I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. ‘shoot,’ i muttered when the paper sliced my finger. a single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. it all happened very quickly then. ‘no!’ edward roared … dazed and disorientated, i looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm – and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. for bella swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: edward cullen. but being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than bella ever could have imagined. edward has already rescued bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may just be beginning …

Auschwitz, 1944. alfred mendl’s days are numbered. but he has little left to live for – his family were torn away from him, his life’s work burned in front of his eyes – until a glimmer of hope arises as he watches a game of chess. to the guards mendl is just another prisoner, but in fact he holds knowledge that only two people in the world possess. the other is working hard for the nazi war machine. four thousand miles away, in washington dc, intelligence lieutenant nathan blum decodes messages from occupied poland. after the nazis murdered his family, nathan escaped the krakow ghetto and is determined to support his new country – and the us government knows exactly how he can. they want to send nathan on a mission to rescue one man from a place no one can break in to – or out of. even if nathan does make it in and finds him, can they escape the most heavily guarded place on earth?

A complex case . . . when di wesley peterson is summoned to investigate a killing, he assumes that the case is a routine matter. but soon dark secrets and deadly deceptions start to emerge from the victim’s past, and wesley begins to realise that a simple incident of cold-blooded murder is altogether more calculated and complicated that he could ever imagine. tracing back through time . . . meanwhile, archaeologist neil watson is pulled from the historic paradise court to a ruined village from the first world war. even with the help of the attractive and enigmatic lucy, neil cannot shake the feeling that something is missing from his explorations: a cryptic clue that might have been lost when sandrock tumbled into the sea many years ago. a clue that could help wesley solve his most puzzling case to date. di wesley peterson is standing on the edge . . . as more victims fall prey to a faceless killer, wesley sees the investigation affecting him more personally than ever before. and when his precious family becomes a target, wesley has no time to lose. just like the fallen village of sandrock, wesley will have to stand tall if he is to withstand the coming storm . . .

The tides are a family with dark secrets. haunted by the events of one tragic day ten years ago, they are each, in their own way, struggling to move forwards with their lives. dora, the youngest daughter, lives in a ramshackle east end warehouse with her artist boyfriend dan. dora is doing a good job of skating across the surface of her life – but when she discovers she is pregnant the news leaves her shaken and staring back at the darkness of a long-held guilt. returning to clifftops, the rambling family house perched high on the dorset coastline, dora must confront her past. clifftops hasn’t changed in years and moving through its rooms and gardens, dora can still feel the echo of that terrible summer’s day when life changed forever for the tides. as dora begins her search for clues surrounding the events of that fateful day, she comes to realise that the path to redemption may rest with her troubled sister, cassie. if dora can unlock the secrets cassie swore she would take to her grave, just maybe she will have a shot at salvation. but can long-held secrets ever really be forgiven? and even if you do manage to forgive and forget, how do you ever allow yourself to truly love again?

It was a time of myth and mystery. a time when gods walked among men. it was a time of heroes … greece is a country in turmoil, divided by feuding kingdoms desiring wealth, power and revenge. when eperitus, a young exiled soldier, comes to the aid of a group of warriors in battle, little does he know that it will be the start of an incredible adventure. for he is about to join the charismatic odysseus, prince of ithaca, on a vital quest to save his homeland. odysseus travels to sparta to join the most famous heroes of the time in paying suit to the sensuous helen. armed with nothing but his wits and intelligence, he must enter a treacherous world of warfare and politics to compete for the greatest prize in greece. but few care for the problems of an impoverished prince when war with troy is beckoning . . . an epic saga set in one of the most dramatic periods of history, king of ithaca is a voyage of discovery of one man’s journey to become a king – and a legend.