Family life fiction

'Stunningly sensual and visceral' NEW YORK TIMES'Smart, beautiful .

On his way back up from the yard Bird had seen something white and round a girl who had curled herself into a ball.

In the quiet village of Great Barking, strange doings are afoot.

How did Robert Purcell, distinguished barrister and perfect specimen of the British Establishment, end up in prison?

Alphonse Courrier possesses all the might reasonably make a man content: a prosperous ironmonger's business and a position of respect in his Auvergne village, a dutiful, coolly beautiful wife who runs an irreproachable household, two healthy sons, and a hidden mistress - "e;the ugliest girl in the village but probably the happiest"e;.

Anna knows that if you want something really badly, you have to plan it.

The next explosive instalment in the Dressmakers' Alley series from bestseller Rosie ClarkeWelcome back to Dressmakers' Alley, where danger lurks on every corner.

In an attempt to escape his bizarre family and stagnation up North, tv soap-addict Alistair Strange moves to Fulham where he lands a job editing for a vanity publisher.

When Jochen left his father behind in East Germany he carried his resentment with him.

The Hardings are teetering on the brink.

Everything changes for the four Mellow children the day they find a book called Pleasuring on the shelf.

Julia belongs to the inner circle of Johannesburg high society.

The stories and legends of the Bushmen were told to Conrad when he was twelve years old.

Let #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey take you on a captivating and sweeping romantic adventure.

Perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Georgette Heyer and Jenny Hambly, this scintillating page-turner from #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey is the perfect historical romance to settle down with.

Perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Georgette Heyer and Jenny Hambly, this sizzling page-turner from #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey is the perfect historical romance to sweep you away.

Scathing dialogue and heated romance combine in this fiery romantic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey, for fans of Bridgerton, Georgette Heyer and Jenny Hambly.

If you like Bridgerton, Georgette Heyer and Jenny Hambly, you will love this sensational and sexy romantic adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey.

The second novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin s best-selling San Francisco saga.

Mentioned in the same breath as The Little Prince, Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Alchemist,Serdar zkan s enchanting debut novel The Missing Rose has the power to change your life.

In 'A Summer Remembered', as Laura is busy with the Christmas preparations, while looking after her children Richard and Millie, she can't help but wish she were back on their summer holiday in Normandy.

In 'Leave it to Mavis', Mavis has been helping to make the arrangements for her daughter Julie's wedding - most importantly, booking the village hall for the reception.

In 'A Matter of Time', Martin has inherited a house from his late aunt in New York, and his girlfriend Linda has moved over there with him.

Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy will love this warm-hearted and moving novel from multi-million copy seller Elvi Rhodes.

For Fidgie, living in pre-war Wales, the long school holiday stretched blissfully ahead.

'Immensely moving and readable' The Times'My name is Lily Daniels and I live in The Valley .

A delightfully touching and uplifting saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher.

Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius.

The moving story of a brother and a sister caught in the tide of the Cold War K the is a Jewish sculptor living in East Berlin.

When Dorothy came back from the dead, it seemed to Aaron that some people simply didn't notice.

'The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels.

'The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud's so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer's intention to make St Cloud's his home.

An innocent little girlA phenomenal fortuneA mother like no otherTen-year old Bettina and her mother, Babs, are heiresses to one of America's biggest fortunes.

With his widely acclaimed debut, 28-year-old William Kowalski emerged as one of the most exciting and distinctive new American writers in years.

'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLHeavy rain falls on Lafferton.

Guy Boucher, a fatherless teenager oppressed by the boredom and poverty of rural Nova Scotia, is dominated by his monstrous uncle, Isadore - alcoholic, capriciously violent and preternaturally vital.

By the Sunday Times bestselling author and multi-million copy seller Susan Sallis, this is a beautiful and moving novel perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Lucinda Riley and Rosamunde Pilcher.

On a remote farm in northern Norway, eighty-year-old Anna Neshov is rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke.

A festive treat from a treasured comic writer.

What makes a father violent?

Beatrix, an old lady with frequent, irrational phobias, changes her will after she has an argument with her daughter, leaving her daughter nothing, her son a little, and her servants Clive and Gwenda with the majority.

A short story about the shocking revelations of the realities that lie concealed behind day-to-day family life: an ailing woman's covert cruelty to her caring daughter-in-law; a desire to escape the family shackles; and resignation to loss.

They were brothers and they knew each other better than they had ever known anybody, and when you are like this you can sit in silence and not speak and it is the most comfortable thing in the world.

Over the past 21 years Jilly Cooper has written a selection of best-selling books, mixing outrageous anecdotes from the lives of her family and friends with shrewd and wicked social satire and criticism.

Sethe is now miles away from Sweet Home, the farm where she was kept as a slave.

Uprooted from war-torn London, Alda Lucie-Brown and her three daughters start a new life at Pine Cottage in rural Sussex.

Brother and sister, Constance and Kenneth Fielding live in calm respectability, just out of reach of London and the Blitz.

'An astute and accomplished work' Daily MailJoyce Stevenson is thirteen when her widowed mother takes them to live with Aunt Vera, a formidable teacher neglected by her unfaithful husband.

Susan finds her year-old marriage to Alistair less than ideal.

Flynn is a thirteen-year-old girl caught between her violent, out-of-control brother, Sam, and her mother, who is struggling to cope.