Boris is a very sulky vulture
- nothing ever goes quite right for him! When his friends try to take his mind off things & cheer
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The author of The Salt Road & The Tenth Gift Jane Johnson returns with a captivating historical novel The Sultans Wife set in Morocco. Morocco 1677. The tyrannical King Ismail resides over the palace of Meknes. Through the sweltering heat of the palace streets Nus Nus slave to the King & forced into his live of servitude as court scribe is sent to the apothecary. There he discovers the bloody corpse of the herb man & becomes entangled in a plot to frame him for the murder. Juggling the tempestuous Moroccan king sorceress queen Zidana & the malicious Grand Vizier is his only hope to escape the blame. Meanwhile young fair Alys Swann is captured during her crossing to England where she is due to be wed. Sold into Ismails harem she is forced to choose: renounce her faith or die. An unlikely alliance develops between Alys & Nus Nus one that will help them to survive the horrifying ordeals of the Moroccan court. Brimming with rich historical detail & peppered with real characters from Charles I to Samuel Pepys The Sultans Wife is a story of enduring love & adventure. Jane Johnson writes the sort of books you want to tell everyone about
- they hook you from the first page & sweep you along with passion history & romance. Im addicted Katie Fforde An utterly compelling story". (Stuart Mac Bride author of Cold Granite). " Imagine the darkest Arabian Tale combined with Tremains glorious Restoration". (Essie Fox author of The Somnambulist). " An irresistible page turner
- I loved it". (Barbara Erskine). " Full of intrigue deceit skulduggery & murder. It has romance in it but also heartbreak & personal tragedy. Its deeply evocative of North Africa
- the sights the smells the culture but there are also great depictions of London at the time & the court of Charles II. I really enjoyed it". (Ben Kane bestselling author of Spartacus: The Gladiator). " Far more than a rip-roaring read: its a true work of art. Deftly recreating the court intrigue of the tyrannical Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail
- with all its trappings of superstition black magic & torture
- it sucks you down through interleaving layers steeped in blood sweat & raw adrenalin to a mesmerising bedrock of real history... The Sultans Wife gets inside you conjuring its magic long after you read the last line". (Tahir Shah author of The Caliphs House). Jane Johnson was raised in Cornwall but now lives for half the year in a remote mountain village in Morocco. Her first novel set in North Africa is The Tenth Gift & this was followed by The Salt Road. The Sultans Wife is her third Moroccan novel. She has been involved in the book industry for many years & combines her work as a publisher with writing for both adults & children."




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Mistress to the Merciless Millionaire Ten years ago Tiarnan humiliatingly rejected Kate. Now a famous model she can have any man. So why does she want the cold-hearted millionaire? Kate knows he cant give her true love. But as the sultry nights close in she sees hints of a different man beneath the hard exterior... The Savakis Mistress When Damon Savakis arch enemy Manolis loses his fortune Damon wastes no time in taking the ultimate revenge
- forcing Manoliss niece Callie to become his mistress! But hes unprepared for her bravery poise & purity. Shes paid her dues as his mistress...hell take her as his willing wife! Ruthless Tycoon Inexperienced Mistress When Cesar Caretti meets innocent Jude her pure beauty sets his Spanish blood on fire. But when a night of passion results in a baby there is only one option for Cesar
- marriage! & as he is a Caretti his proposal is not a question...its a command!

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In the afterlife you may find that God is the size of a microbe & unaware of your existence. Or you may find the afterlife contains only those people whom you remember. In some afterlives you are split into all your different ages in some you are recreated based on your credit card records & in others you are forced to live with annoying versions of yourself that represent what you could have been. In these wonderfully imagined tales
- at once funny wistful & unsettling
- Eagleman kicks over the chessboard of traditional notions & offers us a dazzling lens through which to see ourselves here & now. His stories are rooted in science & romance & awe at our mysterious existence: a mixture of hope love & death that cuts through human nature at innovative angles.

