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TIME GIRL, a seven book series. Luna lost her leg. Then she lost her century. She was training for the London Marathon. She woke up in 1871. What happens next was not a joke—it was a fight for survival. Luna is a bright, defiant, and driven 23-year-old London music student with no time for fantasy. A disabled millennial with a passion for marathons, music, and making the world fairer, she’s grounded in the realities of modern life. But one spring morning in 2018, while training for the London Marathon near Temple Gardens, a collision with a mysterious woman on Victoria Embankment hurls ...

1939. Britain is on the brink of war, and Alice Conyngham’s life is about to change forever. The arrival of government officials, soldiers, and the Women’s Land Army on her estate signals the start of a new and uncertain era. Her staff leave for new duties, her stables are requisitioned, and Alice must find ways to protect her home, her beloved horses, and the fragile order of her world. Amid the upheaval, she finds unexpected companionship in Brantley Fuller, her late husband’s closest friend, whose presence stirs both comfort and desire. As the war encroaches, Alice must navigate ...

When the dead speak back, can you still trust what they say? In a near future where human consciousness can be preserved in digital form, grief no longer means goodbye. The Similarity process—mapping the human brain neuron by neuron—is hailed as the pinnacle of technological achievement. Created by the trillion-dollar tech giant Geolog, it allows the living to communicate with perfect digital replicas of the deceased. For some, it’s a miracle. For others, it’s a violation of nature. Mia and Emma, two sisters living in seclusion on the outskirts of Hastings, are divided by their ...

Step into 1920s Cornwall, where summer idylls hide centuries-old curses. Can Bethany and her cousins unravel dark secrets before the past destroys their future? Imagine the knock of leather on willow on a summer’s afternoon: the call of “owzat!” Tea on the green lawns, a white haze over the long spiky grass beneath ancient trees. The polished brass and whistle of a steam train as it pulls into a sleepy country halt. Church bells drifting on a lazy breeze. The taste of blackberries warmed by the sun. Ladies in white dresses and hats cycling to church. Set in 1924, near a quaint Cornish...

The world has moved on—but can Maud and Richard still find meaning in the places and memories they’ve held onto for a lifetime? Book Eight of the Morrow Family Saga. Twenty-one years after the war’s end, Newgate Street is no longer the place it once was. The hardware business is now managed by Maggie and Anthony, who face a dwindling customer base as Londoners become commuters and the close-knit community dissolves. For Maud and Richard, now in their seventies and living quietly above the shop, the modern world feels like a place they no longer recognise. Surrounded by the ghosts of a...

What if winning the lottery didn’t bring freedom—but a fight to keep your family, your identity, and your sanity? Follow Edith Aveling’s gripping journey as sudden wealth turns her quiet life upside down and forces her to confront the price of fortune. What would you do if you suddenly won £137 million? For Edith Aveling, a humble South London domestic worker, winning that staggering sum was anything but a blessing. Having never bought a lottery ticket before, she cautiously chose to remain anonymous, hoping to shield herself and her family from the storm that followed. But money ...

The aftermath of a national scandal, told through the eyes of a grieving sister fighting to keep her family whole. The Following Years Based on the real-life tragedy that shocked a nation, The Following Years is a powerful work of historical fiction exploring the devastating aftermath of the 1922–1923 Thompson and Bywaters case—one of the most notorious trials in British legal history. When Edith Thompson was executed for a crime many believed she did not commit, her death sent shockwaves through her family and the country. Parliament would revisit her case decades later, but for her ...

Two women. One prison. A friendship that defies everything they were taught to believe. In 1902, the soot-stained heart of North London beats with the quiet despair of Holloway Prison—recently transformed into a women-only institution. Inside its walls, and in the shadow it casts, two women live worlds apart. Victoria Wood is elegant, educated, and newly married—but her perfect life has shattered in a way she cannot yet speak aloud. Margaret Bull scrapes by as a cleaner, her name forever tainted by the legacy of her infamous mother: Mary Ann Cotton, England’s most prolific female ...

In the years after WWII, Miriam faces family upheavals, new beginnings, and the dawn of the swinging sixties in this moving continuation of her life story. The war is over, but the battles of family life, love, and change are just beginning. By 1948, Miriam Barker (née Baxter) has come through war, hardship, and personal upheaval with humour, resilience, and quiet strength. But peace brings its own challenges. Britain is still rationing, and the East End is a place in flux—full of tight-knit communities and uncertain futures. As her children grow and her sisters’ lives take surprising ...

When caring becomes a lifeline, and connection is the greatest gift. In a nursing home shadowed by dementia and loss, two lives—carer and patient—find unexpected hope, proving that even the smallest moments can change everything. In this poignant novel, Ms Erin Flynn is a dedicated young carer navigating the challenges of her own family life while working in a nursing home. When Sarah Graham, a transgender patient diagnosed with early onset dementia, is admitted for permanent care, Erin discovers a unique connection that transcends their circumstances. Together, they reveal that even in...

