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Escape to the south of france in this compelling and atmospheric story of secrets and heartbreak ‘lovely, mouth-watering, page-turning. packed with the sunshine, scents and savours of the south of france. enough to make you rush straight to the eurostar’ daily mail **from the bestselling author behind channel 5’s carol drinkwater’s secret provence** _________ the grape harvest at the cambon family’s magnificent provencal vineyard is always a cause for celebration. but not this year. when the crop is accidentally destroyed, leaving the estate facing ruin, clarisse cambon knows exactly who to blame – her english daughter-in-law jane. it’s just the latest incident in a decades-long feud that has left jane feeling like an uninvited guest in her husband luc’s family. but when tragedy strikes and jane uncovers a shocking secret at the family’s heart she wonders if she ever really knew any of the cambons, especially her husband, at all. now she is left with a terrible choice – walk away and see everything the cambons believe in fall apart, or stay to expose the truth and risk being caught in the storm? _________ ‘secrets, tragedy, hidden pasts and family secrets all set in glorious provence – i loved this’ santa montefiore ‘this atmospheric read will whisk you straight to the south of france as you become immersed in the tale of secrets and heartbreak’ marie claire

‘atmospheric, wise and warm . . . comforting and unputdownable . . . an enchanting hug of a novel’ – cathy kelly on the kitchen front to have. to hold. to sew. jennifer ryan’s the wedding dress sewing circle is ‘a great british sewing bee’ set in the second world war, and inspired by true events. after fashion designer cressida westcott loses both everything she owns in the blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor house she fled decades ago. cressida is at a loss as to how to rebuild her business from a small country village. the answer comes from an unlikely source: the local sewing circle. with clothes rationed, wartime brides are left with no choice but to ‘make do and mend’ and after helping local vicar’s daughter, grace carlisle, repair her mother’s dress, cressida finds herself inundated with similar requests. before long, the sewing circle find themselves mending wedding dresses for brides across the country. and as the women dedicate themselves to helping others celebrate love, they might also find it for themselves . . .

‘a deliciously dark story of murder and secrets’ claire douglas you can run away from your life. but you can’t run away from murder. when her family tragedy is splashed across the newspapers, nancy decides to disappear. her grandmother’s beautiful regency house in a quiet seaside village seems like the safest place to hide. but the old house has its own secrets and a chilling wartime legacy . . . now someone knows the truth about the night nancy’s mother and stepfather were murdered. someone knows where to find her. and they have nothing to lose . . . so what really happened that night? and how far will she go to keep it hidden? don’t miss the captivating new book from sunday times bestselling author jane corry —————————- ‘deftly peeling back layers of family secrets, coming to find you is a compelling read’ shari lapena, author of not a happy family ‘a must-read thriller’ b. a. paris, author of behind closed doors ‘yet another twisty, exciting book that i couldn’t put down’ heidi perks, author of the whispers ‘combines the heart-warming with the thrilling’ emma curtis, author of invite me in ‘her best yet. fantastic atmosphere and details and a cleverly handled dual timeline make this a sure-fire hit’ phoebe morgan, author of the doll house ‘a thrilling domestic noir with a great sense of time and place, excellent characterisation and plenty of surprising twists’ catherine cooper, author of the chalet ‘nancy’s story kept my heart in my mouth’ nikki smith, author of the beach party sunday times bestseller, july 2023

Hbo’s hit series a game of thrones is based on george r r martin’s internationally bestselling series a song of ice and fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. a feast for crows is the fourth volume in the series. ‘when the writing is this good, it’s worth the wait’ entertainment weekly the lannisters are in power on the iron throne. the war in the seven kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. the martells of dorne and the starks of winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. euron crow’s eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of valyria to claim the iron isles. from the icy north, where others threaten the wall, apprentice maester samwell tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the citadel. as plots, intrigue and battle threaten to engulf westeros, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.

Hbo’s hit series a game of thrones is based on george r r martin’s internationally bestselling series a song of ice and fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. a clash of kings is the second volume in the series. ‘nobody does fantasy quite like martin’ sunday times throughout westeros, the cold winds are rising. from the ancient citadel of dragonstone to the forbidding lands of winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the iron throne of the seven kingdoms stake their claims through tempest, turmoil and war. as a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky – a comet the colour of blood and flame – five factions struggle for control of a divided land. brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. against a backdrop of incest, fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood.

**don’t miss witch trial, the jaw-dropping new thriller from bestselling author harriet tyce, available to pre-order now.** the electrifying debut thriller from sunday times, million copy bestselling author harriet tyce. bold and shocking, blood orange will hold you in its grip until its final, heartstopping conclusion. ‘utterly compelling… i couldn’t put it down’ lisa jewell ‘a classy thriller with complex and compelling characters’ clare mackintosh ‘twists that keep you frantically turning the pages’ sunday mirror alison has it all. a doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise – she’s just been given her first murder case to defend. but all is never as it seems… just one more night. then i’ll end it. alison drinks too much. she’s neglecting her family. and she’s having an affair with a colleague whose taste for pushing boundaries may be more than she can handle. i did it. i killed him. i should be locked up. alison’s client doesn’t deny that she stabbed her husband – she wants to plead guilty. and yet something about her story is deeply amiss. saving this woman may be the first step to alison saving herself. i’m watching you. i know what you’re doing. but someone knows alison’s secrets. someone who wants to make her pay for what she’s done, and who won’t stop until she’s lost everything…. ‘delicious and addictive – a perfectly crafted treat!’ louise candlish ‘gripping’ daily mail ‘sizzlingly addictive’ heat ‘glittering and fierce . . . a glorious bonfire of a marriage thriller’ irish times **blood orange was a sunday times bestseller w/c 23rd dec 2019, w/c 30th dec 2020, w/c 6th jan 2020 & w/c 13th jan 2020**

Intimate, honest and touching, this is the story of deborah rodriguez’s often hilarious journey of self-discovery. forced to flee her life in afghanistan after the publication of her first book, the kabul beauty school, she leaves behind her friends, her possessions and her two beloved businesses: a hair salon and a coffee shop. but life proves no easier ‘back home’. after a year living in california where she feels like a misfit, teetering on the edge of sanity, deborah makes a decision. one way or another she’s going to get the old deb back. so, at the age of forty-nine, she packs her life and her cat, polly, into her mini cooper and heads south to a pretty seaside town in mexico. home is now an unassuming little house on carnaval street. there she struggles to learn spanish, works out with strippers and spends her saturday nights watching clowns. and maybe – just maybe – the magic of mexico will finally give her what she’s always dreamed of: a life on her own terms … if you liked eat, pray, love you will love the house on carnaval street. rodriguez’s story speaks to every woman, mother, sister, wife – to anyone who has ever questioned their relationships, their place in the world and the choices that they’ve made.