Sydneysider Abbey Parker, 42, arrives on an idyllic island resort in the Maldives. Her marriage is over, it's her first holiday alone, and an identity crisis is looming. Her solution? A complimentary bottle of champagne and a swim in the Indian Ocean. Staying in the room next door is brooding Londoner Nick Northby, 41. He's on his annual holiday, avoiding the sun, the glare and people - but he can't avoid having to rescue a tipsy, half-naked woman from drowning. Their chemistry is immediate and undeniable. And with a mysteriously invested resort worker playing cupid, a holiday fling is inevitable. Abbey returns home changed, but still struggling to assert herself among her all-female family of powerhouse personalities. Meanwhile, changes are also occurring at her work. Delacqua Hotels has new English owners and her role as Executive Assistant to the CEO becomes extremely awkward - her new boss is none other than her former holiday flame, Nick Northby. Boss Nick is very different from Holiday Nick - and it isn't just the bespoke suits. He's all business and boundaries. As Abbey finds her voice and opens her heart, Nick sheds his layers reluctantly. She discovers a guarded and damaged man, who manages his heart like a high-risk venture. Nick is determined not to fall for her. So why does he keep creeping past the line they drew in the white Maldivian sand, marking the end of their affair? If they're going to have a future together, they'll need to decide whether their self-imposed boundaries are a strength or a weakness - and if falling in love is worth the risk. The Last Resort is a warm, sophisticated, funny and poignant novel about two people reluctantly falling in love and trying to find hope when the realities of middle age have overtaken the optimism of youth.
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In a tale of love, legacy and magic, one fiery couple forced apart must navigate a deadly maze of politics and power to reunite across a continent at war… Torn from the arms of her husband Reid and dragged back to her homeland in chains, Vaasa is no longer a ruler, but a political pawn. With her magic under the control of her family’s former advisor, Ozik, Vaasa is coerced to partake in his games. Aiming to install himself as the true power of Asterya, Ozik intends to force Vaasa to wed a wealthy lord. But before his plan can play out, Vaasa discovers a cryptic message from her late mother detailing a precious gift that might be the answer to freeing her magic… if she can find it. Meanwhile, across the continent, Reid is done playing politics. But waging war is never simple, and brute force will only go so far. With allies fading and time slipping away, Reid finds he has no choice but to infiltrate Asterya alone in order to bring home the woman he loves. What will Vaasa and Reid do for agency in a world that seeks to take it from them? Fighting against imprisonment and conniving bureaucratic schemes, the pair must risk it all to finally return to one another, and save Icruria from the supernatural forces brewing behind the Asteryan throne.
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DISCOVER THE THRILLER EVERYONE CAN’T PUT DOWN ‘This is a book that sticks in your head long after the last page’ LISA JEWELL 'An extraordinary double-whammy of a novel' LINWOOD BARCLAY 'An attention-commanding thriller. Buy it, lock your doors and shut off your phone' JEFFEREY DEAVER 'Knife-edge tension and a perfect denouement' ANDREA MARA 'Once you start reading, you won’t want to stop' ALEX FINLAY --- There’s something out there in the darkness. By morning, bones lie in the snow, picked clean. Zach knows the moods of the mountains – his mother taught him before she was gone. His father and the other men on the ski weekend think they know better though. Drinking and boasting, they laugh in the face of the icy conditions. But Zach understands what danger looks like. Can he survive the wilderness, and all the monsters within it? --- Praise for WARNING SIGNS 'Tracy Sierra is a master of edge-of-your-seat suspense' FLYNN BERRY 'Nobody does tension and terror like Tracy Sierra' HOLLY SEDDON 'Terrifying, chilling and emotionally visceral' NIKKI SMITH 'A taut survival thriller with heart' K.T. NGUYEN
WHO DO YOU TRUST WHEN YOU CAN'T TRUST THE ONE YOU LOVE? 'A book that gives you a gripping ride for the mind and emotions' 5***** reader review --- Four years on from the devastating loss of their first child, Lauren and Alex De Vale are finally the proud parents of new baby, Charlotte. However as Lauren – who struggled to bond with her late son – returns to work, she is riddled with anxiety. She knows all too well that one little mistake can lead to tragedy. What if something terrible happens to Charlotte while she’s not there? Fear, grief and guilt make for a potent mix. And all it takes is one neighbour’s offhand comment to spark Lauren’s worst fears - and deep-seated suspicions . . . --- Praise for Susi Fox: 'You will be desperate to know how this dark, disturbing tale ends' Sun 'I raced through, unable to stop reading until I found out what was really going on. Gripping and thought provoking' Laura Marshall ‘An original, brave new voice’ Women’s Weekly ‘I couldn’t sleep until I finished it . . . and then I couldn’t sleep at all’ Dervla McTiernan
The gripping new crime novel featuring Alex Delaware from the bestselling master of suspense. When a young woman is found dead at her kitchen table – with DNA belonging to her ex-boyfriend at the scene – psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis assume it’s an open-and-shut case. But the guy has an airtight alibi. Could an enemy from his shady past have framed him? Many miles away, a former LAPD officer is found brutally murdered in her garage. Her co-workers knew her as meticulously organized, but her house is full of junk and meaningless objects – except for the envelopes full of cash hidden within the chaos... But as Alex and Milo dig deeper, they discover shocking links between the victims. It soon becomes clear they have a complicated – and deadly – puzzle to solve. ___________________________________________ Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times No. 1 bestselling thrillers: 'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 'High-octane entertainment' The Times 'Exceptionally exciting' New York Times 'Jonathan Kellerman has delivered the goods again, adding another instalment to a series that shows no sign of running out of stea' Shots Magazine Jonathan Kellerman, New York Times bestseller, February 2024
