The third book in New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy's addictive and romantic Avalon Bay series

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • He’s American royalty. She comes from a troubled past. Is their love story meant to be? This “lively page-turner” (The New York Times) offers a nostalgic, hopelessly romantic escape—from the author of Something Borrowed and The Lies That Bind.

“I’m a sucker for an iconic, against-all-odds love story, and Meant to Be truly delivers.”—Tia Williams, author of Seven Days in June

“A chic, history-inspired summer read [that] strikes a careful balance ...

Smarting from her recently canceled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety-three. Alongside boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a cedar chest. Laurie’s curiosity is piqued, especially after she finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line “And anyway, if you’re ever desperate, ...

For readers of Rachel Cusk, Jenny Offill, and Doireann Ní Ghríofa, a deeply intimate novel about pregnancy, birth, and artistic creation, by the Dylan Thomas Prize-shortlisted author of Trinity and Speak.

A woman begins work on a novel about Mary Shelley while pregnant for the first time. Recently married, she has just moved from New York to Montana.

As the woman writes, fragments of Shelley’s story begin to detach themselves from the page. Moving through her reproductive years, Shelley e...

The sensational debut novel by Liv Little asks, what happens when you fall through the cracks?

Elsie is out of options.

She's exhausted from being pushed in and out of social housing, she's deflated by debt and she's disturbed by the dark reality of having bailiffs show up at her door. With nowhere to go, there's only one person left to turn to: her best friend, Juliet.

She finds friendship and safety in Juliet's flat, but when Elsie loses her bar job and all creati...

Italy, 1946. “Estee, I bought this ring years ago and have kept it safe ever since. You’re the only woman I’ve ever loved.” She reached for Felix’s hand and gently closed it over the box. “No,” she whispered. “I want you to propose only when you’re truly free.”

London, present day: Lily clutches a faded piece of paper in her hands, knowing that her life will never be the same again. Whilst grieving for her late father, she is told that her grandmother was born at Hope’s ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 OPEN BOOK

'Brilliantly recounts the story of the American theatrical dynasty that produced Lincoln's assassin' Sunday Times Book of the Month

In 1822, a stage is set: Englishman Junius Booth - celebrated Shakespearean actor and man of mesmerising charm and instability - moves to a remote cabin outside Baltimore with his wife, who bears him ten children.

Of the six who survive infancy,...

A bestselling and award-winning Japanese phenomenon - about obsession, pop culture and fandom

'Someone to stay' is het hartverwarmende slotdeel van de Someone-serie van Laura Kneidl over Aliza en Lucien.

Aliza heeft geen tijd voor een relatie. Ze is vastberaden om door te gaan met haar rechtenstudie, ze heeft haar handen vol aan haar succesvolle Instagram-account én haar eerste kookboek komt bijna uit. Ze kan zichzelf geen enkele afleiding toestaan – zelfs niet van de aantrekkelijke Lucien. Voor Lucien is liefde ook de laatste prioriteit. Sinds de dood van zijn ouders staat zijn z...

Op de vlucht voor haar verleden komt de achtentwintigjarige Tilly Parker terecht in het kleine dorpje Kingsfield, waar ze hoopt haar leven in rust en vrede opnieuw te kunnen opbouwen. Als ze een moestuintje neemt bij de plaatselijke volkstuinen aan Ivy Lane komt ze er al snel achter dat dat niet zo makkelijk zal zijn. De andere tuiniers willen maar al te graag vrienden worden met Tilly en blijven haar uitnodigen voor plaatselijke evenementen. Zal het Tilly lukken zich afzijdig te houden of we...