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Can Lexie Whittle figure out a way to balance her failing marriage, her job, parenthood, and a new romance? Find out in this heartwarming read.Lexie Whittle thought she had life all sewn up with a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home, and a delightful teenage stepson she adores. That is, until her husband Daryl left to work overseas and everything changed. A year later, Daryl and Lexie’s marriage is still long distance, but headed for divorce. Lexie is fighting to stay on top of the bills and juggling her job at the Blue Parrot 1940s-themed cafe in Yorkshire with being the only present parent teenage Connor has. The one thing keeping her from a meltdown is the support she gets from Connor’s godfather and Daryl's former business partner: Theo Blake. Theo might be a womanizer, drifting from one date to another, but Lexie knows she and Connor can depend on him. After one too many glasses of wine leads to Lexie and Theo falling into bed together, they begin a friends-with-benefits relationship that soon becomes something deeper. And when Daryl returns, Lexie is faced with an impossible decision: Will she be forced to choose between her feelings for Theo and a relationship with the boy she loves like a son? An uplifting story of romance and chosen family, Friends with Benefits is a great read for fans of Milly Johnson, Mhairi McFarlane, and Debbie Johnson.

This story of adventure and romance is the perfect cozy Christmas read to curl up with this winter.Sylvie Magnusson is going to be lonely this Christmas. Instead of jetting off with fiancé Cole for their honeymoon in paradise, she’s freezing at home while trying to ignore everyone’s pity for "that poor jilted Ms Magnusson." Guess that’s what happens when your fiancé calls off the wedding with one week to go. Enter Nari, Sylvie’s best friend, who plans a trip to Lapland to see the Northern Lights and get Sylvie’s mojo back. But as their Lapland getaway approaches, Sylvie realizes she’ll be holidaying in the hometown of Stellan Virtanen, her dreamy Finnish ex-boyfriend, the one that got away (or...ran away, and Sylvie never understood why). When Stellan and Sylvie are reunited in the town of Frozen Falls, she’s delighted to see that he’s just as hot as she remembers–and when he shows her the romantic delights of Lapland, he becomes the perfect medicine for her broken heart. But as she prepares to fly back to England, can she really leave Stellan behind? Or will she find that her heart belongs in the frozen North?

"A devastating fire. A grieving mother. A picture-perfect village full of dark secrets. And now, a son who has seemingly come back from the dead. A detective called back to her hometown, back a the scene of a crime she thought she'd left behind..."--Provided by publisher.

You know Miss Havisham, the world's most famous jilted bride. This is her daughter’s story.Raised in the darkness of Satis House where the clocks never tick, the beautiful Estella is bred to hate men and to keep her heart cold as the grave. She knows she doesn’t feel things quite like other people do, but is this just the result of her strange upbringing? As she watches the brutal treatment of women around her, hatred hardens into a core of vengeance. And when she finds herself married to the abusive Drummle, she is forced to make a deadly decision: should she embrace the darkness within her and exact her revenge? A stunningly original, gripping Gothic read, perfect for fans of Stacey Halls, Eve Chase, and Jessie Burton.

In this enemies-to-lovers romance, they're both making their final play—but who will win?Neurologist Helen Chang Frobisher is on a mission to ban ice hockey from Portland to prevent the kind of concussive brain injury that plagues her father. Luckless professional player Adam Magnus is desperately trying to secure his career and his retirement despite his young team's dismal record. But while Adam and Helen spar over the future of the sports franchise in public, in private they find themselves battling an impossible attraction. What happens when winning means losing each other? A smart and funny romance, perfect for fans of Icebreaker and Chloe Liese.

Her fate is sealed. Her death is inevitable.Carrie Rickard, leaving an abusive relationship back in London, tries to escape her past by throwing herself into her restoration project: Fairwood House, known to locals of Pagham-on-Sea in Sussex as the Crows. Unable to resist as it whispers to her, Carrie's obsession only grows when she discovers it was the site of a gruesome unsolved murder. As she digs deeper into the mystery, she awakens dark and dangerous forces. Enter her foul-mouthed neighbor, Ricky Porter, who is as obsessed with the Crows as Carrie is, and who has several secrets of his own...not least of which are what's really under the hood he wears and what he's got in the cellar.

