AS SEEN ON TV.
MURDER. ARMED ROBBERY. SEXUAL OFFENCE.
These are just some of the cases Rob McKeon, member of the Parole Board, considers
day to day.
When a prisoner is up for parole, a decision must be made. How will they behave when
released? Will they cope? Will they reoffend?
Some people have terrible early life experiences setting them on a destructive path
that’s difficult to alter. Some can change, while others never do. Some will do
everything they can to build a better life, others refuse to recognise they have done
anything wrong. It’s vital to assess the dangers and make the right call.
With over a decade on the Parole Board, these are the stories that have shaped a
career where risks are high and the repercussions can be devastating.
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Teaching kids not to be ashamed of their natural bodily functions, this laugh-
out-loud picture book features cows, monkeys, dinosaurs, and other tooters
from the animal kingdom and beyond!
Jerboa feels shocked and embarrassed when he unexpectedly lets out a stinky,
squeaky toot. Luckily, the wise Elephant is there to remind the shy creature that,
whether big or small, animal or human, dinosaur or monster, Everybody Toots!
Featuring hilarious rhyming text and entertaining illustrations, this cheeky picture book
will leave kids bursting with laughter while also teaching them that passing gas is
totally normal and okay.
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Dragons are extinct. Witches are outcast. Magic is dying.
But human lust for power is immortal.
Dragon fire no longer blisters the skies over Penterra, but inside the lavish palace, life is still perilous
– especially for Tamsyn. Raised in the glittering court alongside the princesses, it's her duty to be
punished for their misdeeds. Treated as part of the royal family but also as the lowliest servant,
Tamsyn fits nowhere. So when she is tasked with the ultimate sacrifice of pretending to be one of the
true royal princesses and marry Fell, the Beast of the Borderlands, son to the great dragon slayer,
Tamsyn accepts her fate even if it means tricking the deadly warrior.
The wedding night begins with unexpected passion, but ends in near violence when her trickery is
exposed. Rather than start a war, Fell accepts Tamsyn as his bride … but Tamsyn isn’t what she
seems. She harbours dark secrets, secrets buried so deep even she doesn’t know they exist.
For Tamsyn is more than the false wife of a man who now sees her as his enemy. And when those
secrets emerge, they will ignite a flame bright enough to burn the entire kingdom to the bone.
Magic is not dead … it is only sleeping. And it will take one ordinary girl with an extraordinary destiny
to awaken it.
Don’t miss this sizzling and epic upcoming romantasy novel. Perfect if you love:
1. Enemies-to-lovers
2. Marriage of convenience
3. Magic, dragons, and witches
4. Spice
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A beautiful, thoughtful guide to finding your perfect next read, no matter what life’s
throwing at you, from the founder of Aphra a.k.a. ‘your inclusive AF feminist book
club’
Through turbulent times, stories keep us afloat. Books, particularly, console and guide us, feed our
souls, and open our eyes to worlds, possibilities and experiences we may never have considered
before. Many of us have been self-medicating with books for years without identifying the practice as
‘bibliotherapy’.
This carefully curated collection will help you to identify the right reads for the right time. Whether you
are in the throes of first love or the depths of heartbreak, embarking on a new beginning or
questioning which path to take, use this guide to lose yourself in literature and find yourself anew, and
discover the books that will always matter to you.
Includes celebrated classics, as well as overlooked modern masterpieces, with a focus on
underrepresented voices. Recommended reads, include:
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Letter to my Daughter by Maya Angelou
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
Be Not Afraid of Love by Mimi Zhu
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling
author Sierra Simone who gave us A Merry Little Meet Cute comes a new festive
romcom – ’tis the season for second chances!
Sunny Palmer has returned to Christmas Notch in search of some festive inspiration for her
screenplay.
Isaac Kelly, former boy band heartthrob and the saddest boy in the music biz, is the latest owner of
the town’s historic mansion. What better place to attempt his first holiday album than a snow-covered
mansion where he can become a hermit in peace?
But after they wake up together in Sunny’s dilapidated motel room after a wild night, Isaac takes a
chance and asks her to stay at his place and they make a deal: they will both try to get the other’s
creative juices flowing again.
With these two opposites under one roof, there’s no way this jingle bell mingle could go off script…
right?
Your new obsession starts here. Get hooked by Sunday Times bestseller C.L.
Taylor’s next impossible-to-put-down thriller. Pre-order now.
‘I absolutely loved it!’ Lisa Jewell
'I read it with my heart in my mouth’ Louise Candlish
‘Wow this was exceptional! Clever, original and filled with tension, this is a story I won’t ever forget. C.
