence. This is better than Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and deserves just as much acclaim. * Amanda Craig, author of THE LIE OF THE LAND *Clare Chambers is such a witty, astute and subtle writer. There is a delightful whiff of Pym or Whipple about Small Pleasures - it's an absolute delight! * Lucy Atkins, author of MAGPIE LANE *Elegant, compelling, funny, sad. I loved every word of this tone perfect novel. I was so absorbed I stopped only to wonder if the author had squirrelled away a lost classic by Barbara Pym and presented it as her own. * Polly Samson, author of A THEATRE FOR DREAMERS *Small Pleasures is a gorgeous treat of a novel: the premise is fascinating, the characters beautifully drawn and utterly compelling, the period setting masterfully and delicately evoked, and the plot is full of unexpected twists and turns. And oh, the finale broke my heart. I just couldn't put this novel down. * Laura Barnett, #1 bestselling author of THE VERSIONS OF US *I adored Small Pleasures. It's engrossing and gripping: you want to race on and relish every sentence at the same time. I love the way Clare writes - her wry, subtle turns of phrase, the humour in the smallest of observations, the finely drawn characters. A wonderful book' * Sabine Durrant, author of LIE WITH ME *A delicious mystery and a touching exploration of loneliness and desire in cloying 1950s suburbia - a great read. * Sally Magnusson, author of THE SEALWOMAN'S GIFT *Small Pleasures is the best sort of book: full of longing, regret and difficult emotions but leavened with so much warmth and humour it was a joy from start to finish. * Francesca Jakobi, author of BITTER *The must-read uplifting book of the summer. * WEST END LANE BOOKSHOP *You know one of those rare books that just immerses you with its richly constructed world and compelling narrative. Well, Small Pleasures is that book. * BOOK RIOT, Best Books of Summer 2020 *Praise for the audiobook:Narrated by Karen Cass, who ably gives voice to a range of characters including lugubrious journalists, the potential trickster, Swiss woman Gretchen Tilbury, and her phlegmatic husband Howard, it's a little gem of a book that transplants the listener quite elsewhere, while exploring the abiding issue of how much we are prepared to suspend our disbelief if we glimpse a chance of happiness. * FINANCIAL TIMES *The novel's charms lie less in its sensational subject than in the journalist's tentative efforts to escape the drab horizons of her daily existence. Quietly perfect. -- Claire Allfree * EVENING STANDARD, Books of the Year *Blissful. -- Cressida Connelly * THE SPECTATOR, Books of the Year *This is a dazzling, exquisitely written story of how happiness and even love can find us when we least expect it. -- Sarra Manning * RED MAGAZINE, 10 Best Books of 2020 *This novel brings a sensibility not unlike those of Barbara Pym and Philip Larkin to a story (inspired by a real-life episode in the 1950s) of a woman who claims to have had a child by virgin birth... In a milieu of reticence and chin-up stoicism, startling revelations surface and emotions hopefully stir. -- Peter Kemp * THE TIMES, Best Novels of 2020 *Made me want to read the whole of her back catalogue!... An enticing read. -- Nina Pottell * PRIMA, Books of the Year *One of the year's most quietly affecting books... achingly tender. * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, Books of the Year *PRAISE FOR CLARE CHAMBERS'Clare Chambers is a diamond in the dust' Independent on Sunday'Clare Chambers' characters are so vivid that, by the end of the book, they feel like old friends' Daily MailA book I very much enjoyed and will be gifting is SMALL PLEASURES by Clare Chambers. It's a love story tangled up with a very satisfying mystery. The portrayal of post-war suburbia, its boredom and frustration, is so vivid and you long for the characters to find happiness. It's Brief Encounter with an ingenious twist. -- David Nicholls * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, Books of the Year *Set in 1957, Chambers' atmospheric tale of lonely journalist Jean and her last chance at love is compelling, beautifully written and will shatter your heart into smithereens. Unmissable. -- Charlotte Heathcote * DAILY EXPRESS, Books of the Year *Clare Chambers' novels have a unique quality of elegiac charm, and Small Pleasures, her breakthrough success, is set inrecognisable 1950s' Kent. The setting alone is a wonderful escape from our own big bad reality and the plot - based on a true story of a woman who claimed to have undergone a virgin birth - is both striking and atmospheric. Hers is a lost suburban world of quiet anguish and inhibited ecstasies. Chambers is compared to Barbara Pym but is more joyful andaddictive. I was hooked from her first novel. Treat yourself to all her work. -- Jane Thynne * THE TABLET, Best Books of the Year *Some of the year's most purely enjoyable reading could be found in this perfectly formed, 1950s-set tale... A droll, charming and wholly absorbing blend of period mystery and romance. -- Anthony Cummins * METRO, Books of the Year *I loved this book. Thoughtful and empathetic storytelling that is full of suspense. It is full of conflict, asking questions about duty and happiness. -- Jamie Klingler * I NEWSPAPER *Clare Chambers's bittersweet novel of unexpected late love is beautifully observed and quietly compelling. -- Jane Shilling * DAILY MAIL *

