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He came home to heal. He didn't expect to become the hero they all needed. When Marine Gabe Bennett steps back into the Christmas Inn, it's supposed to be a quiet holiday on the sidelines. But one unexpected homecoming sets off a season of reckoning—and redemption. With his daughter Trinity...

Emily He was the boy she'd fallen in love with in summer school at 12, the young man she'd given her heart and innocence to at 17, the man she built a home and family with, the MC president she followed to hell and back… and now he was the monster who would break her to pieces. Frost She was...

Jericho College is closed for the summer break. But professor Carla James is busy teaching a short course to a small group of archaeology enthusiasts. Keen to get involved with local history, the newcomers become fixated on the century-old grave of Meg Woodthorpe. Killed for being a witch. A single stone sits on the burial site supposedly to prevent her rising again. And excavations reveal she may have. Meg's body is no longer there. She has been replaced by a modern victim. With no one missing, Carla must work out who this is and where Meg has gone.

Apothekerin Lena steht kurz davor, mit ihrem Traumjob durchzustarten, als plötzlich alles anders kommt: Ihre Lieblingstante stirbt und hinterlässt ihr die traditionsreiche Stadtapotheke in Glückstadt. Von heute auf morgen steht Lena vor einer Entscheidung, die ihr Leben auf den Kopf stellt – und dann taucht auch noch der charmante Tom auf. Während sie zwischen ihrer Karriere im Pharmakonzern und der familiären Apotheke schwankt, wird Tom ihr immer sympathischer. Kann sie ihm vertrauen?

'A perfect easy reading escape that transports you to Cornwall, with lush descriptive writing that keeps you hooked to the end' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A fabulous cosy crime read with everything you would expect from the genre... I highly recommend it' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐...

A suave player and a sweet romantic catch a bad case of feelings in this charming, small-town lesbian romance. Alden Breslin has everything she could want—a cushy job, lifetime friends, and women falling at her feet. She's great at separating work and play, so it catches her off guard when she...

It was just supposed to be a tattoo appointment. Cover my ex's name. Start fresh. But I walked out of the shop with more than fresh ink. A soul-scorching O in a stranger's lap wrecked me, and a surprise was growing in my belly. After a breakup, I crash-landed in Coyote Glen with my French bulldog, Pickle, my bruised pride, and a plan to reset my life. But this town is full of messy charm, diner coffee, and dangerously hot men with dirty secrets that can flip plans upside down.

Dr. CJ Patterson returns to her Alabama hometown when her estranged sister, Shelley, is found murdered in the woods. For CJ it means diving headfirst into a painful life she left behind. CJ reluctantly partners with Detective Kevin Braddock, and the complicated romantic history they share is far from over. They soon zero in on Shelley’s abusive ex-boyfriend and a local crime boss who controls the struggling mill village’s illicit enterprises. But anyone is suspect in a town with so many secrets. Even Shelley died with a few of her own.

It’s been years since Ellie fished the Alaskan coastline—not since her mother died. But when she finds her father beat up behind the local bar, she learns he’s done the unforgivable: gambled away the family’s commercial fishing boat—her five-year-old son’s inheritance and the life she longs to reclaim. For nefarious reasons of his own, the bookie gives them one season to earn the money to buy it back.

United by love, two hearts must confront the secrets that threaten to unravel their bond. Louisa Thorpe is determined to leave her past mistakes behind and forge a new path as an independent woman free from her family, who is eager to see her wed. To this end, she obtains employment as a lady's...

I always said I wouldn't be the settling-down type—wild at heart, chasing the next thrill. Everything changed the day Lyric came storming back into my life like a hurricane—sudden, intense, and impossible to ignore. We were kids when she left, her parents packing up their house to move for...

Brought to you by Penguin. Three days to fall in love. Six years to try to forget. Ellie didn’t expect to fall in love while travelling in Europe. But she also didn’t expect to meet a man like Ash. Three blistering days in Lisbon is all it takes to form an unforgettable connection – deep...

One summer’s day seventeen years ago Edie and Joel meet. Their connection is instant and a friendship is born, although Edie can’t help but wish for more. But just as she builds up the courage to lay her heart on the line, one night changes everything… Edie’s moved on from the heartbreak of years ago. So the last thing she expects to receive on her thirty-fifth birthday is an email… from her eighteen-year-old self. As more emails arrive, she starts to remember what–or rather who–she left behind.

Brought to you by Penguin. From the multi-award winning creator of BROADCHURCH and showrunner of DOCTOR WHO, and narrated by Golden Globe Award winning BABY REINDEER star Jessica Gunning. Get ready for the most exciting crime fiction debut of 2025... When Nicola Bridge moves back to Dorset after...

Brought to you by Penguin. When James meets Luke, everything changes – an exhilarating tale of hidden desire and sudden freedom in the wild countryside. THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER James dreams of another life far away from his small village. Almost an adult, his newfound desires...

Locky Sorenson isn't a risk taker. He's stuck in an awful office job. He's terrified of turning his one true passion, baking, into something real. And worst of all, he hasn't gotten laid in almost a decade. Sure, he could confront the traumatic reason he's in this mess, but stress eating donuts under a cozy blanket sounds like a much better option. Benedict Owens doesn't screw his clients, no matter how beefy and adorkable they are. As a small business advisor, he knows that's a recipe for disaster. Better to keep his distance. That way, he won't get burned again.

My love for Luca Slater is not unrequited. It's just…not requited yet. Did I break into his house? Technically yes. And did I eavesdrop on that one tiny little conversation? Also yes. But I had good reasons! Unfortunately, Luca does not agree. So while I fell for him at first sight, his opinion of me is dismally low, and it’s about to get lower. Because as of today, I am officially working at his office…as the new janitor. Cleaning toilets isn’t sexy, and I am not cut out for sanitizer and scrub brushes. But I need this job—begged for this job, in fact—so I’m going to make the best of it.

Brought to you by Penguin. In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes...

There once was a man who loved me, until he forgot every memory we’ve ever shared… Gabriel Sinclair would forever be my first. My first best friend, my first kiss, my first love…and my first heartbreak. The accident that nearly took his life ripped the memory of me from his grasp—and for...

Winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize Finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book Award “Willy Vlautin writes about people overlooked by society and overlooked by literature. In The Horse, he tells the story of a tenderhearted man who has a steady talent and a crushing addiction. It is both a work of...