Family life fiction Books

‘One of my favourite books of this year… the romantic and passionate scenes are some of the best I have ever read’ NetGalley Reviewer Will finding love break the family curse?Fact 1: Eva Mallory is the unluckiest woman in the world.Fact 2: Her...

From the bestselling author of The Patient comes another powerful novel about betrayal, family and the secrets of the past.‘Jane Shemilt is a mistress at skilfully weaving seemingly perfect family lives with deadly secrets from the past in stunning...

Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is now available in an exclusive collector’s edition featuring a delicate laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping and ribbon marker, ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike.The Sense and...

Three sisters torn apart by war. Can fighting for peace bring them together again? December 1941: Evacuated from the threat of German bombs, sisters Amelie and Mireille have grown up under the storm clouds of war.Now they have joined the fight against...

**The bold, brilliant and buzzy new novel from Dawn O'Porter – HONEYBEE – is available to pre-order now** *THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER and Richard & Judy book club pick*______________________________________________________________WHAT IF...

Join the Calhouns for two more classic stories of sisters, secrets and sweet romance! For the Love of LilahWhile two of her sisters are set up with their own happily-ever-afters, laid-back Lilah Calhoun would rather focus on her connection to...

There’s a fine art to murder… Hal Mulberry has long dreamt of owning the iconic painting, Buttermere at Dawn. And now the entrepreneur has got his hands on it, he’s determined to bring it back to the Lakes where it belongs and put it on show, turning...

An unexpected act of violence brings together two families in this propulsive and sweeping story of love, identity and the American experience. Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES on Drama and UKTV Play ‘I was hooked from the first page, wonderful’ Reader review, ‘Brilliant, brilliant book … this was one of the best books I’ve read in a long time’ Reader review, ‘Entertaining, engaging and thoroughly...

Beth Morrey's brand new, joyful and uplifting novel, LUCKY DAY, is available to pre-order now From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Saving MissyA mother.A daughter.A secret waiting to be uncovered. For too long – since the sudden death of her...

A heartwarming, wry and deeply emotional story of the power of sisterhood, trusting your heart and finding forever. 'Think big. Live out loud.'When their mother passed away a decade ago, Evie Ross and her sister, Suda Kaye, were each left a stack of...

The third installment of Audrey Carlan's romantic women's fiction trilogy is a sassy and emotional strangers-to-sisters story about the enduring power of family -- both the one you're born with, and the one you choose. With the pull of Susan Wiggs' and...

The most life-affirming and uplifting story you will read this year. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell, Fiona Gibson and Clare Pooley. What would Lily Bennett do?This is the question Lydia Grey finds herself repeatedly asking ever since she discovers...

Gripping new suspense from the author of Little White Lies ’Written with subtle intelligence and quiet menace’ Daily Mail ‘Beautifully written and very tense’ Jane Shemilt ‘A tense, cat and mouse tale . . . compelling' Catherine Cooper, Sunday Times...

Beth Harbison, New York Times bestselling author of The Cookbook Club,  has written her strongest novel yet: a story filled with humor, heart and a little bit of snark. This unforgettable story about two very different sisters...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE‘Dazzling’ GUARDIAN‘Blistering’ THE TIMES'A delight' DIANA EVANS‘Fiction written at the highest level’ ANN PATCHETT'Hilarious, revelatory' MARLON JAMES An electrifying, hilarious and deeply moving tragicomic debut...

EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS . . .‘Unforgettable’ RED – ‘Memorable’ OBSERVER – ‘A family overflowing with secrets’ LOUISE HARE – ‘Impossible to put down’ CHRIS WHITAKER – ‘Searing’ ELLE – ‘A chilling literary thriller’ GRAZIA From hot new talent, Ella...

A rescue dog helps a struggling young woman make peace with her past in Annie England Noblin's delightful novel.  Who says nothing happens in small towns...Tragedy sent Addie Andrews fleeing from Chicago to the shelter of an unexpected...

The first novel in a new series from bestselling author Nan Rossiter tells the moving story of a couple struggling to start a family and the young foster girl with a heart condition who changes their lives forever.“A multi-leveled, beautifully...

A new collection of hilarious stories from Richard's much-loved ABC radio show, THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY, in the style of his previous collections, IN BED WITH JOCASTA and DESPERATE HUSBANDS. 'Full-on, uncontrollable, laugh-till-you-weep stories. Glover...

Book two of The Timeless Land trilogy, The Storm of Time continues Eleanor Dark's sweeping saga of colonial Sydney under governors Hunter, King and Bligh. Sydney Cove, 1799, and three years since Governor Phillip departed. Against a background of...

Told with the perfect mix of humour and tragedy, this is a tale for all families who have ever questioned how well a relative can really ever know another. It is customary to bring gifts to a wedding. But as daughter Luna prepares to marry her dream...

A charming and witty tale about finding your voice, discovering love ... and crab sex. Have you ever felt the need to start again? Dumped by text message, Edie flees Sydney for the refuge of her childhood home, taking only a wilting bonsai as a reminder...

