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L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, continues the Grand Illusion, a gaslamp political fantasy series the Grand Illusion (Isolate, Councilor, Contrarian).Fifty years after the establishment of the Imperium, and 450 years before the events of Isolate, Dominic Mikail Ysella?ancestor of Avraal Ysella?is the grandson of the last king of Aloor. Stripped of most of their land, Dominic, as the third son, must support himself.Dominic becomes a legalist and is elected to the Imperial Council quietly working as an isolate, someone unreadable by government telepaths.Amid a time of a crumbling imperial line, Dominic must build a coalition within the Council and quietly draft a new constitution to save the Imperium from itself. Uncovering rampant corruption, graft, and potential to be arrested for treason, Ysella discovers any number of ways that simple legal specialist in water rights could get himself killed.The Grand IllusionIsolateCouncilorContrarianLegalistOther Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.The Imager PortfolioThe Corean ChroniclesThe Spellsong CycleThe Ghost BooksThe Ecolitan Matter

A woman determined to make her mark. A journey that will change everything. Paris, 1895. Glamour hides a city on the brink. One morning, a young woman boards the Granville Express with a deadly plan. On the journey lives intertwine in explosive ways. There are the railway crew who have everything to lose, a little boy travelling alone for the first time, an elderly statesman with his fragile wife and a lonely artist far from home. The train speeds towards the City of Light and into a future that will change everything . . .

'A beautifully written love story that travels beyond epic' ANSTEY HARRIS, author of THE HOUSE OF LOST SECRETS 'A cosmically thwarted romance' DAILY MAIL From the critically acclaimed author of THE RULES OF SEEING and WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS For Mika and Jem, love is love; wherever, whenever and whoever they are… When they meet by chance, perfect strangers, they recognise each other – not from life, but from a shared dream. Both are wary of forming new connections, but as their dreams – or are they memories? – grow in intensity, they are forced to consider the possibility that they have known and loved each other over and over, across the centuries. Will they find happiness together this time? LIFE NUMBER NINE is an extraordinary literary achievement and a groundbreaking love story. READERS ARE SAYING… 'An epic literary achievement and a groundbreaking love story' ? ‘A love story like no other. Joe Heap writes with the soul of a poet’ ? ‘Ah hauntingly beautiful love story that transcends time’ ? ‘One of those books I want to reread the minute I finished the last page’ ? ‘So achingly beautiful that it takes your breath away’ ?

'I honestly loved this book so much … Highly recommend to fans of character-driven psychological thrillers' Reader review? EVERY FAMILY HAS SECRETS. SOME ARE DEADLY. Eve returns to the windswept Scottish island of her childhood, drawn back to her mother’s secluded artistic retreat by unsettling news – a local boy connected to the family has gone missing. But the island feels different. Her sister won’t speak, her brother is on edge, and the retreat’s once-thriving group of artists and misfits are quietly packing up and leaving. As a fierce storm rages across the island, Eve must confront whatever it is her family are hiding – and the darkness that may be lurking far closer than she ever imagined. A gripping, twisty psychological thriller for fans of Adele Parks and Claire Douglas. Readers LOVE The Silent Twin: 'Evocative, compulsive, beautifully written – a real page-turner' Sophie Hannah ‘This edge-of-your-seat thriller is heart-wrenching and compelling’ The Sun 'Such a good read, full of twists. I could hardly put it down' Reader review? ‘A joy to read’ Shots Mag 'A riveting and pulse-pounding thriller that’ll grip you from the first to the last page. Your next five-star read!' Karin Nordin 'I honestly loved this book so much … I found myself gripped, rooting for each person without really knowing the truth … Highly recommend to fans of character-driven psychological thrillers' ? 'Kept me guessing!' ? 'This was a brilliant read … I had to keep reading more and more of this book' ?

A passionless life is no life at all... DalilahI know that I should be happy. I won the lottery at birth. Billionaire parents who are actually nice. Artistic talent that won me worldwide acclaim at the age of 11. Men have always pursued me, and not for my brains. I never wanted anything to do with them, but they always pursued me. I gave it all up. I started to feel like a hack. So now I'm doing anything to feel alive. Or numb the pain of living a life devoid of passion. Drinking, nude modeling, sleeping with random men—you name the poison, and I've gone down that path. That's how I met Blake Nottingham. He's a handsome billionaire who's obsessed with me. He wants to possess me and would do anything to have me. But he's not who I want. Luke Roberts is who I want. He's the one who really makes me feel alive. He's an artist like me. One helluva one at that. But he suffers the same as most people in the arts—nobody knows about his talents. Perhaps I could turn Nottingham's obsession for me into something positive for Luke. I'll just use Nottingham until I get what I want—a successful show for Luke in the hottest gallery in the city. Nottingham can supply this platform, because Nottingham owns said gallery. What could possibly go wron? 'll soon find out. And it's not going to be pretty. This is a full-length, 65,000 word novel. Approximately 200 pages.