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Book SynopsisEight people, one snowdrift and a Christmas trapped on board a sleeper train. This Christmas getting away from it all takes on a new meaning! The new Christmas novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Milly Johnson.

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Book SynopsisLucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland and, after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first novel aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with cultures all around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre.Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella Prize, the Lovely Books Award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. In 2020 she received the Dutch Platinum Award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year a prize last won by J. K. Rowling for Harry Potter.In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised and wrote a series of books for children called The Guardian Angels.Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhou

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of TikTok sensations and global bestsellers The Love Hypothesis and Love on the BrainRival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom. The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she''s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs. Honestly, it''s a pretty sweet gig - until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favourite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor''s careTrade ReviewYour world is about to be rocked. -- Elena Armas, author of The Spanish Love Deception (on Love on the Brain)Hopelessly, brilliantly, wonderfully romantic. I loved it even more than The Love Hypothesis, and I didn't think that was possible -- Cressida McLaughlin on Love on the BrainAli Hazelwood proves that science is sexy as hell, and that love can 'STEM' from the most unlikely places. She's my newest must-buy author. -- Jodi Picoult on Love on the BrainGloriously nerdy and sexy, with on-point commentary about women in STEM. -- Helen Hoang, author of The Heart Principle on Love on the BrainProves that STEM can be sexy! * Red *Contemporary romance's unicorn: the elusive marriage of deeply brainy and delightfully escapist. -- Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners on The Love Hypothesis

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Book Synopsis From Colleen Hoover, the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us, a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy. When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realise they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her.Never ask about the past. Don’t expect a future. They think they can handle it, but realise almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.Hearts get infilt

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Book SynopsisJulia McKay is the pen name of Marissa Stapley, New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club pick, Lucky (soon to be an AppleTV series), and The Lightning Bottles (S&S). Writing as Maggie Knox, she co-authored two holiday rom coms that have sold more than 129k, and together with Uzma Jalaluddin she co-authored Three Holidays and a Wedding.

