Extracts

#BOSHBakes: Banana Microwave Cake

Need a showstopping dessert or birthday cake in a hurry? We’ve got you covered! The sponge for this cake is cooked in the microwave so it really is the work of moments. The key here is not to hold back on the decoration – we heartily approve of throwing the… Read More

Breaking Out: The incredible true story of Janice Nix

Breaking Out is the story of Janice Nix. Janice Nix lived a life of crime. Groomed to work as a shoplifter in London’s West End, she entered a glamorous underworld of beautiful possessions – and drugs. As she rose to the top of her criminal empire, Janice achieved the… Read More

Read an Extract from the Gripping New YA Dystopian The Island

CHAPTER 1 JESSIE Life would be so much easier if I were a psychopath. I’d be charming, manipulative and a pathological liar. I also wouldn’t be wondering what Danny, Honor, Jeffers, Meg and Milo are talking about on the other side of the pool their faces cast in shadow, the… Read More

Listen to the Introduction of The Success Code!

Every one of us has the capability to succeed. But what does it mean to be successful? What does success look like for you? And how is it achievable? The Success Code by Amanda Dewinter empowers readers from every walk of life to set their own… Read More

#BOSHBakes: Spectaculoos Cupcakes

If you’ve ever visited a coffee shop in mainland Europe, there’s a high chance that the waiter will have given you a little speculoos biscuit with your espresso. We love the flavour of those little biscuits, so we made these delicious cupcakes using Biscoff spread to achieve the wonderful, caramel-like… Read More

Learn to BOSH! it this Veganuary

Chances are, your favourite meals – the ones you cook most often – are probably meaty or cheesy. At some point you’ll want to make them plant-based. Maybe it’s that perfect steak casserole, or that incredible cake. We’re going to show you how to BOSH! it. That means removing the… Read More

Read an extract from the WHSmith fiction book of the month Q

Q Chapter 1 It’s impossible to know what you would do to escape a shitty marriage and give your daughters a fair shot at success. Would you pay money? Trade the comfort of house and home? Lie, cheat, or steal? I’ve asked myself these questions; I suppose many mothers do. Read More

The Summer Seekers: Read an exclusive extract!

Kathleen It was the cup of milk that saved her. That and the salty bacon she’d fried for her supper many hours earlier, which had left her mouth dry. If she hadn’t been thirsty—if she’d still been upstairs, sleeping on the ridiculously expensive mattress that had been her eightieth birthday… Read More

The Marlow Murder Club – Meet Becks Starling

To settle her mind more than for any other reason, Judith went over to the cupboard, opened the door and saw that it contained nothing more than the vicar’s robes on hangers. Just as she’d suspected. Although it also seemed to contain a middle-aged woman who was looking straight at… Read More

Read an extract of Blood Metal Bone!

Sonara found him at the ocean’s edge. The suns were just setting, a double green flash as they sank out of view beyond the farthest stretch of sea. Seated on the sand, toes not far from the lapping waves, was Soahm. A mere speck in the distance, she hadn’t seen… Read More

Why Do You Want to Rest?

The Book of Rest by James Reeves and Gabrielle Brown is the go-to-guide telling you how to find a moment of peace even in the busiest of days, and a path to a calmer, happier and more relaxed you. To celebrate its paperback release, we have an… Read More

The Marlow Murder Club – Meet Judith Potts

Mrs Judith Potts was seventy-seven years old and entirely happy with her life. She lived in an Arts and Crafts mansion on the River Thames, she had a job she loved that took up just enough of her time and no more, and best of all, she didn’t have to… Read More