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Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, feels like a foreigner in every land. With only a supercharged Vespa and a handful of American dollars, she travels down winding roads into the pine forests of the Adirondacks. After stopping at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court and being coerced into caretaking at the vacant motel for the night, Viv opens the door to two armed mobsters and realizes being a woman alone is no easy task. But when a third stranger arrives—a confident Englishman with a keen sense for sizing things up—the tables are turned.

In this thrilling, richly woven novel that spans from bustling London streets to the boulevards of Paris, a woman with a dark family secret tries to turn back the hands of time before it's too late. “A wonderful twisty novel of family and secrets—the perfect summer read.”—Kate Morton...

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads of fun... Pinborough repositions Snow White as a feminist icon' THE INDEPENDENT Imagine a land...

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads of fun . . . Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in...

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads of fun . . . Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in...

Imagine a promise broken long ago, a vengeful father, a vicious curse and a mountain ruled by dragons . . . And then imagine them all again . . . This is the tale of Rumpelstiltskin, retold as it always should have been.

Imagine a tower wreathed in legend, a powerful witch, a foolhardy king, an imprisoned girl, and a secret waiting to be discovered . . . And then imagine them all again . . . This is the tale of Rapunzel, retold as it always should have been.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Highly recommend for your summer reading' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Can one house hold a lifetime of secrets? Corfu, 1930 The moment Thirza Caruthers sets foot on Corfu, memories flood back: the scent of jasmine, the green shutters of her family’s home — and her brother...

The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story-about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.

Meet Sofie. The history of her sexuality begins when she loses her virginity to Walter the recruitment consultant. So, naturally, she thought that things could only improve from there. But she was wrong. It seems Sofie's been wrong about a lot of things. First, she thought she was into men: wrong. Then she met Frida and thought she was set for life: wrong again. Turns out, facing up to everything she thought she knew about herself requires a lot of trial and error.

Rome, 1659. Months after the plague has ravaged Rome, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it that their corpses do not decay as they should. The Papal authorities commission prosecutor Stefano Bracchi to investigate, telling him he will need considerable mettle to reach the truth. To the west of the Tiber, Girolama and her female friends are at work, helping other women with childbirths and foretelling their futures. Elsewhere in the city, a young wife, Anna, must find a way to escape her abusive husband. But in a city made by men for men, there are no easy paths out.

Come and celebrate Freya the Chocolate Rabbit's birthday with all her friends in the Sylvanian Village in this sweet audiobook, based on the animation Freya's Happy Diary, now showing on YouTube! It's Freya's birthday and she's having a party, but her best friends, Ralph Walnut and Lyra Persian...

On the last Saturday in August, politicos and socialites trade tidbits of gossip and sips of Pimm's under the tasteful bunting of a Richmond garden party. They'd never guess that the police are just a stone's throw away, pulling a body out of the river Thames. The drowning appears to be a tragic accident - until Detective Caius Beauchamp gets an unexpected tip. The victim, it seems, had enemies in high places. Did being on the wrong side of them get her killed?

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL • An electrifying, whip-smart whodunit about the dastardly misbehavior of London's high society—where being "in" or "out" can be a life-and-death matter In the garden of a large Georgian villa in Southwest London, socialites and politicos swap gossip...

A young woman searches for the truth about her sister, who boarded a ship headed to the frozen Arctic and never returned in this “engrossing historical mystery” (The Washington Post) from the author of The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives and Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter...

* FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION and DEBUT FICTION * FINALIST FOR THE SAMI ROHR PRIZE * A “magnificent” (The New York Times), chilling, and unforgettable story of a close-knit British Jewish family pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch...

This program is read by actor Genevieve Gaunt, who has appeared in Doctor Who, The Royals, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. From Rachel Cusk, author of the Outline trilogy, comes this startling, exhilarating novel that once again expands the notion of what fiction can be and do...

Over two hundred years ago, in the dark of night, a child vanished from his bed never to be seen again - and Pixie must discover the truth of those final moonlit hours. As the story undulates between the past and the present, secrets are revealed, love affairs exposed and, ultimately, Pixie will be forced to make a devastating choice that will change everything.

Brought to you by Penguin. A novel from Eve Chase, author of The Glass House and The Birdcage. A glittering family. A Notting Hill house. Step into their secrets . . . Notting Hill, London. Lou Parker's famous mother walks out of their pink front door and doesn't return home by midnight, or the...

'Grisly, addictive fun . . . I devoured it in 24 hours' – Emilia Hart, author of Weyward In deepest winter, beware the coldest hearts . . . London, 1850. Constance Horton has disappeared. Maude, her older sister, knows only that Constance abandoned the apothecary they call home, and, disguised...