Fiction

  • Paradise Rot: A Novel (Verso Fiction)

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    A lyrical and uncompromising debut novel from a highly acclaimed musician and artist, who has achieved renown for the sharpness of her work, and its sexual and political imagery.
    Jo is in a strange new country for university, and having a more peculiar time than most. A house with no walls, a roommate with no boundaries, and a home that seems ever more alive. Jo’s sensitivity, and all her senses, become increasingly heightened and fraught, as the lines between bodies and plants, and dreaming and wakefulness, blur and mesh.
    This debut novel from critically acclaimed artist and musician Jenny Hval, presents a heady and hyper-sensual portrayal of sexual awakening and queer desire.

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    £7.60£9.50
  • Really Good, Actually: The must-read major Sunday Times bestselling debut novel of 2023

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    The No. 2 SUNDAY TIMES Bestseller

    An Observer Best Debut of the Year

    ‘Intoxicating … heralds a really good author to watch’ THE TIMES

    ‘Hilarious and profound’ DOLLY ALDERTON

    ‘Wildly funny and almost alarmingly relatable’ MARIAN KEYES

    ‘Monica Heisey is a genius’ NINA STIBBE

    One of the most hotly anticipated, hilarious and addictive debut novels of 2023, from Schitt’s Creek and Workin’ Moms screenwriter and electric new voice in fiction, Monica Heisey.

    I feel like when you get a divorce everyone’s wondering how you ruined it all, what made you so unbearable to be with. If your husband dies, at least people feel bad for you.

    Maggie’s marriage has ended just 608 days after it started, but she’s fine – she’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s alone for the first time and can’t afford her rent and her obscure PhD is going nowhere… but at the age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new status as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée™.

    As Maggie throws herself headlong into the chaos of her first year of divorce, she soon finds herself questioning everything, including: Why do we still get married? Did I fail before I even got started? And how many 4am delivery burgers do I need to eat until I am happy?

    Laugh-out-loud funny, razor sharp and painfully relatable, Really Good, Actually is an irresistible debut novel about the uncertainties of modern love, friendship and happiness from a stunning new voice in fiction, Monica Heisey.

    ‘Hilarious, heart-warming, wise’ PAULA HAWKINS

    ‘Monica Heisey makes me laugh hard and often’ ROB DELANEY

    ‘A Sex and The City for social media-obsessed millennials … Irresistible’ METRO

    ‘Wry, modern, self-deprecating’ INDEPENDENT

    ‘Already one of the most talked-about releases for 2023’ EVENING STANDARD

    Monica Heisey’s book ‘Really Good, Actually’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 06-02-2023.

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    £8.10£9.50
  • In the Absence of Men: Philippe Besson (Vintage Editions)

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    FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIE WITH ME

    It is the summer of 1916 and, with German Zeppelins on the skyline, the men of Paris are off at war. For Vincent, the sixteen-year-old son of a prestigious family, the tranquillity of the city sits at odds with the salons and soirees he attends. But, after an electrifying encounter with the enigmatic writer, Marcel P, draws Vincent’s desires out into the light, his ever-riskier liaisons with a young solider begin to shape Vincent’s future.

    Translated by Frank Wynne

    ‘A short, bold and original novel which beautifully captures the romance and amorality of gilded youth’ Independent

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    £6.60£9.50
  • Shuggie Bain: The Million-Copy Bestseller

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    Winner of the Booker Prize
    Winner of ‘Book of the Year’ and ‘Debut of the Year’ at the British Book Awards
    The Million-Copy Bestseller

    ‘An amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.’ – The judges of the Booker Prize
    ‘Douglas Stuart has written a first novel of rare and lasting beauty.’ – Observer

    It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life, dreaming of greater things. But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and as she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves.

    It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest. Shuggie is different, he is clearly no’ right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place.

    Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. For readers of A Little Life and Angela’s Ashes, it is a heartbreaking novel by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to tell.

    ‘A heartbreaking novel’ – The Times
    ‘Tender and unsentimental . . . The Billy Elliot-ish character of Shuggie . . . leaps off the page.’ – Daily Mail

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  • Cleat Cute

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    A sapphic rivals-to-lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own

    They’re risking their hearts for a match worth winning.

    Grace Henderson has been a star of the US Women’s National Team since she was 16. But when she’s side-lined with an injury at just 26, a bold new upstart, Phoebe Matthews, takes her spot. Phoebe is everything Grace isn’t – a gregarious jokester who plays with a joy that Grace has lost somewhere along the way. The last thing Grace expects is to become friends-with-benefits with this class clown.

    Phoebe Matthews has always admired Grace’s skill and was starstruck to be training alongside her idol. But she quickly finds herself looking at Grace as more than a mere teammate. After one daring kiss, she’s hooked. Grace is everything she has been waiting to find.

    As the World Cup approaches, and Grace works her way back from injury, the women try to find a way they can play together instead of vying for the same position on the pitch. But as the sparks between them start to ignite, will both players realise they care more about their relationship than making the roster?