Penny Thomas is not living her best life, so she's going to start spreading her wings. But can she fly?Penny Thomas's job is far from thrilling, and her boyfriend of fifteen years shows no sign of wanting to commit. She has just turned fifty and is going nowhere. Wanting a new start in life, Penny applies for a job as a flight attendant to find out what she is truly capable of. Her new job brings the adventure she craves, even if she does keep bumping into an impossibly handsome but deeply annoying pilot named Matt Garcia. Stuck in Paris on an unscheduled stopover, the chemistry between them grows. But the path of love never did fly smooth, as Matt's past threatens to come between them. And anyway, Penny isn't looking for love. But what if it finds her?

Mona is a carefree artist staying at the island's upscale hotel to work on her illustrations. Beth is the harried mother of a toddler, on the island for a weekend escape with her family. Charlotte wanted a romantic getaway with her husband, not a trip with his troubled teenage stepdaughter. One of them is a serial killer who poisoned four of the girl's friends at her eleventh birthday party. Three guests who fit the profile. Cut off from the mainland and isolated on a remote Welsh island, former detective-turned-hotel-manager Mallory Dawson will have to figure out whodunit before the killer risks everything to attack again.

When did having it all become doing it all?Penny Baker is coping...just about. Three kids, one dog, one lovely, but sometimes oblivious husband. She is even managing to hold her own among the competitive school moms—if you don’t look too closely. But when she finds herself also caring for her elderly mother, diagnosed with dementia, the household is thrown into disarray, and Penny finds herself stretched to breaking point trying to meet everyone’s needs. Can she make the new family situation work? And is there any chance of finding some space in it all for herself? This funny, uplifting read is great for fans of Milly Johnson, Gill Sims, and Alexandra Potter.

Dee knows what it's like to be accused of something you didn't do. So when young women go missing in her English town, she resolves to prove the innocence of the man falsely accused and track down the real killer.After spending decades in a mental health hospital, Dee knows that people find her creepy. They tell her so. Once the reluctant star of an infamous documentary, she is trying to blend back into the outside world. But when a string of local girls disappear, only to be found dead days later, she becomes fixated on the case and decides to film her own true crime documentary.  There is a serial killer on the loose—the Righteous Wraith. Girls are being found one by one, their bodies gruesomely staged in innocent public spaces. With the killer taunting the police and the public's fear mounting, the armchair detectives begin pointing fingers at one suspect. But for Dee, something isn't adding up. She knows what it's like to be accused of something that you didn't do. She resolves to prove his innocence, unmask the real killer, and save the 13th girl. But who will believe her?

Why did they kill Sammy Saint John?In the small pine-shaded town of Savage Ridge, Nick, Emmy, and Pete have murdered their high school classmate, Sammy Saint John. His body is never found, and with no crime to answer for, they make a pact to escape...and never come back.  Ten years later, each has been drawn home, seemingly by coincidence. But private investigator Sloane Yo has them in her sights. As she circles, the net tightens around the three friends, but also around her employers, the powerful family who have run Savage Ridge for generations with an iron fist: the Saint Johns. What is it they aren't telling Sloane? And what if Sammy is not the only victim she should be avenging? For fans of True Detective, Ozark, and Chris Whitaker's We Begin at the End, Savage Ridge is a shattering, propulsive crime thriller set deep in the pines of the American Pacific Northwest.

Home is where the horror is...Thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company.  However, her peace is disturbed when a stranger asks for help, claiming her friend is being kept prisoner in her own home. Lady Violet is skeptical, but the girl seems so frightened that she decides to investigate. Then, a woman is killed outside Violet's house, and another is murdered in town. And as the deaths mount, she becomes convinced that they all lead to one place: the increasingly forbidding Haglin House, and whoever lives there... A fresh, witty, and totally enthralling take on the classic crime genre, perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Oscar De Muriel.