L. Taylor’s best yet.’ Claire Douglas
'Clever, tense and satisfying.' Andrea Mara
‘Spine-chilling at every turn! One of the best thrillers of the year.’ Jeffery Deaver
‘A tense, twisty thrill-ride of stalking, obsession and revenge.’ TM Logan
‘I absolutely love C.L. Taylor’s writing.’ Liz Nugent
‘I absolutely loved this book and finished it in one sitting…In true C.L. Taylor style, it’s delightfully
twisty.’ Katy Brent
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer…
Alexandra, Lucy, Bridget, River and Natalie. Five friends who wish they’d never met. Because the one
thing they have in common is the worst thing in their lives: they are all being stalked.
When one of their group is murdered, days after their stalker is released from prison, time stands still
for them all. They know their lives could end just as brutally at any moment – all it takes is for the
people they fear the most to catch up with them.
When the group receive a threat that one of them will die in ten days’ time, the terror that stalks their
daily lives becomes all-consuming. But they know they don’t want to be victims anymore – it’s time to
turn the tables and finally get their revenge.
Because the only way to stop a stalker is to become one yourself…
The multimillion bestseller returns with her most propulsive and addictive book yet. A
chilling and terrifyingly real thriller that will keep you up all night – and looking over your
shoulder for days to come…
Every Move You Make was a #8 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 04-04-2024 and a #1 Kindle bestseller
w/c 07-05-2024.
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Don’t miss the new coming-of-middle-age story from
Harper Ford, perfect for fans of Alexandra Potter and Ruth
Jones!
Hot Not Bothered is the new hilarious, no-holds-barred and heartfelt novel about the
rollercoaster of menopause, from hot flushes to HRT and everything in-between.p>
It’s a bloody mess but she ain’t stressed…
Heidi is tired. Tired, grumpy and hot as hell.
Juggling the stresses of her job whilst parenting two children is proving chaotic, and Heidi has well
and truly run out of f**ks to give.
When her menopause symptoms skyrocket, Heidi dives headfirst into a sea of comically contradictory
advice, absurd doctors' appointments, and the wild world of online support forums that range from
cult-like to totally bloody batshit.
But the last straw comes when she receives a patronising company-wide email from HR supporting
‘women of a certain age’. Heidi accidentally hits ‘reply all’ when calling out the bullshit, only to
suddenly find herself the inadvertent new face of the menopause in her office…
Don't miss the new hilarious novel about the menopause, second (or third) chance love – and
the unexpected ways we can find our tribe at any age.
‘A gloriously uplifting celebration of middle age. I loved it.’ Katie Fforde
'Bloody brilliant! All the Bridget Jones romance drama with added hot flushes and feminine rage!'
Helen Fields
'A hilarious take on the pressure cooker of midlife…I loved it!' Fiona Gibson
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You think you know these stories, don’t you?
You are wrong.
You don’t know them at all.
Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a
spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that
explore life . . . and death.
A prince has a surprising awakening . . .
A beauty fights like a beast . . .
A boy refuses to become prey . . .
A path to happiness is lost . . . then found again.
New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new
era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect
you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare.
The runaway international No.1 bestseller that launched Tom Clancy’s spectacular career –
became a blockbuster film – and introduced Jack Ryan.
THE HUNT IS ON…
Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters, Russia’s ultra-secret missile submarine, the Red October, is
heading west.>
The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. With all-out war only seconds away, the
superpowers race across the ocean on the most desperate mission of a lifetime.
This book has it all: a college campus rocked by a sudden tragedy; female friendship tested to the
brink; and twists you won't see coming. Willingham gets better with each book, and this is my favorite
yet' Marie Claire
'A delicious thriller about envy and friendship' Woman's Own
“Utterly hypnotic. Only If You’re Lucky seduces the reader into a spiderweb of beguiling friendships,
sinister secrets, and the quicksilver danger lurking behind even the tightest of bonds. Reader
beware—this will keep you breathless to the very end.” Lisa Gardner
‘A twisty mystery that carefully unspools itself with each chapter, Only If You’re Lucky is the kind of
book that will grip a reader and refuse to let go. With intricate plotting and ratcheting tension, this
story masterfully examines the intoxicating nature of friendship between teenage girls and young
women, and the tight orbits they create – and destroy. At its core are secrets that corrode even the
strongest bond, and the lengths a person will take to spin lies into truth. Dark, intense, and
completely addictive.’
Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here
'What a book! A pitch dark, pitch perfect novel, so immersive and atmospheric. I was lost in the
world of this South Carolina college but desperate to keep turning pages to find out what was going
on. Beautifully written, a stunning thriller. There aren’t enough superlatives.'
Andrea Mara, Author of No One Saw a Thing
‘A wonderfully disturbing read. I loved the setting and the set-up, all so febrile and the cloying
obsessiveness of the narrator – I raced through it’
Sabine Durrant, Sunday Times Bestselling Author of Lie With Me
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