Money, love, and a mouth that won’t stop—until Africa teaches him who he really is. Saturn’s Return is a sharp, heartfelt romantic comedy about Alan Brown, a young, wealthy, and clumsy London businessman with a stutter and a flair for foolishness—especially when it comes to his loud, cheating girlfriend Maria. But when his mother passes away, Alan embarks on a journey to Africa to find his estranged father, fulfilling a deathbed promise. There, far from the high life, Alan confronts truths about his identity, love, and self-worth, and experiences a profound transformation. He ...

Their world is crumbling—but help comes from an old friend with ties to another beloved story. Book Three in the Newgate Street Saga. By 1941, the Morrow family has lost their home—and their sense of security. Maud, now the pillar of her dislocated family, is forced to start again with the quiet support of Bert, an old family friend with shadowy connections to London’s black market—and a familiar face to readers of the Miriam series. As the war drags on and the cracks of fatigue and frustration deepen, Maud shoulders growing burdens. Her bond with Richard offers solace, but friends ...

Daffodils in Autumn:Trapped in the past. Alone in her terror. One mother must defy time itself to protect her child. One moment she was a mother on holiday. The next, she was lost in time—with no way back. When Andrea Walters sets off with her daughter for an autumn break on the Dorset coast, she’s hoping for nothing more than fresh air and a little peace. But something impossible happens…something that tears her from her own time and leaves her stranded in a past that doesn’t want her. Alone, bewildered, and dismissed as mad by those around her, Andrea must fight to survive in a ...

TIME GIRL, a seven book series. Part 2. You can run from the past… until it drags you back. Luna must return to 1872—and this time, she’s not alone. Some mistakes echo across centuries. Luna must return to fix hers—even if it breaks her. Months after surviving 1871, Luna is back in her own time—but not whole. Haunted by guilt, exhausted by anxiety, and tormented by the consequences of the choices she left behind, she knows she must return to Victorian London to set things right. This time, her best friend Sophia insists on coming with her. But the past is no safer the second time ...

She’s fierce, fabulous, spectacularly beautiful—and not remotely family-friendly. An unregulated novel guaranteed to offend almost everybody, even superheroes and super villains! A camp, chaotic comedy guaranteed to offend almost everyone—especially superheroes. By day, she’s just another struggling soul trying to get by. But when trouble calls, she becomes Supertranny: bold, brilliant, beautiful—and blessed with a wardrobe that could bring cities to their knees. Day and night, people go about their business soundly, knowing that there is someone here on earth who is unbreakable ...

Executrix: In a future ruled by capital and spectacle, justice is a commodity—and Livina is its weapon. Raised from infancy in a brutal state-run training camp, Livina has become one of the most feared and efficient executioners in Britain’s most secure private prison, owned by a global corporation that profits from broadcasting executions to the highest bidder. The public votes. The punishment changes. The stakes are real. It is a story of retribution and redemption set in an intelligent, dystopian capitalist society obsessively consumed with consumer voting and finance. But Livina ...

Seven Sisters: Raised by nuns after being cast out by her family because of her deformities, a girl searches for identity, belonging, and love under the stars. In late 1960s Devon, a baby girl is born with polydactyly — extra fingers that mark her as different from the first breath she takes and with even more deformities. Ashamed, her wealthy father gives her away to nuns to die. But the child survives. Raised by nuns in a convent, her childhood is shaped by silence, structure, and the ache of abandonment. Yet within that cloistered world, she finds moments of wonder — and a friendship...

Fifteen days that changed everything. On 7 September 1940, the Blitz began in earnest. Nazi bombers took to the skies night after night, targeting London’s civilian heart—particularly the densely packed streets of the East End. For Miriam Barker and her family, still reeling from past losses and her recent return from Holloway prison, the war has suddenly arrived at their doorstep. Miriam’s Family Blitz zooms in on the first harrowing fifteen days of that relentless bombardment. Told through intimate, domestic detail and grounded in historical accuracy, it captures the shifting moods ...

A devoted mother’s life is shattered by one theft. Imprisoned in Holloway in 1938, she must survive a harsh world of loss, fear, and unexpected strength. When Miriam, a devoted housewife and mother, is sentenced to Holloway, the infamous women’s prison in North London, she enters a world of harsh rules, unforgiving guards, and unfamiliar inmates. Stripped of her freedom and separated from her family, Miriam must find the strength to survive a grim environment few ever escape unchanged. Written with painstaking detail from authentic historical records, A Year In Holloway reveals the ...

He wanted to be Sherlock Holmes. London gave him war secrets, murder—and the truth about himself. The Detective. The game is on. And he cheats. London, 1960. A sociopathic genius, a trail of wicked Christmas cards, and a case that echoes through the Blitz. Gabriel Chukwumereije arrives from Ghana with money, looks, and one ambition: to become a detective in the image of his idol, Sherlock Holmes. But unlike Holmes, Gabriel is a liar, a manipulator, and a charming psychopath who will do or say anything to succeed. When a series of bizarre, morally depraved Christmas cards begin turning up ...