The story of two very different lives...and one Hollywood murder.It's 2019 and Lily Jones is living her dream in L.A....sort of. It hasn’t quite turned out as she planned and instead of working as a movie producer, she is cleaning at the prestigious Beverly Hills Hotel. At least she gets to work in the renowned Paul Williams suite—site of the brutal murder of Honey Black 70 years ago, shrouded in rumor and dark glamor.  It's also 1949, and Honey Black is about to hit the big time. She may have started out a country girl from Hicksville, but now she's a star and Hollywood had better watch out! After an accidental bump to the head, Lily finds herself in Old Hollywood, 1949. Like a dream come true, she's rubbing shoulders with Tinseltown's greatest...including Honey Black. Horrified, Lily realizes that the actress has only two weeks left to live before she will be murdered. Could this be why Lily has found herself in 1949? Can she find the killer and stop them before it's too late?

When the trunk slammed closed, sealing her fate, a deep cold slithered into the center of Kennedy’s bones. All she could do was pray that her attacker would leave enough of her for her family to identify.Kennedy Farmer takes off on her usual running route through the mountain trails of New Mexico, but she never returns home from her run. As the search for Kennedy begins, Detective Alyssa Wyatt and her squad face another terrifying case when the body of a young woman named Rheagan Pembroke is discovered in the desert surrounding Albuquerque. Her wounds horrify even the hardened squad of the Albuquerque P.D. The case takes an even darker turn when they discover a polaroid stuffed into the victim’s mouth, showing the body of Gunner Galveston, a murder victim from fourteen years before. As the police are taunted with more gruesome packages and blood-curdling phone calls, it becomes evident that a serial killer has been operating in plain sight. To catch the killer, Detective Wyatt and her team need to understand the savage desires driving them...before Kennedy's time runs out.

It ends with a car crash. Two women, both maimed, their long blonde hair matted with blood. It begins with waking up, in an unfamiliar hospital bed. Bright lights, nurses - and handcuffs. She is told her name is Reeta Doe, and that she's been in an accident. That she's in Florida. That the FBI have been following her since Mississippi. That she has brutally murdered two women. College girls, who look just like her. Two more are missing, and one survived. Reeta recalls nothing. She cannot answer the questions; all the things they want her to explain are no more familiar to her than the prison she is taken to. Her only hope is a journalist named Carol, who can follow the trail of devastation Reeta left in her wake. All the way back to Pine Ranch, and the only family she ever knew.

"Claire's younger sister Holly has been working on the millionaire's playground of Martha's Vineyard for the summer--all barefoot beach parties and flirting with the local rich kids. But now Holly is missing, and none of the locals seem to care, including the police. They think a message Claire received is proof she's safe. But Claire knows that's impossible. What will she have to risk to find out the truth? Who are the locals protecting? And what does it have to do with another girl who went missing five years ago?"--

Rose Wallace thought her time-travelling adventures were over. Jane Austen is about to prove her wrong. After becoming trapped in present-day Bath due to a mishap with her time-travelling charm, Jane Austen is safe and sound back in the 1800s thanks to Rose's help. Now, Rose is ready to focus on her fledgling romance with dreamy Dr Aiden Trevellyan. But when Jane reappears in the present, it looks like Rose and Aiden have no choice but to follow her back to 1813 ... Staying in the Austen household, Rose and Aiden are introduced to a number of interesting figures from the past, including Jane's eccentric - and surprisingly modern - neighbour. Suddenly Rose's life is in need of a re-write as she discovers some unexpected ties to Jane Austen's world and her past. The sequel to The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen is perfect for fans of Victoria Connelly's Austen Addicts series and The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler.

When a young woman goes missing, Detective Alyssa Wyatt is called to the scene. Will she and her team be able to solve the crime and locate the woman in time?It's their usual Thursday girls’ night in, and best friends Skye, Elena, and London are hanging out at Skye’s house in New Mexico: eating junk food, drinking wine, and playing with Skye’s children, Carter and Abigail...until the intruders arrive. Hearing horrific screams from Elena and Skye, London hides the children, tiptoes out to see what has happened, and then disappears. After Carter raises the alarm, Detective Alyssa Wyatt is called in to investigate a crime that appears to have no motive, no evidence, and worse still—no sign of London. As Alyssa and her team dig deeper, the truth is always just out of their reach, but what is clear is that they need to find London...and fast. As they uncover a link between the murders and a sinister local cult, can Alyssa find the young woman who has vanished without a trace before London joins the list of victims?

