France, July 1944 It’s a month after the Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day, and the liberation of Europe is underway. In the Pas de Calais, Nathalie Mercier, a young British Special Operations Executive secret agent working with the French Resistance, disappears. In London, her husband Owen Quinn, an officer with Royal Navy Intelligence, finds out the truth about her role in the Allies’ sophisticated deception at the heart of D-Day. Appalled by the discovery that the woman he loves is a Nazi spy, yet determined to track her down, Owen sets off on a perilous hunt through France in search of his wife. Can he find her before other, darker forces close in? Based on real Second World War events, The Best of Our Spies is a thrilling tale of international intrigue, love, deception and espionage from one of the greatest spy novelists of the modern age.

The Best of Our Spies

Gerlis, Alex

Literature & Fiction

CB Creative Books

If no one knows you're missing, how can you be found? An unmissable novel from the queen of psychological, suspenseful women's fiction. Bruised from the breakdown of her marriage, Esther Lomax needs to get away, and Malaysia's unspoilt shores seem the perfect place. But a day's boat trip takes a desperate turn when Esther and six other holidaymakers are taken to a desert island and their guide does not return. The group have no way of getting back to the mainland and know nothing about each other. As the days pass, tensions erupt, secrets emerge and time increasingly runs out, Esther must ask herself the ultimate question: will she leave the island alive?

Stranded

BARR, Emily

Love triangles are always complex but when you’re married to both men in the triangle, things get particularly tricky... Bella Lawrence secretly married her childhood sweetheart, Stevie, over a decade ago. Things were fine whilst they were at university, but reality didn’t hit until they graduated and it wasn’t long before they nose-dived from ‘love’s young dream’ to ‘ghoulish nightmare’. When Bella couldn’t take it anymore she left for a commitment-free existence in London. Years later Bella meets Philip and despite her vow never to get seriously involved with anyone again, she can’t resist him. She impulsively agrees to his proposal but never quite finds the perfect moment to tell him about her past. Bella plans never to reveal her secret - after all, Stevie is no longer part of her life, despite that silly piece of paper filed so long ago in an Aberdeen wedding chapel. She hasn’t seen him for years. But Bella’s best friend, Laura, has fallen in love with a new man...a man who turns out to be none other than Stevie. Could things get more complicated? Only if Bella and Stevie fall in love with each other again...

Husbands

Romance

PARKS, ADELE

Contemporary

Lucy stole her friend Rose’s ‘happily ever after’ because she wanted Rose’s husband and Lucy always gets what she wants. Big mistake. Rose was the ideal wife and is the ideal mother; Lucy was the perfect mistress. BUT: As Peter’s interest diminishes and Lucy’s domestic responsibilities increase, Lucy wonders if the ‘happily ever after’ is all a big con. Without a maternal bone in her body she’s always playing catch-up in a game where she doesn’t know the rules and can’t understand what there is to win anyway. Rose is a devoted single mum: she fills her life with labeling school uniforms, organic vegetables and car runs for extracurricular activities. She’s an exemplary mother but the boys seem to need her less and less and without them she wonders what she amounts to. Her friends are concerned that her life is devoid of passion, romance or ven plans for the future. They both envy Connie, who is happily married and is effortlessly balancing two kids with a fulfilling career until, that is, a dangerous old flame flickers back into view at the school gates and threatens her marriage. All three of these women need more than blind belief to negotiate their way through modern life. Things can only get better…or worse. Or better?

Young Wives' Tales

Women's Fiction

How far would you go for your best friend? For thirty years, best friends Steph and Pip have been through thick and thin. Selfless and trusting; there’s nothing they would not do for one another. Until a few simple words change everything. ‘I need you to say that I was with you.’ Steph is desperately trying to conceal not one but two scandalous secrets to protect her family, and begs her friend to lie to the police. Pip is overwhelmed; she’s normally the one asking for help in a crisis. Steph’s perfect life will be torn apart unless Pip agrees to this lie. But telling the truth will jeopardise everything Pip’s recently achieved after years of struggle. It’s a big ask. So what would you do?

About Last Night

Romantic Suspense

A husband. A wife. A mistress. And the ultimate plan for revenge... The husband; James never intended to lead a double life with a wife in London and a mistress in the country, it's exhausting. But that's all about to change... The wife; Stephanie isn't really snooping when she finds a text message from a strange woman on her husband's mobile. But now she's found it, how can she ignore it? It's time to track the woman down and find out what's going on... The mistress; Katie has no reason to believe her boyfriend, James, is cheating until someone claiming to be his wife gets in touch. Now she's been cast in the role of mistress. Not one she's happy with... Once Stephanie and Katie know about each other, they must decide what to do. They could both just throw him out or they could join forces to make his life hell first. But revenge isn't always sweet. And what happens when one woman thinks enough is enough but the other doesn't know when to stop?

Got You Back

Fallon, Jane

Rebecca, Daniel, Alex and Isabel have been best friends since university. Rebecca married Daniel, Alex married Isabel and, for twenty years, they have been inseparable. But all that is about to change... When Alex walks out on Isabel, Rebecca thinks things can't get any worse. But then she finds out the reason why and she's left harbouring a secret she'd rather forget... And there's more upheaval to come in Rebecca's life as her emaciated, neurotic, self-obsessed colleague, Lorna - her arch nemesis at work - suddenly becomes a regular feature in her social life. Rebecca's once-happy foursome is now a distant memory and with hearts broken and friendships fractured, it seems that change is never a good thing. Or is it?

Foursome

When it comes to genes, life’s a lottery. As Abi would the first to know. She has spent her life in the shadow of her stunningly beautiful, glamorous older sister Cleo. Headhunted as model when she was sixteen, Cleo has been all but lost to Abi for the last twenty years, with only a fleeting visit or brief email to connect them. So when Abi is invited to spend the summer in Cleo's large London home with her sister's perfect family, she can't bring herself to say no. Despite serious misgivings. Maybe Cleo is finally as keen as Abi to regain the closeness they shared in their youth? But Abi is in for a shock. Soon she is left caring for her two young, bored and very spoilt nieces and handsome, unhappy brother-in-law - while Cleo plainly has other things on her mind. As Abi moves into her sister's life, a cuckoo in the nest, she wrestles with uncomfortable feelings. Could having beauty, wealth and fame lead to more unhappiness than not having them? Who in the family really is the ugly sister?

The Ugly Sister

Man and Wife

PARSONS, TONY

Men from the Boys

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