Quercus

The award winning screenwriter of Shadowlands creates an English village and its rich cast of characters in a compulsively readable novel.Laura is content enough with her marriage and her children and her part-time jobuntil a long-ago lover comes back into her life. Suddenly she remembers how once her life was passionate, and...

1826: Shaka, king of the Zulus, has consolidated his power and is ready to move against those who continue to resist his authority. But now a new tribe has appeared, and white men from across the Great Water, claiming they wish to trade with Shaka. These white men may seem puny, and their ways strange, but Shaka believes there's more to them...

Called ';a warm and well-written case for love affairs in later life' (Daily Telegraph), Thursdays in the Park was a runaway best-seller in the united Kingdom. Boyd's debut novel is a touching, romantic tale of new attraction and old loyalties. Jeanie is on the brink of turning sixty, and the man she's been married to for...

"e;I read my daughter's diaries the other day. You may find that despicable, but let me share with you. You think truly dreadful things only happen in other countries, other cultures, far away: but they also happen in your own back yard, and to the nicest people."e; Sappho was so happy when she married Gavin. She was in love and...

On a March night outside the river town of Barron, Minnesota, three teenagegirls gather in a ghost town to play a terrifying game of Russian roulette. By morning, one girl will be dead, and another in jail. Olivia Hawk claims shedidn't pull the trigger on Ashlynn Steele, but no one believes her. Olivia's best hope is her estranged father,...

A 3-Book-in-1 Pack21 December, 2012: the end of the Mayan calendar. The advent of Armageddon.  From the distant mythic past, through the conspiracy-filled present and into the terrifying future, The Mayan Trilogy follows four generations of the Gabriel family as they struggle to embrace their superhuman destiny in the face of an...