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The Earl's Cinderella Countess (Matchmakers of Bath #1)
by Amanda McCabeThe one match… she doesn’t want to make…
The Echoes of Us: an epic and absolutely captivating love story that will break, and mend, your heart in 2024
by Emma SteelePRE-ORDER NOW! A captivating love story on an epic scale, for fans of One Day and The Time Traveler's Wife'Spellbinding and unforgettable' HOLLY MILLER'Heartfelt, romantic and compelling' PERNILLE HUGHES'A glorious, epic love story' EMILY STONE'This warm, wise and weep-inducing read will stay with you' Fabulous Magazine ***********************************************************Robbie and Jenn are meant to be. They've finally reconciled after eight months spent apart and both know that, this time, it's forever.But forever might not be as long as they think.As a truck hurtles towards their car on their way home, Robbie is thrown back into Jenn's past and he finds himself spectator in the most important moments of her life: golden moments from her childhood and heart-breaking ones from her teenage years; her exhausting time at med school and just where she's been for the last eight months. But he may find more than he bargained for...Can Robbie right the wrongs in their past? Can he get to the bottom of what drove Jenn away eight months ago? Most importantly, can he change their present in order to save their future?Readers are LOVING The Echoes of Us: 'If you loved David Nicholls' One Day, you will LOVE this one!' 'Emma Steele, you've broken me. Five MASSIVE stars!' 'I was captivated all the way to the very last line''My heart is bursting with emotion having finished this book''A beautifully written page-turner'
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde Series #2)
by Heather Fawcett'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous LightAn intrepid professor must uncover faerie secrets in the delightful and heart-warming second instalment of the Sunday Times bestselling Emily Wilde series.Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore, and has catalogued many secrets of the Hidden Folk in her encyclopaedia with her infuriatingly charming fellow scholar, Wendell Bambleby, by her side.But Bambleby is more than just a brilliant and unbearably handsome scholar. He's an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother, in search of a door back to his realm. By lucky happenstance, Emily's new project, a map of the realms of faerie, will take them on an adventure to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambleby's realm, and the key to freeing him from his family's dark plans. But with new friendships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors, and of her own heart. Praise for this series:'A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this book wholly enchanted me' Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches'A thoroughly charming academic fairy tale, complete with footnotes and a low-key grumpy romance' Guardian'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . . This book is real magic' H. G. Parry, author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep'A book so vividly, endlessly enchanting, so crisply assured, so rich and complete and wise and far-reaching in its worldbuilding that you'll walk away half ensorcelled, sure Fawcett found Emily Wilde's journal in some sea-stained trunk' Melissa Albert'The ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this book is an absolute delight.' Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy'A charmingly whimsical delight. . . Five dazzling, gladdening stars' India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels'I enjoyed every word of this gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an utterly charming love interest' Isabel Ibañez, author of Woven In Moonlight
Emotionality: Heterosexual Love and Emotional Development in Popular Romance (Routledge Focus on Literature)
by Eirini ArvanitakiThis book focuses on the projections of romantic love and its progression in a selection of popular romance novels and identifies an innovation within the genre’s formula and structure. Taking into account Giddens’s notion of ‘confluent’ love, this book argues that two forms of love exist within these texts: romantic and confluent love. The analysis of these love variants suggests that a continuum emerges which signifies the complexity but also the formation and progressive nature of the protagonists’ love relationships. This continuum is divided into three stages: the pre-personal, semi-personal, and personal. The first phase connotes the introduction of the protagonists and describes the sexual attraction they experience for each other. The second phase refers to the initiation of the sexual interaction between the heroine and hero without any emotional involvement. The third and final phase begins when emotions such as jealousy, shame/guilt, anger, and self-sacrifice are awakened and acknowledged.
