Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife Barbara for the vivacious Ann, and is more than pleased with his new life. Until, that is, the day he discovers Ann's celluloid past as a mediocre film actress. Soon Graham is pouncing on old clues, examining her books for inscriptions from past lovers, frequenting cinemas and poring over the bad movies she appeared in. It's not that he blames Anne for having a past before they met, but history has always mattered to him...
A beautiful, special hardback edition of the third novel from the million-copy phenomenon, Before the coffee gets cold, perfect for fans and those new to the Tokyo cafe's time-travelling offers . . . Lees meer
The third novel from the author of the phenomenon Before the Coffee Gets Cold: tales from a little cafe in Hakodate, Cafe Donna Donna, where customers may travel through time – if they obey the rules. For fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.Lees meer
A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2026‘Mind-expanding and heart-expanding; A summer book for life’ ALI SMITH‘An instant classic’ SERVICE95‘A stunning shape-shifting marvel’ MAX PORTERFrom the award-winning author of Lost Children Archive, Valeria Luiselli, comes a wondrous new novel about family, love and starting over.All I had to do, or so I thought, was to answer a simple question: How do I reinvent it, the story, our lives?A mother and a daughter take off on a road trip after the collapse of a marriage. Their journey begins in Sicily during a summer of rapidly-changing winds, volcanic rumbles and sudden tempests. How do you begin again, the mother wonders, if you got the beginning wrong? The trip soon becomes a quest for origins – not just through their family history, but also further back to a mythical and even geological past.With her daughter leaving childhood behind and her mother beginning to show signs of dementia, the narrator finds herself at a crossroads. She must now ask herself: How do we situate ourselves deeply in the world while accepting our transience in it? How are a family's memories made and what happens when they disappear?A road novel, a mother-daughter story, a radical portrait of starting over, in all its forms, Beginning Middle End offers an exhilarating testament to the power of the stories and the loves we hold most dear.A hottest book of the summer as seen in New York Times, Guardian, Vogue, Elle, AnOther, New Yorker, Glossary, Town & Country and more.‘What sets Valeria Luiselli’s new novel apart is its clarity, its immediacy, its vividness’ COLM TÓIBÍN, author of Long Island‘An affecting novel for anyone … seeking their own new beginning’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘A beautiful, maybe perfect novel’ TOMMY ORANGE, author of Wandering Stars‘Dazzles on every page’ KATIE KITAMURA, author of Audition‘Astonishing … a lightning bolt of a book’ DOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA, author of Said the Dead‘Beautiful, funny and tender … I loved it’ EMMA HEALY, author of Sweat‘Among the best books to read on holiday … beautiful’THEGLOSSARY‘The kind of novel you wish would never come to an end’SPECTATOR‘One of the country's most gifted novelists’ LA TIMES‘Rich, lyrical and moving’ ANOTHERWhat readers are saying ★★★★★: ‘Just about as perfect as fiction comes’‘Intoxicating … the perfect summer read for someone looking for a book to get lost in’‘Absolutely magnificent’‘Literary fiction at its finest’ Lees meer
He's the hot, grumpy goalie I had a crush on in high school... and now I'm his live-in assistant.
After my ex crushed my dreams in the music industry, I'm done with getting my heart broken. Working as an assistant for an NHL player was supposed to be a breeze, but nothing about Jamie Streicher is easy. He's an intimidatingly hot, grouchy jerk who can't stand me. The guy has a massive ego. Keeping things professional will be no problem, even when he demands I move in with him.
Beneath his surliness, though, Jamie's surprisingly sweet and protective.
When Jamie learns how bad my ex was in bed, his competitive nature flares, and he encourages and spoils me in every way. The creative spark I used to feel about songwriting? It's back, and I'm writing music again. Between wearing his jersey at games, rowdy parties with the team, and being brave on stage again, I'm falling for him.
He could break my heart, but it might be worth it.
Behind the Net is a grumpy-sunshine pro hockey romance with lots of spice and an HEA. It's the first book in the Vancouver Storm series, and can be read as a standalone.
Tropes: grumpy sunshine slow burn boy obsessed pro hockey forced proximity (boss vs assistant + roommates) spice coaching
Winner of The Women’s Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.The poignant – and at times very funny – novel from the author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth.Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerised the international guests with her singing.It is a perfect evening – until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers. Lees meer
