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Matt Bates, WH Smith Fiction Buyer, on Accent Press: ‘Accent may not be the “new kid on the block” anymore but they are more exciting and relevant than ever. They have totally re-focused, tightened their list and sharpened up their packaging demonstrating real commitment not just to their own authors and books, but to the industry as a whole. This renewed vigour and boundless energy ensures the future for Accent is more than bright.’
ABOUT ACCENT PRESS A Distinctive Voice in Publishing. Accent Press is an award-winning independent publisher founded in 2003 by Hazel Cushion. The company has won numerous business awards and become a major name for dynamic publishing. The list features strong titles in crime, historical, contemporary women’s and nonfiction genres. Accent also publishes romances and erotica under the Cariad and Xcite Books imprints, and young adult under the new Accent YA imprint. Accent Press has won both Specialist and Diversity Publisher of the Year, and was shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year, at the IPG Awards. Hazel was also invited to meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace in recognition of her contribution to business in Britain.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE I’m delighted to present our new 2016 catalogue, following a breakthrough year where Accent Press achieved record profits. We’ve thrived because of a reinvigorated vision for the books we publish and a commitment to high production values, which I hope you’ll recognise from our latest print titles on offer in these pages. There’s something for everyone in the year ahead, from acclaimed romance, to thrilling crime, powerful historical novels, and hard-hitting non-fiction. Highlights for 2016 include the launch of our brand new young adult list Accent YA at the London Book Fair, and the launch of Octavo Publishing – a new book publishing service for independent authors. We’re also thrilled to be shortlisted for a number of accolades, including Independent Publishers Guild, Romantic Novelist Association, and Employer of the Year Awards – a testament to the growth, passion and dedication of the company. I look forward to new readers and established fans of Accent Press alike discovering the books we have on offer for 2016 and beyond. Hazel Cushion Managing Director Accent Press
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YOUNG ADULT Accent YA Launching at LBF
THE DEEPEST CUT
Natalie Flynn
We never think it’s going to happen to us, do we? Unable to cope with his grief after his best friend Jake is stabbed to death, Adam’s attempt to take his own life lands him on a psychiatric ward. There, too traumatized to speak, he begins to write notebooks describing the events leading up to Jake’s murder. As he does, his condition worsens. How can a small argument over a missing mobile phone end in such tragedy? And how will Adam ever be able to tell Jake how sorry he is?
Natalie Flynn works with teenagers on social services
projects and runs workshops for the Ben Kinsella Trust. She has written Shanked, a play about knife crime. This is her first novel.
ISBN: 9781786151063 Pub Date: 24/05/2016 Pages: 256 £7.99 B-Format Paperback Contemporary Fiction / YA
THE GIRL WHO CRIED WOLF
Bella James
She lost everything – but she found herself. Startling debut The Girl Who Cried Wolf shows the tumultuous transition from teenager to young woman and is a story about believing in something, whether love, faith or simply yourself. Anna Winters is beautiful, reckless and entirely selfabsorbed. She assumes that her headaches are an inconvenient symptom of her wild lifestyle, until a doctor tells her that she has cancer . . . will she find fulfilment with fellow patient Michael before it’s too late?
Bella James studied Adult Nursing, and has worked with young people who face barriers to learning.
ISBN: 9781786151926 Pub Date: 15/09/2016 Pages: 244 £7.99 B-Format Paperback YA / Family and Relationships
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LUCA, SON OF THE MORNING
Tom Anderson
For fans of Mark Haddon and Neil Gaiman, Luca, Son of the Morning is a haunting book about imagination, delusion and the grey places in between. Luca hates his parents’ rum habit, and loves Gaby (though he’d never admit it). He finds solace in the local beach, until one day a group of figures emerge from the water, and beckon him to follow them back into the sea . . .
Tom Anderson is the author of bestselling surf travel
books. He teaches English and is the current Chair of the Welsh Academy. This is his first YA novel.
ISBN: 9781783757947 Pub Date: 24/03/2016 Pages: 300 £7.99 B-Format Paperback YA / Adventure
THE SEA SINGER
Shome Dasgupta
An enchanting fable about love and faith and accepting the odd ones among us - for everyone who believes that magic can happen. March is born is April. A singing baby who cannot sleep. Branded a freak, she will be taken and studied by scientists, so her parents send her away. But March must return to save the city from itself.
Shome Dasgupta is a high-school English teacher in
Louisiana. He has published works of fiction and poetry in the USA and India.
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ISBN: 9781910939215 Pub Date: 25/02/2016 Pages:160 £6.99 B-Format Paperback YA/Adventure/Fantasy
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Gaia Trilogy
PICA
Jeff Gardiner Set in a modern society of bullying and prejudice, Pica is the first book in the Gaia Trilogy which explores a world of ancient magic, when people and nature shared secret powers. Nature and magic combine in this hard-hitting Young Adult series, set in a very recognisable world of school and family life. Luke tumbles into a fascinating realm of magic and fantasy where transformations and shifting identities become an escape. Caught up on an inescapable path, Luke’s very existence is threatened as the view of the world around him drastically begins to change. ‘An engrossing and original story, beautifully told. Pica drew me in like a magnet and kept me reading from dusk to dawn. Wonderful!’ Michael Moorcock
ISBN: 9781783759286 Pub Date: 25/02/2016 Pages: 244 £7.99 B-Format Paperback YA / Adventure / Fantasy
Jeff Gardiner was born in Nigeria, to British parents, and now lives in West Sussex. He has an MPhil in Modern Literature and is a fiction editor for Crooked Cat Books.His hobbies include acting and bird watching.
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INDIGO’S DRAGON
Sofi Croft
Book One in the Indigo’s Dragon series. Fans of How to Train your Dragon, Harry Potter, and Percy Jackson will love Indigo’s Dragon, a tale of adventure, mystery, and a legendary trip where Indigo encounters a monster or two . . . Indigo lives in the Lake District, and spends his time exploring the mountains he loves. Strange things begin to happen, and Indigo realises he must uncover the secrets his family have kept hidden. Danger looms as events spiral out of control, and Indigo needs to make choices that change him, his world, and his future forever . . . Book Two Indigo’s Demons is released in December 2016.
ISBN: 9781783759385 Pub Date: 23/06/2016 Pages: 244 £7.99 B-Format Paperback YA / Adventure / Fantasy
EIDOLON
Sofi Croft
Book One in the Eidolon Series. Paul is sent from a Young Offenders Prison to Tŷ Hapus, a home for mentally ill children, because he sees and talks to his dead sister. During repeated escape attempts Paul experiences strange phenomena and becomes increasingly confused as to what is real and whether the doctors in Tŷ Hapus are trying to help their patients or use them as test subjects. Paul is soon forced to confront his past, determine the reality of his present, and plan for an unknown future.
Sofi Croft was born in Swansea and now lives in
the Lake District. At Liverpool University she studied prehistoric monsters, among other things . . . 3
ISBN: 9781786151179 Pub Date: 11/08/2016 Pages: 200 £7.99 B-Format Paperback YA / Fantasy
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ROSIE GOES TO WAR
Alison Knight
A young adult time-slip adventure set in World War Two London. Stuck at her gran’s house all summer, fifteen-year-old Rosie comes across a mysterious suitcase full of vintage clothes, but when Rosie tries them on she suddenly finds herself in war-torn London. With no idea of how she got there or how she can get back, she is soon caught up in a whirl of rationing and factory work, but comes crashing back to reality when she realises if she can’t find her way home, she may never be born at all …
Alison Knight is a novelist and creative writing tutor who lives in Wiltshire.
