The enduring cultural legacy of Shakespeare’s Juliet Capulet — a history "as vital and provocative as the character herself" (Literary Review). Romeo and Juliet may be the greatest love story ever told, but who is Juliet? Demure ingénue? Or dangerous Mediterranean madwoman? From tearstained copies of the First Folio to Civil War-era fanfiction, Shakespeare’s star-crossed heroine has long captured our collective imagination. Juliet is her story, traced across continents through four centuries of history, theatre, and film. As Oxford Shakespeare scholar Sophie Duncan reveals, Juliet’s legacy stretches beyond her literary lifespan into a cultural afterlife ranging from enslaved African girls in the British Caribbean to the real-life Juliets of sectarian violence in Bosnia and Belfast. She argues that our dangerous obsession with the beautiful dead teenager and Juliet’s meteoric rise as a defiant sexual icon have come to define the Western ideal of romance. Wry and inventive, Juliet is a tribute to fiction’s most famous teenage girl who died young, but who lives forever.

What if you were hired to work with your favourite celebrity? Yoga teacher and single mother, Chrissie Burns has a plan: move into the rundown beach house she’s inherited; the scene of a terrible accident years ago, renovate it, sell it, and move on. But the town offers more than bad memories. The people are friendly, and even Chrissie's young son finds friends and begins coming out of his shell. Employed at a retreat as a yoga instructor, Chrissie is shocked to discover she will be teaching Drew Williams, Australia's top singer songwriter. Relationships between instructors and clients are strictly forbidden, but their attraction is undeniable. And when it’s time for Drew to leave Tarrin’s Bay, can the romance last or is it doomed to fail?

The MacLaren saga continues! Glynis married Aaron Redding, her beloved captain, and plans to sail the seas with him for the rest of her days. A turn in events reunites Glynis with her brother Ross and his family. Her happiness is short-lived as tragedy strikes at the most unexpected moment. Ross will do anything to protect his family from the Duke of Essex, John Alder, even if it means crossing the ocean to live in the American colonies. Finding his sister, Glynis, makes everything better. He hopes to find peace in this new country, unaware new challenges await him.

Who needs a man, when you have cats? An enemies-to-lovers sweet romance featuring a bundle of kittens and one grumpy cat! Juliet Connelly, manager at Furs Hill Animal Rescue, left the man she'd planned to spend her life with three years ago. He betrayed her, took her money, and lied to her, smashing her heart. She’s not willing to risk it again. Love is not on the table. Carlisle Danvers has spent the last six months hiding. His time as a successful actor made him wealthy, but at a price. His heart was shattered. He turned away from the acting world and sought solace in Saffron Springs with his beloved cats, away from fame, away from the intrusive media, away from everything, especially love. When Juliet and Carlisle first meet, she's convinced he's an entitled, difficult actor. So why does she keep thinking about him? All Carlisle wants is to retreat back to his home, his cats, and his quiet life, but the beautiful determined Juliet bothers him. When he accepts a patron’s role at Furs Hill, they find themselves thrown together, and he can’t deny the attraction between them. As they feed abandoned kittens, plan charity events, and learn more about each other, their relationship deepens and dislike morphs into something breathtaking and heart thuddingly scary. Will their blossoming love among the kittens be enough to stop them from pulling back and risking their hearts? Will they give in to their feelings and give true love a chance? This is a full-length sweet contemporary romance set in the frantic, fur-filled world of animal rescue. If you love happily ever afters, quirky animals, and swoony romance, this book is for you. Books in this series: Puppy Love (an exclusive friends to lovers novella available to newsletter subscribers) Love, Furballs & Forever (enemies to lovers and a bundle of cute kitties) Love, Pawprints & Promises (a second chance at love, and one clumsy cute pup who will steal your heart and your shoes) Love, Happiness & Hounds (broken hearts mend surrounded by healing pups) Love, Kittens & Kisses (first love blossoms following a dramatic kitten rescue)

You can write romance. Whereas you're just begining as an author or if you've already written some novels, in this book you'll find all the necessary keys to help you shape that idea you've got in mind. Anaïs Wilde and Lola Fortuna share with you their experience as translators of this genre, authors and teachers of creative writing. This book will help you create characters, plots, to build sexual tension between your main characters and much more. Finally, when you get to the editing phase you'll learn how to spot and solve those little problems that might be stealing from your novel all the shine it really has. Everything you need to successfully go from the first spak or an idea to wrapping it up.