Published By: Michael JosephPages: 400Released On: 08/10/2026 Nina is a promising young journalist. She’s also an alcoholic. Once a week, she attends a recovery group in the local church hall. When a stranger walks in one night, the group think they might have a new member. Until he promptly drops dead. The police believe it’sContinue reading “Murder Most Cryptic – Alys Cummings”
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The Frozen King – Pari Thomson
Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 352Released On: 01/10/2026Reading Age: 8-11Illustrator: Elisa Paganelli Eleven-year-old Annika may be heir to the ocean-ruled kingdom of Iffenwild, but she’d much rather be sailing with her traveling theatre troupe than learning how to be queen. But when her beloved uncle Max – the king – returns gravely injured from aContinue reading “The Frozen King – Pari Thomson”
Goodnight Silver – Abi Elphinstone
Published By: Simon & Schuster Children’s BooksPages: 304Released On: 27/10/2026Illustrated By: Olivia Lomenech GillReading Age: 8+ ‘One last word revealed itself to them stitch by stitch, across the top of the map, until it shone like gold: Whisperfell.’ Emmy doesn’t believe in miracles. In her experience, hoping for extraordinary things never ends well. So, whenContinue reading “Goodnight Silver – Abi Elphinstone”
Life Out of Order – Audrey Niffenegger
Published By: Jonathan CapePages: 560Released On: 13/10/2026 Alba DeTamble is a time traveller, slipping unpredictably through decades like her father before her. But the hardest thing she carries isn’t the burden of futures she can’t understand, or pasts she cannot change – it’s a secret: she is in love with two different people. Each ofContinue reading “Life Out of Order – Audrey Niffenegger”
Together For Christmas – Emma Heatherington
Published By: PenguinPages: 400Released On: 22/10/2026 Cara Mallon is facing Christmas alone when she arrives at Ashford Castle, six months after her fiancé called off their winter wedding. She hopes launching her travel business with a festive press trip will provide the distraction she needs. When Cara meets charming travel blogger Dermot Walshe, sparks beginContinue reading “Together For Christmas – Emma Heatherington”
The Sugar and Spice Bookshop Bakery – Jennifer Page
Published By: AriaPages: 320Released On: 08/10/2026 Louise Dearnley has spent her life editing perfectly neat love stories, where heartbreak leads to fresh starts, charming small businesses bloom, and happily-ever-afters are guaranteed. But now in her forties, she’s quit her job – and no, she doesn’t want to talk about why – and returned home toContinue reading “The Sugar and Spice Bookshop Bakery – Jennifer Page”
The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris
Published By: FirefinchPages: 384Released On: 22/10/2026 In 1942, the Nazis come for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos of their arrest, eleven-year-old Josie flees to the only person she trusts: her piano teacher, Andrée Levallois, secretly an operative in the French Resistance. Andrée takes her in as a member ofContinue reading “The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse – Heather Morris”
Rowan – Bex Hogan
Published By: ZephyrPages: 304Released On: 08/10/2026 Many years ago, Rowan’s ancestor followed a white hare and disappeared without trace. Since then, her descendants have warned the women of the family against the magic of the cunning, shape-shifting hare – known often to be witches in disguise. Centuries later, Rowan, heartbroken and yearning to escape, ignoresContinue reading “Rowan – Bex Hogan”
Yearning Difficulties – Elle McNicoll
Published By: First InkPages: 320Released On: 08/10/2026 Zella has just landed her dream student job as the co-host of a show on Radio Panache, Lake Pristine High School – if only she didn’t have to share the gig with her chauvinistic ex-boyfriend. Her classmate Killian seems shy, but has no qualms calling out Zella’s ex live on airContinue reading “Yearning Difficulties – Elle McNicoll”
Her Last Christmas – Claire McGowan
Published By: Thomas & MercerPages: 187Released On: 20/10/2026 When Emma joins her new boyfriend Michael for a ‘Friendmas’ in the Alps, she’s quickly thrust into an exclusive world of privilege, partying, and politics. Emma can’t ski and is out of place among the close-knit group, but she’s determined to win them over. Without the usualContinue reading “Her Last Christmas – Claire McGowan”
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