"A back-up plan between friends
But what do you do when you’ve fallen for your fallback?!
A brilliant new friends to lovers, opposites attract, romcom for fans of Mhairi McFarlane and One Day!
There is no rulebook for secretly falling in love with your best friend. So when Mitch offers Rosie a bargain that secretly gets her what she’s been pining for… Rosie would be a fool to say no, right?
They either find their soulmates by Christmas, or be each other’s fallback. Either way Rosie wins: she finds someone that will finally get her over Mitch, or she can be with him.
What she didn’t bargain for was Mitch falling for someone else…
Fallen for Emma and Dex? Then you need to meet Mitch and Rosie because they are captivating readers everywhere:
‘Add this to the list of my favorites! LOVED this. It made me laugh so much’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I adored this!! Loved it so much I stayed up late reading it… Can't wait to read more by this author. I especially recommend this to readers that love friends to lovers trope. It was perfect! 5 stars!’
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‘A charming and funny romance novel…a perfect read for lovers of romance, comedy and stories of unrequited love. I've fallen in love with it, I hope to read more from this author’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Such a cute friends to lovers book! I was rooting for them the whole time’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘One of the cutest friends to lovers stories’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Eleanor Goymer did not disappoint with this book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, in some places I wanted to cry and scream at the main characters, but it made it all the more better, I love a little angst…just the kind of emotional rollercoaster I needed!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘An adorable novel and a great beach read!!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Very addictive…The MMC had real golden retriever energy’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A really cute, swoonworthy debut … Mitch and Rosie's strong friendship really helped the chemistry between them seem even more real, I loved the push and pull between them and was left feeling really satisfied at the end of the book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐"
"Don’t miss the new novel from the Kindle bestselling author of The Little Venice Bookshop!
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☀️A Greek island holiday. A fake-dating pact. A chance at true love?☀️
After losing her job as a book scout, hopeless romantic Evie needs a fresh start. So when she hears that her eccentric grandmother has just taken on a small bookshop in Santorini, Evie jumps at the chance to visit her.
But life on the island is not as idyllic as it first seems. Gran has a tempestuous relationship with her landlord and he’s threatening to take the bookshop away from her. So when Gran asks Evie to fake date her landlord’s Greek God of a grandson, Georgios, to keep the family on side, she reluctantly agrees.
As the sun sets on Evie’s Greek holiday, can she save the bookshop – and fake date her way to love?
Praise for Summer at the Santorini Bookshop:
'Reading about Santorini was so vivid … Rebecca brings readers along with her to the places she describes so beautifully' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I would love to find a bookshop like this. I would never want to leave!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Reading a book by Rebecca Raisin is like being enveloped in a warm hug … what's not to like? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book will give you all of the feels and then some' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An absolutely fabulous read that I couldn't put down … I can't recommend it enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A delightful story full of laughs and mischief' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A must have read for this summer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
"''No one should miss this beautiful legend.'' —Tony Hillerman
Velma Wallis’s award-winning, bestselling tale about two elderly Native American women who must fend for themselves during a harsh Alaskan winter
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine.
Though these women have been known to complain more than contribute, they now must either survive on their own or die trying. In simple but vivid detail, Wallis depicts a landscape and way of life that are at once merciless and starkly beautiful. In her old women, she has created two heroines of steely determination whose story of betrayal, friendship, community, and forgiveness ''speaks straight to the heart with clarity, sweetness, and wisdom'' (Ursula K. Le Guin)."
"'I adored it' JULIE HAWORTH
'Witty, well-observed and utterly charming' SOPHIE COUSENS
'Funny, tender and insightful' ERICKA WALLER
Two sisters, one absent father and a grand inheritance . . .
Maggie and Liz may be sisters (and yes, named after a pair of much more famous siblings), but that's about all they have in common. Maggie is a free spirit - travelling the world, flitting through life and relationships without ever really having to connect. Liz, meanwhile, is the lynchpin of Little Martin village society and determined to be the perfect wife, mother and homemaker - even if she does live in a new build.
When Liz and Maggie's beloved grandmother, Queen Vic, dies in a characteristically dramatic fashion, they are left to deal with the aftermath - inheriting the family Manor, as well as full responsibility for their profligate father, a notorious womaniser who causes trouble wherever he goes.
Maggie and Liz have been living separate lives for years - but now might finally be the time to put their differences behind them."
"The beloved story collection from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Vacationers, All Adults Here and This Time Tomorrow
In Other People We Married, Straub creates characters as recognizable as a best friend, and follows them through moments of triumph and transformation with wit, vulnerability, and dazzling insight. In "Some People Must Really Fall in Love," an assistant professor takes halting steps into the awkward world of office politics while harboring feelings for a freshman student. Two sisters struggle with old assumptions about each other as they stumble to build a new relationship in "A Map of Modern Palm Springs." In "Puttanesca," two widows move tentatively forward, still surrounded by ghosts and disappointments from the past. These twelve stories, filled with sharp humor, emotional acuity, and joyful language, announce the arrival of a major new talent."
"Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She’s just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s at the local flea market. Deciding it’s a sign of her luck turning, she takes it home with her—only to be shocked when her cranky hermit of a neighbor swoops in and offers to buy it for an exorbitant price. Intrigued, Chloe takes a closer look at the book only to find notes scribbled in the margins between two young lovers back when the book was new…one of whom is almost definitely Jasper Holmes, the curmudgeon next door. And when she begins following the clues left behind, she discovers this isn’t the only old book in town filled with their romantic marginalia. This kickstarts a literary scavenger hunt that Chloe is determined to see through to the end. What happened to the two tragic lovers who corresponded in the margins of so many different library books? And what does it have to do with the sad old man next door—who only now has begun to open his home to Chloe and her siblings? In a romantic tale that spans the decades, Chloe discovers that there’s much more to her neighbor than meets the eye. And in allowing herself to accept the unexpected friendship he offers, she learns that some love stories begin in the unlikeliest of places."
"In the lush, rolling hills of Lone Oaks, Kentucky, the good life is measured in sips of aged bourbon and the thrill of the world’s most famous horse race: the Kentucky Derby …
When news of her grandfather’s stroke sends Jo Beth Ellis back to the family farm, she finds it in danger of foreclosure. Lone Oaks Crossing is in rough shape, but Jo has big plans—she’ll use her expertise as a Derby-winning horse trainer to reinvent the property as a healing retreat. But renovating while trying to keep her independent grandfather in check is a huge job for one woman—and even more challenging when she receives her first client, the unruly fourteen-year-old Cheyenne, who is determined to do anything but cooperate. Jo is at the end of her rope when neighbor Brooks Moore offers her a deal she can’t possibly refuse …
Jo may have sworn to leave the gambling and vicious competition of horse racing behind her, but training Brooks’s gorgeous thoroughbred is a challenge she can’t resist, especially when sulky Cheyenne takes a shine to him—and when Brooks is sinking an outrageous amount of money into rehabbing the farm, and even rolling up his sleeves to help. With a troubled teen’s spirit and her grandfather’s faith in her on the line, Jo steps into a tentative partnership with the undeniably attractive Brooks. Against all odds, she dreams of winning a trifecta—a champion horse, a happy family, and a forever love."
"A sharply hilarious and ultimately heartfelt novel about a former teen superstar who grudgingly agrees to a reboot of the show that made her (in)famous, from the author of Reasonable Adults.
Twenty years after Ocean Views went off the air, the beloved TV show about teenage romance and angst is back. No one is more surprised than its former star, Agnes “Ness” Larkin, that she’s agreed to step back into the role of Aubrey Grant.
After her father/manager took off with her earnings, Ness ran away from the spotlight in shame. But maybe it’s time to stare her past, and her castmates, in their discreetly Botoxed faces.
That enthusiasm lasts until the first table read, which, in co-star Coco’s words, is “like a high school reunion without the dim lighting or booze.” Ness assumed her old fling Hayes Beaumont would be too busy doing Big Hollywood Things to take part, but there he is, seated beside her, exuding pheromones and success.
En route to the deluxe Bahamas resort where they’re to start filming, the cast gets stranded by a storm. Stuck on a tiny island with a paltry cache of food and quite possibly the most useless survival group in history, Ness tries to reconcile her youthful dreams with where she’s ended up—figuratively and literally. The producers wanted drama on and off-screen, and they’re going to get it, but where will Ness be when it’s all over?"
"Her husband's murder by his mistress was only the beginning.
Once a bestselling author, Raine fled to Paris, desperate to outrun the heartbreak that shattered her world. But pain travels well—even to the most beautiful places.
Now back in Atlanta as a senior VP at a prestigious ad agency, she must confront the city—and the memories—that nearly broke her. Just when she's resigned herself to a life of emotional survival, an unexpected reunion with a former friend offers her something she thought she'd lost forever: hope.
But healing doesn't come easy, and Raine must decide if she's willing to risk her heart again—or let the past define her future.
- Inspiring contemporary fiction
- Stand-alone novel"
"Content Notice: This title may contain mature themes and adult content. His innocent wife…
The last thing Gaetano Leonetti wants is to be shackled in marriage, but his grandfather has decreed that if he’s to become CEO of the family’s bank Gaetano must find a nice, ordinary woman to wed.
Convinced his grandfather is mad, Gaetano sets about proving him wrong with housekeeper Poppy Arnold. With her outspoken nature and unusual dress sense, she’s definitely not wife material!
But it’s not long before hard-working, self-sacrificing Poppy charms his grandfather, and Gaetano’s stuck with a union he didn’t want and a bride he sinfully craves! Having set her up to fail, can he really take the precious gift of her virginity?"
"At the Sicilian’s bidding…and bedding!
The only link Jemima Barber has to her troubled late twin sister is her nephew. So when the boy’s father storms into their lives, to reclaim the child who was stolen from him, Jemima lets the forbidding Sicilian believe she is her smooth seductress of a sister.
Though his son’s mother might be gentler than Luciano Vitale remembers, he’s resolved to make her pay in the most pleasurable way imaginable. But when he discovers she’s a virgin – her secret is out! Now Luciano has a new proposal: Jemima can atone for her sister’s sins…by becoming his wife!"
