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Shadows in the Ashes: The breathtaking new dual-time novel from the author of ECHOES OF THE RUNES
by Christina CourtenayBrimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay's gripping dual-time novel travels from the present day to the fires of ancient Pompeii.The sunlight caught her gold bracelet, sending a flash that almost blinded her.She closed her eyes, but jumped when the earth started shaking and there was an almighty boom behind her.Present DayFinally escaping an abusive marriage, Caterina Rossi takes her three-year-old daughter and flees to Italy. There she's drawn to research scientist Connor, who needs her translation help for his work on volcanology. Together they visit the ruins of Pompeii and, standing where Mount Vesuvius unleashed its fire on the city centuries before, Cat begins to see startling visions. Visions that appear to come from the antique bracelet handed down through her family's generations...AD 79Sold by his half-brother and enslaved as a gladiator in Roman Pompeii, Raedwald dreams only of surviving each fight, making the coin needed to return to his homeland and taking his revenge. That is, until he is hired to guard beautiful Aemilia. As their forbidden love grows, Raedwald's dreams shift like the ever more violent tremors of the earth beneath his feet.The present starts eerily to mirror the past as Cat must fight to protect her safety, and to forge a new path from the ashes of her old life.......................................................Just some of the rich praise for Christina Courtenay's pacy, evocative and romantic novels including Echoes of the Runes, The Runes of Destiny and Promises of the Runes, out now:'I've been looking forward to this book . . . and it far exceeded my hopes and expectations. Romantic, fascinating and gripping, it's one of my favourites of the series' NICOLA CORNICK'As a reader, I was delighted and absorbed accompanying Ivor on his quest to the 9th Century. Courtenay writes so beautifully, drawing you in to each scene, that time and pages slip by effortlessly' ERIN GREEN'Whenever I need a break from the Twenty-First Century, I read one of Christina Courtenay's novels' SUE MOORCROFT 'I wonder if I, too, can find a way to travel back in time... If not, reading this book was the next best thing' GILL STEWART'Seals Christina Courtenay's crown as the Queen of Viking Romance' CATHERINE MILLER'This epic romance is sure to sweep you off your feet!' TAKE A BREAK'An absorbing story, fast-paced and vividly imagined' PAMELA HARTSHORNE'A love story and an adventure, all rolled up inside a huge amount of intricately-detailed, well-researched history. Thoroughly enjoyable' KATHLEEN MCGURL
Shirley Jackson’s Dark Tales: Reconsidering the Short Fiction
by Joan Passey and Robert LloydThe first dedicated exploration of the short fiction of Shirley Jackson for three decades, this volume takes an in-depth look at the themes and legacies of her 200-plus short stories. Recognized as the mother of contemporary horror, scholars from across the globe, and from a range of different disciplinary backgrounds, dig into the lasting impact of her work in light of its increasing relevance to contemporary critical preoccupations and the re-release of Jackson's work in 2016. Offering new methodologies to study her work, this volume calls upon ideas of intertextuality, ecocriticism and psychoanalysis to examine a broad range of themes from national identity, race, gender and class to domesticity, the occult, selfhood and mental illness. With consideration of her blockbuster works alongside later works that received much less critical attention, Shirley Jackson's Dark Tales promises a rich and dynamic expansion on previous scholarship of Jackson's oeuvre, both bringing her writing into the contemporary conversation, and ensuring her place in the canon of Horror fiction.
The Sicilian's Deal For 'I Do': Cinderella's One-night Baby / Awakened In Her Enemy's Palazzo / The Sicilian's Deal For I Do / Pregnancy Clause In Their Paper Marriage (Brooding Billionaire Brothers #1)
by Clare ConnellyDeliciously reunited with his jilted bride!
The Sicilian's Deal For 'I Do' / Pregnancy Clause In Their Paper Marriage: Cinderella's One-night Baby / Awakened In Her Enemy's Palazzo / The Sicilian's Deal For I Do / Pregnancy Clause In Their Paper Marriage
by Clare Connelly Kate HewittDeliciously reunited with his jilted bride!
Signed, Sealed, Married: Royally Promoted (secrets Of Billionaires' Secretaries) / Signed, Sealed, Married (a Diamond In The Rough) (A Diamond in the Rough #4)
by null Annie WestBound by their ‘I do’ deal! CEO Gisèle Fontaine needs razor-sharp businessman Adam Wilde’s help. Her luxurious parfumerie—and her family’s legacy—will crumble without his financial takeover. And Adam? He needs a high-society bride like her. Gisèle warily accepts his proposal…only for her body to be electrified by his touch. How can this be a marriage of pure convenience when she craves much, much more?
