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'1st November 2003 started so unremarkably that I wish I had appreciated the normality of it. Because I would never, ever know peace again.' Charlene Downes was 14 when she went missing in Blackpool's seedy underbelly. Once a happy-go-lucky schoolgirl, she had become a truant - hanging out with...

Brought to you by Penguin. Welcome to Willow Close, where everyone is a suspect . . . On the day Nina and Conrad Best move into their new home in picture-perfect Willow Close a body is discovered. Hurrying inside with their belongings, they see horrified neighbours gather by the police cordon -...

In our lives we'll meet something like 80,000 people. Most of them just in passing, sitting beside them on a bus, buying a latte from them, overtaking them too fast on the motorway. Others will become friends, lovers, family. Some will stay in our lives forever, and some will be swept away by the flow of life. But we touch all of these people in some way, tiny or huge, making more of a difference that any of us can imagine. Rosie is in a coma, unable to reach out to the world or communicate. 

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Witchfinder's Sister by Beth Underdown, read by Lucy Brownhill and Roy McMillan. 'VIVID AND TERRIFYING' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train The number of women my brother Matthew killed, so far as I can reckon it...

Tensions are rising but Harriet refuses to backdown . . . As Mr. Wetherby's wealth and power increase, he won’t tolerate interference in his affairs . . . From anyone. But Harriet isn't 'just anyone' and when she sees him involved in a serious incident, she stores the information away. Maybe...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Stolen by Lesley Pearse, read by Lucy Brownhill. Sussex, 2003 When a beautiful blonde girl is found half-drowned on a beach, she has no memory of who she is or what horrors have left her there. But an article about her in a Brighton newspaper rings alarm...

“This is a novel for our times. . . . The Witchfinder’s Sister [lays] bare the visceral horror of what a witch hunt truly is.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Vivid and terrifying.”—Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water “Connects...

Rachel was barely more than an infant when her father, Dennis, murdered her mother and sister. In prison ever since, Dennis has never said one word about why he killed two family members-or why he spared Rachel. Now a grown woman, Rachel has done everything she can to leave her terrible past behind. She has changed her identity and is now happily married to the love of her life, Dan. But there is a dark cloud on the horizon.

Rocky Race is living the dream: she's won a scholarship to a prestigious high school in Los Angeles, where she gets to play soccer and train for going pro. She's got an amazing best friend, and a supportive mum and brother back home in the UK. But living away from home isn't easy, and fitting in with American kids in high school is scary and new. Not to mention she has to keep her grades up if she wants to stay on the pitch! Will Rocky survive high school?

Rocky Race is not your average fourteen-year-old. She's determined, ambitious, and the best football player you've ever seen. So, when she gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend a prestigious soccer camp in California, United States, she takes it. But far from home, Rocky suddenly finds herself out of her comfort zone. Fake friends, her own anxieties, and a brand-new world with strange rules all threaten to derail her new life before it's even started-does Rocky have what it takes to succeed?

Escape to Castle Street, for a feel-good festive read from MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Jessica Redland. It's the most wonderful time of the year on Castle Street, and there's a paw-some new business opening.... It had always been Tabby's dream to work with cats and an inheritance from her...

Fae enemies are gathering on all sides, forced to bend the knee to the newly crowned Alder King. Now, only Aster stands between Faolan's wrath and the humans he intends to slaughter and enslave. From the fiery depths of the Metal Court to the darkest reaches of the sinister Shadow Court, Aster and Thorne must travel the length of Faerie to seek possible allies and hunt down the objects of power they desperately need to challenge Faolan's rule.

As town greenwitch, Aster's dedicated her life to defending her people from the nightmarish fae of the forest. Yet despite her best efforts, each year a girl is taken as a tithe by the Beast who rules the Folkwood. None ever return. And this year, the Beast claims Aster. Trapped in a cursed palace, taunted by mischievous, invisible servants, Aster despairs of ever making it home. Then the Beast offers her a bargain—if she can restore his rose garden and break the curse on his court, he will set her free.

The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen's back ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared. The townspeople say her mother was a merrow and has returned to the ocean. Neen, caught in her hazy new in-between self - not a child, but not quite grown up - can't help but wonder if the villagers are right. But if her mother was a merrow, then what does that make Neen?

Amy's so sure that her husband, Joel, is deeply invested in their future together. After all, it's his dream of a family together that has them trying so hard to have a baby, despite a series of disappointments. It's this certainty that leaves Amy absolutely floored when she learns of Joel's affair with her best friend. Heartbroken and horrified, Amy flees to a dilapidated cottage in a Yorkshire village, a place she'd bought with dreams of making it feel homey and warm. In the new village, she feels like a clear outsider, but a group of local women soon take her under their wing.

A woman's place is in the home . . . That's what she's always been told. But Harriet has other ideas . . . In 1860s England, it's a man's world and women aren't expected . . . or allowed . . . to upset the status quo. Living with her domineering uncle, Harriet is desperate to break free. Could...

Curl up with a cosy page-turner from MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Jessica Redland ❄️📚 Must-read for fans of Heidi Swain, Sarah Morgan and Phillipa Ashley!'A gorgeous wintery tale about the kind of love that's meant to be, and the kind of books that leave a heart-shaped stamp on the soul...

Michelle McGagh has been writing about money for over a decade. You'd think that would make her a whiz with her own cash, right? Wrong! Spending with abandon and ignoring bank statements were her modus operandi. Just because she wasn't in serious debt apart from her massive London mortgage, she thought she was in control. She wasn't. Something needed to be done ,but rather than cut back here and there, Michelle's approach was more radical.