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Fall in love with the brand new spring romance set in Dream Harbor, from the bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store As a world-renowned chef, single dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive. Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when it’s suggested that Archer is looking for a live-in nanny, she almost runs in the opposite direction. Now, Iris finds herself in a whole new world. One where her gorgeous new boss lives right across the hall and likes to cook topless… Keeping everything strictly professional should be easy, right? The Strawberry Patch Pancake House is a cozy romantic mystery with a single dad and found family dynamic, a small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008713348 • Author: Laurie Gilmore • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.8 cm

She thrives in chaos. He prefers routine. The only thing they have in common? How much they hate each other. Teddy Andersen doesn't have a plan. She's never needed one. She's more of a go-with-the-flow type of girl, but for some reason, the flow doesn't seem to be going her way this time. Gus Ryder has a lot on his plate. He's always been the dependable one, but when his workload starts to overwhelm him, he has to admit that he can't manage everything on his own. He needs help. His little sister's best friend, the woman he can't stand, is not who he had in mind. But when no one else can step in, Teddy's the only option he's got. Tempers flare, tension builds, and for the first time ever, Gus and Teddy start to see each other in a different light. As new feelings start to simmer below the surface, they must decide whether they should act on them. Can they keep things cool? Or will both of them get burned? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529436716 • Author: Lyla Sage • Publisher:  Quercus Publishing plc • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm

Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya... Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in the most epic and sizzling fantasy romance book of the year.  The Elites have possessed powers for decades, gifted to them by the Plague, while those born Ordinary are just that, banished from the kingdom of Ilya and shunned from society. No one knows this better than Paedyn Gray, an Ordinary posing as a Psychic to blend in with the Elites. When she unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya's princes, Kai Azer, she's thrown into the Purging Trials, a brutal competition showcasing the Elites' powers.  If the Trials and the opponents within them don't kill her, the prince she's fighting feelings for will if he discovers what Paedyn is... completely Ordinary. Be swept away by the first in the romantasy trilogy taking the world by storm.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781398529489 • Author: Lauren Roberts • Publisher:  Simon & Schuster • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  528 • Dimensions:  13 x 19.8 x 3.1 cm

He's on edge while she's en pointe in this fake-dating sports romance from the author of the smash hit Collide. Elias Westbrook, a newly drafted hockey player for the Toronto Thunder, is facing the challenges of fame and media scrutiny. The tabloids are reporting on his every move, including which woman he was last seen with, but all he wants to do is escape the spotlight. Enter from stage left Sage Beaumont, an aspiring ballerina whose lack of popularity online has put her at a major disadvantage for securing the roles she dreams of. When Sage finds herself with the chance to change her luck by fake-dating Elias, she takes her shot. Soon enough, the flimsy rules they set in place fall away. But before things can spiral out of control, Sage and Elias will have to decide if they're willing to take the leap together or if they'll have to call it quits. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781526677884 • Author: Bal Khabra • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc • Pages: 368 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

The Atlas Complex marks the much-anticipated, heart-shattering conclusion in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the internationally bestselling dark academic phenomenon, The Atlas Six. Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive.An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment. Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have so far failed to uphold. Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities; elsewhere, an unlikely pair partner to influence politics on a global stage. And still the outside world mobilizes to destroy them – while the Caretaker himself, Atlas Blakely, may yet succeed with a plan foreseen to have world-ending stakes. It’s a race to survive as the six Society recruits are faced with the question of what they're willing to betray for limitless power – and who will be destroyed along the way. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529095371 • Author: Olivie Blake • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Pages: 672 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.71 x 13 x 2.08 cm

Kennedy I’m the only woman on staff for the Windy City Warriors baseball team, and after years of putting up with a sexist lead doctor, I’m desperate to land my dream job with a new team next year. All I have to do is maintain my professional reputation for my final season in Chicago. But a Las Vegas run-in with the team’s shortstop threatens it all, leaving me with a fuzzy memory and a ring on my left hand. Now, not only am I legally bound to the most persistent man I’ve ever met, but thanks to Isaiah’s scheme to save my job, I have to pretend the whole thing was a planned elopement and not a drunken mistake. Isaiah Rhodes is reckless, impulsive, and frustratingly charming. He’s also my brand-new husband. They got the saying wrong. What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas… sometimes it follows you right back home. Isaiah As the shortstop for Chicago’s professional baseball team, I’ve had my fair share of fun. But that all ended the day Kennedy Kay became a single woman. I’ve crushed on the team’s athletic trainer for years. I’ve flirted to no avail, so imagine my surprise when I woke up in Sin City with a ring on my finger and my favourite redhead in my bed. We agree to stay married for one baseball season, just long enough to keep her job safe, but in my mind, I’m using our time together to prove to her I’m husband material. Kennedy might be reluctant to join in on our game, but it’s one I refuse to lose. So come on, wife… play along. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399728614 • Author: Liz Tomforde • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm

LOVE IS AT STAKE ... SO SHARPEN YOUR BLADES! Carolina wants to join her family in hunting the bloodthirsty vampiros that plague her village, and prove she'll be a better slayer than wife, so she vows to take down a monster herself. But then she runs into an irresistible vampiro who challenges everything she ever knew. Lalo was content leading a perfectly dull life until a vampiro turned him. Now forced to flee his city and hungry for revenge, he heads to where he believes the first vampiro was made. Instead of finding salvation, Lalo collides with a beautiful young woman who'd gladly drive a dagger through his heart. Can her fists and his fangs stay focused long enough to triumph over their common enemy, or will their hatred for one another get in the way? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781785308017 • Author: Angela Montoya • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Pages: 416 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8  x 12.9 cm

