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My Littlest Russian Doll

Winnie knows what love is.
But is it really “true” love or is she just fooling herself?

Winnie Star is an eccentric and an offbeat incarnation of her parent’s hippie era.

But after her parent’s divorce and grandmother’s death, Winnie is on the verge of dropping out of college and embracing her life as it comes. At the same time, she can’t get enough of her boyfriend, Jasper. But when Jasper questions Winnie’s life choices, it sends her down a spiral and she finally decides to reign it in, and starts a jewellery business.

Soon the jewellery business is a success and she couldn’t be more in love with Jasper. That is until a certain dinner party makes Winnie feel left out of Jasper’s life and think that he’s hiding something from her. Is there really something Jasper is hiding? Will Winnie unravel Jasper’s secret? Will the business finally give her some direction? Or has fate something even bigger in store for her?

M.Q. Ngyuen’s My Littlest Russian Doll is a tale of love, resilience and self-discovery, that makes you question the true meaning of being loved, and finding your identity and purpose in a relationship.

One Step Ahead

Jill Towers died in an accident. At least, that is what the newspaper suggests.

After Jill Towers falls to her death from a cliff during the Island Walk, the glue that held her friend group is gone forever. Two years later, mourning her death, four friends come back to Jersey for a charity walk.

But broken friendships have prominent cracks and these cracks hold dark secrets that come up to the surface when Haydon, Yesenia, Gary and Maisie reunite. After all, Haydon left the island soon after the death, Yesenia withdrew into her shell, Maisie ran until her heartbeat overpowered the thought of Jill’s death…and Gary went on about his business dealings as if it was just another Tuesday.

Their friendship goes through another test when they all set off for the Island Walk, but it seems like they all have their own agenda to finish the walk, which may or may not have to do with Jill.

With Jersey Beans, the local news portal, dishing out one scoop after the other, tension rises with the entire island scrutinising their every action. Will the gruelling 48.1 mile get them before the truth does? Will one of them crack and reveal what actually happened on that day? Or was it really just a freak accident?

C. L. Peache’s One Step Ahead pulls you in for a walk of a lifetime , as secrets get revealed with every step to finding out the truth. A story about loss wrapped up in suspense where everyone had something to gain…

Peculiar Occurrences in the 18th Century Town of Sillyshire

Set in the windswept coastal town of Goodwood, Peculiar Occurrences in the 18th Century Town of Sillyshire begins with a romance that was never meant to survive.

Henrietta, dreamy and misunderstood, falls for the troubled and obsessive Burton. In 1742, their story ends in horror when she plunges from a cliff into the roaring sea—her body never recovered, her death transforming instantly into myth.

A year later, Henrietta returns. Alive. Unchanged. And yet entirely other.

Drawn from the ocean with an eerie calm and impossible beauty, she mesmerizes the townspeople who once pitied or mocked her. Soon, fear gives way to devotion. Whispers of miracles spread. Offerings are made. And then the sacrifices begin. Those given to the sea do not simply die—they transform, joining Henrietta in a strange underwater kingdom that grows stronger with each passing week.

As Goodwood empties and the line between hysteria and faith dissolves, the town must confront an unsettling truth: is Henrietta a monster born of tragedy, or a queen forged by collective guilt and longing?

Blending gothic folklore, dark humour, and creeping cosmic horror, this novel explores how easily communities surrender to legend—and how quickly love can evolve into worship.

Gather round. This is a story worth hearing.

Sin and Seduction

Sofia’s salvation does not arrive in shining armor. Instead, it comes cloaked in shadows—dangerous, forbidden, and everything she has been warned against.

Sofia Russo, the cherished daughter of Don Russo, is on the brink of a marriage she never chose—one forged from obligation rather than love. And let’s make one thing clear. Russos and di Salvos are always out for each other’s blood. Trapped by duty and convinced there is no escape, she walks toward the altar with a growing sense of dread, her future narrowing with every step.

But fate has other plans—named Damiano di Salvo. Born of darkness and destined to be her enemy, Damiano upends everything Sofia thought she knew about loyalty, power, and desire.

So when Damiano and Sofia decide to work together—they are playing with the devil himself, blurring the lines between duty and temptation. What begins as trouble soon teeters on the edge of something far more perilous.

Will they destroy each other as fate intended?

Or will they surrender to the intoxicating pull of sin, changing the course of their lives forever?

Sunburn

Sunburn is an astute and tender portrayal of first love, adolescent anxiety and the realities of growing up in a small town where tradition holds people tightly in its grasp.

It’s the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she’s always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn’t appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend. Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a desperate and devastating love.

Fearful of rejection from her small and conservative community, Lucy begins living a double life, hiding the most honest parts of herself in stolen moments with Susannah.