ISBN: 9781783752515 Pub Date: 14/04/2016 £7.99 Pages: 240 B-Format Paperback YA / Adventure / Historical Fiction
PAPER PRINCESS
Carys Jones
Paper Princess is the first in a young adult series by Carys Jones, for fans of Cathy Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson. After the summer of Tilly’s 11th birthday things are changing. She’s about to start secondary school, the same school as her older sisters, Monica and Maria. But Tilly doesn’t fit in with her sisters. She doesn’t really fit in with anyone. Her head is always filled with fairy tales and happily-ever-after endings. With so many things changing beyond her control, is Tilly really ready to accept that happily ever afters might not even exist?
Carys Jones lives in Shropshire, England, with her husband, two guinea pigs and her adored dog Rollo.
ISBN: 9781786150646 Pub Date: 13/10/2016 Pages: 300 £7.99 B-Format Paperback YA / Adventure / Fantasy
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SWIMMING WITH SHARKS
Anna Legat
Swimming with Sharks is the scintillating new novel by acclaimed author Anna Legat, and the first in the DI Gillian Marsh series. When fortysomething Nicola Eagles goes on the holiday of a lifetime to the Maldives, she never dreams she’ll fall in love – she’s too shy, too set in her ways. But then she meets someone who changes her life for ever … Just when things seem to be going right for Nicola, she vanishes. Was her disappearance voluntary, or was she abducted – or murdered? When her absence is noted back in the UK, Gillian Marsh is sent to investigate. Gillian is a good detective but her life is dysfunctional to say the least – and as she delves deeper into the case, she realises that she may be out of her depth professionally too. For Nicola’s disappearance is just the start of things.
ISBN: 9781783759651 Pub Date: 28/04/2016 £7.99 Pages: 244 B-Format Paperback Crime / Thriller
Anna Legat was brought up in Poland, and has also lived in South Africa and New Zealand. She now lives in Wiltshire with her family and teaches in a primary school. Anna has also worked in the legal profession, a background which featured in her debut novel Life Without Me.
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DEAD MAN’S HAND
Mark Lock
The first in a gritty new crime series for fans of Mo Hayder, Belinda Bauer and Mark Billingham - selected for WH Smith’s Fresh Talent. Detective Inspector Hal Luchewski’s life is complicated. The stress of his job is getting to him – usually in the form of hard liquor. He’s still living in his dead father’s shadow, his relationship with his daughter is strained, and his love life is complex to say the least . . . although nearly 40, Hal’s still reconciling himself to the fact he’s gay . . . When teenager Danny Wiseman’s butchered body is found in a squalid bedsit in South London, Hal and his team think they have a psychopath on the loose. When a second body is found – that of an ex-guard at Granton Young Offender Institution – Hal fears the worst. Is it a coincidence that Wiseman recently spent time at Granton, a place which has become a byword for corruption and scandal? Is Hal up against a former inmate’s wrath, or something even more sinister? Soon enough, the case gets personal – and in more ways than one…
ISBN: 9781783758142 Pub Date: 14/01/2016 £7.99 Pages: 384 B-Format Paperback Crime / Mystery / Thriller
‘A cracking debut, cleverly plotted and filled with compelling characters, Dead Man’s Hand marks the arrival of an exciting new crime-writing talent.’ Paul Burston
Mark Lock studied maths
at university (because he was good at adding up) and has taught in colleges for the last twenty years. He is married to the writer Zillah Bethell and has two children. Dead Man’s Hand, his acclaimed debut novel, is the first in a series featuring DI Hal Luchewski.
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THE VANISHED
Katherine John
A breathtaking new thriller from the bestselling author of By Any Name When a sinister call about the whereabouts of a body comes through to the local police, Detective Inspector Trevor Joseph and his team investigate. Their search leads them to Hill House, an eerie abandoned children’s home which closed down over twenty years earlier. The institution is reputed to be haunted and Joseph and his colleagues feel a presence there – but is it human or are they dealing with the realms of the supernatural? As the search goes on, things that are all too human are discovered – supplies and evidence of someone having been in the vicinity. Soon, though, a worse discovery is made when several bodies are found hidden in a water tank. Are the rumours of systematic child abuse true – and is someone trying to get even?
ISBN: 9781783759514 Pub Date: 30/06/2016 £7.99 Pages: 244 B-Format Paperback Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Katherine John is the acclaimed
author of several thrillers featuring Detective Inspector Trevor Joseph, as well as historical crime fiction set in the changing Europe of the early twentieth century. Her novel By Any Name has been made into a feature film set for release in 2016.
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FALLING SUNS
J.A. Corrigan
A debut psychological thriller for fans of Belinda Bauer, Mark Edwards, Clare Mackintosh. Ex-DI Rachel’s small son is brutally murdered. Her cousin Michael is found guilty and locked away. Four years later, Rachel discovers that Michael is being granted the first step towards freedom. Unable to cope, she decides upon revenge, assuming a new identity. But it seems that Rachel’s perception of the truth might not be as accurate as she thinks and she might be about to murder the wrong man . . .
J. A. Corrigan lives in Berkshire. This is her debut novel. An early draft of Falling Suns was longlisted in the Mslexia Novel Competition.
ISBN: 9781786152497 Pub Date: 14/07/2016 £7.99 Pages: 320 B-format Paperback Crime / Psychological Thriller
SEX, SPOOKS AND SAUVIGNON
Adventures of an Accidental Medium
Tracy Whitwell ‘Compelling, wasp-tongued and very very funny’ Caroline Smailes Tanz is a Geordie actress, trying to make it in television in London, subsisting on wine and cocktails and barely scraping by. To make ends meet, she gets a job in a ‘new age’ shop where she finds that she has more in common with the ‘nutters’ there than she imagined. When voices in her head become ghosts that just won’t leave, and seem to be giving her clues to an unsolved murder, things start to get tricky . . .
Tracy Whitwell is an actress, originally from Newcastle, who now lives in London. This book is the start of a series of ‘cold case’ murder mysteries with a psychic twist.
ISBN: 9781786150349 Pub Date: 01/10/2016 £7.99 288 Pages B-Format Paperback Humour/ Crime & Mystery
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THE DEAD DOG DAY
Jackie Kabler
When your Monday begins with a dead dog and ends with a dead boss, you know it’s going to be one of those days. And breakfast TV reporter Cora Baxter has already had the weekend from hell, after the man she’d planned a fabulous future with unceremoniously dumped her. Now Cora’s much-hated boss has been murdered. The list of suspects isn’t exactly short, but as the enquiry continues the trail leads frighteningly close to home, and the race to stop the killer striking again is on . . . Book One in The Cora Baxter Mystery Series. A real page-turner...I couldn’t put it down.’ Lorraine Kelly
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ISBN: 9781783752270 Pub Date: 22/10/2015 £7.99 Pages: 300 B-Format Paperback Crime/ Mystery
THE DEADLINE
Jackie Kabler
Following the ups and downs of The Dead Dog Day, Cora Baxter is glad to get back into the routine of her roving reporter’s job, but things soon go awry when she ends up involved in a murder investigation centred on a London park. ‘A witty murder mystery with newsroom characters so realistic they almost jump off the page.’ Eamonn Holmes
Jackie Kabler spent 20 years as a
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ISBN: 9781783758111 Pub Date: 20/10/2016 £7.99 Pages: 244 B-Format Paperback Crime
journalist and reporter. She is most famous for her time on GMTV, and also worked for ITV news and the BBC. Jackie now works for QVC and lives between London and Gloucestershire. 9
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THE BLACK PATH
Paul Burston
A dark tale of love and lies, obsession and betrayal, The Black Path is for fans of domestic noir and anyone who has ever wondered about the secrets people keep. How well do you really know those closest to you? Helen has been holding out for a hero all her life. Her father was a hero – but he was murdered when she was ten. Her husband Owen is a hero – but he’s thousands of miles away, fighting a war that may never be won. When her husband returns home, altered in a way she can’t understand, she is forced to draw on an inner strength she didn’t know she had. As bitter truths are uncovered, Helen must face her fears and the place which has haunted her since childhood – the Black Path.
