An epic first love. A second chance . . . 'One of our most prolific and talented writers? - Santa Montefiore Young Flora MacQueen has always dreamt of more than life on the small Scottish island of St Kilda. So, when she catches the eye of visiting adventurer and wealthy businessman James Callaghan, her future seems brighter. Winter seas separate the lovers but the island?s evacuation the following summer promises to reunite them - until tragedy strikes....

Sisterhood binds them. Trauma defines them. Will secrets tear them apart? Leah?s perfect marriage isn?t what it seems but the biggest lie of all is that she?s learned to live with what happened all those years ago.Marie drinks a bit too much to help her forget. And Carly has never forgiven herself for not keeping them safe. Twenty years ago The Sinclair Sisters were taken. But what came after their return was far worse. Can a family ever recover,...

At a local summer fete, Bo and her friends meet the mysterious fortune teller Madame Odette, and they are each given the same prediction: You will meet the love of your life by Christmas Day. With just a few months until the festive season, they dismiss the predictions out of hand. Bo's attentions are focused on creating the best seasonal menu for her Boatyard Cafe, and her rock and roll dance group - the Falford Flingers - who are hard at work getting...

Discover the brand new escapist read from the author of Top 10 bestseller, A Year at the French Farmhouse. It was just supposed to be a holiday, but could it become the second chance she didn't know she needed...? Life isn?t quite going as planned for Katy. With her only daughter living in Australia and a husband who has asked for a break, she is suddenly at a loss. Her best friends, Sam, Vicky and Ivy have always been there for her through thick...

Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children do not deter her from searching for love and independence. Restless Dolly Maunder is a subversive, triumphant tale of a pioneering woman working her way through...

Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic.?Magic and love. Love and magic. They destroy everything in the end ??Anna?s Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its deadly consequences.Now Anna counts down the days to the ceremony that will bind her magic forever.Until she meets Effie and Attis.They open her eyes to a London she never knew existed. A shop that sells...

Nina has always played it safe. But when her divorce papers come through on her fortieth birthday she decides enough is enough. She?s always chosen the sensible route, staying in her stable job and marrying her rather boring ex. In fact - she realises - she?s chosen security over excitement for years. Ever since she refused to elope with her first love: beautiful, poetic, thoughtful Pierre, the man she met aged 17, on her French exchange. The only...

*The Top 10 Bestseller* 'Beautifully written, comforting and utterly uplifting, Lucy Coleman?s stories are the perfect tonic when life is a little grey.' Holly Martin Is a change as good as a rest? When married couple Fern and Aiden have a windfall, their reactions could not be more different. While Fern is content to pay off their mortgage and build a nest egg before starting a family, her husband is set on traveling the world. Fern?s not much of...

They DID promise her a killer hen weekend... Jeanie?s getting married, and - despite her completely impossible four sisters - her best friends Clio and Amber are determined to give her a bachelorette weekend to remember. They?re in matching pink T-shirts and the drinks are flowing... But the night turns out to be unforgettable for all the wrong reasons when a girl turns up dead on the dancefloor. And - even though she?s a stranger - she is wearing...

The second novel in the record-breaking, million-copy bestselling Thursday murder club series by Richard Osman. Gifted them The Thursday Murder Club last Christmas? Continue the tradition with The Man Who Died Twice.