Modern & contemporary fiction

Hillary Baxter had been only 21 when she left rural Kansas to pursue a New York modelling career. When Bret Bardoff offered her a prestigious six-month contract, the sky was the limit. But Hillary fell in love with Bret.

What would you do if one night your whole life changed? If everything you thought you knew was suddenly turned on its head? If you had to take your child and keep moving. Away from the questions, away from the prying eyes, away from everyone you knew. Because it's your job to make sure that your ...

When The Spriggan Travelling Theatre Company arrives in Seal Bay to perform a Cornish version of King Arthur on the beach, Morwenna realises that octogenarian actor Daniel Kitto is not the most popular member of the cast. He owns the company, cuts a dashing figure in his yellow sports car and win...

Puy-de-Dome, France. A silenced man. Footprints in the snow lead to the murder scene of Marc Fraysse, France's most celebrated chef - brutally shot before he could make the revelation of his career. A determined man. Seven years on and the mystery still raw, Enzo Macleod, forensic investigator, f...

The world is changing, and humanity must change with it. Rising seas and soaring temperatures have radically transformed the face of Earth. Meanwhile, Earth is being observed from afar by other civilizations - and now they are ready to make contact. Vying to prepare humanity for first contact are...

A failed artist who was big in the nineties grapples with his storied, difficult past and uncertain present, all while convalescing secretly in the cottage of his lost love, who just so happens to be married to his former best friend.

The Blue sisters have always been exceptional - and exceptionally different. Avery, a strait-laced lawyer living in London, is the typical eldest daughter, though she's hiding a secret that could undo her perfect life forever. Bonnie was a boxer but, following a devastating defeat, she's been wor...

Welcome to America. On the east coast, homes are being swallowed by the ocean; on the west coast, California is engulfed with wildfire. But for one family, the impending environmental disaster is the least of their worries. Party girl Cat just impulse-purchased a snake; her pious brother Cooper i...

Summer, 1957. Melody Bright begins her dream job as one of Bob's Blazers - the entertainers and hosts at Trimbles Holiday Camp. Melody and her chorus partner Trevor grow closer as they sing, dance, and deal with some challenging customers together. But when Melody's brother Charlie arrives, claim...

You were everything I ever wanted. Johnny was my first. I was seventeen and I was only brave enough to talk to him after I'd had three vodkas. He was only brave enough to kiss me when no-one else was around. Dave was different. We didn't go out or see friends. We were each other's world. Dave was...