Emotionality: Heterosexual Love and Emotional Development in Popular Romance (Routledge Focus on Literature)
by Eirini ArvanitakiThis book focuses on the projections of romantic love and its progression in a selection of popular romance novels and identifies an innovation within the genre’s formula and structure. Taking into account Giddens’s notion of ‘confluent’ love, this book argues that two forms of love exist within these texts: romantic and confluent love. The analysis of these love variants suggests that a continuum emerges which signifies the complexity but also the formation and progressive nature of the protagonists’ love relationships. This continuum is divided into three stages: the pre-personal, semi-personal, and personal. The first phase connotes the introduction of the protagonists and describes the sexual attraction they experience for each other. The second phase refers to the initiation of the sexual interaction between the heroine and hero without any emotional involvement. The third and final phase begins when emotions such as jealousy, shame/guilt, anger, and self-sacrifice are awakened and acknowledged.
Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire #2)
by Jay KristoffThe highly anticipated sequel to the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE 'Bloody brilliant'V.E. Schwab ‘A ripping read’Joe Abercrombie
Enemies At The Greek Altar: The Heir She Kept From The Billionaire / Enemies At The Greek Altar / The Flaw In His Rio Revenge / A Pregnancy Bombshell To Bind Them (The Teras Wedding Challenge #2)
by Jackie AshendenHer mortal enemy—and the man she wants most!
Er Doc's Miracle Triplets (Buenos Aires Docs #1)
by null Tina BeckettTriple the shock! In this Buenos Aires Docs story, ER doctor Isabella can’t believe it. She’s miraculously pregnant! With triplets… She knows she must tell her husband, Sebastián, that he’s about to be a father. But they’re separated, and the last time she saw him he was leaving Argentina following yet another IVF heartache. Isabella was left questioning if there would be a marriage for him to come back to… Now Seb’s home, can they reignite their flame to secure their future as a family?
Er Doc's Miracle Triplets / Surgeon's Brooding Brazilian Rival: ER Doc's Miracle Triplets (Buenos Aires Docs) / Surgeon's Brooding Brazilian Rival (Buenos Aires Docs)
by null Tina Beckett null Luana DaRosaTriple the shock! In this Buenos Aires Docs story, ER doctor Isabella can’t believe it. She’s miraculously pregnant! With triplets… She knows she must tell her husband, Sebastián, that he’s about to be a father. But they’re separated, and the last time she saw him he was leaving Argentina following yet another IVF heartache. Isabella was left questioning if there would be a marriage for him to come back to… Now Seb’s home, can they reignite their flame to secure their future as a family? Friction to red-hot flirtation… In this Buenos Aires Docs story, everything else took a back seat as Sofia fought to become a trauma surgeon. She’s never met anyone who’s as dedicated and meticulous as her. Until world-renowned Dr Carlos Cabrera arrives. But while her rival’s arrogance is exasperating, he makes her pulse race exponentially… The single thing Sofia and brooding Carlos agree on? The passion that sparked in the operating room can only end in the Brazilian’s bedroom!
