Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Seething with secrets, love and treachery in sixteenth century France, Mosse’s finely wrought and propulsive epic revolves around an anonymous letter and its insurmountable consequences. Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to...

Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006. Empire's Pick for The Best Books Made By Women in Fiction 2021. Light struck the double glass doors that led to the garden, filtering through the arch that split the kitchen. It rested...

Angrboda's story begins where most witch tales end: with being burnt. A punishment from Odin for sharing her visions of the future with the wrong people, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the furthest reaches of a remote...

"You know, when you live in a time of progress, it seems that progress is the only possible way. The idea that everything we'd gained, all of those hard-won rights, could be taken away from us, and that open minds could be closed again? But then the...

Two siblings. Two brilliant talents. But only one Mozart. Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish--to be remembered forever. But even as she delights audiences with her masterful playing, she has little hope she'll ever become the...

Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. Michel is a molecular biologist, a thinker and idealist, a man with no erotic life to speak of and little in the way of human society. Bruno, by contrast, is a libertine, though more...

The New York Times bestselling security droid with a heart (though it wouldn't admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry!Having captured the hearts of readers across the globe (Annalee Newitz says it's "one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I've...

'There should be no combination of events for which the wit of man cannot conceive an explanation.'In this tale drawn from the note books of Dr Watson, the deadly hand of Professor Moriarty once more reaches out to commit a vile and ingenious crime...

James Patterson delivers what the fans have been asking for - the story of what happens next- with an epic fourth instalment about the heroic teen witch and wizard that have captured our imaginations.PASSION HAS NEVER BEEN MORE DANGEROUS.Whit and Wisty...

Vow of Thieves is the thrilling sequel to Dance of Thieves, set in the same world as Mary E. Pearson's New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles.Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them-the...

The author of The Doll Factory serves up another slice of gothic Victoriana centred upon a girl who is kidnapped only to be thrust into the world of the circus.  1866. In a coastal village in southern England, Nell picks violets for a...

The boys of Kings Row bout with drama, rivalry, and romance in this original YA novel by The New York Times bestselling author Sarah Rees Brennan--inspired by the award-nominated comic series by C.S. Pacat and Johanna The Mad.Sixteen-year-old Nicholas...

A passionate story of intrigue, deception, truth and survival. A dazzling debut and the first part of a thrilling trilogy from an extraordinary new talent. Perfect for fans of SIX OF CROWS and Sarah J. Maas. Born out of wedlock, Brienna is cast off by...

In this sequel to The Queen's Rising, Brienna has chosen passion over blood, but can she put her country before her heart? Perfect for fans of SIX OF CROWS and Sarah J. Maas. Finally, Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is settling into her role as...

Love, Simon meets Friday Night Lights in this feelgood LGBTQ+ romance about a trans teen torn between standing up for his rights and staying stealth.'A sharply observant and vividly drawn debut. I loved every minute I spent in this story' - Becky...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017, Exit West is a daring, inventive love story. Travelling from the Middle East to London and beyond, Hamid imagines the potential for a world without borders. Nadia and Saeed are two ordinary young people,...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD.AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK.In 1956, towards the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son: 'I told you last night that I might be gone sometime...

'An absolute joy from the first page to the last' -- Jen DeLucaOne of Bustle's Best Books of 2020Marcus has a secret. While he may be the star of the biggest show on TV, he's also a prolific fan fiction writer. Through his stories, Marcus releases his...

'As vivid as it is splendid' -- New York Times'Beautifully written and completely absorbing' -- Sarah Moss, GuardianA BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2020WINNER OF THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVELA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR in the NEW YORK...

One of People magazine's Best Books of Summer! "Evocatively written and beautiful in its rage, From Little Tokyo, with Love is one to treasure." --Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient. Celebrated author Sarah Kuhn reinvents the...