Paul Burston is the bestselling author of Shameless,
ISBN: 9781786150455 Pub Date: 15/09/2016 £7.99 Pages:288 B-Format Paperback Romance / Contemporary / Crime
Lovers and Losers and Star People. He was gay correspondent for Time Out for many years and is the founder and host of the Polari LGBT Literary Salon.
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THE GIFTED CHILD
Penny Kline
From the author of the acclaimed Nobody’s Baby When Kristen’s partner William is murdered, she tries to pick up the pieces for the sake of her young stepson Theo. But when Theo’s biological mother Ros wants him back, Kristen’s world is torn apart again. The police think that William was killed by an elusive local criminal, but Kristen has reason to believe that Ros, is behind the killing.
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Maybe Kristen needs to watch for danger in the places she’d least expect . . .
Penny Kline worked as a psychotherapist and university 10
lecturer. She has written several successful radio plays and novels. She lives in Bristol.
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DEATH ON A LONGSHIP
Marsali Taylor
Popular Shetland Noir author Marsali Taylor’s Shetland Sailing Mysteries series is now available in paperback for the first time! Book One, Death on a Longship, follows Cass Lynch as she wangles the job of skippering a Viking longship for a film. She thinks her big break has finally arrived – even though it means returning home to the Shetland Islands, which she ran away from as a teenager. Then the ‘accidents’ begin – and when a dead woman turns up on the boat’s deck, Cass realises that she, her family and her past are under suspicion from the disturbingly shrewd Detective Inspector Macrae. Cass must call on all her local knowledge, the wisdom she didn’t realise she’d gained from sailing, and her glamorous, French opera singer mother to clear them all of suspicion – and to catch the killer before Cass becomes the next victim.
ISBN: 9781786150196 Pub Date: 11/08/2016 £7.99 Pages: 324 B-Format Paperback Crime / Mystery / General
Marsali Taylor is an author, teacher and keen sailor
who grew up near Edinburgh and now lives in Shetland, Scotland. Marsali also writes for the monthly magazine Shetland Life.
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YESTERDAY’S SINS
James Green
Yesterday’s Sins is the third volume in the thrilling Road to Redemption series, which sees ex-cop Jimmy Costello on the run in Denmark. When former bomb expert Charlie Brodski finds a bomb planted under his own car, he has to turn to some unsavoury friends for help. Soon, Charlie must do them a favour in return for their assistance: kill someone. The intended victim is a middle-aged former trainee priest, surely a simple assignment for someone with Charlie’s skills . . . but as the target is hardboiled ex-detective Jimmy Costello, killing him might be more of a problem than anyone realises. Will Charlie’s past catch up with him before he catches up with Jimmy?
ISBN: 9781909624573 Pub Date: 04/08/2016 £7.99 Pages: 304 B-Format Paperback Crime / Mystery / Thriller
‘Green introduces a terrifying paradox of a character a God-fearing man running both sides of the law for profit. An ultra-hardboiled debut.’ The Guardian on Bad Catholics
James Green is a retired headmaster. He has written
many books including non-fiction and historical fiction titles. Bad Catholics, Book One in his Road to Redemption Series, was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Dagger Award.
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DEATH IN HIGH CIRCLES
Andrea Frazer
Death in High Circles is the tenth full-length instalment in the Falconer Files, detective novels featuring dastardly deeds done in picture-postcard villages – and a delightful slice of humour. There is mischief afoot in the village of Fallow Fold. Persons unknown have been on a spree of vandalism, so DI Harry Falconer and DS ‘Davey’ Carmichael arrive to investigate. Then a resident is attacked as he keeps a nocturnal vigil, hoping to catch whoever is responsible. A surfeit of uncharacteristic behaviour follows from the locals, and when a man disappears, there is a palpable whiff of evil in the air – which leads to a murderous attack on one of the police officers. DI Falconer is forced to search his soul to discover who is really important in his life, and what really matters.
ISBN: 9781783759903 Pub Date: 21/5/15 £7.99 Pages:240 B-Format Paperback Mystery & Detective / Crime
Andrea Frazer is a former music teacher who lives in
the south of France with her husband Tony. She has written several phenomenally successful cosy crime series.
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MURDER DANCING
Lesley Cookman
The sixteenth in the acclaimed Libby Sarjeant murder mystery series. Renowned dance teacher Max Tobin brings his all-male company to Steeple Martin, for a trial run at the Oast Theatre owned by Libby Sarjeant’s partner Ben. Max’s new ballet Pendle, based on the infamous Pendle Witch Trials, is due to be performed in London, but there have been unpleasant incidents during rehearsals, and he asks Libby and her friend Fran Wolfe, who have made a name for themselves as amateur sleuths, to look into them. The incidents follow the company to Kent and their seriousness escalates until, inevitably, someone is murdered. While the police look into the murder, Libby and Fran wonder why someone seemed so set against the ballet. Were occult forces at work, or was there a more worldly, personal motive?
ISBN: 9781783756926 Pub Date: 24/03/2016 £7.99 Pages: 300 B-Format Paperback Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Lesley Cookman is famous as the creator of Libby
Sarjeant, a former actress who keeps getting herself mixed up in all sorts of murder mysteries. Lesley lives in Kent, which forms the setting of many of her novels.
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THE WHITE SHIP
Nicholas Salaman
This irreverent, fast-paced historical novel takes us to Normandy in 1189AD where Henry, King of England, and Duke of the country is trying to bring his unruly barons to heel. Bertold is twenty-one and has just been released from seven years’ in a local abbey. Full of knowledge and pentup energy, all he wants to learn is the subject of Women. He soon falls for beautiful Juliana, daughter of the king and – unfortunately – wife of an ambitious and drunken local count. She employs Bertold as a tutor for her little girls and, although he is only a baron’s bastard, returns his love. But the disputes and intrigues of the barons and the Court cannot be kept at bay. Juliana’s daughters are offered as hostages for a strategic castle, which unleashes a tragedy that will overtake them all.
ISBN: 9781910939581 Pub Date: 10/03/2016 £7.99 Pages: 478 B-Format Paperback Historical Fiction
‘Altogether funnier than Tom Sharpe’ Evening Standard ‘Good historical novels require a smart angle of attack… Salaman has come up with a good one . . . pacey, enticing’ Independent on Sunday
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of many acclaimed novels including The Frights and The Garden of Earthly Delights as well as plays for stage and television. He was born in Somerset and educated at Radley College and Oxford University. He is married and lives in west London. 15
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SWORDLAND The Invader Series
Edward Ruadh Butler For fans of Ken Follett and Bernard Cornwell, Swordland is a gripping story of medieval life, and of some of the most important figures in twelfth-century Irish and British history. Robert FitzStephen is a warrior down on his luck. Arrogant, cold, but a brilliant soldier, his mother was a princess – but his father a lowly steward. When a Welsh rebellion brings defeat, his highborn comrades betray him to the enemy. FitzStephen is doomed to a life of obscurity and shame – until King Diarmait arrives. Forced to flee Ireland by the High King, Diarmait seeks to reclaim his lands by any means, and that includes inviting the Normans in. With nothing left to lose – and perhaps a lot to gain – FitzStephen agrees to lead Diarmait’s armies. His price? Acceptance – or perhaps a kingdom of his own.
ISBN: 9781786150479 Pub Date: 07/04/2016 £7.99 Pages: 478 B-Format Paperback Historical Fiction / Adventure
‘Superbly researched and thrillingly told.’ Anthony Quinn
Edward Ruadh Butler is a native of
Northern Ireland. He studied biomedical sciences and has had a diverse career as journalist, musician, and lifeguard, amongst other things. Swordland is his debut novel, the first in the Invader series of historical epics set in Britain and Ireland.
