Coming Home: Victoria By: V L Piersall After the loss of her father, Victoria must take over the running of the family horse ranch, a daunting task, for sure, but she’s up for the challenge. She’s also scheming to get her sisters to move back home and help her, so they can be a family again, but all in due time… When her first love, Dylan, returns to their hometown after 10 years in the military, Victoria discovers he has loved her for as long as she has loved him, and they enter into a whirlwind romance straight out of a storybook. Everything changes when Victoria is assaulted in her home by a vengeful ranch hand and left floundering, trying to find her strength and confidence again. But with the help from Dylan, her sisters, and the rest of her family, she just might get back to her old self.

“A wry, funny and touching meditation on loneliness, that private shame of the singleton in the era of the dating app and of fraudulent boasting on social media ... written with a real depth of insight, humour, compassion and a keen sense of the ridiculous...” The Independent It's the early hours of the morning in the aftermath of Laura's housewarming party. Danny, 42, divorced and living with his mother, is the last remaining guest. The flat is in a mess and so are they. One more drink? This sharp and astute two-hander takes an intimate look in real-time at the first fragile moments of risking your heart and taking a chance. Both comedic and tender, it asks questions about mutual loneliness and human connections. Beginning premiered at the National Theatre, London in October 2017. This new Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Sarah Grochala.

1558: Elizabeth I is on the throne, though still challenged by Mary, and her Protestant faith threatens the Catholic Morland family. The reign of Elizabeth I means that the Morlands must seek new spheres of influence to restore their fortunes. John, heir to Morland Place, rides north to wed the daughter of Black Will Percy, the Borders cattle lord, and learns that the way to win her heart is through blood and battle. His gentle sister, Lettice, has also travelled north to marry the ruthless Scottish baron, Lord Robert Hamilton, and in the treacherous court of Mary, Queen of Scots, she has to learn the bleak and bitter lessons of survival.