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£9.99From the New York Times bestselling author of It's a Love Story, a novel about a single mother who’s offered a Pretty Woman-type deal and may just have to take it.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of It's a Love Story, a novel about a single mother who’s offered a Pretty Woman-type deal and may just have to take it.

A second-chance romance that questions whether a whirlwind, week-long love story can still stir something three decades later.

Professional bull rider Emmett Bush is not looking for love. He’s looking for a pay check to save his family’s farm from bankruptcy. So, when he agrees to be the leading man on a hot new reality dating show, Romance Ranch, he’s already decided it’s all one big performance. Until Julia Silva walks onto his property. Smart, snarky, beautiful, and off-limits in more ways than one. As the location consultant on set and the little sister of his most bitter professional rival, she’s the last woman who should pique his interest. Julia has been warned about Emmett. She knows better than to fall for his cocky swagger, broad shoulders, and smouldering good looks. Plus, she’s sworn off relationships. But as Julia and Emmett work together, mutual distaste grows into an unexpected connection and then – maybe more.

Max has never had time for a relationship – working in the high stakes world of international diplomacy, the best he can manage is squeezing in one night stands with ‘himbos’ between his ongoing efforts to win a promotion. But when he tries to multitask by hooking up with a visiting dignitary at a black-tie dinner, it blows up spectacularly in his face and Max is discreetly advised that his personal life is not helping his career ambitions. In this line of work, appearances matter, and Max is losing ground to his long-term rival, happily married ‘family man’ Quentin. Max decides to beat Quentin at his own game by recruiting a fake boyfriend, Hunter, from an actors’ agency. But some visa complications force them to make their relationship official by getting married. There’s only one thing that could make all this even more complicated – if Max and Hunter’s feelings for each other start becoming real.

“I enjoyed this book a lot! Emma Straub creates such a strong sense of place and writes characters that feel so real that it almost feels like you’re there on the cruise. I thought the meditations on aging, fame and womanhood were interesting and thought-provoking. If you like character driven fiction and you had a boyband phase in your teens, this is a perfect summer read for you!”
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Annie is on a journey straight back to her past. When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous 1990s boyband, and three thousand women who have worshipped them since their youth. Newly divorced and with an empty nest, Annie is on board as a lark to appease her sister. Once a diehard fan of the band as a teen, she now feels out of place amid the sea of bedazzling t-shirts bearing the singers’ faces. Yet when the lights go down, the cocktails are poured and the band starts singing, Annie finally reconnects to a long-submerged part of herself. As she encounters Keith, the band’s slightly depressed, fifty-something lead singer – not just a celebrity but someone clearly in need of a friend – she feels like anything is possible. But is the connection between Annie and Keith just a fantasy? Or is this the beginning of a new chapter for them both?

THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING FOOD WRITER
'IRRESISTIBLY FUNNY, SEXY AND CHARMING' AMY KEY
'A JOY TO READ' RUKMINI IYER
'THE FUNNY SLOW-BURN LOVE STORY YOU NEED TO START SUMMER PROPERLY' RED

Frankie and George. They’ve been best friends for as long as they can remember. Each is the other’s biggest defender and fiercest foe. Too much alike – passionate, impulsive, and headstrong – they’ve always clashed and come back together. But on the eve of her wedding weekend, Frankie doesn’t know where they stand. For the last year, George has been distant, and now she’s not even sure whether he’ll show up to the wedding as her best man. But then, at the start of the weekend festivities, in walks George. For one glorious evening, Frankie has everything she’s ever wanted. A stable job. Her best friend beside her. A loving fiancé. She’s even getting along with her mother. Life is as close to perfect as she can imagine. Until the next morning, when Frankie’s fiancé dumps her, leaving only a note as an explanation. Heartbroken and without a place to live, Frankie returns to her family’s home to wallow. But George has a different idea.

When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites eternal optimist Alice Scott to the balmy Little Crescent Island, Alice knows this is it: her big break. And even more rare: a chance to impress her family with a Serious Publication. The catch? Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud, Hayden Anderson, is sure of the same thing. The proposal? A one-month trial period to unearth the truth behind one of the most scandalous families of the 20th century, after which she’ll choose who’ll tell her story. The problem? Margaret is only giving each of them tantalising pieces. Pieces they can’t put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.

*SELECTED AS ONE OF APPLE'S BEST BOOKS FOR 2025*
*PEOPLE MAGAZINE FICTION BOOK OF THE WEEK*
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The debut novel from the multi-award-winning food writer.
'Irresistibly funny, sexy and charming' Amy Key
‘A joy to read’ Rukmini Iyer
'The joyous read you need to start summer properly' RED

Lara Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. One for every boy she's ever loved. The letters are for her eyes only. Until the day they are mailed, and suddenly Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control.

When Frida Slattery and John Reddan meet in a Dublin pub in 2006, neither can imagine how they will come to shape and define each other’s lives? Frida is struggling to launch her acting career, while John is already gaining a name for himself as a director. From this first meeting, they see in each other potential and the chance to create work that matters. With the financial crisis looming, the next 15 years takes them from Dublin to London, New York and LA, and through success and disappointment, joy and heartbreak. Their connection is tested and stretched to the point of rupture, but something remains that outlasts their work and the shifting perceptions of the period.

Renley Gossage has one shot to prove she’s more than Cape Meril’s favourite cautionary tale: restore her favourite candy shop before the town writes her off like they did her father. No help, no shortcuts, and definitely no rich men wielding engagement rings and making things messy. Theo Williams never planned on ending up in Cape Meril. A drunken game of truth or dare turned into a botched online engagement, and now he’s across the ocean, escaping his father’s control with nothing but designer shoes, misplaced confidence, and a rental next door to Renley. She’s practical, stubborn, and covered in paint. He’s posh, persistent, and willing to use a sander if it means earning her trust. Between collapsing drywall, gossiping neighbours, and the chaotic schemes of Renley’s aunt, their forced proximity turns into something dangerously close to real.

The unforgettable love story with a dark secret at its heart, from Sunday Times and New York Times million-copy bestseller Rosie Walsh.

The Isle of Ormer: population 500, soon to be 501. Charlie Jones has landed on the island to embark on her brand new life. As the manager at Ormer’s only farm shop, this job will be her perfect next chapter. Good riddance to the mainland, this is it – fresh air, and a clean slate. Except there is one small issue, Charlie Jones has also just arrived on the Isle of Ormer, to embark on his brand new life. His job at the farm shop feels like fate, and could not have come at a better moment. On Ormer, Charlie has promised himself he’ll escape old friends, bad habits and heartbreak. This second chance is the best thing that could have happened to Charlie and Charlie. That is, until they are introduced.

This is the story of an affair. Clara and Francis are in love, but nobody knows it. For months they have been slipping away from their respective lives, sharing stolen afternoons in hotel rooms, their time together painfully sweet and all too short. Until one day they wake up in a bedroom neither of them recognises with no memory of how they got there. They find themselves in a strange and unfamiliar city: a place where adulterers can live openly as couples, without fear of consequence, putting the theory of their love into practice. Here the sky is painted over the old town square in changeless, cloudless blue. Ripe fruits wait on the table each morning and the sunset comes down in a blaze of pink each night. And contact with the real world is impossible. As long as Clara and Francis are here, they only have each other. How do you know when you’ve found true love?