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Her scandalous baby bargain! With her chances of having a family in jeopardy, Neha’s taking drastic action! Approaching billionaire Leonardo Brunetti with her outrageous request to father her child by IVF is step one. Step two…? Ignoring her deep desire for the alluring Italian! Leo is the ideal choice because he doesn’t do romantic attachments. His parents’ less than stellar example cemented that. And the last thing Neha needs is yet another man dictating her life. Her terms are straightforward—until Leo turns the tables by showing Neha how pleasurable indulging her desire can be…

The Italian billionaire’s vow: She’ll be his wife! Alessio Palvetti will do anything to bring his young nephew into the family business. To secure his heir, he’ll use his incredible chemistry with the boy’s legal guardian, Beth Hardingstone, and command her to marry him! For Alessio the Palvetti empire always comes first, but all orphaned Beth has ever wanted is to matter to someone. Will their intensely passionate marriage be enough for this innocent Cinderella?

Can a Christmas kiss… …lead to their happy ever after? Nurse Hollee Cantrell is stunned when ex-army doc, Clancy deOliveira, begins working at her hospital. Years ago, they shared a passionate kiss – but then Clancy left and Hollee married his best friend. Now widowed, it’s time for Hollee to admit that her marriage was a sham and she’s never stopped thinking about Clancy. And as their desire reignites, it seems Clancy hasn’t forgotten her either…

Full of warmth and laugh-out-loud funny, the new novel from the author of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows British-born Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina have never been close but when their mother died, she had only one request: that they take a pilgrimage across India to carry out her final rites. While an extended family holiday is the last thing they want, each sister has her own reasons to run away from her life. Rajni is the archetypal know-it-all eldest but her son dropped a devastating bombshell before she left and for the first time she doesn’t know what the future holds. Middle sister Jezmeen was always a loudmouth, translating her need for attention into life as a struggling actress. But her career is on the skids after an incident went viral and now she’s desperate to find her voice again. Shirina has always been the golden child, who confounded expectations by having an arranged marriage and moving to the other side of the world. But her perfect life isn’t what it seems and time is running out to make the right choice. As the miles rack up on their jaunt across India, the secrets of the past and present are sure to spill out…

Family honour demands revenge…His body craves more…. Formula One champion Inigo Valesquez loves fast cars—and faster women. Except Marielle Bisset, his family’s ultimate adversary. But in his bed, the sultry enigma is so much more…Inigo is used to winning—but can he win Marielle without losing his family?

*Doors open at Rachel’s Pudding Pantry again for Christmas!* Cosy up with the new novel in the Pudding Pantry series, full of love, laughter, kisses under the mistletoe, and plenty of delicious pudding! The first snow is falling over Primrose Farm, the mince pies are warming, and Rachel can’t wait to share a kiss under the mistletoe with her gorgeous new flame, Tom. If only it was all comfort and joy… The arrival of Tom’s ex brings an unwelcome chill to the farm. And despite Master Baker Mum Jill’s valiant efforts, the new pudding pantry business is feeling the pinch. With a spoonful of festive spirit, a cupful of goodwill with friends, and her messy, wonderful family by her side, can Rachel make this a Christmas to remember? Why readers love cosying up with Caroline Roberts’ gorgeous novels: ‘Family, friendships, farming and fabulous food. The Pudding Pantry is perfect!’ Sunday Times bestseller Heidi Swain ‘Cosy and uplifting – a real treat!’ Debbie Johnson ‘A delightful, life affirming story’ Ali McNamara ‘Such a wonderful book, heart-wrenching and uplifting and joyful! Cressida McLaughlin 'A top-rated romance which I devoured quicker than a slice of Victoria Sponge. Beautifully written, warm, funny, cosy, romantic and sweeter than a tray full of cookie dough' Bookaholic Confessions 'A warm and cosy read for a cold winter's day… will have you longing to be served in the tearoom' Rachel's Random Reads

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‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare ‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow Country In his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy. For comfort, he turned to his bookshelves, back to the ghost stories that obsessed him as a boy, and to the writers through the ages who have attempted to confront what comes after death. In Ghostland, Parnell goes in search of the ‘sequestered places’ of the British Isles, our lonely moors, our moss-covered cemeteries, our stark shores and our folkloric woodlands. He explores how these landscapes conjured and shaped a kaleidoscopic spectrum of literature and cinema, from the ghost stories and weird fiction of M. R. James, Arthur Machen and Algernon Blackwood to the children’s fantasy novels of Alan Garner and Susan Cooper; from W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn and Graham Swift’s Waterland to the archetypal ‘folk horror’ film The Wicker Man… Ghostland is Parnell’s moving exploration of what has haunted our writers and artists – and what is haunting him. It is a unique and elegiac meditation on grief, memory and longing, and of the redemptive power of stories and nature.

Второй роман о великолепной Кейт Редди, финансовом аналитике, заботливой матери, преданной жене, любящей дочери, сестре, невестке, подруге… Кейт знает ответы на все вопросы. Кроме, пожалуй, двух: как отыскать время для себя и где найти храбрость поступить так, как велит сердце, а не только рассудок – пусть даже самый здравый?

Лянка поет, занимается плаваньем, изучает арабский, японский. Похоже, ее родители готовы платить за что угодно, лишь бы их дочь «взяла все от жизни»… и пореже бывала дома.

Джеймсу Фрею 23 года, он просыпается в самолете с выбитыми зубами, понятия не имея, куда летит и где был последние две недели. Он алкоголик и наркоман. Чтобы дожить хотя бы до 24 лет, ему придется пройти шестинедельный курс реабилитации. Ох непросто будет, непросто.

Впервые на русском – новейшее произведение автора «Зимней сказки»: романа, ставшего современной классикой и недавно экранизированного (в главных ролях Колин Фаррелл, Джессика Браун-Финдли, Расселл Кроу, Уильям Хёрт, Уилл Смит; в российском прокате фильм получил название «Любовь сквозь время»). «Париж в настоящем времени» – это глубокий взгляд на жизнь и ее сложности через очищающую призму искусства и памяти. Итак, познакомьтесь с Жюлем Лакуром – виолончелистом, композитором, преподавателем Сорбонны, ветераном войны в Алжире; родители его погибли перед самым освобождением Франции от фашистской оккупации, и эту травму он пронес через всю жизнь. Он всегда «влюблялся сильно и молниеносно, в женщин, по праву достойных любви и ею не обделенных», и даже после смерти жены, с которой прожил всю жизнь, не утратил этой привычки. Однажды его старый друг, всемирно известный философ Франсуа Эренштамм, предложил Жюлю написать рекламный джингл для крупнейшей в мире страховой компании «Эйкорн», сулившей баснословный гонорар, и Жюль принял этот вызов – других способов найти деньги на лечение внука, страдающего от лейкемии, все равно не было…