Literature & Fiction

As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon. Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

It seemed perfect for me and my five-year-old daughter, Lily— a pretty little cottage on a quiet country farm. Then came the rule. No male visitors. But soon there are red flags. Mrs Skinner's son watches me a little too closely. My lipstick disappears. Lily wakes screaming that there's a stranger in her room. And when I ask about the last tenant – the one who vanished, leaving all her furniture behind – Mrs Skinner just smiles, and says she only wants to protect us. But what happens when I break her rules?

Hope is a beautiful 'trad wife' social media star with a beefcake husband, six cute kids and millions of followers of their picture-perfect life. When they employ English content creator Melissa to promote their brand she has no idea what she has signed up for. Behind the veneer of domestic bliss lies a nightmare - and she will be lucky to escape with her life. A twisty, darkly comic thriller perfect for fans of Bella Mackie and Julie Cohen.

Mae Darling has it all: a glittering career as a top London barrister, a Chelsea townhouse, and a wardrobe full of Dior. But beneath the silks and sophistication lies a darker truth—Mae Darling is a killer, slaying the predators who slip through the fingers of lady justice. When her work brings her face to face with the man responsible for her father’s death, Mae realises that the long arm of the law isn’t long enough.

A man on the edge. A woman hell-bent on revenge. A cheating husband. A desperate wife. A property empire on the brink of collapse.

Schemes are afoot, both grand and wretched alike. But all plots come to light, even the ones buried deepest... and once again, The Wandering Inn connects to these great events. In Chandrar, the King of Destruction's war with the faltering kingdom of Jecrass has reached a turning point, and a...

READ BY ARDAL O'HANLON. ‘This is delicate storytelling with wit and charm: quite wonderful’ DAILY MAIL The first in a warm, witty and wonderfully twisty new mystery series from much-loved Irish actor, writer and comedian Ardal O’Hanlon - perfect for fans of Graham Norton, Richard Osman and...

The team returned to Earth from the Netherworld, having received absolutely no help from the useless Nether gods of Asgard. They will have to find a way to prevent a Convergence, without divine assistance. Fine. They will do that, somehow. Except first, they have to get back to their own Earth...

Volume 12 of The Beginning After the End! Arthur Leywin's victory has shifted the power scales of his entire world, but the danger is perhaps greater than ever: mysterious waves of mana-stealing energy roll across Alacrya; Dicathen considers an assault on its weakened enemy; and the great lords...

He promised me forever. But I might not make it to "I do." I'm marrying Stephen at Shadowmoor Lodge. His family's luxurious estate deep in the frozen Surrey Hills. Inside is the exact outfit a woman called Charlotte Walker was wearing when she vanished a week ago. Six days until my wedding. And already I want to run.

Sam Feuerbach's Juggler Chronicles continue: The mercenary Boulder and his companion, the thief Rafael, meet the beautiful courtesan Dana. What secret does she hide – and what secret will she reveal? Boulder wants answers to questions he's been asking his whole life: What do the mysterious inscriptions on his sword mean – the sword that only he alone can lift?

Four hundred degrees! Toxic atmosphere! Gravity beams that crush men in armor like beer cans! Welcome to Infernus. Legion Varus assaults an alien stronghold that's too close to Mother Earth. The battle turns into a meat grinder that chews through soldiers faster than revival machines can spit...

The ghosts of London are restless… Lydia thought she had solved the mystery of the #NewRipper, but the murderer is still taunting her. It appears that someone is able to control the undead of London, and they are coming for Lydia and those she holds dear. Meanwhile, a child has gone missing on...

The brand-new gripping dark comedy thriller from the world of the Sweetpea series – Now a major TV series on Sky Atlantic, starring Ella Purnell! 'I’m not crying, you’re crying!!😭 Oh wait no, I’m definitely not crying because my jaw just dropped with that last paragraph!'...