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Book SynopsisTHIS BOOK IS NOT SAFE TO READ AT WORK.And honestly, the less you know about it before reading . . . the better!Twenty year old Temperance Verus has never been kissed. But that''s what the basilisk is for.Along with thirteen other contestants, Tem must train with a basilisk to learn the power of seduction and win the prince''s hand in marriage. When Tem is matched with Caspen, the Serpent King, she realizes she might actually stand a chance.But with tensions rising between the basilisks and the humans, Tem is torn in two directions. As her bond with Caspen deepens, so does her connection with the prince. And when she uncovers a terrible secret about the royal family, Tem finds herself caught between two worlds . . . neither of which she can survive without.Read this book if you like any of the following: Golden fangs; inappropriate use of a claw; hot men with daddy issues; hot women with daddy issues; witty banter; long, dextrous fingersGuaranteed to make you blush (and then some), Kiss of the Basilisk is like if fanfic Draco Malfoy went on the Bachelor and had to compete with a snake. Sounds fun, doesn''t it? That''s because it is!!PRAISE FOR KISS OF THE BASILISK"So you''re thinking, ''A basilisk? Really?'' The answer is YES. REALLY. This book changed me."- @katiec"Absolutely not safe for work, but so addicting you''ll read it in the break room anyway."- @bookbiche"I had to pray the rosary before and after each chapter."- @ktgroberts"Too hot to read in one sitting, pace yourself."- @michaela.whitney"A wild ride."- Lindsay''s mom"What Lindsay''s mom said."- @girly_pop_00

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Book Synopsis''No one does funny, emotional, life-affirming love stories quite like Abby Jimenez. She just keeps outdoing herself'' EMILY HENRY''Funny and poignant, relatable and aspirational, heart-tugging and satisfying. It is, in a word, perfect'' CHRISTINA LAUREN''Abby Jimenez''s words . . . sprinkle humour and warmth all over my life'' ALI HAZELWOOD''The sort of emotionally resonant love story I adore - I was captivated from the very first page'' PAIGE TOON.........................Dr Briana Ortiz''s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalised, her brother''s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants . . . ? Oh, that''s probably going to the new man-doctor who''s already registering eighty-friggin''-seven on Briana''s ''pain in my ass'' scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . by sending Briana a letter. It''s a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn''t actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who''s terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her ''sob closet'' and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. When Jacob turns out to be the perfect donor for her brother, Bri starts to realise that this quietly sexy new doctor might just be her perfect match, too...........................?? DISCOVER WHY READERS LOVE ABBY JIMENEZ . . . ??''Sweet and achingly romantic - a truly wonderful love story'' BETH O''LEARY''Full of fierce humour and fiercer heart'' CASEY MCQUISTON''A deliciously hot, sweet debut. This book is an absolute treat'' L. J. SHEN''This book deserves all the stars in the universe'' READER REVIEW''Things I loved about this book . . . I mean it''s literally everything. Not a single flaw'' READER REVIEW''Wow. wow. WOW. Every book I''ve read of Abby''s just gets better and better'' READER REVIEW

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Book Synopsis''If Gossip Girl and Made in Chelsea had a baby, it would be this book.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''How many loves do you get in a lifetime?''She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved and mildly neurotic London socialite.He is Britain''s most photographed bad-boy who broke her heart.Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it.She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her for it. But at the end of their every sad endeavour to get over one another, it''s still each other they crawl back to.But now their dysfunction is catching up with them, pulling at their seams and fraying the world they''ve built; a world where neither has ever let the other go completely.As the cracks start to show and secrets begin to surface, Magnolia and BJ are finally forced to face the formidable question they''ve beeTrade Review*Blockbuster Book Trends of the Year* * EVENING STANDARD **Millie Bobby Brown's Book Recommendations 2023* * ELLE **Most Exciting New Romance Books* * CULTURESS **Books on BookTok: Creators Look Ahead to their Top Books of 2023* * THE BOOKSELLER **The Viral Booktok Series Giving Us All The Gossip Girl Feels! (But Better)* * FUCHSIA MAGAZINE *

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Book SynopsisAlexandra Potter is the bestselling author of numerous romantic comedy fiction novels in the UK, including One Good Thing and Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up, one of the bestselling books of 2022 and 2023, and the basis of a major TV series. These titles have sold in twenty-eight territories and achieved worldwide sales of more than one million copies, making the bestseller charts across the world.Yorkshire born and raised, Alexandra lived for several years in LA before settling in London with her Californian husband and their Bosnian rescue dog. When she's not writing or travelling, she's getting out into nature, trying not to look at her phone and navigating this thing called mid-life.