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A brilliant memoir from the celebrated Chilean novelist on friends family & life in California her adopted home. Isabel Allende has sold more than 50 million copies of her books worldwide. The most beloved & successful of her books ' The House of the Spirits' was based on her Chilean childhood & her autobiographical works include the deeply moving ' Paula'
- a family history written at the bedside of her daughter while she lay in a coma
- & the fascinating ' My Invented Country' which explored the events of her native Chile where she lived until Pinochet's military coup. Now in ' The Sum of the Days' we have Isabel describe in an exceptionally vivid human & deeply personal way her life in California where she has lived for more than 25 years. The first page picks up from where Paula ends
- her daughter never did wake up from her coma & died in 1992
- when Allende recounts spreading Paula's ashes in her favourite part of the woods by their home. It is fair to say that Isabel has never recovered from losing her daughter but has managed to survive by keeping her husband son grandchildren as well as close friends
- kindred spirits
- central to her life. ' The Sum of the Days' based on Allende's own journals & daily correspondence with her mother in Chile reveals the author to be a dazzling generous warm & hysterically funny matriarch within her swirl of family & friends.





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This new companion to the Sumerian civilization of the third millennium BC is a mine of information with 32 chapters exploring a vast array of topics. After an initial section exploring physical & linguistic contexts & the origins of Sumerian culture successive sections explore the material world government & administration everyday life the wider Near Eastern context & the ends of the Sumerian world. Chapters attempt to provide an up-to-date synthesis of current research & range from overarching perspectives on subjects as broad as agriculture to more in-depth discussion of topics such as fashion & calendars & counting. ...

Six months have passed sine the last Ellerton teenager died but Darina is still traumatized by the stabbing of her own beloved Phoenix. But there's work to be done as Darina must now turn her attention to the shooting of Summer Madison
- the beautiful & gifted singer-song-writer with a heart of gold. It's been nearly a year since the random shooting in a shopping mall caused Summer's meaningless death. Summer left behind recordings of her wonderful songs & a deep sadness amongst high school friends. Now Darina must act as Summer's agent to track down the psychotic killer in a clear search for justice. With the sound of Summer's music constantly playing inside Darina's head recalling the wonderful months when she was alive & performing her first gigs Darina Phoenix & the Beautiful Dead are determined to catch the crazed killer. & all the while Darina's love for Phoenix continues to beat.. .
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Meet teenage Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the bright lights big city of New York for the very first time! Find out how Carrie transforms from country girl to super-cool fashionista in the second explosive CARRIE DIARIES novel from the globally bestselling author of SEX & THE CITY. Summer is a magical time in New York City & Carrie is in love with all of it
- the crazy characters in her neighbourhood the vintage-clothing boutiques the wild parties & the glamorous man who has swept her off her feet. Best of all shes finally in a real writing class taking her first steps toward fulfilling her dream. This sequel to THE CARRIE DIARIES brings surprising revelations as Carrie learns to navigate her way around the Big Apple going from being a country sparrow"
- as Samantha Jones dubs her
- to the person she always wanted to be. But as it becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile her past with her future Carrie realises that making it in New York is much more complicated than she ever imagined. With her signature wit & sparkling humour Candace Bushnell reveals the irresistible story of how Carrie met Samantha & Miranda & what turned a small-town girl into one of the New York Citys most unforgettable icons Carrie Bradshaw."


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Raffaella Moretti by far the most beautiful girl in the southern Italian town of Triento is about to marry the only boy she has ever loved. It seems that nothing but happiness lies in store for Raffaella. Yet just one year later she is a widow & has had to take a job as housekeeper in the Villa Rosa for the young American who is temporarily working in Triento. As Raffaella struggles to recapture her own lost happiness she starts looking for ways to help those around her to do the same. There is Silvana the bakers wife her passion barely hidden; Carlotta the gardeners daughter with her mysterious grief & the kind & gentle owner of the Gypsy Tearoom who offers Raffaella friendship. As the lives of these villagers interweave Raffaella is pulled into the centre of a conflict that threatens not only to divide Triento but also to destroy all she holds dear. Filled with food love & longing SUMMER AT THE VILLA ROSA is like taking a seat in a sun-drenched piazza & becoming a tiny part of the endless spectacle of life there. ...