May the best Viscount or Miss... ...win! When her best friend and employer is injured, groom Roberta 'Bobby' Kingsley feels compelled to help him. She agrees to step into the saddle and compete in an endurance horse race to help secure his ancestral home. Yet the minute Bobby comes face to face with her opponent - arrogant yet infuriatingly charismatic Lawrence, Viscount Hayes - it's clear that it won't just be the competition that has her heart racing!
Sworn to protect her. But she's threatening his guarded heart? Retrieving Lady Allis from a convent is no easy task - as mercenary knight Sir Leon soon discovers... Brave and beautiful, Allis awakens emotions he'd thought long buried after losing his family. But on their return to her castle the social gulf between them widens, when Allis's father demands she marry a nobleman. Leon has always believed love is an illusion...but will he be able to watch his defiant lady marry another?
He's a tough Texas cop... And he's protecting a child in danger. Because of a tragic accident as high school sweethearts, Texas cop Noah Ryland and attorney Everly Monroe are targets of a murderous vigilante. Guilt and grief have kept the detective and the single mom miles apart for too many years. But now, as the killer targets Everly's daughter, Noah is even more determined to protect the child and the woman he never forgot. Because if he doesn't capture this elusive killer, he'll lose everything that will give him the future he's always wanted...
Reunited to solve a crime... Or become the next victims? She returned home for a funeral, but Olivia Ballard is soon embroiled in her grandfather's possible murder. But working with Huck Monroe, Sunset Cove's new deputy detective, is more than business - he broke Olivia's heart a decade ago. Huck is just as dedicated to uncovering the truth as he is tamping down any old feelings...until family secrets reveal a shocking surprise and unmitigated danger.
Matching two rivals leads to unintended attraction? Scandal abounds at the tech fair in Royal, Texas, when a very public dating app snafu matches two members of feuding families, Jericho Winters and Maggie Del Rio! The rivals agree they should go on a date to keep the PR positive. But when fake kisses lead to real desire, will they bury the family feud...or destroy each other for good?
One mismatch is all it takes to start a scandal! How in the hell did Misha Law's dating app match tech entrepreneur Trey Winters's brother with a family rival? The intimidating alpha businessman demands answers and - after one look at the beautiful app programmer - so much more. But as sparks between them sizzle and ignite, the match they make might be their own...
After her fiance Owen died in the sinking of the ROYAL OAK, Mary, a WRNS visual signaller, finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her grief. With Iris and Sally by her side, she is gradually overcoming her loss, and is surprised to be helped by the irrepressible Joe. Joe is a signalman aboard the KELPIE, and his cheeky Morse code messages to Mary while she's on shift bring her cheer and exasperation in equal measure. With Christmas around the corner, she is opening herself back up to the festive spirit - and to love. But the Germans keep slipping through Scapa Flow's defences, somehow without triggering any of the Navy's alarms. Could someone on land be guiding them? If so, can Mary, Iris and Sally figure out who, and stop them before more lives are lost?
Still grieving the death of her watchman husband in a terrorist attack during the Outrages, factory worker Rose is struggling to make ends meet when she encounters middle-class Annie, a newspaperman's wife who devotes her time to lobbying for better working conditions. Rose is desperate to avoid making waves with three mouths to feed. But she can't sit back and watch women and young girls continue to work in dangerous conditions, including her desperately sick lodger. Fearing for her daughter's future and with her husband's killer still on the loose, all Rose wants is justice... Just how far is she prepared to go?
Growing up in Yorkshire and with farming blood in his genes, James Greenwood always knew he would become a vet. Animals have been part of James' life for as long as he can remember, from pulling lambs on a hilltop farm as a child, to renting a flat behind a zoo in Jersey and finding himself treating a newborn elephant as a newly qualified vet. Written with warmth and humour, James offers a fascinating insight into the world of veterinary medicine with tales of treating all sorts of animals, as well as remembering his relationship with his much-missed, one-eyed Labrador, Oliver. James' path has not always been easy. But through the highs and lows, it has been the animals themselves that have spurred him on to want to continue vetting and find his calling as a GP vet.
It's a busy time of year for Lord James Harrington and his wife Beth. Their good friends Bert and Gladys are getting married; James has a school reunion to attend; and he and Beth have entered the London-to-Brighton veteran car run. Before that, there's the Michaelmas Fair in the village to enjoy. But matters take a sinister turn when the body of the founder of the Jolly Madrigals singing group is discovered after the fair. James' friend DCI George Lane is in charge of the investigation, but as further murders occur, he grows increasingly baffled. James and George are convinced that a single killer is responsible for these deaths. But what could possibly connect the victims? With dogged determination, James delves into his own past for clues - and is shocked at what he learns.
