Collection: Adult Fiction Paperback

When five strangers are chosen for an all-expenses-paid stay an exclusive retreat, they leap at the chance to rest and get away from it all amidst the lush Costa Rican rainforest - or the holiday from hell? Their famous host is nowhere to be seen when they arrive. Confused, but eager to immerse t...

For the same two weeks every year, Frankie leaves her daughter Lola to go on a yoga retreat. But the truth is, there is no retreat. Just a remote cottage and enough pills to deceive her natural body clock into staying awake whenever it's dark outside. As long as she stays awake, the nightmare won...

A dark Southern tale of desperate souls who've wound up on the road of poor choices, a messianic child with untold powers, and those out hunting her for their own reward, all drawn together by Michael Farris Smith's trademark mournful, spirit-gnawing prose.

Everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together - everybody but Shiloh and Cary. 'Slow Dance' follows these star-crossed best friends from their inseparable teen years on the wrong side of the tracks to their far-flung adulthoods - through her marriage and motherhood and his time in the N...

Ruth's tireless research into the disease that killed her young daughter had an unexpected outcome: the discovery of a vaccine against old age. Just one jab a year reverses your biological clock, guaranteeing a long, healthy life. But Ruth's cure was hijacked by her colleague, Erik Grundleger, wh...

The lies are bigger and the plots more treacherous when your favourite backstabbers return in the sequel to instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Mai Corland's epic fantasy 'Five Broken Blades'.

Hull, 1904. As the much doted-on daughter of the local doctor Violet Stroud had a comfortable, happy childhood - despite a distinct lack of love from her cold-hearted mother. But when her father unexpectedly dies, Violet's life is turned upside down. As secrets about the family come to light, Vio...

Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions - but when Charlotte organises the baby shower from hell for pregnant Nicki, the girls are reunited. Under a sweltering hot summer day, tensions rise - and b...

The Ophelia is your typical superyacht: luxurious, owned by a ruthless billionaire and staffed by crew who have just one job: keep the guests happy, whatever it takes. Sasha is the latest hire on a week-long Atlantic crossing, and she fits right in. In fact, she could be mistaken for any of the s...

When Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy left London four years ago, Europe was facing war and Billy Cavendish, the man she loved, had told her he could never marry her. Now, as London stands a shell of its former self, Kick returns to volunteer with the Red Cross, determined to do what she can for the city ...

"A centuries-long curse is no match for rom-com shenanigans when a medieval knight is brought to life in modern-day Chicago. Forgotten by time and abandoned by hope, Sir Griffin de Beauford's existence stretches out before him. Cursed by a ruthless enchanter to see, hear, and think, but never to ...

Writer Karen Walker knows more than most about murderers. Her first love went on to become The Bagman, a notorious serial killer now locked away for life in a maximum-security prison. Karen has spent her life running from the weight of having loved him, defended him and, ultimately, leading the p...

In a Cape Town where water is rationed and has to be collected from trucks each day, with the consequences of apartheid and the ending of it still evident, Deidre lives from day to day in squalor - largely created by herself - borrowing, persuading, cadging her way from the water trucks to the ba...

Ethan Dove's family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it's exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood. After Rose is bullied by the boys across th...

It's 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in - she's moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this? Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long...

Since the death of his brother, veteran dairy farmer George has been struggling to keep the family business afloat. His troubles only worsen when animal rights activists descend on his cowshed one morning, to film content for their social media. The fallout is unprecedented, especially as George'...

Based on Cartarescu's own role as a high school teacher, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarist's life and quickly spirals into a philosophical account of life, history, philosophy, and mathematics. One character asks another: when you rush into the burning building, will you save ...

With 'Lady Audley's Secret', Mary Elizabeth Braddon had established herself, alongside Wilkie Collins and Mrs Henry Wood, as one of the ruling triumvirate of 'sensation novelists'. 'Aurora Floyd', following hot on its heels, achieved almost equal popularity and notoriety. P.D. Edwards's introduct...

This anthology features Sister Fidelma who originally made her debut as one of the decade's most interesting sleuths in short story form. This is the first collection of Celtic crime novels ever to be published. Hemlock at Vespers is Peter Tremayne's anthology of Celtic mysteries featuring the ev...

Love in a cold climate? Love in a cold climate?Perfect for fans of:?? International?? Workplace romance?? Forced proximity-In this Valentine Flings story, GP Larissa has escaped to the Arctic island of Svalbard for a work opportunity. Desperate to forget the disappointments of losing her job and ...