Karen Cass

Nikki Grant is only twenty-one when she discovers she's pregnant. The baby will complete the happy home she shares with the man she adores, Spencer James. Baby Zac arrives and is perfect in every way. Then, on a day like any other, Nikki suddenly finds her life turned upside down by tragedy. As she becomes evermore embroiled in a world she cannot escape, the love between Nikki and her son is put to the kind of test no mother should ever have to face...

The Bone Collector has a new apprentice to take over his family’s legacy, but he can’t forget the detective who had destroyed his dreams. Detective Etta Fitzroy’s life collapsed when the Collector escaped and with a new wave of uncannily similar murders beginning, will she be able to find him again? The Collector is back and this time he has nothing to lose… Book 2 of series.

Sarah Havenant discovers that there are two Facebook profiles in her name. One is hers. The other, she has never seen. But everything in it is accurate. Photos of her friends, her husband, her kids. Whoever has set up the second profile has been waiting for Sarah to find it. And now that she has, her life will no longer be her own…

Marion Anderson lives the perfect life. She has a beautiful home, a loving husband, and a caring son. But as easily as perfect lives are built, they can also be demolished. When tragedy strikes, Marion finds herself in the middle of a nightmare, with no sign of waking-up. The life she treasured is disintegrating, but it's just the beginning of something much worse and altogether more deadly...

Christie Doyle is living the dream: she has a beautiful mansion on the South Downs with an infinity pool and stables, and her husband, Kenny, spoils her rotten. It's her birthday and she is the centre of the most amazing party.

And then the bombshell drops. Kenny confesses to an affair and asks for a divorce. Worse is to come when the 'other woman'- Lara, nineteen years old and pregnant with Kenny's child - is found dead.

Suspicion falls on Christie and the Doyles' life is ripped apart as the police hunt for evidence: lead investigator DCI Dexter Cooper is a face from Christie's own troubled past and he knows better than anyone what she is capable of.

The race to unmask a killer is on...

Joyce Mildmay's life is torn apart when her husband Charlie is killed in a tragic yachting accident. Six months later a mysterious letter arrives on her doorstep which turns her world upside down. The letter is from Charlie, delivered belatedly in the event of his death, and reveals a trail of intrigue and deception that stretches back through the years. It seems that death is just the beginning...

The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook.** In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments she carefully annotated each one, creating a unique record of her life and times. Her name was Mrs Anne Sykes. Nearly two hundred years later, the diary fell into the hands of Kate Strasdin, a fashion historian and museum curator. Strasdin spent the next six years unravelling the secrets contained within the album's pages.

Piece by piece, she charts Anne's journey from the mills of Lancashire to the port of Singapore before tracing her return to England in later years. Fragments of cloth become windows into Victorian life: pirates in Borneo, the complicated etiquette of mourning, poisonous dyes, the British Empire in full swing, rioting over working conditions and the terrible human cost of Britain's cotton industry. This is life writing that celebrates ordinary people: the hidden figures, the participants in everyday life. Through the evidence of waistcoats, ball gowns and mourning outfits, Strasdin lays bare the whole of human experience in the most intimate of mediums: the clothes we choose to wear.

Rosa Kusstatscher has built a global fashion empire upon her ability to find the perfect outfit for any occasion. But tonight, as she prepares for the most important meeting of her life, her usual certainty eludes her.

What brought her to this moment? As she struggles to select her dress and choose the right shade of lipstick, Rosa begins to tell her incredible story. The story of a poor country girl from a village high in the mountains of Italy. Of Nazi occupation and fleeing in the night. Of hope and heartbreak in Switzerland; glamour and love in Paris. Of ambition and devastation in Rio de Janeiro; success and self-discovery in New York.

A life spent running, she sees now. But she will run no longer.

When cynical divorce lawyer Daisy Jackson unexpectedly inherits a ramshackle farmhouse in Provence, she sets off for the French countryside to oversee renovations herself. But Gabriel Laforet has other ideas. A local builder with ties to the property, Gabriel is determined to see Daisy off and preserve the characterful, charming farmhouse - which, but for a missing will, he knows is rightfully his. When the two meet, it's clear they couldn't be more different. As they begin to work together, sparks fly. Yet they're inexplicably drawn to each other and, in the heat of the Provence sun, secrets begin to spill. Perhaps Daisy can trust him with her carefully guarded heart after all? But Gabriel is still searching for the missing will that proves the farmhouse belongs to him - and in doing so, risks upturning everything he and Daisy have started to build together . . .

