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“thirty-two-year-old hetty greengrass is a farmer’s wife and generally content with her lot: marriage, motherhood and helping dan run sunnybank farm have kept her on her toes for the last twelve years. but when, one parent’s evening, her daughter poppy is asked who in her life inspires her, it is painfully apparent that hetty doesn’t. hetty sometimes regrets that she has never pushed herself to achieve more. her biggest talent – baking deliciously moreish shortcrust pastry pies – has been limited to charity work and the village fete. but taking part in a competition run by cumbria’s finest to find the very best produce from the region might be just the thing to make her daughter proud. except that life isn’t as simple as producing the perfect pie. changing the status quo isn’t easy – and with cracks appearing in her marriage and shocking secrets coming to light, hetty must decide where her priorities really lie…”–publisher’s description.

‘maeve binchy! i love her stories and have since light a penny candle.’ tom hanks _____________________ a friendship nothing could destroy. evacuated from blitz-battered london, the shy elizabeth white is sent to stay with the o’connor family in kilgarret, ireland, where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with the lively, boisterous aisling o’connor. neither of them were to know it would become the most important friendship of their lives. their bond is unshakeable, enduring over turbulent years of change and chaos, joy and sorrow, soaring dreams – and searing betrayals . . . with warmth, wit and great compassion, maeve binchy tells a magnificent story of two women, bound together in a friendship that nothing could tear apart – not even the man who threatened to come between them forever. _____________________ ‘what better books to raise the spirits than the gentle, insightful irish tales of maeve binchy?’ hello! magazine ‘wonderfully warm and involving’ katie fforde ‘if any author can help you survive lockdown, it’s binchy’ daily mail ‘i find myself yearning for the rain-soaked watercolour writing of maeve binchy’ jenny colgan, guardian best comfort reads ‘binchy’s novels are never less than entertaining’ sunday times

Another deliciously seasonal and heart-warming tale from the sunday times bestselling author.

‘a heartwarming story of sisterhood and second chances’ lucy diamond ‘comforting, funny, warm and wise. no-one does complicated family and friendships like cathy. the perfect cocktail of emotions, hopes and dreams’veronica henry ‘beautifully written and richly layered with characters that feel like firm friends, it’s full of cathy’s wonderful warmth, wisdom and wit’ alex brown ‘a wonderful story of family, sisterhood and finding yourself’ emily stone three generations of women, and the summer that saved them. the holidays are here, and in salcombe, liz longs for the arrival of her god-daughters, skye and clare and clare’s daughter baby ivy. after years on her own, she needs help to save the catering business she built with clare’s late mother, jen. however, half-sisters skye and clare couldn’t be more different, struggling with family secrets and hidden jealousies. as the women navigate this unexpected summer together, truths are revealed and their relationships are put to the test. the sunrise sisterhood is a summery slice of joyful escapism as well as an emotional drama about three women healed by the sparkling waves of salcombe and the power of the sisterhood.

From colleen hoover, the #1 sunday times bestselling author of it ends with us, a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy. when tate collins meets airline pilot miles archer, she doesn’t think it’s love at first sight. they wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. the only thing tate and miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. once their desires are out in the open, they realise they have the perfect set-up. he doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as tate can stick to the only two rules miles has for her. never ask about the past. don’t expect a future. they think they can handle it, but realise almost immediately they can’t handle it at all. hearts get infiltrated. promises get broken. rules get shattered. love gets ugly.

**coming soon in paperback – the heart-stopping new novel from sunday times bestselling author gillian mcallister** ‘mcallister stunned me – and she will stun you too’ jodi picoult olivia: 22 years old. no history of running away. last seen on cctv, entering a dead-end alley. and never emerging. julia: detective chief inspector julia day ought to be out hunting for olivia. after all, missing person’s cases are a race against the clock. only this one is different. because someone just threatened julia: find olivia, and we’ll take your daughter… ‘a first-class thriller’ mail on sunday ‘jaw-dropping, stunning’ daily express ‘a sure-fire hit’ adele parks ‘this is mcallister at the height of her powers’ erin kelly praise for gillian mcallister ‘perfection, every word, every moment. one of the best books i’ve ever read’ lisa jewell ‘i am totally in awe. this is one story i will not forget’ heidi perks ‘genre-bending and totally original. a tour de force!’ claire douglas ‘this is bravura novel-writing’ ian rankin ‘extraordinary’ harriet tyce

A gripping tale of mystery and adventure from the no.1 bestselling author of labyrinth 1891. seventeen-year-old léonie vernier and her brother abandon paris for the sanctuary of their aunt’s isolated country house near carcassonne, the domaine de la cade. but léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre – and a timeless mystery whose traces are written in blood. 2007. meredith martin arrives at the domaine de la cade to research a biography. but meredith is also seeking the key to her own complex legacy and becomes immersed in the story of a tragic love, a missing girl, a unique deck of tarot cards and the strange events of one cataclysmic night a century ago…

The sunday times number one bestseller ‘i adored it!’ — santa montefiore, author of an italian girl in brooklyn piracy. romance. revenge. across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their lives. the sequel to the city of tears, the ghost ship is the third novel in the joubert family chronicles from bestselling author kate mosse. the barbary coast, 1621. a mysterious vessel floats silently on the water — its hull splintered and its sails tattered and burnt. for months the ghost ship has hunted pirates to liberate enslaved prisoners. now it, too, finds itself hunted. but the ship’s crew hides a secret, and the stakes could not be higher. the bravest among them are not who they seem: if arrested, they will hang for their alleged crimes. can they survive their journey and escape their fate? a sweeping and epic love story, the ghost ship is a tale of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes, piracy and hidden secrets on the high seas. ‘beautifully written and engaging from the first page’ — independent