Can she learn to love again in a new home? Young widow Jasmine has sold her Manchester narrowboat to move to the picturesque village of Samphire Bay. She needs a fresh start, away from the memories of the unsolved hit-and-run which killed her husband. New neighbour Robin isn't pleased by her presence – he desperately wanted to buy her cottage. But he hasn't given up hope yet, befriending Jasmine with an agenda to persuade her to sell... As Jasmine renovates the cottage, she and Robin grow closer, until Robin finds his motives confused. Does he still want her to sell up, or are his feelings becoming real? Through it all, Jasmine continues processing her grief. And she is succeeding – until a shocking revelation that the mystery behind her husband's death has followed her to Samphire Bay... An emotional, fast-paced romance for fans of Christie Barlow, Debbie Johnson and Alix Kelso.

She can’t forgive him. He couldn’t forget her. Will the mistakes of the past keep them from a second chance romance? Pamela is back in her hometown of Bluewater Bay after a difficult divorce. At 41, she’s returned to college and is one semester away from graduation. Soon she’ll fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher. Her life is finally on track. Pamela finds the perfect internship at her old high school. The school holds both good and bad memories, but those times are behind her. The internship is the last step before she gets her college degree. She forges ahead to meet her supervising teacher. The shock at the sight of her new boss shakes Pamela to her core. It’s Jake Montgomery. Her heartbreak from high school. Jake left a lucrative corporate job in California to follow his love of teaching. These have been the best years of his life, but he’s never forgotten his high school sweetheart, Pamela Hollis. Jake can’t believe his luck when she walks into the meeting as stunning as ever. Jake wants her to succeed, but Pamela wants nothing to do with him. Unfortunately, he’s the only one who can help her get the degree, and she wants it more than anything. But is the risk of another painful heartbreak worth it? And then there’s the secret she’s been holding for decades. Get swept away by this clean romance. For fans of Meredith Summers, Cindy Nichols and Katie Winters.

Thirteen years apart. Two shattered hearts reunited. One shot at a second chance neither of them saw coming. In a small town, the list of good-looking, age-appropriate, and single guys is already slim. Being the only doctor for miles, those choices become even narrower. When a speed dating event surfaces, Dr. Chloe Tarkin jumps at the chance to meet several eligible bachelors but is caught completely off guard when one in particular graces her table. The guy who once held the key to her heart. The other half of a pair of dreamers with big plans for their future. The swoony gentleman her soul never forgot. Or forgave. BJ Sutcliff moved to the bay area years ago to escape his past, his controlling family, and to focus on being who he wants to be. Never expected he'd run into anyone familiar. And he never imagined he'd run into the woman whose heart he shattered when he slammed the door on them all those years ago. He's ready to make amends for the way he screwed up. This time, it's go big or go home - if she can find it in her heart to let bygones be bygones and give him a second chance. Or are some mistakes just too much to forgive and forget?

She had made me envious. Strange as it might seem, I had not known envy before. Surely there must be other ways of living, I thought, not hand-to-mouth, alone, in a draughty old shack looking out at the same scene, day after day. Was this to be my future? It's 2137, and the future's dark. Sixteen-year-old Flora is scraping out a humble living, selling homegrown supplies from her late grandparents' run-down Shell Shack and keeping her illegal copy of Pride and Prejudice hidden from the terrifying Uzi soldiers. But Flora's life changes when she meets Li-li, the daughter of a powerful Rice Lord. Flora is seduced by the lavish lifestyle of her rulers, but also sees the brutality that underpins their lifestyle. What choices will she face on her last days in Eden? An innocent adrift in a world ripped apart by greed and want...The year is 2137, but the people of Eden are reduced to living in medieval fashion. The human race is deeply divided and the world has been brought to its knees by the Oil Wars and rising sea levels. Flora is trying to hold on to her humanity as her world changes forever. Costa Award winning author Ann Kelley's disturbing vision of the future has much to say about our own times. It's a disturbing, compulsive read that makes you realise that not so very much needs to shift for this to happen here. HELEN DUNMORE on Runners The author as artist evokes people and places with delicacy, humour and truth - a novel of outstanding beauty. COSTA AWARD JUDGES on The Bower Bird