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HISTORICAL FICTION The Daughters of Hastings Trilogy Carol McGrath
THE HANDFASTED WIFE An adventure of love, loss, survival and reconciliation, this is the story of the Norman Conquest from the perspective of Edith (Elditha) Swan-Neck, King Harold’s common-law wife. When her youngest son becomes a Norman hostage, she sets out through strife-torn England to seek help, but ends up in Exeter, a city under siege, with supplies running out fast . . . ‘Moving, and vastly informative, a real page turner of a historical novel.’ Fay Weldon
ISBN: 9781909520479 May 2013
THE SWAN-DAUGHTER 1075 and Dowager Queen Edith has died. Gunnhild longs to leave Wilton Abbey but is her suitor, Count Alain of Richmond only interested in her inheritance ? And is her own love for Count Alain an enduring one or has she made a mistake? The real-life story of a shocking elopement and love triangle set against the backdrop of eleventh-century politics. ‘Brings the 11th century alive . . . a wealth of well-researched detail.’ Historical Novel Society
THE BETROTHED SISTER It is September 1068. Thea, the elder daughter of King Harold, travels with her brothers and grandmother into exile carrying revenge in her heart. Soon betrothed to a prince of Kiev, will she prove herself to be courageous princess, win her princely husband’s respect and establish her independence in a society protective towards its women? ‘A beautifully woven tale of an exiled princess’s quest for happiness.’ Charlotte Betts
ISBN: 9781783753376 December 2014
Carol McGrath taught History and English for many years
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before undertaking an MA in Creative Writing from Queens University Belfast, then an MPhil in English at Royal Holloway, London, where she developed her expertise on the Middle Ages. She is married with two children.
ISBN: 9781783752935 October 2015
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THE WITCH OF EYE
Mari Griffith
This second novel by the international bestselling author of Root of the Tudor Rose explores a love that leads to treason . . . 1435, England. Eleanor Cobham has married into the highest ranks of the aristocracy – she is now the Duchess of Gloucester. She and her husband, the Duke Humphrey, set up a court of their own to rival the royal court in London, surrounding themselves with fascinating and influential people. But Eleanor craves the one thing she lacks: a son and heir, and with him a possible route to the throne of England. Desperate, Eleanor turns to the one person she believes can help her: Margery Jourdemayne, a woman now remembered as the infamous Witch of Eye. Such help comes at a high price… A tale of medieval politics and passions seen through the eyes of the women who lived through the era.
ISBN: 9781783759507 Pub Date: 21/07/2016 Pages: 320 £7.99 B-Format Paperback Historical Fiction
‘Immensely readable and compelling . . . Highly recommended!’ Alison Weir on Root of the Tudor Rose ‘A stunning first novel…this new treatment of Catherine de Valois’ story will be a delight to lovers of historical fiction.’ Bernard Knight CBE on Root of the Tudor Rose
July 2015
Mari Griffith rose to fame as a
presenter on BBC TV and as a resident singer on BBC radio. She also had her own TV series and was later a successful director and producer. Her debut novel Root of the Tudor Rose, chronicling the French and Welsh origins of the Tudors, has been internationally acclaimed. 9781783753291
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PRINCES AND PEASANTS
The Tsar’s Dragons Series
Catrin Collier
The second volume in the Tsar’s Dragons series takes us to a now-established Hughesovka, where Welsh industrialist John Hughes’ ironworks is about to go into production on the Russian Steppe. For people like Hughes’ right-hand man, Glyn Edwards, who has found love in a new country, and Anna Parry, a Welsh orphan who has found fulfilment working in Hughesovka’s hospital, the city is a chance to build a new life – but fresh arrivals from their hometown have come to cause trouble and threaten the peace and stability of that new existence. Meanwhile, for ambitious Russians like Alexei Beletsky, the city offers a chance to change their homeland for the better – but Alexei still has to deal with the prejudices of the locals as he marries a Jewish girl, Ruth, and the new couple make enemies both Russian and Jewish.
ISBN: 9781783758524 Pub Date: 31/03/2016 Pages: 512 £7.99 B-Format Paperback Historical Fiction
Catrin Collier is one of Wales’ most famous and
best-loved novelists with over 20 books to her name. She has been critically lauded for her series of novels including Hearts of Gold, which was made into a BBC mini-series. The Tsar’s Dragons is an epic series set in the nineteenth-century Russian Empire.
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THE PARADISE GHETTO
Fergus O’Connell
A powerful story of betrayal, love, and imagination set against the horrific backdrop of the Second World War. Julia and Suzanne, two Jewish girls from the Netherlands, are rounded up by the Nazis and transported to the ghetto of Theresienstadt. Although their world views are wildly different – Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naïve and optimistic – they become each other’s closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to ‘The Paradise Ghetto’. The girls use a precious smuggled notebook to write a story, each contributing to an alternate reality that takes them away from the horrors of their daily lives, but there soon comes a point when reality can no longer be held at bay. People are being deported to Auschwitz, and if the girls’ names end up on the lists of deportees there will be no return. Is there a chance of escaping that fate – and at what cost?
ISBN:9781786150431 Pages: 384 Pub Date: 18/08/2016 £7.99 B-Format Paperback Historical Fiction
‘An important, dignified and immensely moving novel’ The Irish Times on Call the Swallow
Fergus O’Connell is a business
management expert who has lectured at universities in Europe and the US. His debut novel Call the Swallow was shortlisted for the Irish Fiction Prize and nominated for the Sunday Independent Novel of the Year, and he has also written several non-fiction titles. He lives in Ireland. 21
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LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND HISTORY
Jodi Taylor
Lies, Damned Lies, and History is Book 7 in Jodi Taylor’s madcap and phenomenally successful Chronicles of St Mary’s series. In this international bestselling series, the historians at St Mary’s Institute of Historical Research don’t just study the past, they revisit it. Behind the strait-laced façade of a conventional academic institution, the secret of time travel has been discovered and is being used for ground-breaking and daring historical research. The series takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through history: from the destruction of Pompeii to the trenches of the First World War; from the Great Fire of London to the burning of the library at Alexandria; from Bronze Age Troy to the time of the dinosaurs . . .
ISBN: 9781910939000 Pub Date: 05/05/2016 £7.99 Pages: 320 B-Format Paperback Time Travel / Romance / History
Meanwhile, within St Mary’s itself, there are power struggles, romances and intrigues worthy of a book in themselves. Lies, Damned Lies, and History is the seventh installment of this time-travel adventure. As Max would be the first to admit, she’s never been ones for rules. They tend happen to other people. But this time she’s gone too far and everyone’s paying the price. Grounded until the end of time, can she ever put things right?
Jodi Taylor began as a self-published
author, gaining a publishing contract after her first book was downloaded by more than 60,000 readers on Amazon and received over 600 five-star reviews. There are now seven books in the series, with more to follow, which has become bestselling throughout the world. 21
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Meet Max and the disaster-magnets of St Mary’s as they ricochet around history, from the Cretaceous to Ancient Alexandria.
Max and the team visit Victorian London in search of Jack the Ripper, and confront an old enemy intent on destroying them.
St Mary’s is back and nothing is going right for Max – once again history’s just one damned thing after another . . .
Book One £7.99 9781910939529 August 2015
Book Two £7.99 9781910939505 August 2015
Book Three £7.99 9781910939512 September 2015
Max and Leon are reunited and St Mary’s is facing a battle to survive in the fourth instalment of the Chronicles.
St Mary’s has been rebuilt and it’s business as usual when the team find themselves trapped in the Great Fire of London.
Max is back for the sixth instalment. New husband, new job, and a new training regime that cannot fail – to go wrong.