She runs. He watches. He waits  . . . A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she’s safe. But a predator is watching from the shadows. Waiting for the perfect moment to attack. They thought they caught him. But another victim has just been found. The hunt has only just begun. And the killer is ready to strike again… Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008303488 • Author: Karin Slaughter  • Publisher: HarperCollins • Format: Paperback • Pages: 512 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.2 cm

It’s a deadly race against time… Tech billionaire Miles has more money than he can ever spend, but he can’t buy more time. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, he is forced to take a long, hard look at his past. Somewhere out there, Miles has children who don’t know it, but they might be about to inherit the good and bad from him – possibly his fortune, or possibly something more sinister. So, Miles decides to track them down. But a lethal killer is one step ahead of him. One by one, people are vanishing. Not just disappearing, every trace of them is wiped. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008332082 • Author: Linwood Barclay • Publisher: HQ • Format: Paperback • Pages: 480 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3 cm

Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he's about to regret. Reacher is the only stranger in town on the day they have had their first homicide in thirty years. The cops arrest Reacher and the police chief turns eyewitness to place him at the scene. As nasty secrets leak out, and the body count mounts, one thing is for sure. They picked the wrong guy to take the fall. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780553826166 • Author: Lee Child • Publisher: Bantam • Format: Paperback • Pages: 544 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.7 x 3.2cm

A girl with a secret… Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead. A murder that remains a mystery… Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that’s about to change. One final chance to uncover a killer… Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily – and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too… Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008303600 • Author: Karin Slaughter • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Pages: 400 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

DO NOT DISTURB. WHODUNNIT IN PROGRESS… Molly the maid sees everything at The Regency Grand Hotel. So when a renowned guest drops very dead on the tearoom floor, sullying the hotel’s five-star reputation, it falls to Molly to sweep up the clues. An unfortunate accident? Or a murderous mess? The answers to the mystery lie behind one guest’s door – and only the maid holds the key… Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008435813 • Author: Nita Prose • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Pages: 336 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.6 cm

A steamy contract marriage standalone romance from bestselling author Meagan Brandy. All my life, I’ve always been second choice. Second best. Second born. Maybe that’s what possessed me to track down my father’s most formidable enemy, the infamous Enzo Fikile. He’s the nation’s most eligible bachelor, and the biggest threat to the crime world I was born into. He’s determined to claim his place… and I want to make a deal with the devil. Now I’m engaged to the man the rest of the world fears and there’s no going back. Even as it all starts to feel a little too real. I hate him as much as I crave him, but as enemies close in from the most unlikely of places, I realise something. No one is allowed to hurt my husband. Except, of course … me. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398719569 • Author: Meagan Brandy • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3 cm

Face your demons... or feed them? Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country's bloody civil war - and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka's coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha Squaller, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. He will risk everything to save his country and himself. But some secrets aren't meant to stay buried--and some wounds aren't meant to heal. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781510104464 • Author: Leigh Bardugo • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group • Format: Paperback • Pages: 514 • Dimensions: 19.1 x 13.6 x 3.3 cm

The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the bestselling King of Scars Duology! See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series. The Demon King. As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm - and even the monster within - to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king's gift for the impossible. The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost. The Queen of Mourning. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart. King. General. Spy. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781510104495 • Author:  Leigh Bardugo • Publisher:  Orion Children's Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  528 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 4 x 19.6 cm

It’s always the husband, isn’t it? When his wife Brie vanishes from their home one night, never to be seen again, people assume Andy got away with murder. The police can’t build a case against him, but still his friends and neighbours abandon him. Six years later, Andy’s life is back on track, and he’s settled with a new girlfriend. And when he hears his old house has been bulldozed and rebuilt, he’s not bothered. Things are good. But then one day, a woman who looks like Brie shows up at their old address, screaming ‘Where’s my house? What happened to my house?’ before vanishing as quickly as she appeared. And as dark suspicions resurface, Andy’s future depends on discovering what the hell is going on. The trick is staying alive long enough to find out… Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008332136 • Author: Linwood Barclay • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.8 cm

She might be the first victim, but she won't be the last. Three… A woman is abducted in front of her child. Two… A month later, a second is taken in explosive circumstances. One… But the web is bigger and darker than anyone could imagine. The clock is ticking to uncover the truth. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008303426 • Author: Karin Slaughter • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

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The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller! Sara doesn’t think about that night. About the attack. About the way it tore her world apart. About the man who did it, now safely behind bars. She thought that night was over. Until a new victim appears… And now a young woman’s life depends on Sara uncovering exactly what happened after that night… Love crime? Love Slaughter. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008499433 • Author: Karin Slaughter • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Pages: 432 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3 cm

Love is an impossible mission . . . the enemy is everywhere in the pulse-pounding follow-up to international heist sensation, Thieves' Gambit.  Six months into working for the Gambit, Ross is reeling from the betrayals of the competition – focusing all her hatred on Devroe – the lover she thought she could trust. On a new heist that takes her across continents, Ross encounters a rival gang stopping her every move. Devroe's mother is at the heart of this dangerous feud and he must decide where his loyalties lie, before there are deadly consequences . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398526747 • Author: Kayvion Lewis • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.2 cm