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From the best-selling author of The Legacy comes an unforgettable novel exploring guilt, love and confronting the truth. April, 1942. Amid the chaos of a night of bombing in Bath, six-year-old Davy Noyle goes missing. Frances Parry, looking after him at the time, is tortured by guilt and refuses to believe that he's dead. As quiet falls and the dust begins to settle on the damaged city, a body is found. But it's the body of a little girl, Frances' best friend, Wyn, who has been missing for over 20 years.

Bath, 1821: Rachel Crofton escapes her unhappy employment as a governess by marrying a self-made businessman. But her new life soon takes an unexpected turn. Reclusive Jonathan Alleyn is a man tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice. Starling, foundling child and now servant, is convinced that Alice, the woman she loved as a sister, was stolen from her. Did Alice run away? Or did something altogether more sinister occur? As Starling tries to expose the lies behind Bath's immaculate facades, others want only to forget, and will go to extreme lengths to do so.

Wiltshire, 1922. Fifteen-year old Pudding Cartwright has begun the career she always wanted, as 'girl groom' to the Hadleigh family's horses at Manor Farm. Irene Hadleigh is struggling to adjust to her new life in sleepy Slaughterford, having married Alistair to escape a scandal in London. At a loss to occupy herself, Irene sets about restyling Manor Farm, and during the work the chance finding of a strange object hidden away in the house for years will change everything.

A high-stakes fantasy rom-com about twin princesses separated at birth—one raised as the crown princess, and the other taken as an infant and raised to kidnap her sister, steal the crown, and avenge the parents' murders—the first novel in a new YA duology from bestselling UK authors...

The second book in the swoony and high-stakes fantasy rom-com series that began with Twin Crowns, about twin princesses separated at birth—from bestselling authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber. Twin queens Wren and Rose have claimed their crowns…but not everyone is happy about...

The final book in the swoony and high-stakes fantasy rom-com trilogy that began with Twin Crowns, about twin princesses separated at birth—from bestselling authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber. Twin queens Rose & Wren survived the Battle for Anadawn and brought back magic to their...

When they were children, Erica Calcott and her sister, Beth, spent their summer holidays at Storton Manor. Now, following the death of their grandmother, they have returned to the grand, imposing house in Wiltshire, England. Unable to stem the tide of childhood memories that arise as she sorts...

In einem einsamen Cottage auf den Klippen von Dorset lebt die betagte Dimity Hatcher. Ihre Vergangenheit und ihr Gewissen belastet eine Tat aus Liebe und Eifersucht, deren tragische Konsequenzen eine ganze Familie zerstörten. Über siebzig Jahre bleibt ihre Schuld unentdeckt, bis eines Tages ein junger Mann vor ihrer Tür steht, der nach und nach der verheerenden Wahrheit auf die Spur kommt.

When it comes to weddings, I know the drill. Wear a tux. Make a toast. Maybe sleep with a bridesmaid. Only this time, the bridesmaids are off-limits. Not only because it's my brother's wedding and I'm likely to see these women again, but also because, thanks to a bonehead comment to my soon-to-be sister-in-law, they all think I'm a jerk. Oh well. If I'm not getting lucky, I may as well get drunk.

Hollywood has thrilled—and titillated—audiences with tales of women who love monsters since King Kong and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Our love affair with the ultimate “others” continued as we made the acquaintances of Barnabas Collins, Swamp Thing, the Vampire Lestat, Hellboy, and Shrek. It should come as no surprise that when ViceTV decided to do an episode on “Monsters Fantasies”, they came to Riverdale Avenue Books to interview some of those authors in an episode that aired in March 2018.

England 1922. Da en grusom forbrydelse finder sted i den idylliske landsby Slaughterford, sender det rystelser gennem det lille samfund, som forandrer byen og menneskene i den for altid. Hos den velhavende Hadleigh-familie på Manor Farm arbejder den 15-årige landsbypige Pudding Cartwright i hestestalden.

“Occult happenings, romantic passion, and murder disrupt the peace of a Berkshire village in 1911 in this hauntingly good novel.” —Marie Claire (UK) Katherine Webb’s debut novel, The Legacy, was an international bestseller—and her remarkable second effort, The Unseen, is as gripping...

En underholdende og uforglemmelig roman om besættende kærlighed, et gådefuldt portræt og hemmeligheder, som ikke længere kan forties. Dorset, Sydengland, 1937. For 14 år gamle Mitzy Hatcher består livet af husarbejde og ensomme vandringer langs havet. Men da den berømte maler Charles Aubrey flytter ind i nabohuset med sin marokkanske elskerinde og deres to døtre, øjner Mitzy en fremtid hun ikke troede eksisterede.

En kold vinter vender søstrene Erica og Beth tilbage til den herregård, hvor de tilbragte så mange idylliske sommerferier som børn - eller var det nu også ren idyl? Da Erica rydder op i mormorens gemmer, finder hun et foto af oldemoren Caroline med et ukendt barn. Samtidig begynder foruroligende minder fra hendes egen barndom at dukke op til overfladen. Minder om fætteren Henry, der en sommerdag forsvandt sporløst. Og om mormoren, der var en bitter kvinde, opfyldt af et mørkt had.

En dramatisk og opslugende fortælling fra forfatteren til "Arven" og "En sang fra fortiden" om to stærke kvinder, som er villige til at risikere alt for at afsløre fortidens knusende og svigefulde løgne. Bath 1821: Dybt inde i Lansdown Cresent på et højdedrag med udsigt over byen rager et herskabshus op. Huset tilhører den velhavende og indflydelsesrige Alleyn-familie. Her har sønnen Jonathan isoleret sig bag, siden han kom tilbage fra Napoleonskrigene. Men tjenestepigen Starling tror ikke på, at det er krigens rædsler, der tærer på Jonathan.

Puglia, 1921. Leandro Cardetta, born into poverty, emigrated to America to make his fortune and has returned home to southern Italy a rich man, accompanied by his glamorous wife, Marcie, an ex-showgirl fighting middle age. Now Leandro has money enough to hire renowned English architect, Boyd Kinsgley, to renovate a crumbling palazzo into an Art Deco statement of wealth, and host Boyd's teenage son and his diffident young second wife, Clare, for one extraordinary summer.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this decade the equality of the sexes is now law. In real life it’s patchy. Power refuses to ebb or cede. In literary terms though women are again second to none with writing that strides confidently forward addressing the issues, the characters and the stories in unique and individual ways.

After a brutal heartbreak in law school, Henry Park, Jr. closes himself off to all things love to become one of NYC's top divorce attorneys. For years, he's lived his life by a strict set of rules in and out the courtroom, but the pressures of being the eldest of five sons and his father's protégé begin to weigh on him.

Deux soeurs rivales, deux ambitions dévorantes mais un seul royaume. Laquelle emportera la couronne mais surtout, que laissera-t-elle derrière elle ?

Deux reines. Une malédiction ancestrale. Pourront-elles y échapper ? Wren et Rose sont enfin reines d’Eana. Mais le retour au pouvoir des sorcières ne plaît pas à tout le monde et une révolte se prépare. Si Rose souhaite entreprendre une tournée royale pour apaiser leur peuple, Wren, elle, ne pense qu’à une chose : se rendre à Gevra pour sauver leur grand-mère du cruel roi Alarik. Alors qu’une ancienne malédiction plane sur elles, les jumelles se retrouvent à nouveau séparées et face à des choix dont les conséquences pourraient s’avérer irréparables.