Contemporary Fiction

Soon after moving to the secluded Norfolk village of Munding, Alex Darken has a disturbing encounter with the ageing poet Edward Nesbit and his you...

Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I kn...

An American in Paris falls in love with two women, one of whom he can only only imagine, in this wonderful debut.As he settles into his new office ...

A stunning epic novel of secrets, betrayal and passion, from 1933 to the 1960s1933. Tessa and Frederica Nicolson enjoy one last idyllic summer at t...

WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 2009LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010'A tremendously vital book in every sense.' - Sunday TimesAt ...

SHEER MISCHIEF by bestselling author Jill Mansell is an unmissable romantic comedy about sisterly love and rivalry... Not to be missed by readers o...

'LOVED it. I read it in 3 hours in one sitting' Goodreads reviewer, THEIR FIRST MISTAKE WAS INVITING HER IN...Rose has it all - the gorgeous ch...

His first wife was everything you're not. But was she everything she seemed?Lily, a young woman left alone in the world on the death of her grandpa...

Kate Fox was a teenage orphan from the rough side of the Bronx. Now a beautiful woman, Kate wants wealth and security for life. When media mogul Ma...

A warm, witty and wildly romantic read set in the sizzling south of France.When Cat Hayes impulsively marries a handsome, penniless French waiter i...

Sarah Winman''s bestselling, critically-acclaimed debut novel WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT continues to captivate and enchant readers.The Sunday Times bes...

Four friends leave behind a dark secret on a paradise island in the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling novel from Tasmina Perry. It was supposed to b...

Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award and a Sunday Times bestseller 2010, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE by Maggie O'Farrell is a gorgeously written ...

Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secon...

Welcome to Desperation.Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last pl...

Discover this surprising gem - the sharp, funny and irresistible debut novel from the bestselling author of Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamental...

Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' Candis Dear Reader, I'm not much of a letter writer. As the sheriff here, I'm used to writin...

You meet everyone in the rooms...English literary agent Patrick Miller came to New York dreaming of joining the big league, only to find himself se...

Can you forgive the past?It's 1963 and a young German reporter has been assigned the suicide of a holocaust survivor. The news story seems straighf...

New York fashion designer Jamie Nova has chosen the glitz of Las Vegas as the setting for celebrating her impending divorce. Joined by her two best...

Amy Scott-Simon, a young New York heiress, is engaged to marry Max Diamond, an older powerful real estate tycoon. At her bachelorette party, she ru...

**The chilling thriller from an international bestselling phenomenon.**'A triumph of plot, construction and research' THE TIMES____________Plan Aur...

You have a funny way of doing things here. The voice is that of Vid Cosic, a Serbian immigrant whose immediate friendship with a young Du...