Richard Ainsworth is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the Val de Follet of the Loire Valley. The highlights of his days are watching old films and feeding his beloved hens: Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, and Ava Gardner. Nothing ever happens to him...and that's the way he likes it. One day, however, one of the older guests disappears, leaving behind a bloody handprint on the wallpaper. Then another guest, the exotic Valerie d'Orcay, persuades a reluctant Richard to join her in investigating the disappearance. Richard remains a dazed passenger in the case - until someone brutally murders Ava Gardner. Now things are REALLY getting serious...
The Weston family have always pinned their hopes for creating a dynasty on their glamorous granddaughters. But Joan and Megan - confident and eligible though they are - regularly set tongues wagging with their outrageous behaviour. Their grandmother Gladys decides she must organise a party to find them suitable husbands - and that's when everything really goes wrong. Meanwhile, fortunes are shifting in Pendragon Island, and when it becomes clear that their sons-in-law Ryan and Islwyn are unable to save their failing family business, the Westons must swallow their pride and learn to rely on the socially ill-favoured Vivian Lewis. However, little do their grandparents know, the Weston women intend to take things a bit further...
1915. While World War One changes the country, with food becoming scarce and Britain's young men being called up, it is harder than ever to keep the grand Beach Hotel in Littlehampton running smoothly. Waitress Lili Probert has seen her hard work rewarded at the Beach Hotel, but hides heartbreak behind her sunny personality. Her sweetheart, Norman, is missing in action and has been presumed dead, but she cannot give up hope that he may be found. But when she meets injured soldier Rhodri, a fellow Welshman now living near Littlehampton, she fights hard to ignore her growing attraction for him. But her emotions run ever higher when she suddenly receives a call from home; her mother is gravely ill. Returning to Wales, Lili must make a difficult choice. Follow her dreams, or return to the place she tried so hard to escape?
WE ALWAYS LISTEN OUT FOR TRAINS WHEN WE'RE DOWN IN THE CUTTING BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY COME QUICKER THAN YOU EXPECT. THERE AREN'T AS MANY TRAINS AS THERE USED TO BE. THE BEST TRAIN IS THE Southern Aurora. Jimmy is a kid growing up fast on the poorest street in town. He tries to do everything right and look out for his mum and his younger brother. His older brother is in jail, so it's up to Jimmy to hold things together. But small-town life is unforgiving if you're from the other side of the tracks. If only his mum didn't drink so much. If only he could win the school billycart race. If only his best friend understood. If only he could stop his mum's boyfriend from getting angry. Jimmy soon learns that even when you get things right, everything can still go wrong...
Malti Fortune is uneasy. She has turned away from her birthplace of Fiji to make a new life in Melbourne. But all that she thought was certain is now in danger of being swept away. Her husband Benjamin, a linguist, is a conundrum. He has changed. Or has she? The stories and superstitions of her childhood are telling her something she knows, but doesn't want to hear - about being a trespasser, about not belonging. In the years to come, Malti and Benjamin's daughters are also to learn some hard truths. For Ellery, the remembered fragments of good times aren't enough to sustain her anymore. Verona, on the verge of adulthood, can't imagine a world without her beloved Dad. He is her rock and hero. But Malti and Ellery both know that you cant depend on him. All three women are seeking answers, each haunted by her own ghosts - and by Benjamin...
Back in 1957, nine-year-old Zidra Vincent met Jim Cadwallader for the first time. Fourteen years later, their bond of friendship - forged during childhood in the beautiful coastal town of Jingera - is still strong. But is friendship all they dream of? Jim is now a respected war correspondent in Cambodia. Meanwhile, Zidra is an ambitious reporter at the SYDNEY MORNING CHRONICLE, and the seeds of a major story have just landed in her lap. Life is looking good - if only she could share it with the man who knows her best... Then, while at work in the newsroom one morning, Zidra catches sight of a wire service bulletin. A story out of Cambodia. The body of a Western journalist has been discovered near Phnom Penh. And her world begins to collapse around her.
When Belle's quiet, idyllic life on the coast starts to crumble, it's a stranger - thousands of miles away in Italy - who provides a shoulder to cry on. And so, when Enrico sends her a beautiful gift with a note signed off 'P.S. Come to Italy!' she decides to follow her heart. Arriving at Enrico's palazzo in beautiful Puglia, it's clear that his life couldn't be more different than the one Belle's left behind. Yet despite his flashy cars and his glamorous, warring family, she starts to realise that perhaps Enrico needs her just as much as she needed him. Belle's holiday of a lifetime was never about falling in love - but under the sun-kissed olive trees, anything can happen...
Escaping personal upheaval, city accountant Billie Gibbs takes a break in a friend's country lakeside shack. Local farmer Noah Sutton arrives at the shack to investigate the unexpected visitor on a neighbouring property. He wants her to stay, but needs her to leave. Resisting an instant attraction in the face of mysterious happenings around the lake, Billie believes Noah is not all he seems, and sets out to discover why. Will she find the refuge she sought - or danger?
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