Nineteen-year old Maisie leaves behind her demanding family to hike the West Coast Trail. One day, she meets Ric and Sera, but what begins as a fun-filled adventure, quickly turns sour, with devastating consequences. Twenty years later, a British woman named Laura is panicked to learn that a body has been found near the trail. But the truth is that Laura knows more about the discovery than she can ever let on. And she will do anything to protect her family and the life she's crafted for herself.

"When Emma Love's mother retires, it is time for her to take the reins of the family dating agency and build on its success. And she has a fresh new idea: to host a Jane Austen-style Regency Season of glamourous events where potential lovers can actually take the time to get to know each other in person, with no apps in between. As the round of glamourous social events begins, we meet some of Emma's new clients, and see her matchmaking skills in action. Annie, who has a romantic soul but believes she lost her chance at love a long time ago; recently divorced Jane, who is not quite ready to see what her new love life might look like, and wild child Lydia, who is more interested in hooking up than finding her Mr Darcy. All is going swimmingly but as the Season unfolds, there is a fly in Emma's ointment - the irritating Mr Knight, with his casual attitude and gentle cynicism. Why is she allowing him to ruffle her calm, ordered life and why can't she stop thinking about him? She has no intention of becoming romantically involved herself, of course; she is far too sensible to take a chance on love - isn't she?"--Publisher.

"Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer ... or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood. Down-on-his luck author and ex-journalist, Theo Hazel, is convinced that there's more to what happened than Rose is telling, and so decides to visit her behind bars to write her story. With each new visit, he becomes more and more convinced that she can't be a killer. But is he falling prey to a calculating murderer?"--Provided by publisher.

When Lucie Quigley gets the chance to skip Christmas (she hates it) and spend the holidays at a wedding in New York, she asks her best friend Dale to be her plus-one. But soon the romance of the season and her feelings for Dale lead her to wonder, "Has the perfect man been right there all along?"Lucie Quigley hates Christmas, so when she’s asked to be a bridesmaid at her friend Petra’s Manhattan wedding, she jumps at the chance to escape the festivities. Her best friend Dale agrees to be her plus-one, seeing it as a way to help Lucie get through the most miserable time of the year. But in snowy New York, Lucie and Dale realize that their feelings run deeper than friendship. Can they overcome their pasts, and make it a very merry Manhattan Christmas? This is a perfect romantic, escapist read to curl up with this Christmas, ideal for fans of Sue Moorcroft and Mandy Baggot.

The parents are dead. The girls are hiding. The killer is still inside the house. Can Detective Alyssa Wyatt get there in time?Gabriel Kensington and his wife Lydia have been brutally slain in their luxurious home in New Mexico. A frantic, whispered phone call from their teenage daughter Addis, and her best friend Emerson, quickly alerts the authorities to the killings. But when Detective Alyssa Wyatt and the squad appear at the house, the unthinkable has happened. The girls are nowhere to be found…and neither is the killer. In a race against time in this new thriller, it’s up to Alyssa Wyatt and her partner Cord to find the missing girls—and discover just why the Kensingtons have been targeted. For Addis and Emerson, every minute passing could be the difference between survival—or an unthinkable death.Great reviews for the Detective Alyssa Wyatt Series! “Wow, did All His Pretty Girls pack a punch! I was shocked when I found out this was a debut…a heart-in-your-mouth read that will have you racing through those pages.”―On The Shelf Reviews   “Oh boy, was I swiped off my feet as what was already a totally gripping read escalated into my top five for this year…It felt like my heart was beating in the back of my throat!”―Books From Dusk Till Dawn   “A serial killer chiller where the action never flags, the suspense is red-hot and the twists and turns jaw-droppingly brilliant, fans of the genre need to add Charly Cox to their list of must-buys.”―Bookish Jottings “A compelling thriller that I could not put down! The killer was insane, the story was addictive and the writing was fantastic. This is everything I want when I pick up a police procedural!”—Jessica Belmont, writer/blogger

How far would you go to make amends? When Emma returns home after a battle with addiction, she will have to figure that out.When Emma left her home at Foxglove Farm, she’d let down and hurt those who cared for her most. Now, two years later, she’s ready to face up to her past. But her return causes more problems than she could have foreseen. The people she knew and loved aren’t ready to forget, let alone forgive. And the one person she wants to reconnect with the most—her mother—can’t remember who she is. Just as Emma starts to rebuild trust, a family secret is revealed and a shocking past crime threaten her newly forged future.  This extraordinary novel is perfect for readers of Ruth Hogan and Amanda Prowse.