Son rôle est simple: prétendre être sa petite amie… Alicia a quitté son fils en bas âge et sa sœur pour tenter une nouvelle vie à Londres. Mais si elle cherche les opportunités, elle fuit surtout la vérité. Au Météore, un immeuble luxueux surplombant la ville et fréquenté par l’élite, Alicia travaille en tant que serveuse et observe tout ce qui se passe autour d’elle. Lorsque le charismatique propriétaire du Météore lui propose un marché, se faire passer pour sa petite amie en échange d’un salaire et d’un toit, Alicia accepte. Après tout, ce n’est qu’un jeu… Du moins, au début.

As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years' sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence.

When the celebrated biographer of the infamous pirate Blackheart takes a suite at the Mayfair Hotel to live out his final months, Goliath the porter is desperate to ask the one question that has haunted treasure hunters for decades: Where is the loot buried? Forbidden to disturb a guest, he instead visits the man writing the author’s own life story, only to discover him dead at his desk. Accused of the crime, Goliath turns to Cleo and Harry to clear his name.

”Then, Samkiel, you will know this is how the world ends.” But it was not this world. No, it was mine. It was Dianna. The world quakes in fear as the last shred of Dianna’s humanity is ripped from her. As it should. Grief consumes Dianna, burning away any semblance of good within her and...

Orodan is back to square one, except without the Status screen and skill levels which govern life for all beings within the System. But as he soon learns... his skills haven't really been affected, only the numbers gone. He can still fight, he can still clean... and with the time loops unaffected, he can still grind and die. Systemless, bereft of aid and in a situation nobody in the universe's history has been in before, Orodan must rebuild himself from the ground up.

Poaching a god's legacy is a dangerous game. But for Alex, it's the only one worth playing. Alex has done what the Outworlders would have thought to be impossible. He and Claire established Mirrorwane—a town so powerful that its Mirrorlands reflected version possesses its own abilities—and claimed the very first kill on a Tier 1 World's Region Boss. The gap between Alex's people and the Outworlders is closing faster than anyone could have thought possible. But all their advantages will mean nothing if he doesn't keep pressing them.

As a single mom rebuilding my life from scratch, I don’t need help. And I definitely don’t need the attention of a six-foot-three maple farmer with a beard and a hero complex who looks at me like I’m a problem he didn’t sign up for. My landlord is broad-shouldered, permanently unimpressed, and entirely too comfortable telling me when I’m wrong. I think he’s grumpy, rigid, and overprotective. He thinks I’m chaos in Crocs. Falling for Josh Lawrence was never part of the plan. But then he starts showing up.

Skeeg Horntoof is an ork with big dreams: the biggest hat, the most dakka, and the ambition to become the greatest freebooter the galaxy has ever seen. As kaptin of Gork's Revenge, he is guided by Da Freebooterz Code – a set of rules so outrageous they just might work. With a krew of misfits, meks, and mutineers, he sets out on a quest for loot and glory. This time, though, Horntoof may have bitten off more than he can chew – the kaptin has instructed his boyz to plunder the hunting grounds of the legendary rogue trader Lord Captain Antoinette von Hume.

Characters you'll come to love and a story that keeps you turning the page.' Rosie Goodwin THE SIXTH BOOK IN THE MUCH-LOVED DOVER CAFE WWII SAGA SERIES Dover, January 1942 The war is closing in on every shore, and when Marge Atkinson is assigned to an elite group of Wrens, chosen to teach war...

A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Bestselling author Amy Daws delivers the epic, laugh-out-loud finale of the Mountain Men Matchmaker series: a grumpy sunshine sports romance about an Irish rugby bad boy and the family matchmaker who never saw her own love story coming. Multi-cast...

Rafael Fairfax: devastatingly handsome, notoriously difficult billionaire CEO of Fairfax Guardian. His staff alternately love him and loathe him. He’s also the brother of my best friend, Dove. I have every reason to despise him after I hear him talking about my father one day. Unfortunately, I need him too. Because my father is in prison for fraud, and I’m determined to get him released. If I can get close to Rafael by working for his company, I’m confident I can prove his innocence.