There was a new kid in town and an old timer out at Adam Steele's place.The old timer was the only man who could confirm Steele's land title so he was pretty anxious for the two of them to ride into town and getthings sorted out nice and legal.Which is why Steele ran into the new kid, who actually was aiming to leave town. Fast. On account he and his brothers had just helped themselves to the contents of the bank safe. Which is something Steele aimed to stop: shot the kid and saw him locked up.Which is when the kid started callin' for his ma and his two big brothers to come and rescue him - and maybe kill Steele while they were about it.So just when it looked like Steele might have legal security at last, a whole lot of illegal insecurity was heading his way.

You will LOVE this wonderfully warm-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny romantic comedy for fans of Just Haven't Met You Yet and Mhairi McFarlane. When Leila finds herself on the painful end of yet another disastrous break-up, no amount of Ben & Jerry's and trashy rom-coms can cheer her up. And so – to the amusement of her friends and family – Leila takes a more drastic approach to dealing with heartbreak: she swears off sex for an entire year. Luckily, she has plenty to keep her mind off men. Between starting a business with ice queen Lucy, straightening out her sister Tasha's tangled love life, and running a blog read by thousands of single ladies, Leila is soon snowed under. But she can't help finding a little time for irresistible architect Nick – Lucy's funny and infuriatingly sexy brother. After an unplanned encounter under the mistletoe, the Man Ban looks like it might be skidding to a halt. Has Leila found love when she least expected it? What readers are saying about...

***From the author of a 2023 Times Book of the Year comes a hilarious, emotional and thought-provoking book club read for fans of David Nicholls, Sophie Cousens and Beth O'Leary.*** 'A delight' SOPHIE COUSENS 'Wonderfully original' KATIE FFORDE 'Gloriously life-affirming' HEIDI SWAIN 'Moving and snort-laugh funny' BECKY HUNTER 'The funniest writer I've come across' DEBBIE JOHNSON 'A heartwarming triumph' HOLLY MILLER 'Hilarious and clever' JESSICA RYN –––––––––––––– Nell has always known her expiry date. After a psychic predicted her death date twenty years ago, she has lived life accepting she would never see forty – embracing adventure and travelling the world, choosing fun over commitment and laying down roots. So, when the fateful day comes, Nell feels ready. She sends five excruciatingly honest confessions to her sister, parents and past loves, knowing she won't be around to face the consequences. Then, with her heart laid bare, all that's left to do is check into a...

FINALIST: Best First PI Novel, Shamus AwardsIt's the year 2000 and 78-year-old Mickey O'Rourke has been a Los Angeles PI for a very long time. He'd thought he'd seen it all until the disappearance of porn star Jeffrey Strokes sends him from the sex-filled studios of the San Fernando Valley to the desperate streets of Compton where Mickey's final case becomes his biggest test.Flash back to 1998 and struggling hair salon employee Jemeka Johnson, suspecting boyfriend Ray-Ray of infidelity, follows him one night from their East Compton home to what turns out to be a drug deal gone sour where a twist of fate finds Jemeka tossed onto a dark and dangerous path — one that offers huge reward for someone bold enough to seize it.Meanwhile, in 1999, tired of robbing small-town diners and shooting bad dope in filthy motel rooms, newlyweds Richie and Alabama return to LA in search of the perfect score.Paths cross and past meets present as...

Twelve-year-old Simon Rosen has qualified for the Canadian Video Game Championships in Vancouver. If he can get straight A's in school, his parents have agreed to take him. The stakes are especially high. His parents are always fighting, and if he can just get them to Vancouver—the place where they fell in love—maybe he can save his family from the brink of divorce. But to do so, he needs straight A's. Unfortunately, Simon is enrolled in technology and the course is NOT what he expected...

Two lovers go on one final road trip through the American desert, hoping that they can outrun life itself.Flash-fiction master Grant Faulkner and photographer Gail Butensky have partnered to create this unique narrative made up of stories alongside edge-of-the-world photography. The book tells of two lovers taking a reckless, searching road trip through the American West. Dawn is a photographer who captures desert landscapes. Jonny drives just to drive, running away from the end of time or running toward the end of time, looking for a home even as his restlessness overtakes him. By turns funny, poignant, and heartbreaking, something out there in the distance is big in emotions while brief in words. An extraordinary collaboration between word and image, Dawn and Jonny's journey transports us to a place, achingly familiar, populated by love, loss, and wonder.