Hodder Stoughton: 1633 books

A sweeping sun-drenched love story from the original Queen of Romance first published in 1969 and now available for the first time in eBook. When young Shelley Bray was appointed governess, she thought that she would be in complete charge until she met her employer's sister. Worst of all, she...

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the sixth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series When the body of Rufus Moorcroft, a middle-aged widower with a distinguished war record,...

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the seventh instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series Love and need make unexpected bedfellows, and both are blind. As the grip of a long hard...

The Book of Love is the complete manual for the complete relationship. Sex is one of the few things in which we all have an interest, yet people's understanding of their bodies, and of their emotions, is frequently minimal and preparations for a long-term relationship is often ignored. The...

Hurt and confused by the sudden end of her strange love affair with Venetian millionaire Marco Donato, Sarah Thomson takes her bruised heart to Paris, where she tries to forget her yearning for Marco by throwing herself into a new project: a study of the life of notorious nineteenth-century courtesan,...

Malaya, 1948. In the heart of the jungle a band of Chinese communists are grouping together, mounting a series of raids and murders on isolated villages and rubber plantations. In Kuala Lumpur Edward Fairfax, a para seconded to Intelligence, is preparing to outwit the elusive enemy. The hostile...

Tana French follows her stunningly accomplished debut, In the Woods, with an equally compelling psychological mystery that confirms her place as one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction. Still traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder...

Joan Parwood could have been happy working at the Great Friars Hotel. But Sally, the owner of the hotel, is engaged to marry Simon Roxley, the only man Joan has ever loved. Joan thinks that Simon secretly returns her love...and is proved right when Simon decides he cannot go ahead with the planned...

It was a wild and passionate night - a night that drives beautiful Fenella to marry a stranger, and begin the most hair-raising adventure of her life. Moments before, Fenella finds her blond fiancé Max with another woman, and in a blind fury she rides with the stranger through the Canadian wilderness...

A compelling classic romance from the inimitable Patricia Robins, first published in 1963 and now available for the first time in eBook. It's 1962 and Jacqueline is fighting the temptation to ignore moral standards and conventions with her fiance, Chris. Confused by her conflicting feelings,...

A captivating love story from the 100-million copy bestselling Queen of Romance - originally published in 1974 and now available for the first time in eBook. Corisande Gilroy is engaged to the most wonderful man in the world ? handsome, debonair Martin. But when Corrie meets him at the...

'An engrossing tale of corruption and obsession' ALEX MARWOOD A gripping thriller about the dark secrets hiding behind an outwardly perfect marriage, for fans of BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. Marriage is a prison for Kelly. Her controlling and manipulative husband Christos videos her in the house,...

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the fifth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series When Mattie Harris's body is found drowned in the river, everyone in Lydmouth knows something...

Tim Morrison seems to be a model of respectability - until the day he comes home to tell his devoted wife Felicity that he is no longer the trusted partner in a solicitors' firm. He has been fired - and may go to jail - because he has been caught 'borrowing' the money his clients trusted him with....