In a ruthless fascist dictatorship, the Director General commands all. Controlled and Indoctrinated from birth, strengthened by an all-encompassing eugenics programme, and challenged by rigorous genetic, physical and mental tests, the Security Directorate’s elite enforcement arm unwaveringly supports the regime. These are five of their stories. • Life in the Security Directorate - Eve struggles to come to terms with life in the Directorate and finds her own way out. • Love in the Security Directorate - while the Directorate might control who you marry, they can’t always control who you fall in love with. • Success at the Academy - Lieutenant Jemima Hunt discovers in the power over life or death is not always clear cut. • Payton’s Run – Can Payton survive her live fire physical assessment? • Minty and the Monster - Second Lieutenant Minty Hollister takes up her first post at Cabaret Cave. These stories will challenge your sense of a good life.

Do Cinderella slippers come in Chelsea boots? Rosa Velázquez. Heroine. Ran into a burning building. Twice. Jude Webb. Bespoke shoemaker. Believes his life is complicated enough. Is Rosa brave enough to take a chance on Jude?

Clothes make the man. Or do they? Dwennon; third son of a minor noble. Sent to Court to find a rich wife. Would rather be farming. Someone or something is messing with his clothes. Becoming the talk of Court was not part of the plan. But what if it works?

Happily ever after… Or not Celeste Celeste Baillieu's husband seems a perfectly normal person, but he has a secret. And it's not that he's rubbish at renovation. When she starts taking the cottage apart, she finds a body. And that's just the start of it. Because it looks like she might be next.

Justice or Retribution? Daisy Day, Director. Investigating boyfriend Don's death for decades. Following the trail of corruption through private and public sectors. New boss Mr Carmichael brings chaos and questions in his wake. She has to choose; fight or flight? Or will she choose vengeance?

What is the long shadow of war hiding? Under a blue sky. Bathed in the yellow late Summer sun. The smell of camellias. The sound of birdsong. The war seems a distant nightmare. Until you turn a corner to see bombed out houses full of rubble. Sadie Phillips is an ordinary country girl. Making her war effort in the London Archives. Her almost boyfriend is dead without a mark on him. She needs to know how. And why. And if she can't figure out the truth, the Nazis might just win the war.

The problem with a family business... It gets personal real quick. After a break in at the White Family Investigations office, her grandfather dies mysteriously on a case, and Lily knows without a doubt there's more than meets the eye. Can she keep the business going? And more importantly, can she find out who the killer is and bring them to justice?