Can happiness be made in Devon?... After the sudden death of her estranged husband, Clare is shocked to discover she has inherited a dog and a small fortune. Convinced by her adult children to finally do something for herself, Clare embarks on a coast-to-coast adventure - until she stumbles upon an unmarked location on the fringes of South Devon. 

When Clare finds herself driving down a narrow road to the tiny village of Little Sorrell, she is met with distant, cold, and rude locals. But as she falls in love with a cottage she wishes to call home, can Little Sorrell truly be the place of second chances?...

At the beginning of the Second World War, medical experts predicted epidemics of physical and mental illness on the home front. Rationing would decimate the nation’s health, they warned; yet, astonishingly, Britain ended the war in better health than ever before. Fighting Fit reveals an extraordinary, forgotten story of medical triumph against the odds.

There are things no-one can prepare you for when your daughter goes missing - only in a group with mothers of other lost children can you find real comfort. But as the parents gather to support each other in the wake of another disappearance, a crack appears in the group that threatens to rock their lives all over again...

From 1660 to the present day, this is the story of Army wives, women who followed their men around the world, often onto the battlefield itself.

It's taken years, but Natasha Brown's life is finally on track. Running a florists in the quaint village of Willowbrook, she's put her short-lived marriage to Luc Duval far behind her. That is, until he unexpectedly walks through her shop door, three years after their divorce.

Luc reveals that he never told his family about their split, and now his father is desperately ill and demanding to meet Natasha. Luc needs her to come to France and pretend they're still happily married. Natasha is horrified, but when Luc makes her an offer she can't refuse, reluctantly packs her bags.

The deal is two weeks on a vineyard with his family, but will Luc and Natasha be able to play the perfect couple after years apart? And in the glorious Provence sun, will the old spark between them be impossible to ignore?

Josie Price has given up much of her life for the sake of the wealthy Haddeley family. So when a young man, Luke, appears and claims, shockingly, to be the son of Kit Haddeley's late wife Alice, Josie tries to help the Haddeleys come to terms with the family ghosts they hoped had been laid to rest.

Elina and Ted are reeling from the difficult birth of their first child. Ted is disturbed by memories of his own childhood that don't tally with his parents' version of events. As he begins to search for answers, an extraordinary portrait of two women is revealed, separated by fifty years, but connected in ways that neither could ever have expected.

Hope rises to a challenge as pilots take to the skies...

It is 1940 and the Battle of Britain takes to the air as Hope Stapleford embarks on her third thrilling adventure...

It is 1940 and, as the Battle of Britain takes to the air, Hope Stapleford is recruited to join the Special Operations Executive. In the nick of time, spymaster Fitzroy intercepts; she is his intelligence operative after all, and he wants to send her to a Scottish airfield where Harvey is already stationed undercover as a mechanic.

At the airbase, Hope and Harvey find a community in turmoil. Pilots talk of strange sightings in the air and local mechanics report mysterious scratches appearing on the wings and fuselage of the aircraft. Is this a case of homegrown sabotage or something more sinister? And why has Cole, an old colleague of Fitzroy's, suddenly appeared? Glowing orbs, grieving mothers and the legacy of dead German pilots are only some of the challenges Hope must face to complete her latest mission...

Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James 1, struggles to avoid becoming a pawn in the royal marriage market. She trusts only her brother, Henry, until Tallie, a slave girl, becomes her unlikely advisor.

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It should have marked a social revolution, opening the doors of the traditional professions to women who had worked so hard during the War, and welcoming them inside as equals. But what really happened?

Ladies Can't Climb Ladders focuses on the lives of pioneering women forging careers in the fields of medicine, law, academia, architecture, engineering and the church. In her startling study into the public and private worlds of these unsung heroines, Jane Robinson sheds light on their desires and ambitions, and how family and society responded to this emerging class of working women.

At age 23, Lady Margery has graced the rows of wallflowers for many a season. When her father is forced into bankruptcy by his child-bride's lust for luxury, Margery launches an all-out, military-like campaign to ensnare herself a wealthy husband and save her ancestral family home. Everything seems to be going according to plan until an unforeseen intervention sabotages Margery's plan, giving her a run for her money.  Book 4 of series.

Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, enjoys more freedom as a widow than she did as a wife. But no sooner has Frances begun her new life than the ghosts of her old one make an unwelcome appearance when the Metropolitan police receive an anonymous letter implicating Frances in her husband’s death.

Love and Freindship* was written when Jane Austen was just 14. Now updated in this sparkling satire by Beth Andrews, the story follows the hilarious, romantic escapades of Isabel and her daughter Marianne. The book also includes the Jane Austen version of 'Love and Freindship' in the original - *complete with uncorrected mis-spelling of Friendship.

Dorothy is unhappily married to Albert, who is away at war. When an aeroplane crashes in the field behind her house she meets Squadron Leader Jan Pietrykowski, and as their bond deepens she dares to hope she might find happiness. But fate has other plans for them both, and soon she is hiding a secret so momentous that its shockwaves will touch her granddaughter many years later...

In this archetypal Gothic novel, virtuous and loving Emily, the young protagonist, finds herself in the care of her aunt following the death of her father. Her aunt promptly marries the villain Montoni, a cruel and calculating man whose scheming leads him to lock both women in the dark and winding castle of Udolpho. Will they survive to tell of its terrors?

Sophie suspects her husband is seeing another woman. She devises a simple plan to confront her but it goes violently wrong. Sophie must go to extreme lengths to keep her life and her family together - while never letting on her devastating secret…

After growing up in her family’s restaurant business, Angelica Angelotti moves to Paris to learn French cuisine. When her marriage fails she returns to run the inn on her family's estate in Gloucestershire, but little does Angelica know that what awaits her there is the greatest challenge of her life - and a second chance at love.

Laura Leverett arrives from America in 1939, for a new life in England. Edward Last is the kindred spirit Laura has been waiting for. But the secret he is carrying will test Laura’s ideals to their limits and take them across oceans before tearing them apart…

He leads two lives. In one he's just like anyone else. But in the other he is the caretaker of his family's macabre museum. Now the time has come to add to his collection. So begins a terrifying cat-and-mouse game between the sinister collector and Etta Fitzroy, a troubled detective investigating a spate of abductions. Book 1 of series.

From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been central to the human story. Since our Neolithic ancestors' first forays into sheep-rearing nearly 11,000 years ago, these remarkable animals have fed us, clothed us, changed our diet and language and financed the conquest of large swathes of the earth. The author weaves this fascinating story into a vivid and colourful tapestry of engaging anecdotes and extraordinary ovine facts, whose multiple strands celebrate just how pivotal these woolly animals are to almost every aspect of human society and culture.

Darren Evans was only eleven when his sister Carly and four other teenage girls disappeared. Eventually, a woman confessed to their murders. But Olivia Duvall refused to say what had happened to the missing girls. Ten years later Darren gets a job as a cleaner in the psychiatric hospital where Olivia was committed, hoping he can make her tell him his sister's fate once and for all. But playing a killer is a very dangerous game... Contains some explicit language.

1957, the suburbs of South East London. Jean Swinney is a journalist on a local paper, trapped in a life of duty and disappointment from which there is no likelihood of escape. When a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud. As the investigation turns her quiet life inside out, Jean is suddenly given an unexpected chance at friendship, love and - possibly - happiness. But there will, inevitably, be a price to pay.

Things get desperate for strangers Harriet and Sophie when they become stranded with their families in Heathrow's Terminal 5. Each woman has her own reason for really really really needing the family holiday they've anticipated for months. But Iceland's volcano has other plans for them. When their flights are cancelled, the families swap houses and discover that sometimes the best things in life happen close to home.

This ash cloud has a silver lining, even if no one can quite see it yet.

A collection of calm, practical tips and ideas on healthier, happier eating. From unsweetening your palate to rethinking the lunchtime sandwich, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson, gathers together some of the wisest, most constructive advice for feeding you and your family.

In 1930's Edinburgh, the Lennox family decide that something must be done about Esme, their unconventional daughter who continually embarrasses them. Years later Iris Lockhart is toldd that her great-aunt will be released from a psychiatric unit. She had never heard of Esme and is amazed she was completely erased from the family history.

Jessie believes that Applecote Manor in the Cotswolds is the perfect escape for her troubled family. But the house has an unsettling history, and strange rumours surround the estate after the disappearance of a young girl called Audrey in the 1950s. Drawn into the life Audrey left behind, the stifling summer takes a shocking, deadly turn.

Drama, excitement and romance at the Garden Hospital in 1951.