Book Four £7.99 9781910939499 September 2015
Book Five £7.99 9781783759057 October 2015
Book Six £7.99 9781783758395 November 2015
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THE CONSUL’S DAUGHTER
Jane Jackson
The Consul’s Daughter is the first in Jane Jackson’s epic new historical series, The Captain’s Honour, and a Finalist in the RoNA Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2016. Caseley is the 21-year-old daughter of Teuder Bonython, successful shipyard owner and consul for Mexico. When Teuder falls ill, Caseley takes responsibility for the shipyard, the consulate, and her father’s health – but as a young woman in Victorian England, she must hide her talents in a world dominated by men. Not being conventionally beautiful, Caseley also resigns herself to a life without love . . . until she encounters Jago Barata, a fearless, arrogant, brilliant sailor. Love is the last thing on Caseley’s mind, until she is sent on an urgent mission to Spain. It will be a journey filled with doubt, intrigue and danger – and the only ship leaving in time is Jago’s . . .
ISBN: 9781786150165 Pub Date 04/03/2016 £7.99 Pages: 304 B-Format Paperback Fiction / Romance / Historical
Jane Jackson is an award-winning author who writes
gripping historical romances set in Cornwall during the period between the Napoleonic Wars and the Edwardian era. A professional writer for over thirty years, and threetime shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Award, Jane Jackson has had twenty nine books published in nineteen languages.
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BETWEEN FRIENDS
Jenny Harper
The lifelong friendship of Marta, Carrie and Jane is threatened when charming actor Tom comes back to rake over the past. Marta, Carrie and Jane have been friends since they were at school. Now one is bringing up her family, another is desperately trying for children of her own, while the third is focused on her career. But when a man from the past reappears, a tsunami of destruction is unleashed. Only by pulling together can the friends rid themselves of this menace. But is Tom too clever at sowing mistrust? ‘Jenny Harper is a most gifted storyteller’ Alexander McCall Smith
ISBN: 9781786152435 Pub Date: 11/02/2016 Pages: 320 £7.99 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
MISTAKES WE MAKE
Jenny Harper
Book 5 in the Heartlands series, set in East Lothian, and featuring a much-loved cast of characters. Molly plans to leave Scotland for London to draw a line under her failed marriage. Adam knows that his work, his love – his life – is all off track. Caitlyn is young, capable and intelligent – but she quit her well-paid job rather than risk whistleblowing. But when Caitlyn’s secret comes back to haunt her, she brings all their worlds tumbling down ‘Page-turning and thoroughly entertaining. I loved it’ Katie Fforde on Maximum Exposure
Jenny Harper was born in India and grew up in
England. She lives in Edinburgh and loves Scotland and all things Scottish. She is married to former MSP Robin Harper.
ISBN: 9781910939161 Pub Date: 28/07/2016 Pages: 320 £7.99 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
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THE MAGIC OF RAMBLINGS
Kate Field
A warm-hearted debut for fans of Kate Morton and Rachel Hore – with love and friendship it’s never too late to find a happy ending. Running away can be the answer if you run to the right place . . .
YOUNG ADULT
When Cassie accepts a job as companion to an old lady in a remote Lancashire village, she hopes for a quiet life where she can forget herself, her past and most especially men. The last thing she wants is to be drawn into saving a community that seems determined to take her to its heart – and to resuscitate hers. Frances has lived a reclusive life at Ramblings, a Victorian Gothic mansion, for over thirty years and now Barney is hiding away there, forging a new life after his medical career ended in scandal. He doesn’t trust the mysterious woman who comes to live with his rich aunt, especially when she starts to steal Frances’ affection – and maybe his own too . . .
ISBN: 9781786152404 Pub Date: 08/09/2016 £7.99 Pages: 320 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
Kate Field lives in Lancashire
and writes contemporary romance with a touch of Northern grit.
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SOMEBODY ELSE’S BOY
Jo Bartlett
For fans of Jill Mansell and Jojo Moyes – a debut that brings light and shade to a compelling story set in a small town that is a character in itself. Drama teacher Nancy O’Brien knows how to make sacrifices. She puts her ambitions on hold to support her family, and returns to her idyllic seaside home town, St Nicholas Bay. Jack has his own reasons for heading to the Bay; a young widower desperate to come to terms with his loss, he hopes setting up home there with baby son, Toby, might just enable him to survive the future. Nancy soon finds herself drawn into Jack’s battle to start living again. But not everyone is thrilled by Nancy’s involvement in Jack’s life, in particular Toby’s grandmother, who can’t bear to see her late daughter ‘replaced’. When Spencer – the only man Nancy’s ever really loved – reappears, her living arrangements with Jack seem set for disaster.
ISBN: 9781786151117 Pub Date: 25/08/2016 £7.99 Pages: 256 B-Format Paperback Women’s Fiction / Romance
Will Nancy and Jack be allowed to embrace the future, or will their histories forever bind them to the past?
Jo Bartlett has made up stories for as long
as she can remember but it took a brush with cancer to kick-start a determination to succeed as a writer. The St Nicholas Bay books explore motherhood by conventional and unconventional routes, and are all based by the Kentish seaside.
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REDEMPTION SONG
Laura Wilkinson
Redemption Song is a captivating, insightful look at what happens when everything goes wrong – and the process of putting the pieces back together again. Saffron is studying for a promising career in medicine until a horrific accident changes her life for ever. Needing to escape London, she moves to a small coastal town to live with her mother. Saffron feels trapped and suffocated until she meets Joe, another outsider. Despite initial misgivings, they grow closer to each other. Like Saffron, Joe has a complicated past . . . one that’s creeping up on his present. Can Joe escape his demons for long enough to live a normal life – and can Saffron reveal the truth about what really happened on that fateful night? Love is the one thing they need most, but will they – can they – risk it?
ISBN: 9781783758692 Pub Date: 28/01/2016 £7.99 Pages: 352 B-Format Paperback Women’s Fiction / Romance
‘Engaging and lively, empathetic and addictive . . . I was hooked from the off ’ Sarah Rayner ‘Clever and thought-provoking’ Araminta Hall
Laura Wilkinson grew up
October 2014
in North Wales and studied in Manchester. Her fiction has been shortlisted for a number of prizes and has received considerable critical praise. She works in education and lives in Brighton with her family. 9781783755165
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THE SOULMATE
Debby Holt
A warm and witty novel about love, loss and starting again, by the author of The Ex-Wife’s Survival Guide. Widower Henry Drummond is marking time, drifting towards retirement, until he accidentally saves a life. His daughter Maddie is at a wedding with the love of her life. But he is the groom and she is not the bride. They both decide they need to change their lives, preferably with a soulmate by their sides. But as Henry’s mother tells him, ‘Love is a complicated business and it is not for the easily discouraged.’ Strange encounters, humiliations and excitements come along and romance keeps eluding them. Soon family crises get in the way. But their quest has taken on a life of its own, with surprising consequences for all concerned.
ISBN: 9781786151513 Pub Date: 04/02/2016 £7.99 Pages: 304 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
‘Wickedly comical’ Heat Magazine ‘Laced with wise and witty humour’ Woman Magazine ‘Brilliant and witty . . . sure to keep you entertained’ OK! Magazine
Debby Holt is the bestselling
March 2017
author of The Ex-Wives’ Survival Guide and many other novels. She lives in Bath.
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SOMETHING BLUE
Rosie Orr
The mother of the groom takes centre stage in this hilarious, irreverent look at wedding-day bliss – or blues. Anna has a grown-up son and a married lover. Sporting new underwear and not much else, she is horrified to open her door one afternoon not to lover Jack but to son Sam and his girlfriend. They’ve come to announce their engagement – and that their wedding is only weeks away! Anna is soon in the throes of preparations, and wondering whether Jack will ever leave his wife. Then the big day arrives, bringing destroyed crème brûlée and a surprisingly attractive photographer…
ISBN: 9781910939239 Pub Date 21/04/2016 £7.99 Pages: 300 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
I DO?