"In her latest, Riley provides a fresh take on high seas adventure through the eyes of the courageous, swashbuckling, based-on-a-real-life female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye. The research Riley has done on this 1600s saga is truly remarkable, second only to her depictions of the lush Caribbean setting and the diverse, multi-faceted cast of characters. This is one to be savored."  —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen QueenThe real Pirates of the Caribbean were Black, and women! From Vanessa Riley, acclaimed author of Queen of Exiles, comes a sweeping, immersive saga based on the life of the legendary seventeenth-century pirate Jacquotte Delehaye. The Caribbean Sea, 1675. Jacquotte Delahaye is the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner on the island of Tortuga. Instead of marriage, Jacquotte dreams of joining the seafarers and smugglers whose tall-masted ships cluster in the turquoise waters around Tortuga. She falls in love with a pirate, but when he returns to the sea, Jacquotte decides to make her own way. In Haiti she becomes Jacques, a dockworker, earning the respect of those around her while hiding her gender. Jacquotte discovers that secret identities are fairly common in the chaotic world of seafaring, which is full of outsiders and misfits. She forms a deep bond with Bahati, an African-born woman who has escaped slavery and also disguises herself as a man to navigate the world. They join forces with Dirkje De Wulf, a fearless adventurer who also lives as a man at sea. As Jacques, Jacquotte falls in love with Lizzôa d'Erville, a beautiful courtesan who deals in secrets and sex. While others see their work clothes as a disguise, Lizzôa’s true self is as a woman. For the next twenty years, Jacquotte raids the Caribbean, making enemies and amassing a fortune in stolen gold. When her fellow pirates decide to increase their profits by entering the slave trade, Jacquotte turns away from piracy and the pursuit of riches. Risking her life in one deadly skirmish after another, she instead begins to plot a war of liberation.

Shirley Jackson and Nebula Award finalist author Eden Royce pens a Southern Gothic historical fantasy story of a contentious funeral in her adult fiction debut.Phee St. Margaret is a daughter of the Reconstruction, born to a family of free Black business owners in New Charleston. Coddled to within an inch of her life by a mother who refuses to let her daughter live a life other than the one she dictates, Phee yearns to demonstrate she''s capable of more than simply marrying well.When word arrives that her Aunt Cleo, long estranged from the family, has passed away, Phee risks her mother''s wrath to step up and accept the role of pomp?the highly honored duty of planning the funeral service. Traveling alone to the town of Horizon and her aunt''s unsettling home, Phee soon discovers that visions and shadows beckon from every reflective surface, and that some secrets transcend the borders of life and death.

*The #1 Irish bestseller* The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author ‘The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction’ ERIN KELLY ‘Oh. My. God.’ RUTH WARE ‘I LOVE it – it is completely MAGNIFICENT’ MARIAN KEYES 'Utterly brilliant' LIZ NUGENT ‘Sublime’ ANDREA MARA 'An old-fashioned locked room mystery wrapped in a deeply moving love story' MAIL ONLINE A closed door. An impossible murder. 2:32 p.m. Wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour, her lover discovers her submerged in a bath of scalding water, dead. At first glance it looks like an accident. No one went in with her. No one came out. But all the signs point to murder. For DS Maeve Kerrigan, the case is a welcome distraction. But when shock news hits close to home, affecting her partner, DI Josh Derwent, she faces the toughest challenge of her career. And if she fails her world will never be the same again… Praise for Jane Casey 'With every breath in my body, I'm BEGGING you to read Jane Casey's books!' Marian Keyes ‘The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read. Come for the thrill of a historic disappearance case, and get obsessed by the sexiest will-they-won't-they in crime fiction’ Abigail Dean ‘Jane Casey is simply one of the best writers of detective fiction today. There aren’t enough superlatives. I’m in awe. I utterly loved it’ Liz Nugent ‘A twisting, seductive, sensational thriller. Tense, heartfelt and hugely gripping, A Stranger in the Family is Jane Casey at her phenomenal best’ Chris Whitaker ‘Nobody plots better than Jane Casey…the twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying’ Stig Abell 'A Stranger in the Family blew my mind. 2024 has barely started and this is already one of my books of the year’ Jo Spain ‘As tense as piano wire, intricately plotted, endlessly intriguing and all underpinned by a simmering “will they, won’t they” narrative. Just terrific’ Neil Lancaster ‘The undisputed queen of simmering tension. Explosively good’ Sarah Hilary 'A wonderfully clever plot, surprises at every turn…one of the very best authors writing today' Andrea Mara 'Stellar stuff: funny, sexy, and a character and a case that will break your heart' Jo Callaghan ‘This book hit the ground running and didn’t let up’ Sam Holland 'Her best yet, gripping and twisty but also moving and with a slow-burn sizzle that would put romance writers to shame' Claire McGowan The Secret Room was a #1 Irish bestseller on Sunday 4th May 2025 READERS LOVE THE SECRET ROOM… ‘Flawless writing, flawless plotting and flawless characterisation. I’m utterly addicted to this series!’ ? ‘Definitely 5*’ ? ‘You will not be disappointed!’ ? ‘So compelling and tense right to the end’ ? ‘This is what Maeve and Josh fans have been waiting for’ ? ‘I need more already from this addictive series’ ? ‘This book was really unputdownable!’ ? ‘It’s 1am and I should have been asleep hours ago, but I couldn’t put the book down’ ? ‘Hard to review without spoilers!’ ? ‘Expect nail biting and very late nights… It stays tense to the very, very end’ ? ‘I have not read any in this series before but I am hooked!’ ? ‘OMG!!!!!!!! The way Jane

