Release date - 3rd August 2016 Book length - 259 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk BLURB In a dating scene full of well-educated, ambitious and attractive players, is the “terminally single” woman her own worst enemy? That’s the accusation hurled at Aimee Chase, a young Chicago sports marketing executive who finds herself confronted with professions of love from Michael Blake, a handsome but bland high school classmate. When Aimee tries but fails to let him down easy, habitually nice Michael hits below the belt, implying she’s too damaged to appreciate a good man. Check, please: An insulted Aimee showers Michael in her glass of sweet-but-smoky Merlot. Truth is, Michael's accusations drew blood. With a romantic history littered with cheaters and bad boys–including a married one with a very big job who is still in her life–Aimee fears that she has sabotaged her chances of ever finding the right guy. Months later, as her career implodes and she finds herself enveloped in a high-profile scandal, she’s not sure what to think when a suddenly captivating Michael reappears. Thrilled to find that this “safe” guy now makes her weak in the knees, Aimee ultimately has her ecstasy interrupted by the revelation that Michael has transformed into a promiscuous, cold-hearted pick-up artist he thinks women like Aimee want. When he’s caught with related baggage but declares his fidelity, should Aimee toss aside a promising relationship, or just accept that “it’s complicated?” Release date - 8th September 2016
Book Length - 405 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk To the outside world, the Guinness family in Wexford appear to have it all - a happy marriage, two wonderful children, all under one roof with their beloved Pops. But looks can often be deceiving. Olly and Mae's marriage is starting to crumble around them. With little or no interaction, both of them struggle with where they fit in their family, and with the everyday frustrations of life testing them, they have moved away from each other. Their beautiful and clever, thirteen-year-old daughter, Evie, has almost killed herself by consuming a truckload of alcohol. As this is so out of character for their little girl, they know that she is hiding something from them - can they uncover the truth and help her find her happy self again? Jamie, their youngest, is their superhero, always making them smile and providing cuddles, but the tension at home is affecting him too. And then there is Pops, Olly's dad. The best dad anyone could wish for. And he is dying. And the Guinness family don't know how they will survive without him. BLURB
A Druid priestess falls for the wrong man – the warrior who’s taken her prisoner… Hungry for revenge, Druid acolyte Morwyn turns her back on her goddess and vows to fight the Roman invaders. But before she can join up with the rebels, she’s captured by a tough Gaul mercenary. Bren, pledged to the true Briton king, has spent three years undercover in the Roman Legion. When his own unit attacks a fiery Celtic beauty, he saves her the only way he can – by claiming her as his prisoner. He knows he can’t trust her but, as her icy disdain thaws, her quick wit and infectious laugh lighten his blackened soul and he craves for the chance of a normal life–with her. Infuriated yet intrigued by her captor, Morwyn can’t help falling for his gruff charms and rare smile. He’s her enemy but he has honor and the longer they’re together the less she believes in his brutal reputation. He’s her Gaul, and in the black of night, in his arms, she dreams of a future together. But the wrath of a spurned goddess echoes through the land and Morwyn and Bren need to overcome their past, put their trust in each other and face their deepest fears for the chance to survive in a fractured world. Previously published by Penguin US in 2011 Release date - 8th September 2016 Book length - 448 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk It is 2016 in London and Daphne Le Marche, surrounded by the splendour of her years of hard work, is dying. Having built up her cosmetic business from nothing, Daphne knows the meaning of hard work. But she didn't achieve her goals without sacrifice and great loss, and because she knows her time is near, she is determined to try and fix her fragmented family - her bitter and angry son Robert, her fragile and vulnerable granddaughter Celeste, her estranged granddaughter Sibylla in Australia, and both of her daughter-in-laws. And when her last will and testament is read out by her trusted young solicitor, Edward, their lives will never be the same again. Can two young women, with plenty of baggage and heartache, find a way to work together and make the Le Marche name great again? And when the sins of the past become known, can a family that has been torn apart by secrets, find their way through the hurt, to find love and the true meaning of family? Blurb
Enter the highly competitive world of Standardbred horse racing, in this exhilarating debut from an insider. The story, however, goes far beyond that and touches on universal themes that every reader will recognise. You’ll be thrust into the front car on a roller coaster ride, through triumph and disaster, that begins on page one. You’ll feel every twist and turn of the story in the pit of your stomach. You’ll laugh and cry with the rough, tough guys who put on the show, rain or shine. You’ll empathise with the women who give this world a heart. You’ll meet the cheaters who use horses as pincushions, who want to win at any price. You’ll get to know the equine athletes who give their all, whatever challenges life throws at them. Last, but not least, you’ll feel the overwhelming sense of community that pervades this world, despite the sharp edges of a highly competitive sport. If that’s not enough, there’s a backstory that will keep you on the edge of your seat, which takes you on a journey from Ontario, Canada to the Rockies, the US, the Caribbean and even the UK. The icing on the cake is an ending full of surprises that will leave you feeling well satisfied. The characters leap off the page: a brilliant harness horse driver whose drug habit risks costing him everything, his cousin, a trainer who refuses to compromise her integrity, a mysterious individual known only as the Scorpion, lurking in the shadows, pulling the strings, the Director of Racing trying desperately to clean up the industry, his mentor and best friend who has his own agenda, a low life groom who knows too much for his own good, the Canadian Mountie who inadvertently gets involved, with unforeseen consequences, a veterinarian caught between two worlds, young horses unaware of what’s in store for them and trainers whose livelihoods hang by a thread, who face a Hobbesian choice if they are to survive. These are just some of the players in a story where passions run high and where the distinction between right and wrong, good and evil, is always blurred. Fascinating, fast paced and with shocking twists and turns until the very last, HORSE FLESH is a breakthrough debut novel set to entertain not only horse and racing enthusiasts, but fiction fans looking for a fresh next read. Release date - 20th August 2016 Book length - 172 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk Sarah Isabella White has suffered a lot in her life, from having a drunk as a mother to her ex who had beaten her so badly that she had ended up in the hospital. She has lost so much but in a determined effort to be there for her younger brother Ryan, Sarah will return to her Irish hometown, even if she is using a different name. From now on she will be Bella, and together she and Ryan will rebuild their lives together. She doesn't want romance, especially not with Jake, a client in the new firm she has started working for. But when Bella catches the attention of Denver, a slimeball from her new job, she will be drawn into a different world. For Denver is part of the McCauley gang, and is intent on blackmailing her. Knowing her only option will be to disappear, she didn't expect Jake to step in and take control of the situation - but Jake has his reasons. He is the underboss of the Kindred Sons and will not bow down to anyone. And the thought of anyone touching Bella is enough to drive him crazy. With danger, passion, and secrets, can Bella and Jake find a way through the madness unscathed? Release date - 1st September 2016
Book length - 400 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.com BLURB The heart-stopping new thriller in the Ren Bryce series by Alex Barclay, bestselling author of DARKHOUSE and KILLING WAYS. When Special Agent Ren Bryce is called to Tate, Oregon to investigate the disappearance of twelve-year-old Caleb Veir, she finds a town already in mourning. Two other young boys have died recently, although in very different circumstances. As Ren digs deeper she discovers that all is not as it seems in the Veir household – and that Tate is a small town with big secrets. Can Ren uncover the truth before more children are harmed? |
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