Escape The Everglades (South Beach Security: K-9 Division #2)
by null Caridad PiñeiroHis son is in danger… Two years after his wife’s death, ex-marine Carlos Ruiz isn't looking for romance. But then army vet and security expert Natalie Rodriguez and her incredible K-9 walk into his life. Before long, their purely professional relationship turns all too personal, especially once Carlos’s little boy goes missing. Now, uncovering the truth becomes vital to the child's rescue. And to securing their future…
Escape to the Tuscan Vineyard: A brand-new hilarious rom-com for 2024 to whisk you away to Italy (Holiday Romance #2)
by Carrie WalkerPack your bags and uncork the laughter in this delightful romantic escapade! After getting her heart broken in her early twenties, Abi Mason vowed to live by a simple (but non-negotiable) rule: no second dates. Who needs a boyfriend, or anything else for that matter, when you have a career to think about? But life has other plans: with some unexpected time on her hands, Abi finds herself on holiday in Tuscany. Among sun-dappled vineyards and olive groves, Abi meets dashing American Tony, and it seems the universe is conspiring to force her out of her comfort zone...If Abi can break her own rules, could this unexpected Italian fling lead her to a happiness she never dared to dream of?Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Lindsey Kelk, this effervescent tale will whisk you away on a hilarious and heartwarming adventure you won't want to end!***Readers LOVE Escape to the Tuscan Vineyard:' Love it all, the scenery, the characters and the plot. It's funny and makes you smile. Love the writing too, easy flowing and quick to read in one sitting. It makes you want to jump on a plane to Italy now.' - NetGalley reviewer, 5*'Absolutely love, love, loved this one.' - NetGalley reviewer, 5*'An amazing, summer read. Would 100% recommend.' - NetGalley reviewer, 5*'I loved Carrie Walker's first book so I knew to expect armchair travel, warm-hearted explorations into love and relationships and some laugh-out-loud antics. This book didn't disappoint!' - NetGalley reviewer, 5*'What a lovely romantic read and a romantic setting. Italy and love just go together like peaches and cream. 5 stars.' - NetGalley reviewer, 5*
European Escapes: Not Just The Boss's Plaything / Bridesmaid Says, 'i Do!' / Just One More Night
by Caitlin Crews Barbara HannayAn unforgettable trip
European Escapes: The Greek's One-night Heir / Rumours Behind The Greek's Wedding / The Maid's Best Kept Secret
by Natalie Anderson Pippa Roscoe Abby GreenLove, desire, passion
European Escapes: Teach Me (Filthy Rich Billionaires) / Pursued by the Desert Prince / Masquerade
by null Caitlin Crews null Dani Collins null Cara LockwoodA seductive adventure Teach Me by Caitlin Crews Socialite Erika Vanderburg has finally gained access to Berlin's most exclusive sex club. She’s here for one person: Dorian Alexander, who wants her complete surrender. But can a stubborn socialite submit to the one man she's always wanted…and risk unleashing her true self? Pursued by the Desert Prince by Dani Collins To ensure his sister’s successful marriage, Kasim, Crown Prince of Zhamair, must stop Angelique Sauveterre’s alleged affair with his future brother-in-law. But when Angelique denies any involvement Kasim can’t resist the chance to make the feisty beauty his! They couldn’t be from two more different worlds, but can he give her more than just passion? Masquerade by Cara Lockwood Heiress Asha Patel crashed a masquerade ball without knowing the party was exclusively for members only. And the moment she sees gorgeous French host, Mathis Durand, she wants membership more than anything. But Mathis has something else in mind… Is Asha willing to pay the dangerously high price?
The European Escapes Collection
by null Sheryl Lister null Cathy Williams null Clare Connelly null Caitlin Crews null Barbara Hannay null Scarlet Wilson null Danica Winters null Rebecca Hunter null Angela Bissell null Maisey Yates null Natalie Anderson null Dani Collins null Abby Green null Kate Hardy null Cara Lockwood null Carol Marinelli null Sarah Morgan null Carole Mortimer null Jane Porter null Karin Baine null Pippa RoscoeEmbark on your next adventure with The European Escapes Collection Including the titles: Madrid Sicily Sweden Paris Prague Athens London Berlin
European Escapes (Paddington Children's Hospital) / The Redemption of Darius Sterne / Falling for the Secret Millionaire: Falling For The Foster Mum (paddington Children's Hospital) / The Redemption Of Darius Sterne / Falling For The Secret Millionaire
