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An all-new edition of the emotional coastal romance, from the best-selling author of Me Before You. Liza McCullen will never escape her past. But the unspoilt beaches and tight-knit community of Silver Bay offer the freedom and safety she craves - if not for herself, then for her young daughter...

Once regarded as one of the nation’s leading schools, grand old St Jude’s School for Girls finds itself on the brink of collapse after a number of public scandals damage its reputation. Rosie Gladshaw – a dynamic and successful educator in her 40s – is appointed principal to lead the...

In the aftermath of a heartbreaking accident, Kirsty is shocked to discover that she has inherited a vineyard in Western Australia from Ed James, a lonely old man she befriended at the library. But there is a condition to his legacy: Kirsty must give up her quiet life in England and live at the vineyard for a least one year. How will a shy librarian cope on her own in a strange country? As she is forced to take her life off hold, one thing is certain, everything is about to change for Kirsty.

Romance can be found in every corner of the world and has changed the lives of people in every period of history. In this collection of 16 stand-alone short stories, including a brand-new tale, Anna Jacobs encapsulates the spark of first love and the glow of second chances in her inimitable style, which fans new and old will take to their hearts.

Childless Maeve Corrigan, though rich and successful, is dying of cancer. She wants to leave her business empire to one of the offspring of her two estranged brothers, Des and Leo. But which young relative should she choose? Des has four children, and he is overstretched financially. Leo is the unambitious owner of a hardware store in a remote Australian town and has two children.

What is it that makes you distinct from me? Identity is a term much used but hard to define. For that very reason, it has long been a topic of fascination for philosophers but has been regarded with aversion by neuroscientists - until now. Susan Greenfield takes us on a journey in search of a biological interpretation of this most elusive of concepts, guiding us through the social and psychiatric perspectives and ultimately to the heart of the physical brain.

In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for...

"SPLENDID . . . Eminently sane and patient . . . Essential reading for Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike." --The Washington Post Venerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very...

It's time to shake off the dust and make a new start... A warm, uplifting novel of bold adventures and new beginnings, perfect for readers of Rachel Joyce, Joanna Nell and Sophie Green. 'Warm, witty and wise - Winifred Peters is an absolute delight!' CELIA ANDERSON 'A joy from beginning to end'...

True stories from a forensic psychologist in prisons and out. ‘The most dangerous people I met weren’t monsters. They were broken children wearing adult faces.’ Pamela Nathan, clinical and forensic psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, uncovers the inner worlds of society’s...

In today's fast-paced and increasingly public society, we are expected to have the energy to manage a packed work schedule and a large network of friends, both online and offline, day and night. If you find yourself struggling to live up to, or even enjoy, these non-stop social expectations...

After a 30-year absence Agnes is returning to Australia, the country of her birth, at the request of her aging, narcissistic mother. Having undergone a long period of psychotherapy she now entertains a hope that burning questions will be answered, haunting mysteries solved, and buried memories encouraged into the light. Something has blighted her life since childhood. Something has cast a long shadow over her existence, affecting her ability to grasp at life fully, to develop sustained relationships and to appreciate her own sense of self-worth.

IMAGINING THE BENNETS is a monumental prequel, spanning forty years of family saga before Pride and Prejudice. It’s original, intricate, intelligent, and moving. The story offers a wonderful interpretation of the earlier era and is an imagination that is loyal to the original. The narrative is an uncompromising, romantic, hard-hitting, heart-rending, viscerally real, historically epic tale.

Suddenly, she isn't twenty-five; she's turning fifty. She doesn't have a big-deal boyfriend; she has a nerdy husband. While Kelli "celebrates" her Big Five-O birthday, she desperately schemes to get back to her glorious past. But what if there's no way out—and what if her future proves to be the life she really wants to lead?

A divorce, a wedding, and a looming retirement. Filled with big dreams, can this trio of fiftysomethings evade disaster and capture fulfilment?

Party-planner, Jo Swainson takes pride in her optimistic outlook. Nearly fifty, she has come to terms with both her childlessness and the estrangement from her cold mother, Bobbi. But after being blindsided by Bobbi’s sudden dementia diagnosis, she’s devastated when her husband announces that he’s leaving to start a family with another.

The third gripping instalment of a wonderfully witty and brutally honest story of female friendship. Meet Helen In shock over Kay’s diagnosis, and still wounded after her blowout fight with Caro, she is lost without the comfort of their familiar friendship dynamic. Meet Caro Recovering from tragedy and resigned to a life of solitude, she is struggling to see the opportunity for happiness that has so unexpectedly arrived. Meet Kay Facing a terrifying future, she is consumed by one thought only. How to do the best for her son, while she still can.

Meryem has learned to look out for number one. Abducted as a teenager from England to Turkey, thirty years later she is finally free to live life on her own terms. She is divorced and wealthy, working a lucrative job in Dubai, when a whispered confession from her dying father turns her world upside down, and sets her on a path to discover the truth. The first step is a return to London, and her childhood friends, Alma and Sammy, with whom she embarks upon an impromptu 80s weekend.

This wonderfully witty and heart-warming series about life-long female friendship continues! Meet Helen. Back from her Cyprus holiday, feeling like a new woman, she's determined to reclaim her future and enjoy the second half of life! But just as the freedom of divorce is within her grasp, an unexpected surprise enters her life. Meet Caro. At fifty, wealthy and successful, she is on the verge of fulfilling what had seemed an impossible dream. Meet Kay. Fighting to find some time for herself, she is wracked with guilt at the decisions she must make on behalf of her elderly parents.

Meet Helen. She worries that the walls are closing in. With her children grown and her selfish husband away again, she's full of regrets at not taking the exciting paths she dreamed about in her youth. So when the chance of a last-minute holiday to Cyprus with her two best friends is offered, she grabs it.