Karen King Karen King’s hilarious take on Monster-In-Laws, disastrous weddings, and love triangles. Journalist Cassie is getting married to reliable Timothy, and his mother Sylvia wants to plan the entire wedding. When Sylvia books exclusive ID Images, their newest photographer just so happens to be Jared, Cassie’s first love. When Cassie is asked to write an advice article for Brides to Be, she jokingly writes about her situation and a co-worker submits it on accident. Cassie’s column is soon making the headlines with readers asking -Who will she choose?
ISBN: 9781910939345 Pub Date: 12/05/2016 £7.99 300 Pages B-Format Paperback Romance / Humour / Women’s Fiction
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SOUPER MUM
Kristen Bailey
A fantastic debut novel that takes a refreshing look at family, modern life, and the joyless merits of quinoa. Monday morning can’t get any worse for harassed mumof-four Jools Campbell when, after a frantic school run, she’s cornered in the supermarket by pompous celebrity chef Tommy McCoy, who starts criticising the contents of her trolley. Apparently the fact that she doesn’t make her own bread or buy organic is tantamount to child abuse. Short of patience, she berates McCoy for judging her when she hasn’t the time or the money to feed her family in line with his elitist ideals. Unbeknownst to Jools, her rant has been filmed and immediately goes viral, making her a reluctant celebrity overnight. With McCoy determined to discredit her by delving into her personal life, Jools decides it’s time to fight her corner in the name of all the fraught mums out there who are fed up with being made to feel bad by food snobs like him. Armed with fish fingers and her limited cooking repertoire, Jools must negotiate the unfamiliar world of celebrity while staying true to her instincts as a mum.
ISBN: 9781786150684 Pub Date: 16/06/2016 £7.99 Pages: 304 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
Kristen Bailey lives in Hampshire.
She has four children and has had short fiction released in several publications. Souper Mum is her first novel and it came second in the Accent Press and Woman Magazine writing competition.
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THE SW19 CLUB
Nicola May
What would you do if you were told you could never have children? When Gracie Davies is faced with the tragic news that no woman ever wants to hear, followed by the breakdown of her relationship, she is at an all-time low. With the help of her unorthodox therapist, Professor Princeton, her hippy chick sister, Naomi, and her prostitute friend Maya, she starts to rebuild her life. Searching for inner peace, she starts up The SW19 Club, a club where women can chat openly about the usually taboo issues of miscarriage, abortion, infertility and IVF. Add in a passionate fling with handsome landscaper Ed, pursuit by a Hollywood actor and the persistence of her adulterous ex, your heart will be both warmed and wrenched as you join Gracie on her rocky journey to selfdiscovery and happiness.
ISBN: 9781783759224 Pub Date: 23/07/2015 £7.99 Pages: 368 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
‘A funny and fast-paced romp . . . thoroughly enjoyable’ Woman magazine ‘This book will twang your funny bone and your heartstrings. I totally loved it.’ Milly Johnson
Nicola May is an award-
winning and bestselling romance author who lives in Ascot, Berkshire.
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TICKLED PINK
Christina Jones
A vivid, frequently hilarious, sometimes poignant picture of unusual friendships and changing village life. When Posy planned her wedding, she assumed that she would be at the altar, not skulking in the last pew wishing premature death on the bride. And Lola planned her happily-ever-after for 28 years. When a sudden death makes her homeless and jobless, she must leave the fancy biscuit trade without so much as a custard cream for the journey. With radical rethinks needed, Posy and Lola have to utilise their assets or go under. But when the assets are a showman’s traction engine, an ailing pub and a village full of eccentrics, the new life plan is not immediately obvious. Then Flynn and Ellis arrive – and things go from the sublime to the ridiculous . . . ‘A fabulous story of friendship and eccentric local traditions’ The Times
ISBN: 9781783759897 Pub Date: 11/ 05/15 Pages: 380 £7.99 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
‘Chick-lit with a magical twist’ Heat Magazine
Christina Jones, the only child of a
schoolteacher and a circus clown, has been writing all her life. As well as writing novels, she contributes short stories and articles to many national magazines and newspapers. She lives in rural Oxfordshire with her husband. March 2014
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ANOTHER GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE
Jenny Kane
A warm-hearted, contemporary tale of modern life in a corner of busy London, Another Glass of Champagne reintroduces us to thirtysomethings Amy, Jack, and Kit from runaway success Another Cup of Coffee. Amy and husband Paul are expecting their first baby. They want Amy’s best friend Jack to be godfather, but having left London to ‘find himself ’ he hasn’t been heard from in months. When Jack suddenly turns up, things seem to fit nicely into place – but his motives for returning aren’t all altruistic. He has a plan – one which could put community hub Pickwicks Coffee Shop out of business, and ruin a number of old friendships. Meanwhile, Kit has problems of her own: just when her career as an author has started to take off, she finds herself unable to write – and there’s a deadline looming…not to mention two children to see through their difficult teenage years . . . ‘I loved this frothy cappuccino of a book!’ Christina Jones on Another Cup of Coffee
ISBN: 9781783758708 Pub Date: 09/06/2016 Pages: 280 £7.99 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
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Jenny Kane studied for a PhD
in Medieval History at Leicester University. She has written fiction for a number of years and moved into women’s contemporary fiction with Another Cup of Coffee, an eBook bestseller. Jenny lives in south-west England where she indulges her passions for writing and strong black coffee.
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STARGAZING
Kate Glanville
Secrets and lies haunt the characters in this brilliant new romance. Secrets can drag anyone back to earth . . . Three women, connected by one man: Daniel is father to Seren, husband to Nesta and lover to Frankie. When he leaves Nesta and their beautiful home in the middle of the party to celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary, Seren’s world begins to crumble. Only the continuation of the family ideal can make things right. But Nesta isn’t so sure. And for Frankie, Daniel offers hope of a safe and secure future. All three women are carrying secrets that they’ve kept hidden even from those closest to them. Secrets that might even threaten a life . . .
ISBN: 9781783757398 Pub Date: 21/01/2016 £7.99 Pages: 336 B-Format Paperback Romance / Women’s Fiction
‘Poignant, warm, and unpredictable. I enjoyed it hugely’. Julie Cohen
Kate Glanville was born in
West Africa to Irish parents. She now lives with her three children near Bethlehem in rural West Wales where she runs a successful ceramic business. Stargazing is her third novel. March 2014
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LIFE’S A DRAG
Janie Millman
Former actress Janie Millman’s fun-filled and lifeaffirming debut brings together an English village fighting for its traditions and some of the San Francisco’s hottest drag queens. Roz and Jamie have moved to leafy Suffolk from London in search of a quiet life, until they find the village is embarking on its riotous annual drag competition. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Drew is battle to save his drag club . . . “High jinks and high heels . . . imagine The Archers in drag, with a huge heart and lots of laughs.” Veronica Henry
ISBN: 9781783757510 Pub Date: 23/07/15 £7.99 Pages: 416 Romance / Women’s Fiction
FRENCH KISSING
Lynne Shelby
The charming debut novel from author Lynne Shelby – winner of the Accent Press / Woman magazine Novel Competition. Anna Mitchel has been writing letters to her French pen friend Alex for fifteen years. When he comes to work in London, Anna offers to put him up, but is astounded that he’s transformed into a tall, gogerous man. Anna’s female friends are soon swooning over his Gallic charm, and Anna’s boyfriend Nick is extremely jealous . . . “A wonderful fresh new talent.” Katie Fforde
ISBN: 9781783758135 Pub Date: 20/08/15 £7.99 Pages: 272 Romance / Women’s Fiction
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A TWIST OF FATE
Demelza Hart
An engrossing new romantic tale from Demelza Hart Callie Frobisher’s privileged life seems pre-destined to go perfectly. Then things are thrown spectacularly off course when the plane crashes on her way back from a luxury holiday. Callie finds herself stranded on an isolated island with the only other survivor – rough Northerner Paul Mason. She may have survived the crash, but can she survive her previously held convictions being ripped apart by her rescuer?
