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Everyone wants to discover what they're made of . . . Juggling lives and crossing continents, BLACK CAKE is the extraordinary story of how the inheritance of secrets, betrayal and memories can shape a family for generations

'A story as meaningful as it is delicious. At turns delightfully juicy and then stunnin...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE

'Epic, beautifully crafted . . . Gripping from start to finish' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'A moving exploration of both the pain and the freedom of being an outsider' NEW STATESMAN

'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' DAILY MAIL

One extraordinary woman.

One hundred years of history.

One unforgettable story.

Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first daughter in a family of five boisterous sons. From...

The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the view point of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world. Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn't end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. Maureen Fry has settled into the quiet life she now shares with her husband Harold after his iconic walk across England. Now, ten year...

Captured by the king of darkness, she was forced to find the light within.

Arwen Valondale never expected to be the brave one, offering her life to save her brother's. Now she's been taken prisoner by the most dangerous kingdom on the continent, and made to use her rare magical abilities to heal the soldiers of the vicious Onyx King.

Arwen knows better than to face the ancient, wicked woods that surround the castle on her own, which means working with a fellow prisoner might be her only path ...

John Irving, one of the world’s greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years ― a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.

In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor.

Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventi...

One man with an insatiable hunger: a novel of desire and destruction in Revolutionary France, based on a true story, from the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning author of The Manningtree Witches.

‘“Brother, you have another pair of boots,” Jaroslav Hašek said to me, grabbing me by the sleeve. “How do you know?” “Yesterday you were in army boots, and today you’ve got civilian ones on. I’d buy those army boots off you.” And in this way my high-laced boots, which I was given by the Austrian Red Cross way back in Beryozovka-za-Baikalom, came into Hašek’s possession. It was a silly thing to do. Not because I should have known that I wouldn’t get a kopeck out of Haš...

An off-kilter, darkly ironic novella from a Japanese literary star - part of Pushkin's second Japanese Novella series

"The Adventures of Gerard" is a collection of short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The stories are narrated by Etienne Gerard, a French cavalry officer during the Napoleonic Wars, who recounts his daring and often humorous adventures across Europe.

Gerard is a boastful but lovable character, with a keen sense of humor and a penchant for mischief. He is a master of swordplay, horseback riding, and flirtation, and his exploits often involve him outsma...

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