Pia Temple has always had a soft spot for Jackson Moody following a passionate teenage love affair that burnt out over one long summer, more than ten years ago. First loves can be hard to forget, and the devastatingly gorgeous Jackson, is harder to forget than most. After putting aside her ambitions while she cared…
Extract: Ascent by Cathie Dunn
Ascent A brutal Viking raid heralds the dawn of a new, powerful dynasty – the House of Normandy Neustria, Kingdom of the West FranksAD 890 Fourteen-year-old Poppa’s life changes when Northmen land near Bayeux. Count Bérengar, her father, submits to them, and she is handfasted to Hrólfr, the Northmen’s heathen leader, as part of their…
Review: Nobody puts romcoms in the corner by Kathryn Freeman
Nobody Puts Romcoms In The Corner Not an expert, not even close, not in any of this. But nobody will try harder than me to make you happy. Sally is a classic romantic and Harry is a classic cynic, but when a drunken bet leads the new flatmates to (badly) recreate ‘the lift’ from Dirty…
Review: Tilly’s Tuscan Teashop by Daisy James
Tilly’s Tuscan TeashopWelcome to Tilly’s Tuscan Teashop, the first book in a brand new series from the author of the Hummingbird Hotel and the Cornish Confetti Agency series. When photographer Natalie Nicholson’s beach hut studio – and everything she’s spent the last two years working on – is destroyed in a fire, she doesn’t think things can…
Cover reveal: Happy Days by Clare Hawken
Happy Days Meet Steph Barnacle, an English teacher at a private school, married to Dan. Her son has just left for university, her life is feeling a bit stale … and something weird is going on with the skin on her neck. And then Charles Kurmudge, the man she’s never forgotten, walks back into her…
Extract: One Night With Her Viking Warrior by Sarah Rodi
One Night With Her Viking Warrior Her forbidden love is back to claim her! Once Lady Rebekah shared a life changing night with stable hand Raeden but he disappeared the morning after. Now she’s consort to a cruel Saxon Lord, and when Northmen lay siege to Ryestone Keep, Rebekah’s shocked to see Raeden leading the…
Review: Finding Family at Seabreeze Farm by Jo Bartlett
Finding Family at Seabreeze Farm Freya Halliwell is looking forward to marrying the man of her dreams and starting their new life together. After the death of both of her parents, Ollie, along with Freya’s aunt, are the only family she has, but all the family she needs. Until Freya discovers a shocking secret that…
Cover reveal: The Venice Street by Anita Chapman
The Venice Secret One hidden painting. Two women born centuries apart. A secret uncovered. In 2019, Rachel is stuck in a rut when she discovers what appears to be a Canaletto painting in her grandmother’s loft along with a note addressed to Philippa in 1782. With help from Jake at the local art gallery, Rachel…
Cover reveal: My Spanish Romance by Olivia Spring
My Spanish Romance: Falling For My Brother’s Best Friend…Dating her brother’s best friend is against the rules. But some rules are meant to be broken… After discovering her cheating ex’s plans to move into her building, accountant Lily jets off on a sabbatical to Marbella. When she unexpectedly bumps into her brother’s best friend, hot Spanish DJ…
Cover Reveals: ‘A Scottish Country Escape’ and ‘The Christmas Highland Lodge’
Escape to the Scottish Highlands with a brand new spring romance from bestselling author, Julie Shackman *Julie Shackman’s brand new romance The Cottage in the Highlands is exclusively available on First Reads for November* Determined to overcome a family tragedy, Elle Cassidy decides to reopen her late mother’s ailing newsagent as a stationery shop in the quiet Scottish town…