In this group of wealthy, mysterious friends, she has your back...and may stab you in it.Pampered Susan is living the perfect life in leafy Kingston, London, but she'll never let anyone see the darkness she's concealing behind the diamonds and rosé. Grace is new to the group, seemingly the perfect wife and mom, yet no one knows what’s happening behind closed doors. Loner Natalie hides the pain of her childhood behind a carefully ordered life, but how long can the past stay hidden? These three unlikely friends are brought together for a weekly class run by a beautiful, friendly instructor, Jade. But when Jade goes missing under mysterious circumstances, the group starts to unravel. And as their darkest secrets come to light, it seems that no one can be trusted...even their closest friends.

"On a sun-hazed afternoon in the Florida Keys, a child goes missing from the beach, and Dr. Mirren Fitzpatrick appeals to the world to help find her daughter. But before police are even on the scene, there are ripples of mistrust. Mirren was drinking at a bar--alone--when her youngest child went missing. Detective Rolle is sympathetic and believes Mirren's claim of innocence when she says someone must have taken Alannah, but his boss is unconvinced. As rumors swirl about Mirren's past, a trial-by-media ensues, and she is turned from a sympathetic figure to the villain. As the international press descend on the small island community, everyone is asking the same question: what did Mirren do before eight-year-old Alannah Fitzpatrick vanished without a trace?"--Publisher marketing.

"Five years ago, Olivia's little boy went missing. Now her husband Nate has vanished too. As Olivia investigates, she discovers a web of secrets and lies that lead her to question her husband and her marriage. When Olivia's husband disappears on a work trip, she calls his office to find out what's going on, and they tell her the truth: her husband, Nate, hasn't worked at the company for six months. His disappearance is especially shocking and suspects since Olivia's son also vanished five years earlier. Once Olivia discovers Nate's lie, she finds it hard not to pick at the scab of her marriage and see what other secrets lie beneath their union. Within a week, she has uncovered enough that she hopes she might finally learn the truth about her husband and about really what happened to her little boy. The Perfect Family Man is a jaw-droppingly good rollercoaster ride of a novel with twists that will leave readers going "OMG." Written by M. M. DeLuca, author of The Secret Sister, this thrilling tale is perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window and writers Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell."--Publisher's website.

When Jack's wife is murdered, he has the chance to see justice done. But at what cost?Jack will never forget the face of the man who took his wife’s life and stole his future. Emily cannot move on without her twin—forever guilt-ridden and trapped. So when Jack tells Emily that he’s found her sister’s killer, she doesn’t hesitate to help him exact revenge. But to carry out their plan for vengeance, Emily has to trust Jack more than she has ever trusted anyone. Can you always believe what you see? This absolutely nerve-shredding suspense thriller from S. B. Caves, the bestselling author of I Know Where She Is, is perfect for fans of B. A. Paris and Louise Jensen.

"During World War II, in the Pas de Calais, Nathalie Mercier, a young British Special Operations Executive secret agent working with the French Resistance, disappears. In London, her husband Owen Quinn, an officer with Royal Navy Intelligence, discovers the truth about her role in the Allies' sophisticated deception at the heart of D-Day. Appalled but determined, Quinn sets off on a hunt through France in search of his wife. But caught up by the bitterness of the war and its insatiable appetite for revenge, he risks total destruction"--

London in 1914 is a city gripped by fear and pushed to the breaking point as a killer stalks the streets. Fortunately, Scotland Yard's Detective Inspector Silas Quinn is on the case.A killer is at large in the dark alleyways of early 20th century London. All of his victims have one thing in common: the blood has been drained from their bodies. Who could do such a thing—and why would he want his victims’ blood? As the killer’s reign of terror continues, Detective Inspector Silas Quinn of Scotland Yard’s Special Crimes department realizes that, in order to catch his prey, he must learn to think like the killer. First in an absolutely gripping historical mystery series, Summon Up the Blood is perfect for fans of Abir Mukherjee and Rory Clements.