Heartwarming and nostalgic new Saga series from the author of Mother's Day on Coronation Street. One ordinary street in Lancashire is getting ready for war, who knows what else is going on behind the net curtains?Vicky Parrot wanted more out of life than working all hours in her father's Post Office. Her dreams were ruined when tragedy came calling, and now happiness seems impossible.The other townsfolk have their problems too. Sylvia Barker runs the haberdashery shop and she's hiding more than a few secrets behind the bales of wool in the shop window. Her daughter Rosie wants more out of life than needles and cotton, but her headstrong ways are about to get her into trouble.Life goes on for the people of Greenhill, what they can't know is that their world is about to change forever...

At the far edges of explored space... ...the unexpected can be deadly. Battered by decades of self-destructive system wars, humanity is united and pushing further into the void of space. Fresh from the Academy, Lieutenant Auri Chen is given command of the aging starship Valiant. A ragged veteran of past wars, it's long overdue for the scrap yard. The mysterious disappearance of a famous holo-star and her ship sends the Valiant on a hasty rescue mission. Beset by failing systems and an inexperienced crew, their voyage into the unknown is full of dangerous surprises. Something dark lurks in the icy-cold shadows of the distant Arcturus system. Their discovery could upend humanity's tenuous peace and put the entire crew in mortal peril. Can Chen and her crew rescue the lost ship and make it out alive while a hostile world awakens around them? Will humanity survive the galactic threat that slumbers within?

A routine assignment for deep cover specialist Marc Portman becomes something darker and deeper in this action-packed spy thriller. Deep cover specialist Marc Portman is in Lebanon on a last-minute assignment. A straightforward collect-and-go job. At least it should have been. Ambushed by a surprise attack, it's clear that someone must have had advance warning of Portman's arrival. But who is his unseen enemy - clearly one with considerable resources - and why do they want him dead? More importantly, how could his attacker have known of his movements with less than 24 hours' notice? Concluding there must be an active leak at the heart of the CIA, Portman finds himself virtually alone and on the run, hung out to dry by the powers-that-be. If he is to survive, he must use his unique skill set to turn the tables on his pursuers . . . and beat them at their own game.

An inconvenient attraction...To her convenient fiancé!Patsy Dryer may be a biddable heiress by day, but nothing will stop her from dancing all night in Hollywood's speakeasies—or fulfilling her dream of becoming a reporter. She's investigating the mystery of an escaped convict with brooding, handsome newspaper editor Lane Cox...until they must pretend to be engaged! With their scoop linked to Lane's tragic past, dare Patsy hope for a happy ending for their own story, too?Sisters of the Roaring TwentiesFlappers finding love in HollywoodBook 1 — The Flapper's Fake FiancéLook out for more books in the series, coming soon!"I loved this book, everything about it; the setting, the era, the clothes, the dialogue... everything. I was hooked."— Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on Stolen Kiss with the Hollywood Starlet"Sweet, romantic and oh so passionate, I will also defy...

The pioneering novel of transatlantic travel, political controversy, and sexual confession. A vital document of twentieth-century black literature and one of the earliest overtly gay fictions in the African American tradition. Published for the first time.A Penguin ClassicSet mostly in the teeming Vieux Port of Marseilles, the narrative follows a range of characters uncommonly found in modern fiction: marginal figures who embody the most radical fringes of the Black Diaspora. While stowing away on a transatlantic ship, the homesick African Lafala is locked in a frigid closet, resulting in the loss of his frostbitten legs. He successfully sues the shipping company for negligence, and with the payoff travels to Marseilles to resume an affair with an Arabic-speaking North African prostitute, Aslima. Like many other characters in the novel, Aslima's conduct and perspective challenge even the relaxed sexual morality of the contemporary Jazz Age. McKay's cast list...