Author: | S. J. Brown |
Category: |
Crime, Mystery & Thriller |
Tasmania is in trouble. While mainland Australia surges through the backwash of the GFC the island state is struggling. Political infighting, bureaucratic ineptitude and a lack of investment have curtailed progress. Too many people are lodging on 'Stru... read more
Winner of the Académie française Grand Prix Award.
"One of those brief and understated novels that stay with the reader for a very long time."--L'Express
"Speaks directly to the heart."--Le Monde
"Eric Faye is a rare talent."--Le Figaro
There were just... read more
Author: | Margaret James |
Category: |
Fiction |
When should you trust your heart? It's 1942 when Cassie Taylor reluctantly leaves Birmingham to become a land girl on a farm in Dorset. There she meets Robert and Stephen Denham, twins recovering from injuries sustained at Dunkirk. Cassie is instantly drawn to Steph... read more
Author: | Laura E. James |
Category: |
Fiction |
You save me and I'll save you...Victoria Noble has pulled the plug on romance. As director of the number one social networking site, EweSpeak, and single mother to four-year-old Seth, she wrestles with the work-life balance. Enter Chris Frampton, Hollywood action hero and Victoria... read more
Author: | Berni Stevens |
Category: |
Paranormal |
Do you Believe in Love After Life? At 25, West-End dancer, Ellie Wakefield should be having the time of her life. The only problem is, ever since waking up in a leaky cellar belonging to three hundred year old vampire, Will Austen, she's been very much dead. And to make matters wor... read more
Author: | Andre Chamson |
Category: |
Fiction |
Series: | Casemate Classic War Fiction |
Set deep in the mountains of southern France, this charming short novel tells the story of a man from the Cevennes Mountains called Roux, who refuses to join the army at the outbreak of war in 1914. Instead, he flees and hides in the hills, only returning occasionally to the farm where... read more
Author: | Jane Lovering |
Category: |
Paranormal |
Series: | York Vampire Series |
In the mean streets of York, the stakes just got higher - and even pointier. Jessica Grant liaises with Otherworlders for York Council so she knows that falling in love with a vampire takes a leap of faith. But her lover Sil, the City Vampire in charge of Otherworld Yo... read more
Author: | Sheryl Browne |
Category: |
Fiction |
You can't run away from commitment forever ...Adam Hamilton-Shaw has more reason than most to avoid commitment. Living on a houseboat in the Severn Valley, his dream is to sail into the sunset - preferably with a woman waiting in every port. But lately, his life looks more like a r... read more
Author: | Antoine Laurain; Jane Aitken (Translator); Emily Boyce (Translator) |
Category: |
Fiction |
Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street. There's nothing in the bag to indicate who it belongs to, although there's all sorts of other things in it. Laurent feels a strong impulse to find the owner and tries to puzzle together who she mig... read more
Author: | Rob HART |
Category: |
Fiction |
Gun violence, climate change and unemployment have ravaged the United States beyond recognition. Amidst the wreckage, an online retail giant named Cloud reigns supreme. Cloud brands itself not just as an online storefront, but as a global saviour. Yet, beneath the sunny exterior, lur... read more
Author: | Ocean Vuong |
Category: |
Fiction |
Reading Level: | very good |
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Oprah.com, Huffington Post, The A.V. Club, Nylon, The Week, The Rumpus, The Millions, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and more. Poet Ocean V... read more
Author: | Yves Jego |
Category: |
Fiction |
1661 is a year of destiny for France and its young King, Louis XIV. Cardinal Mazarin, the prime minister who has reigned throughout the king's early years, lies dying. As a fierce power struggle develops to succeed him, a religious brotherhood, guardian of a centuries old secret, al... read more