Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 336Released On: 03/02/2026 Wealthy and famous, Anna Finbow stands in court, accusing therapist Jean Guest of brainwashing her daughter Mary to gain access to her trust fund. Jean claims that the dark memories she’s helped Mary uncover are real. That therapy has offered her a chance to finally heal fromContinue reading “In Her Defence – Philippa Malicka”
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Laws of Love and Logic – Debra Curtis
Published By: BloomsburyPages: 336Released On: 07/02/2026 1976, Rhode Island. Lily has two loves. There’s the boy, in whom she finds a kindred spirit. And then there’s Jane, her brilliant but troubled younger sister and best friend.Lily has a plan. She’ll graduate, go to college, marry her high-school sweetheart and start a family of her own,Continue reading “Laws of Love and Logic – Debra Curtis”
Belgrave Road – Manish Chauhan
Published By: FaberPages: 368Released On: 29/01/2026 This is a love story of two people working side by side but living worlds apart. Mira’s days are filled with duty and light on freedom. In a new country, living with a husband she barely knows – and who she fears she’ll never love – Mira is desperateContinue reading “Belgrave Road – Manish Chauhan”
Amy Elman Doesn’t Feel Sexy – Mary Newnham
Published By: HodderPages: 320Released On: 22/01/2026 Amy Elman’s To Do List:– Start wedding planning– Buy lingerie– Have sex againAmy has her entire life planned out: marry her fiancé Josh, move out of their London flat and live happily ever after in the countryside. There’s just one problem – Amy and Josh haven’t had sex in 180 days.Continue reading “Amy Elman Doesn’t Feel Sexy – Mary Newnham”
2025 Debuts
Whilst there are many favourite authors I go back to again and again, I do love discovering fabulous new authors, and I thought you might like to check them out too. Not every book on this page was released in 2025, but instead they are books I have read in 2025 that just happened toContinue reading “2025 Debuts”
A Bad, Bad Place – Frances Crawford
Published By: BantamPages: 384Released On: 12/02/2026 Glasgow, 1979. While walking her dog, twelve-year-old Janey finds a murdered woman on an abandoned railway – and her innocent childhood ends in a shocking moment of trauma. When the victim is named as daughter of a local hardman, Janey’s nana, Maggie, is distraught and deeply afraid. Janey claimsContinue reading “A Bad, Bad Place – Frances Crawford”
Room 706 – Ellie Levenson
Published By: Headline ReviewPages: 400Released On: 15/01/2026 Kate stretches her legs and turns on the TV while James washes away the traces of their morning. She watches in horror at the unfolding news: the hotel they are staying in has been taken under siege. She should be making her way home, working on appearing normal,Continue reading “Room 706 – Ellie Levenson”
The Midnight Book Club – Emily W. Andersen
Pages: 372Released On: 03/11/2025 If you could rewrite the story of your own life, would you be brave enough to take a chance at true love? When writer Aurelia Lyndham inherits a London bookshop from her beloved aunt, she assumes the whispers she hears late at night are nothing more than her imagination—or a talkativeContinue reading “The Midnight Book Club – Emily W. Andersen”
Soyangri Book Kitchen – Kim Yee Hye
Published By: Harvill SeckerPages: 288Released On: 02/10/2025 In a quaint village, nestled outside the bustling heart of Seoul, lies a book-lovers paradise. With its wafts of delicious food and book-filled shelves Soyangri Book Kitchen is dotingly managed by its plucky proprietor Yoojin. Her aim? To create a sanctuary, for weary souls like her own. ButContinue reading “Soyangri Book Kitchen – Kim Yee Hye”
Nearly Departed -Lucas Oakeley
Published By: Bedford SquarePages: 384Released On: 14/08/2025 Joel Foster is a hapless twenty-something. His girlfriend, Beth Lewis, would likely have been a hapless twenty-something, too, had she not been obliterated by a very large cement truck. Some time after Beth’s tragic death, Joel is still trying to juggle grief with the world of modern dating.Continue reading “Nearly Departed -Lucas Oakeley”
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