Collection: Large Print - Fiction

Christmas is coming. But the happiest time of the year is marred by a cruel twist of fate. Rosalind Blanchard's husband Piers is gravely wounded in a shipwreck, and she finds herself head of crumbling Rockwood Castle once more. Pregnant with his child and alone, she turns to the only man who has ...

"Reminiscent of Maggie Shipstead's Astonish Me and Julia Phillips's Disappearing Earth, Winterland tells the story of a previous era, shockingly pertinent today, shaped by glory and loss and finding light where none exists. In the Soviet Union in 1973, there is perhaps no greater honor for a youn...

Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When, during one stormy night, there is a flood in a nearby cellar - a popular shelter for the homeless - James rushes to help. Among those rescued is a dark-haired little girl who speaks a language no one ca...

When tragedy strikes, Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute, fending for herself on the capital's most dangerous streets. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Libby is on the cusp of making a decision that could jeopardise her future when a local boy saves her from ruin. The ki...

A secret love... As winter descends on the coastal town of Port Agnes, midwife Toni Samuels' mood is as dark as the winter clouds that roll in. Toni loves her job as a midwife, but her private life is falling apart. Because Toni is keeping a secret - a relationship with fellow male midwife Bobby ...

Father Brown, this most surprising of sleuths, always manages to out-think the others. Using a combination of his innocent wisdom and spiritual insight, Father Brown solves all twelve of the cases in this collection of Father Brown stories...

More than two decades ago, Maggie fell in love. She was sixteen and far from home, waiting to give her baby up for adoption. Bryce showed Maggie how to take photographs, and he didn't judge her for her situation. They had the perfect first kiss. Now, as Maggie sits by the Christmas tree in her ga...

Like any married couple, Allie and Tony have their fair share of heartache, but when Tony's actions force Allie and her young sons out of their home things take a desperate turn for the worse. Allie must cope with two inquisitive children as well as the reappearance of her estranged father. When ...

Abandoning her life and starting anew seemed like the best option for Claire. Now, seven years on, she is helping to run a successful nightclub in Newcastle, and her daughter Gemma, boss Lee and his wife Cari are all the family she needs. The last person she expects to see is her ex - who just ha...

A week on the Greek island of Kethos is just what Alice Archer needs, even if she has to put up with her difficult sister. When Alice meets Milo, a handsome gardener at the Villa Argenti, for the first time she suddenly feels beautiful and confident...