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TIME GIRL, a seven book series. Luna lost her leg. Then she lost her century. She was training for the London Marathon. She woke up in 1871. What happens next was not a joke—it was a fight for survival. Luna is a bright, defiant, and driven 23-year-old London music student with no time for fantasy. A disabled millennial with a passion for marathons, music, and making the world fairer, she’s grounded in the realities of modern life. But one spring morning in 2018, while training for the London Marathon near Temple Gardens, a collision with a mysterious woman on Victoria Embankment hurls ...

Money, love, and a mouth that won’t stop—until Africa teaches him who he really is. Saturn’s Return is a sharp, heartfelt romantic comedy about Alan Brown, a young, wealthy, and clumsy London businessman with a stutter and a flair for foolishness—especially when it comes to his loud, cheating girlfriend Maria. But when his mother passes away, Alan embarks on a journey to Africa to find his estranged father, fulfilling a deathbed promise. There, far from the high life, Alan confronts truths about his identity, love, and self-worth, and experiences a profound transformation. He ...

Two women. One prison. A friendship that defies everything they were taught to believe. In 1902, the soot-stained heart of North London beats with the quiet despair of Holloway Prison—recently transformed into a women-only institution. Inside its walls, and in the shadow it casts, two women live worlds apart. Victoria Wood is elegant, educated, and newly married—but her perfect life has shattered in a way she cannot yet speak aloud. Margaret Bull scrapes by as a cleaner, her name forever tainted by the legacy of her infamous mother: Mary Ann Cotton, England’s most prolific female ...

What if winning the lottery didn’t bring freedom—but a fight to keep your family, your identity, and your sanity? Follow Edith Aveling’s gripping journey as sudden wealth turns her quiet life upside down and forces her to confront the price of fortune. What would you do if you suddenly won £137 million? For Edith Aveling, a humble South London domestic worker, winning that staggering sum was anything but a blessing. Having never bought a lottery ticket before, she cautiously chose to remain anonymous, hoping to shield herself and her family from the storm that followed. But money ...

When the dead speak back, can you still trust what they say? In a near future where human consciousness can be preserved in digital form, grief no longer means goodbye. The Similarity process—mapping the human brain neuron by neuron—is hailed as the pinnacle of technological achievement. Created by the trillion-dollar tech giant Geolog, it allows the living to communicate with perfect digital replicas of the deceased. For some, it’s a miracle. For others, it’s a violation of nature. Mia and Emma, two sisters living in seclusion on the outskirts of Hastings, are divided by their ...

The aftermath of a national scandal, told through the eyes of a grieving sister fighting to keep her family whole. The Following Years Based on the real-life tragedy that shocked a nation, The Following Years is a powerful work of historical fiction exploring the devastating aftermath of the 1922–1923 Thompson and Bywaters case—one of the most notorious trials in British legal history. When Edith Thompson was executed for a crime many believed she did not commit, her death sent shockwaves through her family and the country. Parliament would revisit her case decades later, but for her ...

A ghostly Christmas tale of old wounds, long-kept secrets, and the magic of a second chance. Victorian London, 1881. In a grand but fading townhouse, two elderly spinster sisters live under the same roof—without having spoken a word to each other for fifty years. Their silence, born from a youthful tragedy, has become the stuff of local legend. No one—not even their closest friends—knows the truth behind their bitter rift. But on Christmas Eve, as the gaslights flicker and snow falls silently across the city, something stirs within the walls of their ancestral home. A ghostly presence...

Their world is crumbling—but help comes from an old friend with ties to another beloved story. Book Three in the Newgate Street Saga. By 1941, the Morrow family has lost their home—and their sense of security. Maud, now the pillar of her dislocated family, is forced to start again with the quiet support of Bert, an old family friend with shadowy connections to London’s black market—and a familiar face to readers of the Miriam series. As the war drags on and the cracks of fatigue and frustration deepen, Maud shoulders growing burdens. Her bond with Richard offers solace, but friends ...

Step into 1920s Cornwall, where summer idylls hide centuries-old curses. Can Bethany and her cousins unravel dark secrets before the past destroys their future? Imagine the knock of leather on willow on a summer’s afternoon: the call of “owzat!” Tea on the green lawns, a white haze over the long spiky grass beneath ancient trees. The polished brass and whistle of a steam train as it pulls into a sleepy country halt. Church bells drifting on a lazy breeze. The taste of blackberries warmed by the sun. Ladies in white dresses and hats cycling to church. Set in 1924, near a quaint Cornish...

When caring becomes a lifeline, and connection is the greatest gift. In a nursing home shadowed by dementia and loss, two lives—carer and patient—find unexpected hope, proving that even the smallest moments can change everything. In this poignant novel, Ms Erin Flynn is a dedicated young carer navigating the challenges of her own family life while working in a nursing home. When Sarah Graham, a transgender patient diagnosed with early onset dementia, is admitted for permanent care, Erin discovers a unique connection that transcends their circumstances. Together, they reveal that even in...

