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Return to the world of the bridgertons . . . ________________________________________ go back to where it all began with the second book in sunday times bestselling author julia quinn’s dazzlingly witty bridgerton prequel series. a generation before the bridgertons, there were the rokesbys . . . while you were sleeping . . . with her brother thomas injured on the battlefront in the colonies, orphaned cecilia harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. instead, she chooses option three and travels across the atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. but after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer edward rokesby. he’s unconscious and in desperate need of her care, and cecilia vows that she will save this soldier’s life, even if staying by his side means telling one little lie . . . i told everyone i was your wife when edward comes to, he’s more than a little confused. the blow to his head knocked out six months of his memory, but surely he would recall getting married. he knows who cecilia harcourt is – even if he does not recall her face – and with everyone calling her his wife, he decides it must be true, even though he’d always assumed he’d marry his neighbor back in england. if only it were true . . . cecilia risks her entire future by giving herself – completely – to the man she loves. but when the truth comes out, edward may have a few surprises of his own for the new mrs rokesby. return to the world of the bridgertons with the rokesbys, featuring the ancestors of the bridgerton characters we know and love . . . _______________ find out why readers love julia quinn . . . “quinn writes delightfully fast-paced, funny, sparkling and bright romance’ romantic times ‘the next best thing to georgette heyer’ gloss ‘a smart, funny touch. . . reminiscent of helen fielding’ time magazine ‘julia quinn’s bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love… and gives them a thoroughly modern twist… they’re hot, crazy, and full of feisty women relishing in the carnal delights that come from bedding rakish aristocrats… i can’t focus on anything else.’ – stylist ‘powered by a surfeit of dazzling wit and graced with a cast of unforgettable characters’ booklist ‘quinn is incomparable! the latest addition to her beloved bridgerton series is funny, charming, witty and wildly romantic’ rt book reviews ‘like an episode of downtown abbey mixed with a great rom-com’ ibooks best books of march ‘julia quinn is one of the best historical romance novelists of our time’ heroes and heartbreakers ‘quinn excels in writing stories full of joy and delight, where laughter trembles on the edges’ happy ever after ‘quinn is a master of historical romance’ entertainment weekly ‘full of wit, charm and smouldering attraction . . . an unputdownable story that i think romance fans will treasure’ harlequin junkie ‘this book was an utter delight . . . i just loved it’ love in a time of feminism

The number one bestseller and award-winning richard & judy book club pick. an atmospheric and deeply absorbing literary historical crime classic – featured in the times ‘top ten crime novels of the decade’. england 1819: thomas shield, a new master at a school just outside london, is tutor to a young american boy and the child’s sensitive best friend, charles frant. helplessly drawn to frant’s beautiful, unhappy mother, thomas becomes entwined in their family’s affairs. when a brutal murder takes place in london’s seedy backstreets, it is not certain who either the victim or the killer is. but all clues seem to lead back to the frant household, and shield is tangled in a web of lies, money, sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart. and what of the strange american boy at the heart of these macabre events – what is the dark secret of young edgar allan poe?

He wanted power; she wanted revenge. the magnificent novel by the internationally bestselling author of the other side of midnight and morning, noon and night. he wanted power, she wanted revenge… ‘dear diary: this morning i met the man i am going to marry.’ it was a simple enough entry in a young woman’s diary which gave not the slightest portent of the elaborate chain of events that was about to occur. the best laid plans tells the explosive story of the beautiful and ambitious leslie stewart, who learns that for some men power is the greatest aphrodisiac; and of oliver russell, the handsome governor of a small southern state, who finds out why hell has no fury like a woman scorned. with the unexpected twists and turns that are the hallmarks of his mega best-selling novels, sidney sheldon spins a tale of two equally determined people headed on a collision course. oliver has a strategy to win the white house; leslie has a scheme to make him wish he’d never been born. they both should have known that even the best laid plans can go dangerously astray… in a deadly dangerous way.

Magnus chase has always been a troubled kid. since his mother’s mysterious death, he’s lived alone on the streets of boston, surviving by his wits. one day, he’s tracked down by an uncle he’s never met – who tells him an impossible secret- magnus is the son of a norse god. the viking myths are true. the gods of asgard are preparing for war. trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. to prevent ragnarok, magnus must search the nine worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years.

A house on fire. a nine-year-old girl. memories gone … now in her early thirties, melody browne lives an ordinary life with her seventeen-year-old son. but she feels like something is missing. her sense of belonging. and then fragments of her past start to come back. at first her memories mean nothing to her but slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. but with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. and melody beings to wonder whether she will ever uncover the secrets of her past …

From the new york times bestselling author of ‘the selection’ series comes this sweeping standalone fantasy romance about a girl with a secret and the boy of her dreams.