Collection: Adult Fiction

Marguerite de Valois is the most beautiful woman in the French Court, and the subject of great scandal and intrigue. She loves Henri of Guise but is married off to the Huguenot Henry of Navarre. Within days of the wedding the streets of Paris are awash with blood in the Massacre of Saint Bartholo...

Chrissie knew that Richie had loved her for all the 23 years they'd been together, loved their three daughters & their house in Highgate. Richie gave her everything, except the one thing that would have made her life perfect. She even had a sparkling ring - but it wasn't a wedding ring, & it did ...

A Methodist minister gone astray, a trout bum gone fishing with his father's ashes, an artist overwhelmed by embodied beauty, these are among the uncommon heroes and exquisite narratives in this first collection of stories by the American poet and essayist, Thomas Lynch.

In 'Corrag', Susan Fletcher tells us the story of an epic historic event, of the difference a single heart can make - and how deep and lasting relationships can come from the most unlikely places.

In this light comic thriller orginally written in 1913, the comedy arises from Wodehouse's favourite topics of Anglo- American misunderstanding and the absurdities of school life. Set in an English prep school for the children of the nobility, American Ogden Ford becomes the object of a kidnap at...

Newly-weds Caro and Benedict have swapped country life in Churchminster for an exclusive London mews. It's blissful - until Benedict's sister arrives, bringing with her a dangerous secret.

This story is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live much as they have done for generations: hard, lonely lives in unforgiving country.

These seven short stories take you on a trip through the twilight world of the supernatural including the terrifying universe where men fall in love with monsters.

Business associates Kerron, Chang and Forrest, three of the richest men on Earth, are old and approaching the end of their days. Desperate to prolong their lives, they seek the man who seems to have the secret of immortality.