Demelza Hart has been writing erotic romance and
erotica for several years and loves giving her readers moments of enjoyment they can keep all for themselves.
ISBN: 9781783759170 Pub Date: 18/06/2015 £7.99 Pages:272 B-Format Paperback Romance / Contemporary
HIS SECRET BOSS
Elizabeth Coldwell
He may think he’s her boss, but what will happen when he finds out she’s really in charge? Claudia Anthony, the overachieving owner of a successful hotel chain, is recruited to take part in the reality TV show Secret CEO. She finds herself working under young, headstrong Rhodri, who has no clue of her real identity. Soon, passion flares – but what will happen if he learns he’s actually having an affair with his boss?
Elizabeth Coldwell has been writing erotic fiction for
over twenty years and her work has been published widely in the UK and USA.
ISBN: 9781783752409 Pub Date: 24/09/2015 £7.99 Pages: 300 B-Format Paperback Romance / Contemporary
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ENLIGHTENED
The Untwisted Series
Alice Raine
For fans of Jodi Ellen Malpas, Sylvia Day and Fifty Shades of Grey, become addicted to the Untwisted Series. A dizzying, all-consuming affair with famous pianist Nicholas Jackson drew in bookshop owner Rebecca Langley, engulfed her with his passion and dominance, and then spat her out heartbroken and bruised. Now Rebecca is left trying to move on from the relationship she shared with Nicholas, but just as she starts to clear her head, he reappears in her life determined to win her back. But since as Nicholas has already shown once that the darkness within him is lurking just below the surface, can Rebecca really take that risk again with her heart and body?
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UNMASKED
The Revealed Series
Alice Raine
From the bestselling author of The Darkness Within Him comes the Revealed series - a tale of dark secrets and the forbidden world of desires. When schoolteacher Allie Shaw takes an impromptu cleaning job to cover for her ill friend, she never expects to wind up snowed in with a devilishly handsome sex God. Allie is drawn in by his mysterious charm, but he is reluctant to act on his developing feelings. Under the circumstances, the two become close, but this enigmatic stranger is determined to keep his distance, and for good reason - is there more to him than meets the eye?
ISBN: 9781786150974 Pub Date: 18/08/2016 ÂŁ7.99 Pages: 320 B-Format Paperback Romance / Contemporary
Alice Raine was born in London
and educated in Manchester, but now spends her time moving from place to place around the world exploring, teaching and writing in a wide variety of genres. Wherever she is based, Alice lives with her ever-suffering but hugely supportive husband, their dog, and a crazy wild cat who keeps the whole household on its toes. December 2016
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XCITE BOOKS Brand New Xcite Anthologies
Edited by Elizabeth Coldwell The Xcite Book of FIRST
TIMES
Everyone’s first time is different, and for the characters in this anthology, these experiences will be truly unforgettable. Friends become lovers, taking their relationship to the next level in the most unexpected and sensual of ways, and couples explore their kinkiest fantasies, experimenting with domination, submission, bondage, spanking, threesomes and much more. Contains ten stories by a selection of Xcite’s best-selling and most talented authors from the UK, US and Canada
The Xcite Book of
ISBN: 9781786150103 Pub Date: 04/08/2016 £7.99
GAY ROMANCE
What does it really cost to give your heart to another man? When men fall in love with each other, there is often conflict and tension alongside the romance and passion, and the path to a happy ending isn’t always a smooth one. From vanilla to kinky and every shade in between, these lovers will leave no fantasy unexplored. This anthology contains stories by a selection of Xcite’s best-selling authors.
The Xcite Book of
ROMANCE
LESBIAN
ISBN: 9781786150080 Pub Date: 06/10/2016 £7.99
The lovers in this tender, heartfelt collection are looking for their happy ever after, but they’re willing to cope with whatever life may throw in their path along the way. Whether it’s a tender vanilla romance or something darker and downright kinky, these girls know exactly what they want and they’re going to have fun getting it. This anthology contains stories by a selection of Xcite’s best-selling and most talented authors from around the world.
Elizabeth Coldwell is the former editor of Forum and Erotic
Stories magazines, has a wealth of experience in editing erotic fiction. Among the many titles she has worked on for Xcite is the award-winning Lipstick Lovers.
ISBN: 9781786150066 Pub Date: 08/12/2016 £7.99
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THE PARATROOPER’S PRINCESS
Horatio Clare
An unsentimental love story told from a man’s point of view. Jase is a soldier who falls for a girl at a gig. When he finds out that Charlotte is a writer from London this brave man is terrified. She loves words. Jase has spent his life hiding the fact that he cannot read. Soon, Jase is called away by the Army back to the Middle East, and now Charlotte has a secret too . . .
Horatio Clare is an acclaimed writer whose latest
book, Down to the Sea in Ships, won the StanfordsDolman Travel Book of the Year 2015. He contributes regularly to national newspapers and BBC Radio 4.
ISBN: 9781783757411 Pub Date: 18/02/2016 Pages: 96 £1 B-Format Paperback Romance / Contemporary Quick Read
RUGBY DADS
Jos Andrews
Being a great dad - on and off the pitch. Fatherhood is an underrated skill, but many become accidental role models for the next generation. With personal, family stories from several generations of rugby players and their children, along with tips on how to deal with the stresses and strains of a competitive, strenuous job and family life, this is a rugby book with a difference.
Jos Andrews worked for many years for the BBC. She
is the author of several Quick Reads books, most of them about sport.
ISBN: 9781786152459 Pub Date: 18/02/2016 Pages: 64 £1 B-Format Paperback Memoirs / Sport Quick Read
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NON FICTION
LET YOUR CHILDREN BREAK THE RULES:
How to Create Young Entrepreneurs
Hazel Davis and Hugh Wilson Why it’s great when your children don’t do as they’re told. This book is aimed at parents who want to ignite the entrepreneurial spark so often ignored in young children, equipping them with the tools they need to make it in business and life. Based on extensive interviews with young entrepreneurs and their parents, as well as expert advice and analysis from psychologists and business consultants, this book will appeal to readers of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Amy Chua). Analysing the common childhood traits, habits and “quirks” shared by entrepreneurs and their parents and packed with anecdotes and recollections from some of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs, each chapter concludes with a toolbox of practical ideas and exercises for parents and children.
ISBN: 9781786152312 Pub Date: 22/09/2016 £7.99 Pages: 280 B-Format Paperback Business / Entrepeneurship Non Fiction
Hazel Davis is a freelance business and enterprise
writer for the Financial Times, The Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and a host of other publications, as well as editor of SME Home, the Telegraph’s online small business hub. Hazel has two small daughters, one of whom avidly abides by the ethos ‘Think Differently’ but not necessarily ‘Do No Evil’.
Hugh Wilson is a freelance journalist and corporate
copywriter with 20 years’ experience working in the national and international markets. He is current editor of Fresh Young Millionaire, a business magazine for young people. Hugh has two children, one of whom is already well on the way to breaking every rule in this book.
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THE HOUSE THAT BUILT ME
An Anthology of Celebrity Memories
Jackie McGregor
Celebrity memories of their childhood homes, published in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. A book that will tug at the heart strings and make you smile . . . Does where you have lived help shape who you become? In this unique anthology of memories, famous faces from the worlds of television, music, film and books reveal insightful, sometimes surprising and often funny stories about places from their pasts. Touching on childhood, love, loss and happiness, the deeply personal memories and photographs have never been shared before. With original contributions from: Fearne Cotton, Carey Mulligan, Nigel Havers, Cherie Blair, Jo Brand, Deborah Moggach, Sir Tony Robinson, Bill Oddie, Lembit Opik, Rowan Coleman, Fenella Fielding, Lorraine Kelly and many more . . .
