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After being pressured to call off her engagement to the handsome, yet penniless Frederick Wentworth eight years earlier, Anne Elliot is now left a spinster with few romantic prospects and the painful memory of the man she loved. When fate throws them together once more, she is again torn between social expectations and the breadth of her own feelings.
When a young Australian woman takes up the antiquated role of ‘matron’ at a prestigious all-girls English boarding school, she quickly becomes enamoured with Mrs S, the sophisticated and feminine headmaster’s wife. The result is a sizzlingly illicit summer affair – yet, in the constraints of the school, a choice must eventually be made, with devastating consequences either way. Perfect for fans of dark academia, this is an expert portrayal of desire, and a stunning debut.
In a dystopian alternate 1990s England, 31-year-old Kathy reflects on her upbringing at the idyllic Hailsham School with best friends Ruth and Tommy. As their lives intertwine and deeper feelings develop, the promise of a dark fate hangs over them, rumoured to be escapable only by proving true love. A haunting tale of what it truly means to be human, this one will stay with you.
A case worker for magical children, Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life with his cat. When he is assigned to travel to a fantastical orphanage where six dangerous children reside, he meets the charming Arthur Parnassus. As he grows closer to Arthur and the children, he must choose between his duty to protect society from harm and a chance at the family (and the love) he’s always dreamed of yet never thought he’d find.
In this romantic retelling of the Ancient Greek myth, prophetic princess Psyche is destined to defeat a monster, so spends her youth defying society’s traditions and mastering weaponry. But when envious Aphrodite sends the God of Desire, Eros, to strike her with a fatal love curse arrow, Eros himself is pricked and is doomed to love her. As the heavens themselves try and keep them apart, can true love prevail against the backdrop of the Trojan War?
Runaway bride Naomi’s life implodes when she arrives in small-town Virginia and finds her estranged twin sister has left her to look after a niece she didn’t even know she had. Helped out by brooding local barber Knox, who definitely doesn’t do romance, Naomi finds an unexpected place to call home and to fall in love. This is the first book in a trilogy and each is as good as the last.