A stylish, seductive new novel from Rebecca Sarah Ley, winner of a Betty Trask Prize and the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize 'A stylish and gripping take on the campus novel – witty, incredibly sharp, and compulsively readable' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure 'I loved it: a bleakly funny, off-kilter examination of the dynamics of power and attraction. I raced through it' Rebecca Wait, author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way Sofie Muller can make you into a better writer. That's why Alice and Walt are desperate to be in her creative writing class. She can spot talent and apply pressure, hone you – if you’re good enough, if you want it enough – into something more elegant, original, daring. Alice wants it. She wants Sofie's hand guiding hers to greatness, then the book deal, then the prizes and the plaudits. Still, there is gossip. Sofie will kill your darlings. Sofie will drive you too hard. Sofie’s boundary-pushing is not just professional, it is personal. By the time Alice realises the rumours may be true, is it too late to wriggle free? And if not, is it worth it to get what she always dreamed of? BAD FICTION is a timely, brilliant novel about fame and mentorship, betrayal and submission, from one of Britain’s brightest young writers.

'This great read manages to be both funny and emotionally charged' Fabulous, The Sun 'Relatable, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny' Platinum Four women who have lost themselves or who want to be lost, spend a life-changing weekend at a wild retreat on Bodmin Moor. Talking about feelings is Emma’s idea of hell. Annoyingly, she’s bottling up a lot of them. According to her husband, she’s been in a bad mood for the last five years. But Emma needs to open up to help her struggling daughter. The family therapist suggests a wellness retreat, so she’s picked the maddest one she could find. Which is how she has found herself on Bodmin Moor with two strangers and a retreat leader called Clover urging her to get in touch with her ‘dark feminine divine’. But Clover doesn’t know just how much Emma is hurting, and the more she pushes, the more Emma resists. Can she finally accept the anger she feels, and what will happen when she finally lets it all out? Brilliant funny and very relevant, Middle Rage is a rallying cry for women everywhere. ******** FANTASTIC reviews for Middle Rage 'A rallying cry for women everywhere, blending humour with real depth.' Woman 'I’d been having a hard time and this book was the first time I’ve laughed out loud for bloody ages' Reader review 'Sharply funny' The Bookseller 'I laughed out loud at times and also felt the prick of tears at others, definitely recommend!' Reader review 'Expect tears of sadness and joy' The Sunday Post 'Fascinating company that keeps you entertained with every turn of the page’ Melanie Cantor 'I did not expect to love this book as much as I did and was crying by the end… A big recommendation from me' Reader review 'Warm, wise, funny and moving' Jenny Knight 'Fascinating, and often laugh out loud funny. I didn’t want it to end' Reader review 'I loved this compulsive novel that is moving and funny, and a reminder of the journey women have taken – and the lives that still need to change' Samantha Tonge

Spring is blooming in Cinnamon Falls and the annual Daffodil Jubilee is in full swing. Morgan Taylor, who is reluctantly helping her parents host the event at the Daffodil Inn, wishes she could be left alone to daydream about Will, the dangerously hot single dad she can’t seem to get out her head. As the Jubilee draws to a close with the Petals and Promises dance, Morgan’s finally finds herself face to face with Will. But their magical moment is swiftly shattered by a bloodcurdling scream. A guest has been found dead in the inn’s garden maze, and whispers ripple through the crowd: Murder. With the inn’s future at stake, Morgan teams up with Will to solve the mystery. Can they uncover the truth before it’s too late, or will their search only end in heartbreak?

