Romance can be found in every corner of the world and has changed the lives of people in every period of history. In this collection of sixteen stand-alone short stories including a brand new tale, Anna Jacobs encapsulates the spark of first love and the glow of second chances in her inimitable style which fans new and old will take to their hearts. This collection includes: The Best Valentine's Day Ever: Heartbreak prompts Chrissie to seek comfort...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A woman adjusting to life in a new neighborhood after her divorce. Four friends going to the moon and back in a rocket ship constructed in the...

A collection of short stories from the no.1 international bestseller Camilla Lackberg.

Meet Wayne Rooney, Classic Football Hero. 'You were born to play on this stage, Wayne... the fans want to see something special, so give them a show to remember.' Rooney tells the action-packed story of one boy's journey from the streets of Croxteth to one of the biggest stages in world football. This heartwarming book tracks Wayne Rooney's fairytale rise from child superstar to Everton hero to Manchester United legend. Ultimate Football Heroes is...

THREE hilarious and moving novels from the number one bestselling, critically acclaimed author, David Walliams. Boy in the Dress - Dennis?s ordinary life is about to get a lot less ordinary. Why? There?s a clue in the title of this book? Mr Stink - When Chloe speaks to a local tramp, she discovers there?s more to Mr Stink than meets the nose. Billionaire Boy - Meet Joe Spud, the richest 12-year-old in the world. But there?s one thing he really needs:...

Includes the first two books in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, the record-setting Man Booker prize-winners ?Wolf Hall? and ?Bring Up the Bodies?. ? A Place of Greater Safety? is an epic of Revolutionary France. The darkly comic ?Beyond Black? is a lively tale of a psychic and the impish spirits she summons. ?The Giant, O?Brien? tells the story of the legendary Charles Byrne and the surgeon who wanted his bones. And a family seeks refuge after an unfortunate...

LESSONS IN HEARTBREAK, ONCE IN A LIFETIME and HOMECOMING make the perfect excuse to have some Cathy Kelly time. Three lives. LESSONS IN HEARTBREAK tells the story of three women and the lessons they learn - both past and present - which bring both joy and heartbreak. And the hardest lesson of all is learning to let go. In ONCE IN A LIFETIME, three women find that sometimes things can happen which change your life forever, and each learn that the chance...

Con men and killers, aliens and zombies, priests and soldiers, just some of the characters that thrill and kill in this compelling collection of gun-toting, double-crossing, back-stabbing, pulse-pounding stories. Jeffery Deaver investigates the suspicious death of a crime-writer in "The Plot"; Karin Slaughter's grieving widow takes revenge on her dying ex-husband in "Cold Heart", Stephen Coonts discovers a flying saucer in the depths of the ocean...

A Magical Christmas Seven lovely, romantic stories to keep you warm this Christmas. These hand-picked titles from our Christmas Collection 2014, include: Maybe This Christmas (Sarah Morgan) A Magical Regency Christmas (Elizabeth Rolls, Bronwyn Scott, Margaret McPhee) Christmas Seduction (Sarah Morgan, Michelle Celmer, Cathy Williams).

LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. Drawing together writing from Catullus to Sappho, from Arthur Rimbaud to Anne Lister and Armistead Maupin, translator Frank Wynne has collected eighty of the finest works representing queer love by LGBTQ authors. These pieces straddle the spectrum of queer experience, from Verlaine's sonnet in praise of his lover's anus and Emily Dickinson's exhortation...