Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Sensual and resonant, Free Love's beautifully wrought tale of a suffocatingly conventional family's awakening during the Swinging Sixties confirms Hadley as one of our finest contemporary novelists. From Tessa Hadley, bestselling author of Late in...

Don't miss the sixth and final book in the heartwarming six-part series from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court!Dolly's dreams could lead her astray . . .Dolly Blanchard dreams of a bigger life. She wants to make a mark on the world,...

One Day meets Up: The House That Made Us is a love story – and a life story – told through a series of photographs and based on a true story When Mac and Marie marry and find a home of their own, Mac takes a snap of themselves outside their newbuild...

Whilst hunting a brutal female serial killer, Thorne is thrown into a nightmare of his own making as past secrets explode into the open in this gripping instalment of Billingham's bestselling series. Tom Thorne has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil...

In Athens, crowds flock to witness the most shocking trial of the ancient world. The royal family is mired in scandal. Phaedra, young bride of King Theseus, has accused her stepson, Hippolytus of rape. He's a prince, a talented horseman, a promising...

Named a Best Book of 2022 So Far by The New Yorker!“Cultural clashes, political satire, Oedipal conflicts, elegant prose—they’re all here in this romp of a book.” —Oprah DailyA Phenomenal Book Club Pick and a New York Times Book Review Group Text...

USA Today Bestseller New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis does it once again with a heartfelt story of family, forgiveness, and secrets that have the power to change the course of more than one life. When Maze returns to Wildstone for the...

A sweet story about putting your best foot forward. We love how this book pushes our heroine, Everly Dean, one step at a time — to a sweet finish, of course! "A wholesome, slow-burn romance that will warm your heart...This is a Hallmark movie in book...

It is the year 2051. Warnings of climate catastrophe have been ignored, and vast areas of the planet are under water, or uninhabitably hot. A quarter of the world's population has been displaced by hunger and flooding, and immigration wars are breaking...

(Available after April 30th, 2023)An unforgettable and “fascinating tale” of an orphan turned WWII spy turned fashion icon in Paris (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye). Alix St. Pierre. An unforgettable name for an...

(Available after April 30th, 2023) The broadcaster and acclaimed author of Home Stretch returns with another nuanced, funny and emotionally uplifting novel probing unlikely relationships and meddlesome gossip in small-town Ireland. Carol is a...

One minute Lou is happily employed, with a perfect flat. The next, her home and job have gone. Suddenly she has to start over. The last thing Lou wants is to move to a tiny Cotswolds village. She certainly doesn't intend to work for curmudgeonly...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE AWARD FOR FICTION 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017A beautiful new novel about the innocence of childhood and the scars that stay with you for life, from the award winning author of Mr Wigg and Nest.'All...

From the author of beloved Top Ten bestsellers The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club and The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle comes a delightful novel about friendship, love and finding yourself.Far North Queensland, 1993: At 74, former...

This song has a grace note,a tiny note that's there for embellishmentbut can easily be ignored,not played.Tonight, I add it in -just because.We can all do with an extra noteof grace.Grace Dalfinch is a talented violinist who longs to play contemporary...

(Available after April 30th, 2023)Four sisters. Decades of secrets. One week they'll never forget...For the first time in years, the beautiful Robicheaux sisters are returning to their childhood home. Decades after they first met, their parents are...

(Available after May 30th, 2023) Chemistry between characters and people is tricky business. And yet, Nora Roberts has THE formula. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces an unforgettable thief in an unputdownable new novel…Greed...

THE NEXT INSTALLMENT IN THE PULSE-POUNDING GANNON SERIES FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING COAUTHOR OF JAMES PATTERSON’S MICHAEL BENNETT SERIESMike Gannon always wanted to go to Alaska. That’s why when a bucket-list grizzly bear trip to the...

A Wild & True Relation opens during the Great Storm of 1703, as smuggler Tom West confronts his lover Grace for betraying him to the Revenue. Leaving Grace's cottage in flames, he takes her orphaned daughter Molly on board ship disguised as a boy to...

Jack Ryan, Jr. is the one man who can prevent a second Korean War in the latest thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.When the leader of North Korea is catastrophically injured, his incapacitation inadvertently triggers a...