    Why readers love Meryl Wilsner . . .

    ‘Vibrant, intoxicating romance’ Ashley Herring Blake

    ‘Sexy and compelling, reading it is like being in on the most tantalizing secret’ Dahlia Adler

    ‘Both undeniably sexy and incredibly sweet’ Olivia Dade

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    Cleat Cute

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  • The Atlas Paradox: The incredible sequel to international bestseller The Atlas Six

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    Discover The Atlas Paradox, the electric dark academia sequel to viral sensation The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake – a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller. Inside the Alexandrian Society alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken and all must pick a side.

    Six magicians were offered the opportunity of a lifetime.
    Five are now members of the Society.
    And two paths lie before them.

    In this thrilling next instalment, the secret society of Alexandrians is unmasked. Its newest recruits realize the institute is capable of raw, world-changing power. It’s also headed by a man with plans to change life as we know it – and these are already under way. But the cost of this knowledge is as high as the price of power, and each initiate must choose which faction to follow. Yet as events gather momentum and dangers multiply, which of their alliances will hold? Can friendships hold true and are enemies quite what they seem?

    Reader reviews for The Atlas Paradox:

    ‘Olivie Blake has done it again’

    ‘More of everything I loved from the first book’

    ‘I was completely shocked. NOW I NEED BOOK 3’

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    £9.19£9.99
  • This is How You Lose the Time War: The epic time-travelling love story and Twitter sensation

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    WINNER OF
    Hugo Award for Best Novella
    Nebula Award for Best Novella
    Reddit Stabby Award for Best Novella
    British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novella

    SHORTLISTED FOR
    2020 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
    The Ray Bradbury Prize
    Kitschies Red Tentacle Award
    Kitschies Inky Tentacle
    Brave New Words Award

    Co-written by two award-winning writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.

    Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading.

    Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

    Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war. That’s how war works. Right?

    ‘A fireworks display from two very talented storytellers’ Madeline Miller, author of Circe

    ‘An intimate and lyrical tour of time, myth and history’ John Scalzi, bestselling author of Old Man’s War

    ‘Lyrical and vivid and bittersweet’ Ann Leckie, Hugo Award-winning author of Ancillary Justice

    ‘Rich and strange, a romantic tour through all of time and the multiverse’ Martha Wells, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Murderbot Diaries

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    £5.70
  • The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo (California dream (crossover) serie, 1) (Versión Holandesa)

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    The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Nlse editie, van Taylor Jenkins Reid is de internationale lezersfavoriet over het leven en de geheimen van een Hollywoodlegende.

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  • Temptation: A Paranormal Romance (Blood of the Fallen Book 2)

    A vampire court is one of the most dangerous places I know, but I’ll walk into one for Degarr.

    Except when I get there, Court isn’t Court. And King Gabriel is unlike any other king I’ve ever met.

    And then there’s the white wolf.

    Grumpy doesn’t begin to cover it. Apparently I live to piss this man off. Unfortunately, Gideon doesn’t have the same effect on me. Quite the opposite.

    He sets me on fire. Leaves me wanting things the innocent people of this place might not understand.

    But Gideon’s been screwed over and left hurting by someone else.

    This wolf is temptation itself.

    But the things I want with him? I can never have.

    This is the second book in the series Blood of the Fallen. If you like challenges, you can read it on its own. Otherwise please start with Fallen for the best enjoyment and understanding.

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    £4.70
  • Havoc: MMM First Time Biker Romance

    Bad Boys, Bikers, And Lovers???

    Bobby is leaving everything he knows behind, embracing the life of a biker, having been entranced with the Brothers of Chaos, a famed biker gang in the region.

    A young man entering his prime, Bobby is choosing what kind of man he wants to be, and when he meets the Brothers he’s faced with a wake-up call as it’s not what he expected at all.

    During his initiation he’s faced with a tough choice, and it’s only thanks to Mal, one of the Brothers, that he passes at all.

    Bobby is instantly taken with Mal, and there’s forbidden passion between the two of them. But lurking in the background is Mal’s ex, Jimi, who still holds a torch for Mal.

    The three men become involved in a heated love triangle, and there’s only one way out.

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  • Spotlight

    Jake “Emmy” Walker moved into a middle-of-nowhere school district three years ago not knowing if he’d get to stay long enough to entertain the idea of belonging. Now, he’s walking into his senior year with a record-worthy football career, enough good fortune to last him a lifetime, and the most loyal best friend anyone could ever ask for: fellow football player, sweets-craving, history nerd, general enigma, Julian Ridgemore.

    Somewhere between late night whispers and secret pasts, Emmy’s feelings for Julian take a turn towards the unexpected. Perhaps it’s less a surprise than an inevitable outcome. Emmy’s heart is used to calling the shots, and it is rarely ever wrong.

    Until, it lands him a prime spot on the school’s gossip page.

