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Escape with this feel-good and big-hearted debut novel from broadcaster lorraine kelly. if you love maeve binchy, you’ll love the island swimmer. once the tide turns, you can’t hold it back… when evie’s father falls desperately ill, she finally returns to the family home on orkney and the wild landscape she left as a teenager, swearing never to return. not everyone is happy at her arrival, particularly her estranged sister liv, their relationship broken after a childhood trauma. as evie clears out her father’s neglected house to prepare it for sale, lonely evie finds herself drawn to a group of cold-water swimmers led by her old friend freya, who find calmness beneath the waves. together they help evie face up to the mistakes in her past, unlocking a treasure of truths that will reverberate through the community, and shake her family to its core. ‘gorgeous debut novel’ marian keyes ‘warm and wise… a scottish maeve binchy’ veronica henry ‘like getting a warm hug on a freezing cold day’ jane fallon ‘so warm and engaging. a total treat’ beth o’leary ‘a compelling and complex story written with wit, compassion and warmth. an exciting debut from one of britain’s most beloved personalities. lorraine kelly does not disappoint! i devoured it’ santa montefiore

There was an eighth son of an eighth son. he was, quite naturally, a wizard. and there it should have ended. however (for reasons we’d better not go into), he had seven sons. and then he had an eighth son… a wizard squared… a source of magic… a sourcerer. sourcery sees the return of rincewind and the luggage as the discworld faces its greatest – and funniest – challenge yet.

‘although it is difficult to believe, the 60s are not fictional; they actually happened’ (from the author’s note). hearts in atlantis comprises of five brilliant, interconnected, sequential narratives, each deeply rooted in the 60s and haunted by the vietnam war: in ‘low men in yellow coats’ 11-year-old bobby discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror. in the title story, a bunch of college kids get hooked on a card game, discover the possibility of protest … and confront their own collective heart of darkness. in ‘blind willie’ and ‘why we’re in vietnam’, two men who grew up with bobby in suburban connecticut try to fill the emptiness of the post-vietnam era. and in ‘heavenly shades of night are falling’ bobby returns to his hometown where one final secret, the hope of redemption, and his heart’s desire may await him.

Once it seemed being immortal was a gift to ever bloom – now it’s a curse. and she’s a danger to herself. ever has been dabbling in magyck – seeking to explore her own powers, hoping to find a future for her relationship with damen. but she’s not in control – in fact, the magyck has bound her eternally to her immortal enemy, roman. whenever he’s near, she feels his heartbeat, his breath, his blood racing in her veins. ever is in deep – and the one person who might be able to help her must never find out what she’s done . . .

Traditional chinese edition of the outcast by costa novel award winner sadie jones. in traditional chinese. distributed by tsai fong books, inc.

Violet lasting is no longer a human being. tomorrow she becomes lot 197, auctioned to the highest royal bidder in the jewel of the lone city. tomorrow she becomes the surrogate of the house of the lake, her sole purpose to produce a healthy heir for the duchess. imprisoned in the opulent cage of the palace, violet learns the brutal ways of the jewel, where the royal women compete to secure their bloodline and the surrogates are treated as disposable commodities. destined to carry the child of a woman she despises, violet enters a living death of captivity – until she sets eyes on ash lockwood, the royal companion.

An incredible, brand-new spin-off series from the best-selling creator of percy jackson. old enemies awaken as camp half-blood’s new arrivals prepare for war when jason, piper and leo crash land at camp half-blood, they have no idea what to expect. apparently this is the only safe place for children of the greek gods – despite the monsters roaming the woods and demigods practising archery with flaming arrows and explosives. but rumours of a terrible curse – and a missing hero – are flying around camp. it seems jason, piper and leo are the chosen ones to embark on a terrifying new quest, which they must complete by the winter solstice. in just four days time. can the trio succeed on this deadly mission – and what must they sacrifice in order to survive?