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This is a sweeping American novel about race, love, family and money set in the last half of the 20th century. Hilton Wise is the son of one of the...

As history threatens to repeat itself, the actions of one young woman lead to tragic consequences... In the first instalment of the Emma Grady trilogy, Josephine Cox's Outcast is an...

Her eyes were black, wide as though with some sustained surprise, the skin from their outer corners to her small ears taut. Her lips were pale, and nearly too full...

One look was enough. Amy Watkins and miner 'Big' Tom Kelly were in love. But can they keep their feelings secret or face the threat of death in a community...

The story of a daring mission carried out by 12 army convicts, made famous by the film of the same name.Twelve bearded, filthy GIs wait behind barbed wire, prisoners of...

When her brother-in-law dies in a freak accident, Marcy Moon rushes to offer support and solace to her older sister Cleo. Their reunion opens the floodgates of family memory, and...

Katy Andrews, born to wealth and position, has never been thwarted or curbed by her gentle mother or her indulgent father. When she sets her cap at Jamie Hutchinson, she...

'Nothing interests Maman today, not even Jean, her favorite child ...She acts dumb, bewitched, like a goat that the neighborhood children have fed sorghum beer.' This extraordinary collection ranges from...

'Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable'Funny, practical and moving' - Daily Mail* * * *A beautiful, razor-sharp novel by Sarah...

'An utterly compelling blend of tenderness and menace...astonishing' Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things 'Uplifting. I loved it. It's made me see the world in a different way' Dawn...

So there I was with two pens, my two titties, Charles Dickens, two slices of bread and a blank book at the end of my first day in the middle...

A SUNBURNT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER OF OBSESSION AND ESCAPE ...Cynthia is twenty-one, bored, and desperately waiting for something big to happen. Her striking fitness instructor, Anahera, is ready to throw in...

I've chased him for over twenty years, and across countless miles, and though often I was running, there have been many times when I could do nothing but sit and...

The latest book in Alexander McCall Smith's entertaining and hilarious Professor von Igelfeld seriesProfessor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is not just any German professor - he is the author of that...

'An extraordinary book. Truly important' William Boyd'Outstanding ... Intimate as well as epic' Sunday Times'Poignant and powerful' Daily Mail'Utterly gripping' The Spectator'Beautiful and devastating' Irish NewsSunday Times Best Summer Reads...

The next heartwarming instalment of the Timber Girls Series. Perfect for fans of Elaine Everest and Pam Howes.Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland, newly stationed at the...

In an effort to save the universe, she just might destroy it. THE STARS NOW UNCLAIMED is the incredible debut by a brilliant new voice in science fiction, perfect for...

Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize (2010)Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award Nominee for First Novel (2009)Longlisted for Guardian First Book Award (2009)Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize (2010)Shortlisted Tahtifantasia...

A giddying song from the sewers written with jet-propelled energy and 'a comic intensity reminiscent of Withnail and I' -- New York Times Book ReviewCharlie and Tinsel kill rats for...

Will Lizzie find happiness in the final part of Meg Cabot's romantic series, Queen of Babble Gets Hitched?Things are looking up for Lizzie Nichols. She loves her career, and the...

One day can change your life...A heartwarming novel set during a street party for the Queen's jubileeIt's 1977, the day of the Queen's Silver Jubilee, when a photographer captures a...

PRE-ORDER THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION THAT INSPIRED NUMBER ONE PRIME TV SHOW MAXTON HALL! They come from different worlds, and yet they are meant for each other.Money, glamour, luxury, power-Ruby Bell...

Finally a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary." Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished...

To Sir Robert Blenkinsopp, his frail, exquisite wife Amy is just another possession - to be used, misused or discarded like anything else at Newton Law, his grand estate on...