Books published by ZAFFRE

But then she meets a young man who sweeps her off her feet. After a brief and disastrous marriage, Ferelith swears she is done with love, and buries herself in her studies, working hard to become the first female senior advocate in Scottish history. But when she falls in love a second time, she finds herself torn between love and her career.

A warm and charming new saga by Sheila Newberry, author of The Nursemaid's Secret and The Winter Baby.

He'll be waiting . . . Clare James turns up at a police station. She says she's been kept prisoner in her home - abused and tortured. But when they police arrive at her house, everything is in order. Her story doesn't add up and her husband is missing. What if the stories she tells aren't her stories at all . .

Windsor Palace, 2016. The morning after her ninetieth birthday celebrations, the Queen is shocked to discover that one of her guests has been found dead in his room.

But living with her mum for the first time in years - and not to mention Goliath the Great Dane - can be a challenge at times. And will she find the new start in life - and possibly love - that she's been looking for? The Country Village Christmas Show is the perfect romantic read to get cosy with this winter.

Return to the Buckingham Hotel in Anton Du Beke's sparkling new novel . Life for Nancy Nettleton and the man she loves, demonstration disaster Raymond de Guise, is only about to get harder. But beneath the glitz of the ballroom lies a thousand secrets .

The sensational breakout historical thriller from Sunday Times bestseller and Ancient Rome expert Harry Sidebottom - now available to pre-order in hardback, eBook and audiobook. ______________________He came home a hero. But death isn't finished with him yet .

That is until the discovery of the most brutal murder Jane has ever seen: Charlie Foxley has been found viciously beaten to death with a cricket bat - his body dismembered and disembowelled. As a big-time theatrical agent, Foxley had a lot of powerful friends - but just as many enemies.

An exciting and action packed new thriller, with roots in La Plante's bestselling novels, Widows and Widows' Revenge. Charming but aimless, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.

Before she knows what's hit her, Ellen is swept off her feet and shown a world of passion, excitement and love. But the conservative world that Ellen is from can't possibly understand or approve of their relationship, and Ellen and Sam are torn apart.

He is not what he seems . And it seems that only Ed can see it. Terrified that his daughter is being drawn in by a psychopath, Ed sets out to uncover her fiance's dark past - while keeping his own concealed.

YOU THINK YOU'RE FREE, BUT THEY'LL NEVER LET YOU LEAVE . Becoming involved with the Syndicate is risky, and Anna will need her instincts to work out who to trust, and who not to .

Erma's Bridges' life is far from perfect, but entirely ordinary, so when she is shot twice in a targeted attack by a colleague, her quiet existence is shattered in an instant. With her would-be murderer dead, no one can give Erma the answers she needs to move on from her trauma. Why her? Why now? So begins Erma's quest for the truth - and a dangerous, spiralling journey into the heart of darkness.

Dedicating your life to protecting the country means collecting enemies, and a lot of them. But for those hellbent on bringing the West to its knees, each failed plot has one common denominator: private intelligence agency The Rubicon Group, and Dane's employer.

A warm-hearted and nostalgic family saga from the bestselling author of THE WINTER BABY and THE NURSEMAID'S SECRET.

Yet the decision is the only way Charlotte knows to provide for her future, and marriage will propel her into a new world, of duty, marriage, children, grief and ultimately illicit love, and a kind of freedom. This powerful reimagining takes up where Austen left off, showing us a woman determined to carve a place for herself in the world.

The Hunting Party meets This Life in the new thriller from an exceptional voice that will make you lock your bedroom door at night.

In the follow up to her acclaimed novel Shelter, Sarah Franklin returns to the Forest of Dean, this time exploring what it means to belong to a rural community in a rapidly changing world. Jo grew up in the Forest of Dean, but she was always the one destined to leave for a bigger, brighter future.

. Praise for Claudia Carroll:'Modern, warm, insightful and filled with characters that felt like friends at the end' Emma Hannigan'Original, poignant and funny .

You never know what surprises life has in store . It might just be the tonic Robin, Lacey, Auntie Kath, Edward and even Piper need . but when a huge family secret is exposed, Robin's life looks even closer to falling apart .

Below a Big Blue Sky will make you laugh, cry and shout with joy for the colourful, unruly Hayes family as they battle with the loss of their beloved Rabbit, the daughter, mother, sister and friend, who in her own crazy way taught each of them how to live, and goes on showing them how to love from beyond the grave.

Sofia, eighty-five years old, unable to speak, is desperate to find a daughter she has never known. After a tragic childhood in Athens and a soaring career as a singer, the brutal treatment of the man she loved by a tyrannical regime forced her to give up her daughter mere days after her birth.

1850s Shropshire. Returning to her mother's birthplace at the age of seventeen, Beatrice Ashford encounters a complex family she barely knows.

What happened to her father that made him kill himself and abandon Nora and her sister?Heading to Detroit to try and find some answers about his life there, Nora expects to discover a reason behind his suicide.

The natural law of existence.' Augustus Mungo St John, A Falcon Flies The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, Augustus Mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him.

Karen is put in charge of the case, a case not made easier by the fact that the victim is Jounas's ex-wife, Susanne. Finding no obvious motive for the killing, Karen must dig deep into the islands' history in order to solve the case.

But as Jessamine delves into the months prior to Cassie's disappearance she fails to realise there is a dark figure closer to home, one that threatens the safety of her own family .