Melissa Bank
The Wonder Spot

Meet Sophie Applebaum - as enchanting a heroine as Jane in The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing. Sophie is an outsider and an inventor of rules. We follow the life cycle of her family, and we follow her to school, through college, to her first job, through to the realisation that work isn't fulfilment, that your parents aren't quite what you thought, and that Mr Right is sometimes . . . only all right.

`This is sure to be in high demand. Recommended to all public libraries'- Tania Barnes, Library JournalL

'Worth the wait. . . authentic, amusing. . . where The Girls' Guide leaves you touched... The Wonder Spot leaves you satisfied'- Time Out New York

Bernard Cornwell
Fallen Angels

The Lazenders, a gilded family, have been the envy and pride of Britain for centuries. But Toby Lazender, the heir, is now mysteriously absent. His sister, Campion, is running the family estates. But The Fallen Angels - among the most powerful and dangerous men in Europe - are plotting revolution. To succeed, they need money, and the Lazender fortune can provide it. A web of deceit closes around Lazen, drawing Campion ever closer to a subtle trap. Her only hope of survival lies with the Gypsy- her brother's aloof horse-master - a man whose loyalties have always been uncertain.

'Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Produces the most entertaining and readable historical novels ofhis generation'- Daily Mail

Since the death of husband Theo, Jane Fielding has tried to keep Rawlston House for herself and her children, despite money problems. Selling off bits of the property has helped, but soon Jane is beset with new anxieties . . . Stylish Sam Clarke adores her husband Ben, but struggles with being a stepmother to his daughter. Marooned in the countryside, she soon becomes aware that Ben's life is more of a mystery to her than she realised. . . Bella Balfour finds the little hamlet of Rawlston a shock after her busy London life, and her marriage to husband Ian is suffering. Each woman is drawn inexorably into the lives of the others, whether she likes it or not.

'Fresh, perceptive and wonderfully readable' - Woman & Home