The stunning follow-up to The Lonely Wife from bestselling author Val Wood.'With fully developed characters and a compelling story, it's no wonder the author won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her debut... A great choice for a book club' Belfast Telegraph————————————————1864: Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband, Beatrix and her three children are finally free. While Ambrose has already determined his path in life, eldest son Laurie's future is less certain. With the responsibility of the family estate on his shoulders, Laurie must decide between staying in Yorkshire to farm the family land and following his dreams.Meanwhile, headstrong and independent Alicia is defying expectation and excelling at school. There she befriends the enigmatic Olivia Snowdon and they quickly become...

A disorganized AlphaSince becoming Alpha, Riordon Grayer doesn't have time for the wild fun of his youth. Hell, he doesn't have time for anything except pack business and work and he can't even stay on top of that. His business documents are disappearing and records are getting misfiled. He needs an assistant and Kyra is the perfect candidate. She's quiet, calm, organized – everything he lacks. Even his wolf approves and wants to get closer. If only she didn't wear such heavy perfume...A defective damselKyra's been living in Alaska since her family banished her here fifteen years ago. A shifter who can't control her shift is an embarrassment to the family and a danger to the Pack. But when her cousin asks her to take a job as an administrative assistant, she agrees. It should be easy to get the office in tip-top shape in no time. Then she meets her boss. He's wild, untamed, Alpha... and he's her mate. A defective shifter is absolutely the...

Beneath the surface lie deadly secrets...DI Shona Oliver agreed to move to Dumfries with her ex-banker husband when their teenage daughter got in with a bad crowd in London. As a Glasgow native, she's back on home turf.Living on the shores of the Solway Firth allows Shona to continue as an RNLI volunteer, and a call out to recover a woman's body indicates foul play. Police in Cumbria take the case but links back to Scotland keep Shona's team involved. As they investigate, reports of people trafficking and a spate of thefts from local shops compete for attention with a large scale drug bust. But Shona's work may all be in vain when those close to her threaten to tear the case apart – and ruin Shona in the process.An unforgettable debut novel by a Scottish crime writer to watch, for fans of Val McDermid, Marion Todd and Lin Anderson.

From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women's rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today.1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her because he feels increasingly threatened—by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts. So Theophilus makes a plan to put his wife back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum.The horrific conditions inside the Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, Illinois, are overseen by Dr. Andrew McFarland, a man who will prove to be even...

The war for humanity has just begun...Three months after Mr. Heartsong lit the match that ignited the second Vampire-Human Civil War, Darren and his team of Hunters are doing all they can to combat a vicious enemy. But even with Edith and her daughters firmly on their side, the humans face overwhelming odds and not everyone comes back unscathed.The heat of battle forces Darren and Edith to confront the reality of their tenuous romance: she's immortal and there's no chance he'd let her turn him. Fighting the fear of losing everyone she loves is harder than taking out her own kind with a ballpoint pen.As the ultimate battle looms, fate comes calling. To win the war, Darren and Edith will have to leave everything on the line. Even if that means making the ultimate sacrifice for the good of human kind.

Nothing like a rocky start between enemy coworkers stuck together on location to prove that love isn't just a ploy for ratings—it's a force of nature.Alia Dunn has finally gotten her big break. After years of working her way up at TV's top outdoor travel channel, she gets the green light from network executives to bring her dream project to life: produce a series about Utah's national parks. It's a touching tribute to her late apong, who sparked Alia's passion for travel and the outdoors as a kid. Alia is thrilled—until she meets her newest crew member, Drew Irons. The same Drew she had the most amazing first date with two weeks ago—who then ghosted her. The same Drew who has the most deliciously thick forearms and who loves second-guessing her every move on set in front of the entire crew. It's not long before the tension between them turns hotter than the Utah desert in the dead of summer, and their steamy encounters lead to major...

Actually, procrastination doesn't exist. It's a figment of your imagination. It's definition is simply prolonged hesitation. But think about it - do you ever hesitate to hesitate? Don't you actually IMMEDIATELY act on procrastinating? So you don't procrastinate... ever. That's good to know - because if you have created an identity as a procrastinator, that's not good... Eliminate it!