ISBN: 9781783758821 Pub Date:19/05/2016 £7.99 Pages: 256 B-Format Paperback Memoirs / Non Fiction
Published to mark Dementia Awareness Week 2016.
Jackie McGregor is the editor of They Can’t Take that
Away from Me (2011) and persuaded over 200 celebrities, many of them A-listers, to contribute to the book. She writes a popular weekly column for Belfast News. She lives in Belfast.
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A LIFE TO CELEBRATE
Hayley Okines
The inspirational story of Britian’s oldest teenager in her own words – with a final moving chapter from her mother. Hayley Okines was just like any other teenager: she loved clothes, shopping, and boy bands, and hated getting up in the morning. But she had progeria, which meant she aged eight times faster than normal, giving her the body of a 126-year-old. Her positive attitude and infectious smile charmed millions of people through her Extraordinary People TV documentaries. At the age of seventeen, in April 2015, Hayley tragically lost her battle to be the longest survivor of progeria, succumbing to pneumonia in the arms of her mother. This book tells Hayley’s story in her own words, continuing from the bestselling Old Before My Time. She reflects on the pains and perks of growing up with progeria – from the heartbreak of being told she will never walk again to the delight of passing her exams and starting college. Hayley considers mood swings, marriage, music, and what it’s like to be ‘famous’ and is heartbreakingly positive about a future that wasn’t to be.
ISBN: 9781910939338 Pub Date: 21/08/2015 £9.99 Pages: 272 B-Format Paperback Biography / Personal Memoirs
‘Hayley’s an extraordinary girl.’ Kylie Minogue
November 2011
March 2015
9781908192554
9781783753260
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MOTHER OF A SUICIDE:
Fighting for the Truth
Joanna Lane It’s bad enough to lose a child to suicide, but what do you do if you discover that the depression was caused by an underlying medical condition, and that a million others are at risk because vital medical information is being suppressed? Joanna Lane tells the story of her 31-year-old son’s death, her grief and her search for the reason behind his suicide. When she finds that a rarely diagnosed but far from rare condition probably lay behind his despair she tries to raise the alarm to save others. However, her unsuspecting attempts are met with obstruction after obstruction. Gradually she confronts the truth that the organisations set up to protect the public are not doing their job, and we are all at risk.
ISBN: 9781786152473 Pub Date: 27/10/2016 £7.99 Pages: 384 B-Format Paperback Men’s Health / Biography
A must-read for anyone who has ever had a head injury, or been diagnosed with ME, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia. And a must-read for anybody who still believes that important health decisions are made with the patient’s welfare in mind. In this heartfelt, heartrending, angry and yet uplifting book, Joanna Lane charts her journey through grief and on to a fight that saw her set against the entrenched world of the medical establishment. A world that still in large part turns away from the truth which she uncovered.
Joanna Lane was educated at Oxford University and taught English as a second language for many years. She lives in Surrey with her husband, near to her two surviving daughters and three grandchildren.
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RUGBY GENERATIONS
Jos Andrews
With never before revealed personal stories and family pictures of some of the greatest rugby legends, this book will talk about rugby and family and how the two are inseperable for so many. Rugby gets a hold on families like no other sport. Many of today’s players have fathers, grandfathers and uncles who played the game. And they are watching their brothers, sisters, and children, take it up too. In this personal and revealing book, Jos Andrews charts the history of the game through the stories and voices of the players - past and present - themselves, and paints an intimate picture of a world in which the game has changed beyond recognition, but still keeps the same hold on all involved.
Jos Andrews worked for many
ISBN: 9781786150127 Pub Date: 25/05/2016 ÂŁ14.99 Pages:256 Hardback Sport / Rugby / Biography
February 2016
years for the BBC. She is the author of several Quick Reads books, most of them about sport.
9781783757411
455
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THE SOBER REVOLUTION
Lucy Rocca
If you want to give up being controlled and defined by alcohol then now is the time to join The Sober Revolution, with the help of this book by Soberistas.com founder Lucy Rocca. When it comes to alcohol, millions of people around the world find it hard to exercise moderation and become stuck in a vicious cycle of blame, guilt and using more alcohol as a way of coping. The Sober Revolution looks at women and their relationships with alcohol, exploring the myths behind this socially acceptable yet often destructive habit. Rather than continuing the sad spiral into addiction it helps women regain control of their drinking and live happier, healthier lives. The Sober Revolution will open your eyes to the dangers of social drinking and give you the tools you need to have a happy life without the wine. Read it now and call time on wine o’clock forever.
ISBN:9781783752089 Pub Date: 2/1/2014 £7.99 Pages: 220 B-format Paperback Self-help / Addiction recovery
Lucy Rocca is the founder of Soberistas.com, the
popular social networking site for women who have successfully kicked the booze or would like to. Sarah Turner is a cognitive behavioural therapist and addictions counsellor.
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October 2013
October 2014
January 2014
9781783752058
9781783756117
9781783755882
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WANNABE A WRITER?
Jane Wenham-Jones
Want to be a writer? This hilarious, informative guide to getting into print, is a must-have for anyone who’s ever thought they’ve got a book in them. Where do you start? How do you finish? And will anyone ever publish it when you have? Including hot tips from authors, agents and publishers at the sharp end of the industry, Wannabe a Writer? tells you everything you ever wanted to know about the book world - and a few things you didn’t . . . ‘The ultimate how-to book.’ Writing Magazine
WANNABE A WRITER WE’VE HEARD OF?
ISBN: 9781905170814 Pub Date: 01/05/2007 £6.99 Pages: 320 B-Format Paperback Creative Writing / Guides
Jane Wenham-Jones
This entertaining follow-up to the successful Wannabe a Writer? is an essential read for every author and would-be bestseller, whether established, debut, or self-published. Offering advice and insights from writers, journalists, publicists and celebrities who’ve been there and done that, this is the ultimate guide for any writer longing to get noticed.
Jane Wenham-Jones is a well-known novelist,
freelance writer and journalist who regularly appears on radio and TV. August 2011
January 2010
January 2010
ISBN: 9781906373979 Pub Date: 18/10/2010 £6.99 Pages:224 B-Format Paperback Creative Writing / Guides
9781908006776
9781906373993
9781907016196
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Congratulations to our RONA Romantic Novel of the Year Finalists!
A JERSEY KISS
Georgina Troy
Book One in the enchanting Jersey Scene series (Contemporary Romance Award finalist). Life can be difficult on the ‘sunny isle’ of Jersey when you’re dealing with a polo-playing builder, a spiteful ex, and searching for a mysterious legacy no-one can identify! Will Bea Philips get a lucky break for once so she can keep her dream home, and maybe fall in love too?
ISBN: 9781786150158 Pub Date: 19/02/2016 £7.99
THE CONSUL’S DAUGHTER
Jane Jackson
The first novel in Jane Jackson’s epic new historical series, The Captain’s Honour (Historical Romance Award finalist). Caseley is the 21-year-old daughter of Teuder Bonython, successful shipyard owner and consul for Mexico. When Teuder falls ill, Caseley takes responsibility for the shipyard, the consulate, and her father’s health – but as a young woman in Victorian England, she must hide her talents in a world dominated by men.
ISBN: 9781786150165 Pub Date: 04/03/2016 £7.99
LAINEY’S LOT
Lisa Tenzin-Dolma Fans of Meg Cabot and Louise Rennison will love The Lainey Morgan series, featuring boy drama, bad hair days and the paparazzi! (Young Adult Romance Award finalist). Lainey’s life quickly changes when she meets the gorgeous Kieran. But forced to move away to deepest Nottinghamshire, she finds long-distance is the least of her troubles when faced with her boyfriend becoming famous, and paparazzi following her every move . . .
ISBN: 9781786150172 Pub Date: 04/03/2016 45 £7.99
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