With Julia South-Brown enjoying her newborn daughter’s every milestone safe in her cosy cottage, and with maternity leave cutting her off from the rumour mill of her café, she doesn’t realise just how much local news and gossip she’s missed. Between a wave of break-ins and thefts, Peridale isn’t quite the safe little village she remembers.

But when the leader of Peridale’s Eyes, the local neighbourhood watch group, meets her end on the same day Julia’s neighbour Leah’s house is broken into and robbed, Julia finds herself pulled back into the familiar world of clues, suspects, and motives – not to mention her gran’s rival neighbourhood watch group.

According to my father’s will, I take possession of our family beach house on my 25th birthday. Until then, it sits in a trust, managed by my mother who dangles it in front of me every time she needs something from me. For the past five years, she’s used me as her puppet, but that’s about to end. I have six short weeks to toe the line then the only thing I’ve ever wanted becomes mine and I’m free.

Then they come into the picture; two men—brothers—my new sexy and controlling bosses, offering me a life I never imagined I could have, but at what cost?

The hatred began when my father proposed to another man in a shocking moment that rocked my family to its core….

Now I’m on a quest for revenge against my father.
That means hitting him where it hurts—the new fiancé and the son he thinks so much of.
Alister Sommers.

Alis is a bleached blond perfectionist thorn in my side who’s used to everything going his way. Grades, money, track—he dominates it all despite his short, insignificant frame.

Was one dad not good enough that Alis had to take mine too?

Baekhap Lee is an ordinary designer of children’s clothing, until one day, she wakes up as the main villainess of the fairy tale she was reading – Abigail Freidkin, the stepmother of Snow White. Having overworked herself beyond her limits and burned out, word led to her death and reincarnation.

The new Baekhap-turn-Abigail quickly develops strong maternal feelings for her stepdaughter, Blanche Freidkin, a young child with big puppy eyes and a tender smile. All her life, Blanche had feared her evil stepmom, who, at one point, even tried to poison her out of jealousy. Now, the new Abigail wants to shower Blanche with all her love and affection, but her husband remains suspicious due to her evil past. How can she overcome his distrust and get closer to Blanche?

Detective Hiroshi Shimizu investigates white collar crime in Tokyo. When an American businessman turns up dead, his mentor Takamatsu calls him out to the site of a grisly murder. A glimpse from a security camera video suggests the killer might be a woman. Hiroshi quickly learns how close homicide and suicide can appear in a city full of high-speed trains just a step—or a push—away.

Takamatsu drags Hiroshi out to the hostess clubs and skyscraper offices of Tokyo in search of the killer. Hiroshi goes deeper and deeper into Tokyo’s intricate, perilous market for buying and selling the most expensive land in the world. He teams up with ex-sumo wrestler Sakaguchi to scour Tokyo’s sacred temples, corporate offices and industrial wastelands to find out why one woman was driven to murder.

Confirmed bachelor Chase is too busy with his ranch for love. When a friend calls in a favor, Chase must open his home to a sassy, sexy mom-to-be who needs his protection. But he’s not prepared for the sizzling attraction that threatens the shield around his heart.

Mira is single, pregnant, and on-the-run. When the distractingly handsome cowboy offers her a marriage of convenience, it’s the lifeline she needs. But when she starts to fall for the sworn bachelor, she realizes that her heart might also be in danger.

Can a rugged rancher who doesn’t believe in love fall for a spunky city girl with a baby?

The many wondrous gifts of Johanna Lindsey — her fiery and endearing characters, her enthralling stories, her ingenious blending of Passion, wit, and emotion — are all on glorious display in this unforgettable tale about an unwanted title and an unexpected love.

Has anyone in London ever taken part in the coming-out season with less enthusiasm than Sabrina? Luckily, the most sought-after lady in the city has agreed to usher this young, lovely country girl through the perils and pitfalls of her all-important first season.