A wounded detective. A seaside town hiding dark secrets. And a family where betrayal runs deeper than anyone dares imagine. When Mr Cropper—a one-legged, one-eyed, and rather disreputable London private investigator—arrives in the summer of 1955 in Torquay, he allows locals to believe he’s a tourist looking to invest in business. But beneath his facade, Cropper has been hired by the young and attractive Dr April Fox to investigate the suspicious death of her elderly father, who seemed to have taken his own life, and the shocking near-burial of her mother. As Cropper digs deeper into ...

In the years after WWII, Miriam faces family upheavals, new beginnings, and the dawn of the swinging sixties in this moving continuation of her life story. The war is over, but the battles of family life, love, and change are just beginning. By 1948, Miriam Barker (née Baxter) has come through war, hardship, and personal upheaval with humour, resilience, and quiet strength. But peace brings its own challenges. Britain is still rationing, and the East End is a place in flux—full of tight-knit communities and uncertain futures. As her children grow and her sisters’ lives take surprising ...

Executrix: In a future ruled by capital and spectacle, justice is a commodity—and Livina is its weapon. Raised from infancy in a brutal state-run training camp, Livina has become one of the most feared and efficient executioners in Britain’s most secure private prison, owned by a global corporation that profits from broadcasting executions to the highest bidder. The public votes. The punishment changes. The stakes are real. It is a story of retribution and redemption set in an intelligent, dystopian capitalist society obsessively consumed with consumer voting and finance. But Livina ...

Daffodils in Autumn:Trapped in the past. Alone in her terror. One mother must defy time itself to protect her child. One moment she was a mother on holiday. The next, she was lost in time—with no way back. When Andrea Walters sets off with her daughter for an autumn break on the Dorset coast, she’s hoping for nothing more than fresh air and a little peace. But something impossible happens…something that tears her from her own time and leaves her stranded in a past that doesn’t want her. Alone, bewildered, and dismissed as mad by those around her, Andrea must fight to survive in a ...

Angela Tenneb has no limits—and no conscience She doesn’t just break the rules. She rewrites them. Angela Tenneb is beautiful, brutal—and utterly untouchable. Drug dealer. Addict. Extortionist. She controls her London streets with charm and cruelty in equal measure, pushing boundaries and people to their limits. But she wasn’t always like this. As a child, Angela had a twin sister and a loving home—until one scorching summer afternoon in the 1990s changed everything. That day, she came home from school to find her mother in a room soaked with blood, laughing. Now it’s 2013, and ...

Seven Sisters: Raised by nuns after being cast out by her family because of her deformities, a girl searches for identity, belonging, and love under the stars. In late 1960s Devon, a baby girl is born with polydactyly — extra fingers that mark her as different from the first breath she takes and with even more deformities. Ashamed, her wealthy father gives her away to nuns to die. But the child survives. Raised by nuns in a convent, her childhood is shaped by silence, structure, and the ache of abandonment. Yet within that cloistered world, she finds moments of wonder — and a friendship...

A devoted mother’s life is shattered by one theft. Imprisoned in Holloway in 1938, she must survive a harsh world of loss, fear, and unexpected strength. When Miriam, a devoted housewife and mother, is sentenced to Holloway, the infamous women’s prison in North London, she enters a world of harsh rules, unforgiving guards, and unfamiliar inmates. Stripped of her freedom and separated from her family, Miriam must find the strength to survive a grim environment few ever escape unchanged. Written with painstaking detail from authentic historical records, A Year In Holloway reveals the ...

In a city battered by war and despair, can the Morrow family and their friends hold on to hope when betrayal and tragedy strike closer than ever? As the third year of World War II grinds on, the Morrow family and their friends face new and unexpected challenges. They have endured rationing, loss, and relentless work, but now bitterness, betrayal, and despair threaten to tear them apart. A tragic death from Miriam’s circle of friends strikes close to home, deepening the wounds. Meanwhile, Arabella’s descent into social ruin opens the door for a surprising newcomer to fill the void as ...

Post-war austerity tests Miriam’s strength and love as she rebuilds family life in East End London. It’s the summer of 1945. Miriam and her extended family emerge from the shadow of World War Two, weary but determined. Amid rationing, moving house, illness, and loss, Miriam’s strength and humour guide her loved ones through the hardships of East End London’s austerity. Between births, new relationships, conscription, and weddings, life continues in all its messy, joyful complexity. As ever, Miriam faces each challenge with resilience, love, and a wry smile—showing that family is ...

One woman. Two eras. A mystery that defies time itself. In the bustling heart of 1963 London, Donna Lawson’s world shifts dramatically when she discovers an unconscious woman dressed in strange, late Victorian attire on a deserted stairwell at Fenchurch Street Station. What begins as a simple act of kindness quickly turns into a bewildering journey through time and trust. As Donna struggles to make sense of the woman’s mysterious presence, she is drawn deeper into a web of secrets, including the shadowy dealings of her own boyfriend. Haunted by doubts and suspicion, she finds unexpected...