But with the end of school and the opportunity to leave Crossmore looming, Lucy must choose between two places, two people and two futures, each as terrifying as the other. But only one can offer her real happiness.

An atmospheric sapphic love story and coming-of-age novel with the intensity of Megan Nolan’s Acts of Desperation, the long hot summer of André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name and the female friendships of Anna Hope’s Expectation.

Talk the Walk: A Premarital Playbook

What actually holds a relationship together once the sparks of romance settle?

In Talk the Walk, Prof Dr Minnu Bhonsle uses her decades of psychotherapy and counselling experience to guide couples through vital conversations that are tempting to avoid. From defining commitment to navigating finances to expectations for intimacy to long-term goals—this book allows you and your partner to define for yourselves what will help your relationship thrive.

Designed to be an easy-to-understand workbook, it provides you with comprehensive prompts and handy space to reflect in writing as you use it in tandem with your partner. Whether you’re contemplating marriage, preparing for life after ‘I do’ or recalibrating years into your partnership, Talk the Walk equips you with the tools to build a life together on your own terms.

A self-help guide to prepare premarital couples to go from “you and me” to “we”

The Advice Columnist

You’re your own best friend. Nobody knows you better than you. Talk to yourself like you would talk to someone you love.

These are all cliches advice columnist Joannie Simmons shied away from—until a ghost of her younger self confronts her via email.

Joannie always thought that advice was timeless. The devices and the lingo may change, but the problems remain the same. But Joannie’s in for a rude shock when she’s unceremoniously dumped from The Valley News where she worked for over 30 years as an advice columnist.

Joannie doesn’t know what to do with herself anymore. What advice would she give herself? Move on, go with the flow, reconnect with the things you love. But is her advice as obsolete as she seems to have become?

Joannie’s family certainly thinks so. Her older daughter is planning a major life change and doesn’t bother consulting her; her younger daughter only calls her for babysitting; and Joannie is sure her husband is hiding something huge.

Nobody knows the right words to help Joannie—except herself from over thirty years ago. When she’s bombarded with texts, emails and calls from the young Joansie, will she answer her younger self? And after shelling out advice to others for years on end, will Joannie be able to follow her own advice?

For fans of Sarah Addison Allen, Jodi Picoult & Jojo Moyes, Janie Emaus’ The Advice Columnist is going to be the next favourite read!

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 Corpse Played Dead

The curtain rises on a corpse, but who waits in the wings?

London, 1759

An undercover assignment for the Bow Street magistrates has the fabulous Lizzie Hardwicke posing as a pitiable seamstress at a popular theatre on Drury Lane. She soon learns that behind the scenes there is a world as sordid as the bawdy house she calls home, but possibly far more dangerous.

When a nobleman and patron of the arts is brutally murdered and left on display centre-stage, the theatre is thrown into disarray. The investigation becomes all the more urgent with public scrutiny on the magistrate’s men including William Davenport, his assistant, with whom Lizzie continues to grow closer. Her suspect list is long but she must find a way to see through all the masks worn backstage without letting her own slip.

The Corpse Played Dead is the second instalment of the gripping and vividly imagined Lizzie Hardwicke mystery series.

Perfect for fans of Sarah Waters and Diana Gabaldon, echoing the atmospheric pull of a Nancy Drew–esque mystery

The Discovery of India

A timeless exploration of India’s history, culture and civilisational identity by one of its foremost nation-builders.

Nehru was an erudite—his knowledge of India’s traditions, history and culture made him one of the greatest leaders in the nation’s history.

The Discovery of India was written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment from 1942 to 1945 at Ahmednagar Fort in present-day Maharashtra by British colonial authorities, when India was at the threshold of independence. First published in 1946, this book remains a modern classic written by India’s first and longest-serving Prime Minister.

The Discovery of India traces the journey of India from the ancient history of her invaders to the final years of exploitation at the hands of the British. Drawing on his knowledge of the Upanishads, Vedas and historical texts, Nehru presents the development of India, beginning with the Indus Valley Civilisation and continuing through the socio-political transformations introduced by successive foreign powers, culminating in the contemporary period of his time.

Imprisoned alongside other freedom fighters such as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Govind Ballabh Pant, Narendra Deva and Asaf Ali, Nehru used this period of confinement and intellectual exchange to document his reflections on India’s diverse past. Providing a rich narrative of Indian history, philosophy and culture from the perspective of a leader striving for independence, this book reflects his personal and intellectual exploration of the idea of India.

This book was a successful attempt at capturing our nation’s lasting spirit—with a hope for a brighter future.

Part history, part philosophy and part personal reflection, The Discovery of India remains an essential work for anyone seeking to understand the roots of Indian civilisation and the ideas that shaped a modern nation.