The Silence Factory
by null Bridget CollinsThe whole world disappears when you enter THE SILENCE FACTORY 'I loved it. A delicately woven novel with an utterly original premise, it ensnared me from the very first page' EMILIA HART 'I loved it. A delicately woven novel with an utterly original premise, it ensnared me from the very first page' EMILIA HART 'Extraordinary writing… silk, secrets and silence woven into a gleaming Gothic web. What a treat' ANNA MAZZOLA 'Epic in scope and rich at sentence level, this is storytelling at its most immersive' ERIN KELLY Henry dreams of silence. A world without the clattering of carriages through cobbled streets, the distant cries of drunken brawls, the relentless ticking of the clock. Then he meets a fascinating, mysterious gentleman who sells just that. Precious silk that can drown out the clamour of the world – and everything Henry is so desperate to escape. Summoned to Sir Edward’s secluded factory to try to cure his young daughter’s deafness, Henry is soon drawn deeper and deeper into the origins of this otherworldly gift: a gift that has travelled from ancient Mediterranean glades to English libraries. Ignoring repeated warnings from the girl's secretive governess, he allows himself to fall under the spell of Sir Edward and his silk… but when he learns its true cost, will it be too late to turn back? From the #1 bestselling author of THE BINDING, this is an enthralling story about complicity, desire and corruption – a novel to lose yourself in.
Silenced Witness: Save Me / Silenced Witness (west Investigations) (West Investigations #9)
by null K.D. RichardsShe won’t stop until she gets justice! After her brother dies under a cloud of suspicion, Alexis Douglas will do whatever it takes to clear his name. Enlisting the help of her brother’s one-time best friend, TJ Roman, proves a double-edged sword. The ex-military PI can’t afford any missteps. Alexis’s safety is all that matters, despite the attraction drawing them closer. Up against a killer, TJ must hurry before he and Alexis are both silenced forever…
The Sinfully Yours Collection
by Cat Schield Sheri WhiteFeather Avril Tremayne Caroline Anderson Lauren Hawkeye Yasmin Y. Sullivan Yahrah St. John Heidi Betts Cathy Williams Harmony Evans Natalie Anderson Jules Bennett Kat Cantrell Judy Lynn Hubbard Melanie Milburne Michelle Smart Taryn Leigh Taylor Naima SimoneSpice and all things nice with The Sinfully Yours Collection
Sinfully Yours (Dynasties (Dynasties: Seven Sins) / Hidden Ambition / Consequence of His Revenge: Ruthless Pride (dynasties: Seven Sins) / Hidden Ambition / Consequence Of His Revenge
by Naima Simone Jules Bennett Dani CollinsPlaying with fire
Sinfully Yours (Kimani Hotties) / His Innocent's Passionate Awakening / Guilty Pleasure: These Arms Of Mine (kimani Hotties) / His Innocent's Passionate Awakening / Guilty Pleasure
by Judy Lynn Hubbard Melanie Milburne Taryn Leigh TaylorA passionate surprise
Single Mum's Alaskan Adventure / Rescued By The Australian Gp (Mills & Boon Medical): Single Mum's Alaskan Adventure / Rescued By The Australian Gp
by Louisa Heaton Emily ForbesOld friends…new beginnings?
A Sister's Hope: a completely addictive historical fiction saga novel for 2024 (Raven Hall Saga Ser.)
by Mollie WaltonFinalist for the Romantic Novelist Association's 'The Romantic Saga Award 2023' for A Mother's WarNorth Yorkshire, 1941.It's been two years since war broke out and the dangers of war are becoming ever more real for the Calvert-Lazenby family. With Raven Hall requisitioned as a maternity hospital, Rosina is rushed off her feet helping to care for the new young mothers and barely has the time to worry about young sergeant Harry who has been posted abroad. Until foreboding news arrives . . .Meanwhile, against Rosina's wishes, eighteen-year-old Connie decides to leave school and move to Scarborough to train as a carpenter's apprentice, sharing a flat with her friend Stella and the mysterious Valentine. Valentine is enigmatic and Connie would love to get to know her better, but little does she know how things will get much worse for them both . . .Nowhere is safe in wartime.Praise for Mollie Walton:'Mollie Walton captures your attention from the very first page and doesn't let go!' Diney Costeloe'A Journey. Compelling. Addictive' Val Wood'Feisty female characters, an atmospheric setting ... A phenomenal read' Cathy Bramley'Evocative, dramatic and hugely compelling. I loved it' Miranda Dickinson
Six Truths and a Lie
by Ream ShukairySix Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of America&’s justice system, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas and Samira Ahmed. As fireworks pop off at a rowdy Fourth of July bonfire party, an explosion off the California coast levels an oil rig—resulting in chaos and worse, murder. At the center are six Muslim teens - six patriots, six strangers, and six suspects. An old soul caught in the wrong place. An aspiring doctor. An influencer with a reputation to protect. A perfect daughter with secrets to hide. A soccer star headed for Stanford. An immigrant in love. Each with something to hide and everything to lose. Faced with accusations of terrorism, The Six are caught in a political game that will pit them against each other in exchange for exoneration. They must choose: frame each other to guarantee their own independence or expose their secrets to earn back freedom for them all.