by Karin Baine Carole Mortimer Kate HardyLondon, baby
European Escapes (Ruthless Billionaire Brothers) / Heir to a Dark Inheritance / Tempt Me: A Night, A Consequence, A Vow (ruthless Billionaire Brothers) / Heir To A Dark Inheritance / Tempt Me
by Angela Bissell Maisey Yates Caitlin CrewsLe grand amour
Every Time You Hear That Song
by Jenna VorisTold in alternating perspectives, Every Time You Hear That Song is a swoonworthy summer road-trip romance, perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins-Reid and Casey McQuiston.Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase is looking for a news story to launch her career and get her out of her stifling small town.When her country music idol Decklee Cassel dies leaving behind a trail of cross-country musical clues to her final album, Darren sees her opportunity for fame and freedom. All she needs is a car, though the only driver she knows is her annoying co-worker, Kendall . . .As Darren and Kendall get closer to the prize – and each other – everything Darren thought she knew about the woman she idolized begins to unravel.What actually happened to Decklee’s songwriting partner? And who were all those soul-stirring love songs written for?Praise for Every Time You Hear That Song:“I absolutely loved this romantic, page-turning adventure about loving people and places who cannot love you back on your terms. If you’ve ever tried to make yourself smaller for a world that was never meant to contain you, this book will be a balm to your soul.”—Dahlia Adler, author of Home Field Advantage“Every Time You Hear That Song is the literary equivalent of hitting the open road with the windows down and the radio blasting. After devouring this book, I’m officially in my Jenna Voris era.”—Brian D. Kennedy, author of A Little Bit Country and My Fair Brady
Everyday Evil in Stephen King's America: Essays, Images, Paratexts
This edited collection variously interrogates how everyday evil manifests in Stephen King’s now-familiar American imaginary; an imaginary that increases the representational limits of both anticipated and experienced realism. Divided into three parts: I. The Man, II. The Monster, and III. The Re-mediator, the book offers rigorous readings of evil, realism, and popular culture as represented in a range of texts (and paratexts) from the King canon. Rich with images, a photo-essay, and appendices collecting classical texts and cultural detritus germane to King, this book moves away from viewing King’s work primarily through the lens of the “American gothic” and toward the realism that the suspense novelist’s voice (fictional and non-) and influence (literary and popular) indelibly continue to amplify, all the while complicating the traditional divide between serious literature and popular fiction.Stephen King remains perpetually popular. And he is finally receiving the academic treatment he has craved since the early 1980s. Yet still unexamined in the King critical canon is the suspense novelist’s fascination with “everyday evil.” Beyond rigorous interrogations of King’s fictional depictions of “everyday evil” by an array of scholars of different ranks living around the world (Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, the UK), the book, replete with 20 images, considers how King widens the parameters of literary production and appreciation. An integral part of the Americana that King’s five-decades-in-the-making canon configures, of course, includes King himself. King has long made use of self-referentiality in his fiction and nonfiction. Some of his nonfiction, several of our essays reveal, recirculates in paratextual form as “Prefatory Remarks” to new novels or new editions of older ones. The paratexts considered here (both across the volume and in the appendices) offer alternate ways by which to appreciate King and his sphere of influence (literary and popular). Said appendices are a grouping of King's paratexts on his writing as Bachman, appearing here, for the first time, as a cohesive collection. King's influence took off in the 1970s, as is further explored in the book-enveloping three-part photo-essay “King’s America, America’s King: Stephen King & Popular Culture since the 1970s.” About the transformative quality of “everyday evil,” the photo-essay tracks the cultural impacts of King first as an emerging author, then a pop culture phenomenon, and, finally, as an established American literary voice.Everyday Evil in Stephen King's America is designed to appeal to teachers and students of American literature, to Stephen King enthusiasts, as well as to acolytes of Americana since the Vietnam War.