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Book SynopsisThe fourth book in the Briar U series from New York Times and international bestselling author Elle Kennedy

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Book SynopsisThey're a match made in Hell.The Griffins and the Gallos have been battling for control of Chicago's underworld for generations. Their rivalry has always been flammable, but it reignites with a fury when Aida, the youngest and wildest Gallo sibling, crashes a party at the Griffin mansion and accidentally sets fire to the library. To stave off all-out war, her father quickly arranges a marriage between her and Callum Griffin, eldest son and heir to the Irish mafia.Cold, ambitious, and brutal, Callum is determined to tame his headstrong new bride. But Aida is more than capable of giving as good as she gets-starting with poisoning Callum on their wedding night. The problem is, murdering him would be a lot easier if he didn't look so good while she was trying to do it.She's got a lockbox around her heart. He's got something to prove.In their struggle for dominance, who will go up in flames first?

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Book SynopsisThe seventh novel in Julia Quinn's globally beloved and bestselling Bridgerton Family series, set in Regency times and now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is Hyacinth's story: she's all grown up and ready to cause havoc . . .

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Book SynopsisThe sixth novel in Julia Quinn's globally beloved and bestselling Bridgerton Family series, set in Regency times and now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is Francesca's story . . .

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Book SynopsisLucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland and, after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first novel aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with cultures all around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre.Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella Prize, the Lovely Books Award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. In 2020 she received the Dutch Platinum Award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year a prize last won by J. K. Rowling for Harry Potter.In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised and wrote a series of books for children called The Guardian Angels.Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouTrade ReviewRiley brings us a cast of exquisitely drawn characters and as you slip effortlessly into their lives and share their hopes, dreams and fears, prepare to be intrigued, moved to tears [...] and ultimately uplifted -- Lancashire Evening Post, on The Butterfly RoomA brilliant page-turner just soaked in glamour and romance -- Daily Mail, on The Seven SistersA masterclass in beautiful writing -- The Sun, on The Sun Sister

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Book SynopsisA MUST-READ FOR FANS OLD AND NEW, THIS STUNNING 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION IS THE PERFECT WAY TO REDISCOVER THE 1.5 MILLION COPY, NO. 1 BESTSELLING PHENOMENON''Fleet-footed, bracingly honest, funny, sexy, heart-breaking'' JOJO MOYES''A huge international phenomenon'' BBC RADIO 4 BOOKCLUB''Irresistible. Pitch-perfect, bitingly funny'' DAISY BUCHANAN''The voice of a generation'' DAILY MIRROR''Extraordinary'' IAN RANKIN''A true modern classic'' NINA STIBBEFEATURING INTRODUCTIONS FROM LISA TADDEO, DAVID NICHOLLS, NINA STIBBE AND MORE___________Meet Rachel Walsh.She''s been living it up in New York City, spending her nights talking her way into glamorous parties before heading home in the early hours to her adoring boyfriend, Luke.But her sensible older sister showing up and sending her off to actual rehab wasn''t quite part of her plan.She''s only aTrade ReviewKeyes has given us another rollicking good read, guarantee to make you snort into your cocktail * Mumsnet, Best Summer Reads *One of the funniest novels I've ever read -- Jill Mansell * Good Housekeeping *

