This is the first of three novellas set in Cyprus The mischievous goddess of love, Aphrodite, and her lover, Adonis, play a game with tourists to their Mediterranean island of Cyprus each spring and summer. Choosing a couple who...

It’s 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows—a fascinating boy who’s not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of...

When the caliph of Málaga dies under strange circumstances, Umar, a soldier in his army, believes it was murder. He decides to investigate the ruler’s death even though it may result in his own. When Umar starts to ask...

When wealthy octogenarian Geza Marton hires art expert Helena Marsh to buy back his family’s Titian painting, Helena flies to Budapest to close what she expects will be a reasonably simple sale. But nothing is ever simple in this...

Growing up in the heart of Montreal’s Jewish ghetto, Duddy Kravitz is obsessed with his grandfather’s saying, “A man without land is nothing.” In his relentless pursuit of property and his drive to become a somebody, he will wheel...

From one of China’s most famous contemporary writers, who celebrated novel To Live catapulted him to international fame, here is a stunning collection of stories, selected from the best of Yu Hua’s early work, that shows his far-reaching influence...

Get ready to challenge everything you thought you knew about British royal history… Derbyshire, England, 1603 Elizabeth I is dead and the Tudor reign is over. As the men in power decide to pass the throne to the Scottish...

Blossom Hill Cottage – a secluded place with a dark past. It’s where Peggy discovered her husband Jack was an alcoholic, and it’s also where Helen stabbed her husband Rob, desperate in the face of his manipulation and control....

Moscow, 1939. In the recesses of the infamous Lubyanka prison, a young archivist is sent to authenticate an unsigned story confiscated from one of the many political prisoners there. The writer is Isaac Babel. The great author of Red...

Pack your bags for the adventure of a lifetime… From the #1 bestselling author of The Cruise, embark on an unforgettable journey and sail through Norway’s winter wonderlands to see the spectacular Northern Lights. ________ Will the Arctic wonderland...