Contemporary literature

"I was going to be okay. I was going to be okay. That had to be the case. Even though it felt a very long way away from me in that moment..."   Maybe fannies and long-term love just don't work well together... Hers used to work perfectly. It found her fingerings, orgasms and love. But...

'Cat was everywhere at once, splayed in all directions but too soft to get in our way…' Discover this captivating, inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World. Every cat contains multitudes When a young couple accidentally come into possession of a...

Escape to the beautiful lavender fields of Provence this summer. Del moved to the south of France three years ago and hasn’t looked back. She’s found new friends, new purpose, and new love with gorgeous Fabien.But just as harvest on her little lavender farm is due to begin, Del gets some...

From the author of The Change, comes a novel about book banning and those brave enough to stand up against this censorship. In Troy, Georgia, Lula Dean has decided to cleanse the town's reading habits. All banned books have been removed from public spaces, and the townspeople are only allowed...

Anna has just lost her taste for the Big Apple...   Anna has a life to envy. An apartment in New York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying job in beauty PR. Who wouldn't want all that? Anna - it turns out. Turning a minor mid-life crisis into a major...

The games are back in the thrilling, final instalment of New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas's Devil's Night series. They call it Blackchurch: a secluded mansion in a remote, undisclosed location where the wealthy and powerful send their misbehaving sons to cool off away from prying eyes. Will Grayson...

No Worries If Not is a funny, relatable coming-of-age story, that explores comedian, Soph Galustian's, experiences of poverty, queerness, love, grief and community. She recounts her life from childhood, to teens, into adulthood through a mixture of short stories, spoken word, illustrations, and space for the reader to reflect (or...

One Last Rainy Day a spin off of The Ravenhood Series, and the first installment of the Ravenhood Legacy series.   Dominic King doesn’t want or need anything... except his freedom. The key to his cage is tucked in the suit pocket of his overbearing, overprotective, older brother, Tobias — the leader of...

A debut romance about a supermodel and a photographer with a past marriage pact who meet again ten years later on a photoshoot in Cinque Terre, Italy.From the moment Emerson and Theo met as teenagers, they were inseparable. But just when they finally expressed their feelings to one another, they...

The lines between work and play get deliciously blurred in this red hot, inclusive, super sexy MMF “why choose” hockey romance that set TikTok on fire – now with exclusive bonus content!My name is Poppy St. James and I’ve just landed my dream job as the Director of Public Relations...

No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, sends readers on a nine-month cruise where everyone has to keep their head - and hearts - above water.   She's the only woman he wants, and the only one he can never touch again.She's Penna Carstairs. AKA, Rebel. Named FMX-treme Magazine's...

A steamy grumpy/sunshine romance with a warm country feel that touches upon family, heartbreak, and whether the potential for disaster is worth the risk that accompanies love, from the popular TikTok author, perfect for fans of Sarah Adams, author of When in Rome and The Cheat Sheet, and Lucy Score,...

The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals.Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a...

'A warm, smart, sexy, and absolutely charming debut' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us----Think of it like Tinder. Except your parents are the algorithm, and both parties are looking for a life-long commitment... Meghna has tried everything when it comes to dating: blind dates, apps, attempting to drum up conversations...

Can you fall in love with someone you've never even met?Hailey Taylor Emery has a hunch that her favorite client at Fetch—an anonymous virtual assistant service—is actually hockey star Matt Eriksson.Although it's against the rules for her to check his file, she's 95% sure she spends at least part of...

From award-winning journalist Parmy Olson, Supremacy is the astonishing, untold, behind-the-scenes story of the battle between two AI companies, their struggles to use their tech for good, and the dangerous direction that they’re now going in. "They declined his offer too, not realizing how much the thin-skinned Musk didn’t...

Discover The Atlas Paradox, the electric dark academia sequel to viral sensation The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake - a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller. Inside the Alexandrian Society alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken and all must pick a side. Six magicians were offered the opportunity of a...

From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes an utterly beautiful and charming novel full of mystery and secrets waiting to be uncovered... Her new chapter starts now... Jo Sorsby is hiding from her past when she agrees to run her uncle's beloved...

A tale of passion and romance between a Japanese schoolteacher and a doglike man, from the prize-winning author of The Last Children of Tokyo.Mitsuko, a schoolteacher at the Kitamura school, inspires both rumour and curiosity in the parents of her students because of her unconventional manner - not least when she...

Welcome to Tenderness! A quaint seaside town in Kitakyushu, Mojiko is full of hidden delights. And one unexpected treasure is the 24/7 convenience store, Tenderness.At first glance, it’s a store like any other.Sure, it’s a bit odd that the handsome manager has his own fan club. And perhaps the customers are...

Book of the Year 2023 according to New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, Economist, Observer, The Spectator, Financial Times, Vogue, The Times, The Oldie, i Paper, The Standard, Washington Post, Independent, Daily ExpressSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS’ PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024ONE OF SARAH JESSICA...

A Forgotten Past. A Missing Girl. A Dark Secret. Kira vividly remembers the day Cady Bennett and her search and rescue dog found her as a child, alone in the wild with no memory of her past. Now adopted into the Bennett family and trained in search and rescue herself, Kira’s...

From the author of How to Kill Men and Get Away With It, don’t miss this wickedly witty and utterly addictive novel, perfect for fans of Bella Mackie, Dawn O’Porter and Killing Eve.   Something bad happened last night. I’ve woken up with the hangover from hell, a stranger in my bed,...

'Unputdownable' MICK HERRON'Fast-paced and exhilarating, you'll be hooked' HEAT'A summer read which exudes menace' SARAH VAUGHAN'Mysterious, suspenseful and suffused with paranoia' ALEX MICHAELIDESWhen Finn Hensen gets a call from his sister Jess to say their father has died, neither is heartbroken. Their parents divorced many years ago, after which their...

"An ever-surprising and stylistically diverse anthology that will surely stand as the touchstone collection of Korean literature for decades to come" - Literary Review   This eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and colonial era...

An angsty, single-parent romance that tugs at the heartstrings and ignites the soul. It’s a story of second chances, hidden desires, and the kind of love that never truly fades, even after years of silence and separation.   CALEBI came to the lake to be left alone, to lick my wounds. I...

Maya's life is safe, predictable, quiet...She spends her days at the same job she's been at for years, her evenings watching Bollywood movies with her parents and her Saturday nights eating out at the same restaurant with her childhood best friend.When Maya meets Noah on the Underground, for twenty glorious...

THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE. No, we're not lost. The wind knows my name. And yours too. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht - the night their family loses everything. As her child's safety seems...

An addictive standalone about a Hollywood princess who is desperate to self-destruct…and the grumpy bodyguard who saves her.I landed in hot water with the tabloids one too many times. What can I say? My nipple wanted to come out and say hi to the paparazzi. After that, my father presented me with...

Westminster in the 2020s. In the SW1 bubble, politics moves fast, schemes are hatched and foiled - through both accident and conspiracy - within hours, and sex and power preside. When Bobby Cliveden decides to campaign against the closure of her local mental health unit, she scarcely thought it would...