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Book SynopsisA Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA provocative, razor-sharp, and timely novel about a beloved English professor facing a slew of accusations against her husband from his former students – a situation that becomes more complicated when she herself develops an obsession of her own . . .When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.And so we meet our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose husband, a charismatic professor at the same small liberal arts college, is under investigation for his inappropriate relationships with his former students. The couple have long had a mutual understanding when it comes to their extramarital pursuits, but with these new allegations, life has become far less comfortable for them both.And when our unnamed narrator becomes increasingly infatuated with Vladimir, a celebrated, married young novelist who’s just arrived on campus, their tinder-box world comes dangerously close to exploding.Julia May Jonas takes us into charged territory, where the restrictions of morality bump up against the impulses of the human heart. Darkly funny and moving, Vladimir maps the personal and political minefield of our current moment, exposing the messy contradictions of power and desire.'This astonishing debut . . . I was utterly hooked by this twisty, sexy, shocking treat of a novel' – The Sunday TimesTrade ReviewFemale ageing and desire, sexual agency in the era of #MeToo, the relationship between morality and art, even a nod to Stephen King's Misery: it's all here in this sexy stealthy slippery debut, one of the year's hottest reads. * The Daily Mail *This deliciously dark American debut . . . A boisterous campus novel with an outrageously acerbic narrator, it delivers uncomfortable truths * The Guardian *This impressive debut . . . A twisty and thought-provoking tale * The Sunday Times/The Times *Haunted by the spirit of Nabokov, this sly satire challenges today’s “insistence on morality in art” * The Daily Telegraph *This astonishing debut is anything but another #MeToo morality tale . . . I was utterly hooked . . . [by] this twisty, sexy, shocking treat of a novel . . . How on earth will Julia May Jonas better this? * The Sunday Times *Darkly comic . . . Jonas’s novel is full of sly satire . . . The first-person narrative is beautifully rich, and the novel is playing enjoyable games with the ghost of Nabokov throughout * The Daily Telegraph *Vladimir is peppered with subversions . . . Jonas artfully fashions a protagonist mired in contradictions . . . [An] intelligent knowing portrayal of a woman's midlife crisis * The Observer *This slippery debut challenges to often electrifying effect the moral pieties concerning women, sex and power that have sprung up in the wake of #MeToo . . . A welcome addition to the growing number of #MeToo novels, many of which feel in comparison a little tired * The Daily Mail *It is delicious to spend so much time with a narrator who wants the way this one does, who wants so badly she’ll send her life up in flames. * Vanity Fair *Jonas's assured debut may be operating in Nabokov's long shadow, but it's difficult not to gobble up the unadorned, plot-driven prose, with its hints of kidnap and bondage, at a greedy pace * The Literary Review *[An] engaging debut . . . [Jonas’s] storylines are full of nuance, loopholes, granular details that refuse easy definition * The Irish Times *'Vladimir contains far too many uncomfortable truths to be merely fun, but . . . it is, by turns, cathartic, devious and terrifically entertaining.’ * New York Times *'Vladimir goes into such outrageous territory that my jaw literally dropped at moments while I was reading it. There’s a rare blend here of depth of character, mesmerizing prose, and fast-paced action.’ * Boston Globe *In darkly funny terms, Jonas creates a portrait of a narcissist reckoning with her age and vanity, but also the limits of her power. * Time *‘What is more delicious than the despicable narrator? . . . Jonas, with a potent, pumping voice, has drawn a character so powerfully candid that when she does things that are malicious, dangerous and, yes, predatory, we only want her to do them again.’ * Los Angeles Times *If Netflix’s The Chair, Lisa Taddeo’s bestseller Three Women, and the most compelling passages of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Death in Her Hands had a love child (just go with me here), it would be this fiction debut . . . Vladimir leaves the reader with more questions than answers—about sex, and sexual politics—in the most delicious way. * Entertainment Weekly *Funny, wise and instantly engaging, Vladimir is how I like my thrill rides: brainy and sexy. -- Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go BernadetteVladimir is a thrilling debut – smart, sharp, and über provocative. I devoured it with fascination and awe. -- Lily King, author of Writers & LoversA whip smart and ferociously clever tale of swirling allegiances, literary rivalries, and romantic tripwires detonating hidden mines – Vladimir is an extraordinary debut. -- Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild GameDroll, dry, and pacy, Vladimir is deliciously unsparing and enormous fun. -- Lionel Shriver, author of We Need To Talk About KevinBrilliant and very funny -- Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain

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