Slow Dance With The Italian: Slow Dance With The Italian (the Life-changing List) / A Fake Bride's Guide To Forever (the Life-changing List) (The Life-Changing List #1)
by null Scarlet WilsonHE’LL SWEEP HER OFF HER FEET! In this The Life-Changing List story, receiving a bucket list from her late sister, Darcy’s forced out of her self-imposed comfort zone—into a dance class with charismatic Arturo! It’s obvious the Italian’s dealing with his own losses, but they clearly share a connection. So she can’t deny his offer of help when next she adopts a boisterous puppy! Falling for the pup is easy…but can she open her guarded heart to Arturo as well?
Smoky Mountains Graveyard (A Tennessee Cold Case Story #5)
by Lena DiazSix bodies. No suspect. A killer on the loose…
Socialite's Nine-Month Secret (Twin Sister Swap #2)
by Sophie PembrokeSHE WASN’T LOOKING FOR A HERO…
Someone You Can Build a Nest in: A cosy fantasy as sweet as love and as dark as night
by John Wiswell"Do love stories often end this way?" "Why do you think it's over?"Shesheshen has made a fatal mistake for a monster: she's fallen in love.Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who usually resides as an amorphous lump in the swamp of a ruined manor, unless impolite monster hunters invade intent on murdering her. Through a chance encounter, she meets a different kind of human, warm-hearted Homily, who mistakes Shesheshen for a human in turn. Shesheshen is loath to deceive, but just as she's about to confess her true identity, Homily reveals she's hunting the shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Shesheshen didn't curse anyone, but to give them both a chance at happiness, she must figure out why Homily's twisted family thinks she did. And the bigger challenge remains: surviving her toxic in-laws long enough to learn to build a life with the woman she loves.A glorious, funny, occasionally slightly violent love story which asks us to examine - and re-examine - the meaning of legacy, family and love.Readers love John Wiswell:'Like a warm hug' - Goodreads reviewer on "Open House on Haunted Hill"'So very sweet . . . a perfect little story' - Goodreads reviewer on 'Open House on Haunted Hill''Heart-aching . . . you shouldn't miss this one' - Goodreads reviewer on 'Open House on Haunted Hill''Cozy and charming and made my heart grow three sizes which cannot be healthy' - Goodreads reviewer on "Open House on Haunted Hill"'Has such a unique view and voice in his writing that his work is literally incomparable. And I can't wait for what comes next' - Goodreads reviewer on 'Open House on Haunted Hill'
The Song Rising: Author's Preferred Text (The Bone Season #3)
by Samantha ShannonA stunning new edition of the third novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree.Following a fierce battle for the Rose Crown, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over the clairvoyant syndicate of London. But with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilising the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging. As Paige rallies her army of criminals, she continues to meet in secret with her former enemy, Arcturus Mesarthim. Should they be discovered, the fragile alliance with the Ranthen will fail. But all bets are off when Scion introduces Senshield, a deadly technology that spells doom for clairvoyants. Now Paige must race against the clock to stop her reign from ending in blood.
The Song Rising (The Bone Season #3)
by Samantha ShannonThe magnificent third book in the New York Times bestselling Bone Season series takes Paige Mahoney deep into the underground of Samantha Shannon's epic world of Scion. Following a fierce battle for the Rose Crown, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over the clairvoyant syndicate of London. But with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilizing the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging. As Paige rallies her army of criminals, she continues to meet in secret with her former enemy, Arcturus Mesarthim. Should they be discovered, the fragile alliance with the Ranthen will fail. But all bets are off when Scion introduces Senshield, a deadly technology that spells doom for clairvoyants. Now Paige must race against the clock to stop her reign ending in blood.With its intricately imagined world-building, slow burn romance, and “complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching” (NPR) heroine, The Bone Season series shows master of fantasy Samantha Shannon at the height of her considerable powers.
Spanish Marriage Solution: Greek's Temporary 'i Do' (the Greek Groom Swap) / Spanish Marriage Solution
by null Jackie AshendenMarrying the enemy! The attraction between Alice and her brother-in-law, Spanish duke Sebastián Castellano, is fiery, forbidden and unequivocally ignored. Then an accident kills Alice’s husband and sister, orphans her baby nephew Diego…and reveals that Sebastián isn’t his father. Still, Sebastián’s insistent: the Castellano hacienda is Diego’s home. If Alice wants to be a part of their life, she must stay—as Sebastian’s wife! *** Perfect for fans of: Marriage of convenience 💍 Forbidden Love 🤫 Billionaires 💰
Sparks Fly With The Single Dad (Yorkshire Village Vets #2)
by Kate HardyA new vet, a new pup…a new start?
Spinster With A Scandalous Past (Mills & Boon Historical)
by Sadie KingSworn never to marry Or reveal her secrets…