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The Birdcage

For fans of the domestic drama The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller, and Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, The Birdcage looks at reversed-gender roles, women breaking workplace barriers, and how secrets can hurt us.

One true love. Under fire from all sides. They’ll need each other to escape their birdcage.

Matt’s in awe of his wife.

Feisty, intelligent, capable, and now excelling in her first executive sales position. But Jillian’s job requires long hours, and Matt can’t help but suspect an affair. Jillian’s become more suited to her impressive boss than the hapless schoolteacher she’s outgrown.

Jillian’s marriage is slipping through her fingers.

Jill loves meeting the challenges of her new job, despite the unreasonable demands of her misogynistic boss. But she needs to find the balance between being a woman, wife, mother and hard-charging Vice President. Even a patient man like Matt won’t tolerate her neglect for long.

Set in corporate Canada, The Birdcage is a fast-paced novella that will inspire you, scare you a little, and feed your heart and mind. Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Elin Hilderbrand.

The Brother Between Us

Five years ago, Sofia Montoya lost everything.

On the night of her engagement party, her fiancé John tragically died—shattering her world and sending her fleeing from Colorado, from her past, and from the rage she’s carried like a secret.

Now, Sofia has built a quiet, carefully controlled life in Albuquerque. No one gets too close. Nothing pierces the walls she’s built around her heart.

Until Brandon shows up—John’s brother, the last person she wants to see.

Their history is complicated, and Sofia has no intention of revisiting it. But Brandon isn’t here for pleasantries— he’s here for the truth. The one Sofia never let herself ask for.

As old wounds reopen and buried passion reignites, Sofia is forced to confront the one thing she’s tried
hardest to avoid: the past.

Will uncovering the past tear them apart—or finally set them free?

The Meet Cute Lane

Call it fate or destiny or luck, meet-cutes happen when you least expect them.

An unlikely spark flies between spider-man and a ballerina when they meet up at a happening party. One dares the other to take on a mission, without fully understanding the consequences.

Sam is spending her precious Saturday at Disneyland against her will, until she receives an airdrop from a random visitor. All her troubles seem to wash away, temporarily at least. Disney characters use their charisma to brighten up her day, or maybe her life.

Bailey is running across the airport to catch her flight when she notices a horrible mix-up. With only a couple of hours remaining for her next flight, she is running across the airport with only coffee fueling her. Until, a happy coincidence with blue eyes makes her day better.

What’s in store for these unsuspecting characters?

Velvet Dreams

A sexy collection of stories where three unlikely women lust over men that they can’t seem to have…or can they?

It’s cuffing season, and all the girls need is…

A secretary who can’t stop drooling over her boss’ snug shirts.
An erotica writer who is in desperate need of some inspiration.
A divorced woman who is trying to keep her ex-husband at arm’s length.

These three women have nothing in common—except for their thirst for the unlikely men in their lives. On cold, lonely nights, all the girls need is some steamy erotica! So, turn the lights down and settle in for a wild ride.

Virtually in Love

A former hitman who wants to reconnect with someone he failed to kill, a ghost who hopes his old flame can fall in love with his best friend, a frost giant, and a Minotaur adjusting to immortalization… and inevitably falling in love. What do all these stories have in common? They all follow couples who fall head over heels virtually. From Facetime to Zoom and everything in between, these lovers will discover that love doesn’t know what distance is. And you can find your soulmate, yes, even on a screen.

Weather Or Not

Spring is abundant with endless possibilities and breezy blooms. After the cold shoulder of winter, Spring is a warm hug. Some await it in sweet anticipation, some dread its arrival. Three curious characters are facing their own dilemmas with the seasonal change:

A man who is dealing with the loss of his wife chances upon a kind stranger.

A woman has a strange first date rule assured to lead to the death of the relationship before it even really begins.

A young violinist has a love-hate relationship with Vivaldi’s concerto, The Four Seasons.

Weather the season of spring with them as they grapple with their own lives—will they blossom or whither?

The Bombay Circle Press brings to you Weather or Not, a seasonal anthology which will explore the emotions of the four seasons through the year: spring, summer, fall and winter.

When The Peperos Align

Falling in love one Pepero stick at a time.

When K-pop rookie Choi Do-hyun (Hyde) of Cosmo goes up to his company’s rooftop to catch a break, he ends up catching feelings and vows to do all that he can to keep JADE’s Lee Hae-won (Wonwon) from crying.

So, now his to-do list looks something like this:
• Make a petition to save Golden Monkeys
• Buy Hae-won Peperos
• Ask Hae-won out on a date
• Panic about not knowing where to take her on a date

But being a K-pop idol doesn’t come without its challenges, especially if you’re a rookie trying to keep your young love a secret with a dating ban. So will the peperos align to bring together two K-pop idols?

Emma Cho’s When the Peperos Align is a story about fighting for your love with sprinkles of humour and struggles of being an idol. Perfect for the fans of Shooting Stars, The Idea of You and Imitation.

Love is sometimes written by stacking together Peperos.

Who Saves The Hero?

The love of Sean’s life is coming back to town, and he’s terrified.

Samantha broke his heart and left him an anxiety-riddled mess, but now that she’s back, will they get back together?

Or will Sean heed the warnings of his best friend, Angelica, who claims that Samantha is not who she seems?

What Sean doesn’t know is, something darker and more vicious awaits him. Will he be able to survive it?