Exploring the fine line between dishonesty and reinvention, Saoirse is an evocative and compelling story of a woman perpetually in flight. A book for fans of Trespasses by Louise Kennedy and Barbara's Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead. In the wilds of Donegal, Ireland, 1999, Saoirse is an artist living an outwardly idyllic life. Her tender husband Daithí and two beloved daughters are regular subjects for her work, and in them she has found the safe home that she has always longed for. She tends not to talk about her past, and those that love her have learned to accept that the full story is too painful for her to disclose. When her Dublin exhibition unexpectedly wins a prestigious award that invites a swarm of publicity, Saoirse is left panic stricken. The unanticipated recognition threatens to expose a decade's worth of buried memories and past crimes. Because what her family and friends don't know is that Saoirse has been on the run since she was seventeen, she has stolen an identity to survive, and whilst Ireland might now be her home, it wasn't her first - and now her past life is poised to reclaim her. The novel weaves between flashbacks to a complicated childhood in Michigan, and Saoirse's journey to and in Ireland to forge safety for herself.

When your favourite rockstar offers to be your wingman there's only one thing you cannot do – fall for him. Perfect for fans of Practice Makes Perfect and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. Maria Antonieta “Marianto” has her life perfectly mapped out – a long-term relationship with her dream man, Alejandro, and a coveted job at Latin America's biggest digital magazine. But within hours of going viral, everything falls apart. Marianto loses her boyfriend and her job. Her solution to get them back? Write the article of a lifetime about a series of romantic experiments to win back your ex. Enter Simón Arreaza, the sexy lead singer of her favourite indie band. After Simón discovers her list of experiments and replaces each idea with one of his own, Marianto is surprised to find that his advice actually works. They end up striking a deal: he coaches Marianto on how to win Alejandro's heart, and she will help raise his band's profile. But between the fake photo ops and late nights together, the lines of their alliance blur and Marianto starts to question if she really wants to rekindle things with Alejandro. Because Simón was never part of the plan, and for the first time, Marianto doesn't have all the answers. Maybe she doesn't need to. . . One wildcard can change everything – will she be open to the possibilities?

Karol, ukolébaná stereotypem manželství, zjistí, že zatímco si po práci užívala klidu domova s knihou v klíně, manžel si užíval v klíně jiné ženy. Introvertní třicátnice se díky mladší kolegyni vrací ke společenskému životu, a především sama k sobě. Pod vedením protřelejší kamarádky zkouší znovu randit, ale zjišťuje, že to v dnešní době není nic lehkého. Lásku překvapivě najde blíž, než očekávala. Uvědo­muje si, že to nebude ideální vztah a čeká ji těžké roz­hodnutí. Má si vybrat zpočátku komplikovanou, ne­jistou, ale silnou lásku, nebo se má konečně postavit sama za sebe a nebýt závislá na někom jiném? Výběr jí neulehčuje její rozpolcené já. V hlavě vede neustálý dialog, který jí přináší velkou dávku sebekritiky a záro­veň překvapivé výměny názorů. Vybere si nakonec tu nejlepší variantu?

Atop the Ozark Mountains and in the buckle of the Bible Belt, the murder of an eccentric lawyer reveals a tragic family drama and an examination of a community that would rather see some crimes left unsolved. Rolland Comstock lived in what was described as “a Grimm Fairy tale.” With his pet wolves roving the estate and a world-famous book collection to obsess over, Rolland was no ordinary country lawyer. When he was murdered, Rolland’s story turned into a tragic mystery—a mystery some in the community did not want to see solved. This intimate true crime tale not only seeks to resolve the question of who killed this man but also to examine his life as well. Beneath his quirky personality, there were secrets and turmoil at odds with the ultra-conservative community Rolland called home. Some were wicked enough to say Rolland got what he deserved. The Wicked Among Us is a legal thriller from the perspective of a tragic victim who can no longer tell the story himself.