Everyday Evil in Stephen King's America: Essays, Images, Paratexts
by Jason S Polley Stephanie Laine HamiltonThis edited collection variously interrogates how everyday evil manifests in Stephen King’s now-familiar American imaginary; an imaginary that increases the representational limits of both anticipated and experienced realism. Divided into three parts: I. The Man, II. The Monster, and III. The Re-mediator, the book offers rigorous readings of evil, realism, and popular culture as represented in a range of texts (and paratexts) from the King canon. Rich with images, a photo-essay, and appendices collecting classical texts and cultural detritus germane to King, this book moves away from viewing King’s work primarily through the lens of the “American gothic” and toward the realism that the suspense novelist’s voice (fictional and non-) and influence (literary and popular) indelibly continue to amplify, all the while complicating the traditional divide between serious literature and popular fiction.Stephen King remains perpetually popular. And he is finally receiving the academic treatment he has craved since the early 1980s. Yet still unexamined in the King critical canon is the suspense novelist’s fascination with “everyday evil.” Beyond rigorous interrogations of King’s fictional depictions of “everyday evil” by an array of scholars of different ranks living around the world (Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, the UK), the book, replete with 20 images, considers how King widens the parameters of literary production and appreciation. An integral part of the Americana that King’s five-decades-in-the-making canon configures, of course, includes King himself. King has long made use of self-referentiality in his fiction and nonfiction. Some of his nonfiction, several of our essays reveal, recirculates in paratextual form as “Prefatory Remarks” to new novels or new editions of older ones. The paratexts considered here (both across the volume and in the appendices) offer alternate ways by which to appreciate King and his sphere of influence (literary and popular). Said appendices are a grouping of King's paratexts on his writing as Bachman, appearing here, for the first time, as a cohesive collection. King's influence took off in the 1970s, as is further explored in the book-enveloping three-part photo-essay “King’s America, America’s King: Stephen King & Popular Culture since the 1970s.” About the transformative quality of “everyday evil,” the photo-essay tracks the cultural impacts of King first as an emerging author, then a pop culture phenomenon, and, finally, as an established American literary voice.Everyday Evil in Stephen King's America is designed to appeal to teachers and students of American literature, to Stephen King enthusiasts, as well as to acolytes of Americana since the Vietnam War.
Everything We Never Said
by Sloan HarlowDark romance, high stakes and plot twists abound in Sloan Harlow’s debut YA thriller, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover.The dead keep the best secrets . . .It’s been months since Ella’s best-friend, Hayley, died and everywhere she looks she sees reminders of her – including Sawyer, Hayley’s boyfriend. Soon, the two grow closer, finding comfort in each other.Racked with guilt, Ella turns to Hayley’s journal, but what she finds leaves her terrified. The Sawyer in these pages is nothing like the kind and thoughtful boy she knows. Torn, Ella finds herself having to make a choice. Yet making the wrong one could have fatal consequences . . .
The Exes: An Opposites Attract Romance
by Anam IqbalCan opposites ever really attract? When star-crossed lovers Karim and Zara's worlds collide, they have to work out just how far they’re willing to go to give their love a chance. When Karim and Zara meet, sparks shouldn’t fly.They’ve got nothing in common: Karim - with his on-and offline clique, The Exes - is a globally renowned influencer. Zara is just a normal teen, trying to get into uni, and not bring shame to the family by getting distracted by silly boys.Sparks do fly though. With Zara, Karim can finally let his guard down, while his glamorous world offers Zara an escape from her parent’s control.But someone has their eye on them – a secret gossip who’s been spilling truths about The Exes for years.While Karim and Zara’s dates get swoonier, the blogger’s posts get more personal – and more threatening. Can Karim and Zara unmask their tormentor in time to get their happily ever after? Or does fate have other plans in store for them?
Experienced
by null Kate Young'Clever, sexy and joyful. I loved it' BETH O'LEARY 'A fizzing roller-coaster of a rom-com. The sexiest book you'll read all year and the most heartening’ CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE ‘A very relatable take on love that will pull at your heartstrings’ RED Bette loves Mei, but Bette and Mei are on a break, so Bette can catch-up on the decade of dating experiences she missed before she came out. So Bette is (reluctantly) on a dating odyssey: a quest to have lots of casual sex with lots of hot women and come back to Mei more experienced and more certain about what she wants. And now she has new friend Ruth as her dating guide, she can't possibly fail. It's just three months, then she'll be back with Mei. It's the perfect plan … isn't it? What readers are saying about Experienced… ‘An absolutely perfect romcom’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘More bonking than Jilly Cooper’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘384 pages of pure joy and heartbreak’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘Phenomenal! Fun, sexy, big recommend’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘I feel bereft now I’ve finished’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