April Teens and Young Adult

Three couples. Two rival stables. One unforgettable summer. A steamy romance full of entanglements and rivalries, perfect for fans of Rivals. Issues of class, sex, money - and occasionally love - play out on the polo fields and paddocks of a wealthy village where rich kids Bex, Hugo, Freddie and Luella have grown up. Everything changes when Carrie, a feisty truth-teller who loves horses, moves to the area. Carrie quickly attracts Freddie's notice when she starts working at his family's stables. But disaster strikes when Freddie's favourite horse is poisoned, causing her rider to fall during a polo match and seriously injure himself. Evidence points to Kit, a groom from a rival stable, being the culprit. But Carrie has reason to believe that somebody has framed her new friend Kit. Fearless and fiercely loyal, she'll stop at nothing to find the true culprit -even if it gets in the way of the romance that's blooming between her and Freddie . . .In a village where everyone knows everyone, how can you tell who's out to get you?

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'A page-turning, heartfelt adventure full of intrigue, peril and fun. I loved it!' Hannah Gold, author of THE LAST BEAR. 'Astonishingly accomplished ... Full of high-stakes action and characters to root for.' Emma Carroll, author of LETTERS FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE You must take every day, every hour, every minute one tick at a time. It is 1872 and, when Maggie Appleton's beloved mother dies, she is left with nothing but a letter for a mysterious stranger called Passepartout. With nowhere else to turn, Maggie seeks out Passepartout and, in doing so, is drawn into an adventure beyond her wildest dreams. Together with Passepartout's employer, the enigmatic Mr Phileas Fogg, Maggie journeys to Italy, India, Hong Kong, Japan and America, in a daring race against time to win the wager Mr Fogg has accepted. But with a bank robber on the loose, an angry Inspector on their tail and unread secrets in her mother's letter, Maggie soon discovers that there is much more at stake than keeping on schedule to win the bet. Who can she really trust - and will she ever find out where she truly belongs? A timeless tale of travel, treachery and trust, for fans of Katherine Rundell and Emma Carroll, bringing Jules Verne's classic Around the World in Eighty Days to life for young readers.

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Love means nothing in tennis. A steamy New Adult sports romance set at an elite tennis academy, perfect for fans of Challengers. Penny Harrison is a tennis icon in-the-making, and, with the upcoming Grand Slam in Paris, there's no room for mistakes. But when she returns to train at the prestigious Outer Banks Tennis Club, she comes face to face with the biggest mistake she ever made: Alex Russell. To keep her head in the game, Penny leans on two other rising stars, Jasmine and Indiana, who are balancing tennis with their own off-the-court romances. As the days tick down to Paris, Penny knows she needs to focus to win . . . so why can't she stay away from the one guy who could ruin everything?

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