**Pre-order the new, heart-stopping David Raker thriller from the million-copy bestselling master of the missing person mystery**ONE DAY AGO…Following a car accident, Preston Stewart goes in for surgery on his face. The operation is a success. Afterwards, still recovering from the anaesthetic and with his wife Ellie at his side, Preston’s bandages are removed by a nurse. But when Ellie sees the man under the bandages, something is wrong. It’s not her husband.16 YEARS AGO…Zauna Roy’s older brother Marco went missing when she was ten. He’s never been found. After finishing university, Zauna meets Anna and Sydney, a two-person documentary crew who become fascinated by Marco’s disappearance. The three women begin looking into what happened and where Marco could have gone. A month later, Zauna, Anna and Sydney vanish into thin air.NOW…Missing persons investigator David Raker is hired to find out what happened to Preston Stewart –– and soon makes a connection to the three lost women. But as he and his long-time ally, former detective Colm Healy, begin unravelling the two cases, they start to realise these crimes aren’t just connected to each other, they’re connected to a killer called Dr Glass –– the man who murdered Healy’s daughter.Even worse, Raker and Healy are against the clock… because in 24 hours, something terrible is going to happen…---PRAISE FOR TIM WEAVER''Impossibly clever. Impossible to put down'' CHRIS WHITAKER''Corkscrew twists. Impossible to read without breaking into a sweat'' THE TIMES''The master of clever, unpredictable plots'' CLAIRE DOUGLAS

The writer known as M. is living in exile while her home country wages war on a neighbouring state. Wracked by shame and severed from her language, M. finds herself unable to write, unmoored in a present where the future feels unknowable. When she travels to a nearby country for an event, a twist of fate leaves her stranded in an unfamiliar city, phoneless and untraceable. In this rupture, she feels a flicker of liberation – the possibility of starting over – but memories of childhood, books, films and tarot cards pull her back, the last fragments of a vanishing world. Then she meets a troupe of circus performers who invite her to join them. For a moment, reinvention seems within reach. Oscillating between reality and dream, written in rich, hypnotic prose, The Disappearing Act is a haunting meditation on identity, language and the fragile desire to disappear by Maria Stepanova, one of Russia’s greatest living writers.

'A homecoming, a plethora of long-buried family secrets, and a once in a lifetime storm... this is one wedding invitation you won't want to turn down' FIONA LEITCH 'Cathy Cole drops an unforgettable cast into an atmospheric location and leads them through a twisty plot that keeps you guessing until the end. Thoroughly enjoyable!' N.R. DAWS, author of MURDER AT THE PALACEThere's no good time to discover a dead body. But in the middle of your wedding day has to be the worst time ever. For Jenny Hislop, her wedding in her coastal hometown in Ireland is meant to be the happiest day of her life. Despite the painful memories the town holds of the parents she's lost, Jenny's blissfully happy as she makes her way from the ceremony to the secluded lighthouse for the reception. Then she finds a dead body on the cliffs. A murder victim. Who looks identical to her husband. As far as Jenny knows, her husband - still alive and well - is an only child. So, who is this stranger who looks so much like him? Was he killed because of their resemblance? Could he be dead because of a mistaken identity? If so, which of her wedding guests would want her husband dead, and wh? hen more wedding guests start to die, two things become crystal clear. One, the people closest to Jenny are hiding deadly secrets from her. And two, this will certainly be a wedding no-one will ever forget . . . Praise for The Wedding . . . 'Very twisty!' READER REVIEW'I had to remember to breathe it was so gripping' READER REVIEW'Absolutely loved it. A must-read!' READER REVIEW

A Talented Mr Ripley for contemporary Berlin: a twisting, sensual, heady and razor-sharp exploration of creativity, fame, desire and the divided self‘Riotous and raunchy ... ? alaciou? om? f breathtakin? elf-invention an? pectacular self-destruction’ Service95‘The book that’s been missing from my reading habits: classically glamourous, timelessly seductive’ Torrey Peters‘An erotic spectacular of self-creation and spiralling disintegration’ Olivia Laing____________________________________________________Charli has finished art school and now has no idea what to do with her life. She’s broke, disillusioned and her flatmates hate her. One night at a bar in Soho, however, everything changes when she first encounters the charismatic musician Alexander Geist. Androgynous, glamorously handsome, mysterious and just a little sinister, he feels something like a soul mate; and so when he heads off to Berlin, Charli follows. There, at the centre of the city’s febrile party scene, Charli and Alexander embark on their great project: to make Alexander into the biggest star since David Bowie. But Alexander is elusive, mercurial; and Charli is in over her head before she realises just how self-destructive her life has become under his spell. A story of obsession and excess, doppelgängers and disassociation, fame and the terrible things we do to feel loved, Lean Cat, Savage Cat is an unforgettable novel from one of the most exciting writers at work today.