    After an anonymous submission puts his sexuality at the forefront of school debates, he realizes his newly-discovered crush is the least of his worries. Fighting with the influx of attention, Julian’s uncharacteristic withdraw, and his already-polarized team conspiring against him, Emmy is forced to decide what it means to be “out” when he’d least been expecting it, how far he’ll go to keep his best friend, and what his sports career looks like when his team isn’t interested in playing nice.

    Emmy had always loved the spotlight, but can he keep it from burning him now?

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    Spotlight

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  • Eight Dates: A Holiday Romantic Comedy

    With a brother like this, who needs enemies?

    Ben Weiss is perfectly fine on his own, thank you very much. After his last failed relationship, he doesn’t need the drama. But his brother has decided to play matchmaker this year and has set him up with eight blind dates, one for each night of Chanukah.

    And with eight in a row, there has to be one decent guy in the lot…right?

    With Ben’s luck, apparently not. From a date that bites, to one rude to the server, to the guy who brought along his mom, every single one has been a nightmare. Ben’s ready to give up on love for good, adopt a cat, and call it a day.

    But there’s one bright light in Ben’s week he hasn’t expected in the form of Nova, the adorable, kind-hearted bartender who’s come to his rescue every time a date has gone wrong. And while Ben’s not sure he believes in holiday miracles, he’s starting to think that each bad date has brought him closer to the happily ever after he was always meant to have.

    Can someone fall in love in eight nights? In Ben’s case, during a wild string of bad luck, the answer might still be yes.

    Eight Dates is a stand-alone friends to lovers, swoony, spicy holiday romance featuring terrible blind dates, rooftop espionage, the merits of fine hot chocolate and crispy latkes, and finding love where you least expect it.

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    £4.70
  • The Trans Journal: LGBT AGENDA – EQUALITY JOURNAL – 110 Ruled Pages – Size 6″x9″ Inches (15.24 x 22.86cm).

    This is a great journal / Notebook / Agenda, just for you to write your amazing stories, thoughts, creative ideas, poetry.

    IT COMES WITH:
    110 College Ruled Pages
    Size 6″x9″ inches – (15.24 x 22.86cm)
    A meaningful & modern cover design

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    £3.00
  • Director’s Cut

    After taking a guest teaching gig, Oscar-winning Valeria Sullivan finds herself trapped in a battle of wits with her sexy co-professor, but can she keep her cool when things heat up in and out of the classroom?

    At twenty-nine, Valeria Sullivan is a celebrated, award-winning actress. But when her acting options start to decline and her attempt to transition to directing is complicated by a bad interview on a late night show, Val decides she’s had enough of Hollywood. Intent on pursuing a neglected passion, she pours herself into a guest professorship at USC, hoping to transition to academia fulltime.

    Standing in her way is her co-professor, Maeve Arko, whose brilliance and beauty is matched only by her contempt for Val. As Val rises to the challenges that teaching throws at her, though, Maeve starts to soften, and soon sparks are flying.

    Now with a job and a girlfriend she adores, Val should be happy. But Hollywood isn’t done with Val quite yet. Her directorial debut, Oakley in Flames, starts getting attention, and soon Val has to choose between her obligations to her class–and Maeve–and the burgeoning dream Hollywood career she may not be ready to leave behind.

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    £13.60
  • Notebook for meetings that should have been an email: Lined Notebook, Funny Coworker Gift, Pride Gift, Office Joke, 120 pages, 6x9in

    • Size 6 x 9 in
    • 120 blank-lined white pages
    • Book industry standard professional binding

    This Notebook is perfect to take meeting notes. The cover of this book will bring laughter to your professional reunions.

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    £4.30
  • The Atlas Complex: The devastating conclusion to the story that started with The Atlas Six – now an international bestseller (Atlas series)

    **PRE-ORDER NOW**

    The Atlas Complex marks the much-anticipated, heart-shattering conclusion in Olivie Blake’s trilogy that began with the internationally bestselling dark academic phenomenon, The Atlas Six.

    Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive.

    An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment.

    Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have so far failed to uphold. Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities, while elsewhere, an unlikely pair from the Society cohort partner to influence politics on a global stage.

    And still the outside world mobilizes to destroy them, while the Caretaker himself, Atlas Blakely, may yet succeed with a plan foreseen to have world-ending stakes. It’s a race to survive as the six Society recruits are faced with the question of what they’re willing to betray for limitless power―and who will be destroyed along the way.

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    £19.19£22.00
  • Nicked: A Novel

    From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, about the quest to steal the mystical bones of a long-dead saint

    The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian port city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to action. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus.
    Enter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for “liberating” holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas rest in distant Myra, Tyun explains, and they’re rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick. For the humble price of a small fortune, Tyun will steal the bones and deliver them to Bari, curing the plague and restoring glory to the fallen city. And Nicephorus, the “dreamer,” will be his guide.
    What follows is a heist for the ages, as Nicephorus is swept away on strange tides—and alongside even stranger bedfellows—to commit an act of sacrilege. Based on real historical accounts, Nicked is a wildly imaginative, genre-defying, and delightfully queer adventure, full of romance, intrigue, and wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.

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    £21.40

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