The Index Series by The Bombay Circle Press brings you a curated collection of stories from and about the history of India. From the speeches of Netaji to the empires that shaped Bharat, each volume is thoughtfully compiled and edited by The Bombay Circle Press team.

The Discovery of India is the second volume in The Index Series and presents one of the most influential interpretations of India’s past, written by a statesman whose vision helped shape its future.

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The English Problem: A Novel

A powerful story about the quiet devastations of colonialism and the price of belonging.

When eighteen-year-old Shiv Advani is handpicked by Mahatma Gandhi to study law in England and return as a leader of a liberated India, he leaves home reluctantly—newly and hastily betrothed, a wife he barely knows already carrying their child, and a life laid out for him by duty rather than desire.

But London upends everything. Drawn in and repelled in equal measure, Shiv enters a world shaped by the Empire. Its culture, privilege, and seductive freedoms slowly pull him away from the mission he came for as the people Shiv sought to be liberated from become the people he desperately wants to be a part of. As he trains at the Inns of Court and begins to carve out a new life, the distance between his two homes widens. Soon he is caught between loyalty and longing, tradition and transformation, two homelands, two identities, and two futures. In the end, Shiv must fight not only for his country’s liberation but also his own.

Set against the turbulence of India’s freedom movement, The English Problem is a lyrical, intimate, and politically resonant novel of a young man and a young nation, struggling to define themselves.

The Making of Netaji

Inquilab Zindabad wasn’t an overnight success. It took years of blood, sweat and tears for the revolution to rise.

In The Making of Netaji, we explore the journey of Bose, tracing his growth into a pivotal figure in the country’s struggle for freedom from the British Raj. This collection features selected speeches and writings, spanning from 1912 to 1945—as the philosophical and intellectual backbone of his political ideology was built. It is the story of a revolutionary, told in his own words, blending iconic speeches like Give me blood, and I promise you freedom! with in-depth writings such as A Glimpse of the Future. This collection offers a compelling window into the making of one of the nation’s foremost architects of freedom.

Born into a privileged Hindu family, Bose received an English education. He left his higher studies in pursuit of a higher calling—come back home and work for the freedom of his motherland. Charismatic and devoted, his rallying cries inspired hundreds of people to join the Azad Hind Fauj for the liberation of the country. Letters that he exchanged with his mother show a side of him unknown to many; the inner turmoil he went through in his early years led to his formation as a national leader later. Arranged chronologically, these documents guide readers through the evolution of Bose’s ideological convictions and leadership style. As each piece unfolds in the context of its time, it reveals not only his political vision but also the shifting circumstances that shaped his decisions, offering a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the man behind the movement.

Even eight decades after his death—his footprints are still visible on the soil of the nation.

The Index Series by The Bombay Circle Press brings you a curated collection of stories from and about the history of India. From the speeches of Netaji to the empires that shaped Bharat, each volume is thoughtfully compiled and edited by The Bombay Circle Press team. The Making of Netaji marks the first volume in The Index Series and is a collection of Subhash Chandra Bose’s correspondence, speeches and other writings.

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?

The Novel Year

What happens when a planet of people are pushed into their homes indefinitely and without warning?

What would happen to lives so abruptly turned upside down?

How would people find solace and community and hope in this time?

Follow along with multiple first-person perspectives of people struggling through a pandemic, and you will find an honest reckoning of how people cope with the world when they are exposed to their darkest thoughts and basest impulses. You’ll find someone with mental illness, a teacher, a nurse, an activist, along with plenty of those who want to exploit the pandemic for their own benefit- and those who succumb to them. What will the mix of all these different strains result in, when they are all suffering under the brunt of this novel virus strain?

The Séance That Never Dies

A grieving mother. A séance that went wrong.

Binged all of Shirley Jackson’s books and the Netflix sensation The Haunting of Hill House? Looking for your next supernatural obsession? Look no further!

Debut author M.Q. Nguyen pens an eerie and emotional tale of a mother and daughter, bound beyond life and death.

When Maggie steals a shard of bone from her daughter Carrie’s urn during the ash-scattering ceremony, she is unaware what forces she is allowing into her new home.

Strange little happenings around the house leave Maggie hopeful that her daughter is back, but little does she know this comes at a price. Along with her daughter’s gentle spirit, she senses a malevolent one—one that is out to get her! If she brings in an exorcist, they will most likely purge the house of all ghosts, and Maggie cannot bear to lose Carrie so soon, all over again.

As the hauntings grow more violent, Maggie has to face the fact that she has a choice to make—it’s her life or Carrie.

When the good forces intermingle with the evil, what will a desperate Maggie feel compelled to do to bring her daughter back? What would you?