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The Book Share

Writing The Book Share by Phaedra Patrick

In today’s blog post, Phaedra Patrick reveals all about writing her uplifting and feel-good new novel, The Book Share. Each time I’m about to start writing a new book I worry if I’ll be able to conjure up a good idea. From my initial feelings of sheer panic, not… Read More
Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence

Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence by Dr Amanda Brown

Read an exclusive extract from Dr Amanda Brown’s eye-opening new book about the inmates of Huntercombe prison, available here. PROLOGUE HMP HUNTERCOMBE 20 DECEMBER 2013 ‘I’m dead.’ The ‘dead’ man’s name was Kofi Aboah and he was a giant. Over six foot of muscle, but shrinking. I could… Read More
The Little Library on Cherry Lane

The Little Library on Cherry Lane by Katie Ginger

Read an exclusive extract from author Katie Ginger’s heart-warming new novel, The Little Library on Cherry Lane. ‘So, Miss Martin, this is a bit of an unusual question, but—’ The interviewer leaned forward over the desk. He hadn’t stopped fiddling with the lid of his pen, using his… Read More
You Don't Know Us Negroes & Other Essays - Zora Neale Hurston

How It Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston

Read Hurston’s seminal essay in this exclusive extract from a new collection of her works, You Don’t Know Us Negroes & Other Essays. HOW IT FEELS TO BE COLORED ME I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I… Read More
With This Kiss

With This Kiss by Carrie Hope Fletcher

Read an exclusive extract of With This Kiss, the utterly magical and completely spellbinding novel from Number One Sunday Times best selling author Carrie Hope Fletcher! PROLOGUE How often does death cross your mind? Is it once a year, when you hear of a tragedy that sends you spiralling… Read More

Make it Happen with Amika George

Read an exclusive extract of Make it Happen , the handbook to tackling the biggest issues facing the world, from inspirational activist Amika George. CHOOSE YOUR CAUSE Whatever kind of person you are, you can be an activist. I believe that activism comes in many forms. Refuse to… Read More
Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay

Let Linwood Barclay Take Your Breath Away…

Read an exclusive extract of Take Your Breath Away, the electrifying new crime thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Linwood Barclay. “We can simply kill them, but there are alternatives you might want to consider.” “If we even have any,” Brie Mason said. “Maybe it’s just one.” “Oh,” said… Read More
A Wartime Secret

Uncover A Wartime Secret with Helen Yendall

Read an exclusive extract of A Wartime Secret, the gripping WW2 historical fiction novel from Helen Yendall. London, September 1940 Maggie Corbett lay face down on the open platform of the number 56 bus, the heel of another passenger’s shoe an inch from her nose. It was a man’s… Read More
Betrayal Bigamy Both Of You

Adele Parks on the Ultimate Betrayal

My new novel is out and I’m so excited, I just can’t hide it, I’m about to lose control and…well you know how it goes. BOTH OF YOU is a twisty, dark domestic thriller where more than one character does just that; loses control. Two women go missing from… Read More
Beach House Summer read an extract

Beach House Summer: Read an exclusive extract!

Read an exclusive extract of Beach House Summer, the brand new feel good women’s fiction novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Sarah Morgan! Chapter One Ashley She slid into his car, hoping this wasn’t a mistake. It hadn’t been her first choice of plan, but the others had failed and she… Read More
Summer Seekers Extract

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