From the bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an irresistible story of love, courage and resistance on the streets of Paris – and in the secret network of tunnels that lies beneath * A Good Morning America Book Club pick for January 2026! * 1664: Alouette Voland is the daughter of a master dyer at Paris' famed Gobelins Tapestry Works. With a gift for her craft and a drive to prove she is as good as the male dyers controlling the industry, Alouette dreams of creating her own masterpiece. But her boldness will put everyone she loves at risk. 1939: Kristof Larson is starting his medical residency in the same Parisian neighbourhood once dominated by the tapestry works. The shadows of his past have left him determined to improve conditions for the patients of the infamous Salpetrière asylum. But as war breaks out across Europe and Nazi forces descend on Paris, he could lose his career – and his life. Alouette and Kristof are both ambitious, idealistic and brave. But faced with authorities who will do anything to silence them, the secret web of tunnels lying beneath the shimmering streets of Paris might be their only hope of survival. Skylark is a spellbinding story about defiance and love that beautifully uncovers the hidden history of the City of Light.
The Body is a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, where one woman must survive a series of bizarre and escalating attacks on her marriage. Mavis broke from her parents’ congregation years ago, but she still hasn’t recovered. Their impossible expectations and soul-shredding critiques have dug deep into her mind, and she’s taunted by the knowledge that even when she’s done nothing wrong, she’ll never be right. Now Mavis is afraid she’s about to lose the only thing she has: her husband, Jerrod. The man she’s always known was too good to be true. No one thinks she deserves him—not even after surviving the serial cheater they wanted her to stick by—and soon they’ll all find out they were right. Mavis is already unraveling when a brush with death shows her what real fear looks like. Soon, she’s under constant attack from all directions. As the assaults turn increasingly vicious and bizarre, Mavis realizes that Hell isn’t reserved for the afterlife. And sinner or not, no one is coming to save her. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
'A very special novel' Louise Kennedy 'An enthralling novel and a remarkable narrative feat' John Banville A wild child with a ferocious imagination will stop at nothing to protect his family. After years of moving from place to place, a young family finds shelter in an isolated house in the Irish countryside. Their father is missing, Mum is a healer and B a formidable big sister. In his strange new territory, a wild little boy gives voice to his experience. Jerry Drain, a local famer, is stealing hay from the barn, someone is making nasty phone calls to the house at night and darkness is gathering at the edges of their lives. With his ferocious imagination the boy will do everything in his power to protect his family. But Jerry will not go away and Mum seems to be falling under his spell. It will be a year of major wins and baffling defeats for the boy, as Jerry's true nature insists on revealing itself. Dark, funny, tender and raw, Frogs for Watchdogs thrums with the intensity of childhood. Above all, it is an ode to the blended family: the bewildering joy, wary safety and profound new bonds of love. Shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards
A GOODREADS AND BOOKRIOT MOST ANTICIPATED ROMANCE OF 2026 A “poignant and swoony” romance about a woman with a rare neurological condition who agrees to fake-date the hot guy in her chronic pain support group—only to discover he’s an Olympic snowboarder whose career-ending injury is as infamous as his dating history (Gigi Griffis, author of The Empress). Your fake relationship shouldn’t come with chronic feelings. Skylar is done with offline relationships—especially romantic ones. Living with chronic illness means she’s heard it all before: unreliable, high-maintenance, too much. She’d rather spend her free time in her online chronic pain support group, and lately, she can’t help but notice Pike, the hot new guy with a penchant for broody poetry. When a chaotic night in the group forces her to pose as his girlfriend, she reluctantly agrees to keep up the charade in real life. Surprisingly, he’s thoughtful, sweet, and—most importantly—doesn’t flinch at the things that have scared others away. Fake dating gets a lot more complicated when she discovers Pike isn’t just some guy. He’s a professional snowboarder whose career-ending injury is as infamous as his playboy past. He won’t talk about that, though. He’s fine. Really. But pretending to be in love with Skylar turns out to be the least depressing thing he’s done in months. As they spend more time together, she starts to notice the cracks in his carefully crafted image, and for once, he doesn’t mind being seen. After all the bed-sharing and late-night talks, it becomes harder for both of them to pretend. But just as things start turning real, the paparazzi catch on, wanting the scoop on how everyone’s favorite Olympic medalist is doing post-accident. Dating while disabled comes with challenges of its own, but public speculation and invasive questions are something else entirely. If their newfound feelings can’t survive the spotlight, their not-so-fake relationship may be over before it ever truly begins.