A family's sacrifice - A nation's struggle A family's sacrifice ... A nation's struggle In the 1970s and 1980s, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese families set out on perilous journeys in rickety boats to escape communist rule and seek out a better...

A heartfelt fiction debut that will appeal to fans of Emily Giffin’s Southern charm and Jennifer Weiner’s compelling, emotionally resonant novels about the frustrations of family, Cancel the Wedding follows one woman’s journey to discover the secrets...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Mike is as clever, astute, and perceptive as he is brilliant. He has beautifully pulled off the three female voices in this novel...with tremendous wisdom and insight.”  — Jane Green, New York Times-bestselling...

Can lighting really strike twice Just ask Eve, whose husband walks out on her in the middle of a garage sale.Eve's beloved Ivan died thirteen years ago in an automobile accident. Her charming, boyish Chuck has taken a different exit out of her life:...

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky delivers a touching and heartfelt story in which love and devotion are put to the ultimate test.Grace Dorian is The Confidante, America's favorite advice columnist. Her wisdom has helped to guide...

'Full-on, uncontrollable, laugh-till-you-weep stories. Glover has become the indispensable chronicler of Australian family life' Geraldine Brooks Richard Glover's deeply skewed stories of everyday life are heard each week on ABC radio's 'thank God It's...

An enchanting tale of family, friends and renewal, with a taste of something truly magical. It has been seven years since Marjan Aminpour fled Iran with her younger sisters Bahar and Layla. In a sleepy Irish town beneath the holy mountain Croagh Patrick...

Cate Carlton has recently died, yet she is able to linger on, watching her three young children and her husband as they come to terms with their life without her on their rural horse property. As the months pass and her children grow, they cope in...

From New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, a disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. As her wedding day approaches, Annie Oh finds herself one morning staring at a bed...

Destined to be a book club favourite - an utterly charming and entirely delicious novel of love, art and food, with a dash of French Riviera sunshine. Juan-les-Pins, the French Riviera, 1936:  Ondine is a sixteen-year old girl working at her...

Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die finds an unexpected reason to live 'Loaded with charm, resilience, and the deep desire for connection that all mammals share. I loved it' Ann Patchett'Utterly charming and heartwarming' Ruth...

Unfinished BusinessWhen she was sixteen, Vanessa Sexton had her life perfectly mapped out. Her dreams of being a successful musician were simple and within reach. But twelve years later, nothing is simple anymore...not even going home. She misses...

A Texas Cowboy’s Christmas - Cathy Gillen ThackerA gift as big as Texas!Molly Griffith is ambitious, and only wants to give her little boy the opportunities she never had. Which means moving to Dallas, no matter what Chance Lockhart says! Though being...

Compromised With Her Forbidden Viscount - Diane GastonTo escape scandal…she must elope with the enemy!Anna Edgerton and Viscount Willburgh were raised as sworn enemies. But when they’re caught in a seemingly compromising position at a Vauxhall...

"Start this engrossing, mesmerizing, and loving book and you won't want to put it down." --Adam Glassman, Oprah Daily * "Spellbinding!" --Today.comSet in the direct aftermath of WWII and spanning the rest of the 20th century, Daughter of Ruins is an...

Could the wrong man be the right one after all? The heart-wrenching and beautiful new romance from Fiona Lucas, author of Never Forget You. Erin is about to marry the love of her life. She and Simon have been together for eight years so it feels right...

Now a major ABC TV series, starring Brendan Cowell, Asher Keddie and Jemaine Clement, Plum is the roaring, raucous, funny and deeply moving story of a deeply inarticulate man who has to find his own voice in order to save his life - and keep his family...

A ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. One thing in my defence, not that it matters: I know what ‘nothing’ means, and keep on playingSomewhere out beyond Hollywood,...

A brand-new Bunyip Bay novel from bestselling Australian romance author Rachael Johns They spent one magical night together, but when he woke up she was gone ...Eight years later, Gabriela Jimenez is hoping a couple of weeks in Bunyip Bay with the Grand...

From the author of The School for German Brides and A Bakery in Paris, this captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century Paris tells the story of Claire Eiffel, a woman who played a significant role in maintaining her...

Bestselling author Tricia Stringer asks whether age necessarily brings wisdom when the sale of a deceased estate pits sister against sister, divides a community and wreaks havoc in a small country town. Margot and her sister Roslyn have lived side by...

Named a Best Book of the Summer by Harper's Bazaar and ELLE • Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner • HONOLULU Magazine’s Book of the Year About Hawai`i“Stunning . . . An intricately built novel that spans decades, moving in and out of a...

‘This book is one hell of a ride. Neil Lancaster’s Blood Runs Cold is spellbinding.’ NetGalley reviewer, She was taken against her will.On her fifteenth birthday, trafficking victim Affi Smith goes for a run and never returns. With a new identity and...

Can you ever really forget the one who got away? August Merriweather has always been good with animals. In fact, she’s known as Manhattan’s Dog Whisperer. Men, on the other hand? Not so much. She’s been falling for the wrong guys ever since her...