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On the eve of the global lockdown, Don Barlow opens the door of his old beachside cottage to find a pretty girl with pink-tipped hair, claiming to have nowhere to go. He allows her entry, and so begins a mystery set in unprecedented times: with the virus raging outside their home, the girl cannot be asked to leave, but what does he risk by having her stay?

A drummer for the hottest rock band on the planet, David has a single, powerful weakness: Thea, the band's publicist and the woman who steals his breath away with her every move. The only problem is Thea doesn't date clients - or musicians.

As the third wave of the virus hits, all inhabitants of Melbourne are given until 8pm to get to their homes. Wherever they are when the curfew hits, they must live for four weeks and stay within a 5km radius. When Lou鈥檚 son Samuel doesn鈥檛 arrive home by nightfall she begins to panic. He doesn鈥檛 answer his phone. He doesn鈥檛 message. His social media channels are inactive. Lou is out of her mind with worry, but she can鈥檛 go to the police, because she has secrets of her own. Secrets that Samuel just can鈥檛 find out about. Lou must find her son herself and bring him home.

Imagine if you made one little mistake when you were young and were punished for it for the rest of your life. Well, that鈥檚 what happened to Lydia (yes, that Lydia, the youngest Bennet sister from Pride and Prejudice), and she鈥檚 here to set the record straight. Hold on to your teacups and get ready for sophisticated (and a little bit naughty) hot takes and witty banter that鈥檒l make you laugh鈥攁nd think. We meet Lydia just as she is denounced by her family, exiled miles from home, and married to the rogue George Wickham, who seems to love all women...except his own wife.

Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country.

In this new novella from the number one internationally best-selling author of The Sisters and The Murder Rule, Dervla McTiernan, a mother and son fighting to prove her innocence are reunited with an estranged friend鈥攁 detective who may hold the key to her freedom鈥攁s they鈥檙e forced to put their differences aside to uncover the shocking truth behind the crime.

Lily is back from Australia for the first time in seven years to spend Christmas at her mum鈥檚 house in a small, gossipy English village. To her surprise, she returns to find that her mother is dating the man next door, who also happens to be the father of her ex-boyfriend Tom. Tom, who broke Lily鈥檚 heart all those years ago. Tom, the real reason Lily fled to the other side of the world and stayed there. Tom, who is also home for Christmas and right there, next door.

Matt Mazola never expected a popular relationship podcast to change his life, but that鈥檚 exactly what happens when he tunes in and hears a young woman share her heartfelt wish that her grieving father find love again. The widower she describes - Hugo James - captures Matt鈥檚 attention, and he sets off on a crash course to meet the other man.

Valentine鈥檚 Day has always meant trouble for wedding photographer Ali Lovejoy. All her worst romantic disasters have happened on V-Day, so she鈥檚 made a habit of hiding out at home in her pjs until it鈥檚 over. But when her best friend begs her to do an engagement photoshoot on the dreaded holiday, Ali reluctantly agrees and travels to the quaint Colorado mountain town of Eternity Springs to help her bestie.

Maggie Patel has landed her dream job at The New York Spectator; or, it would be, if she could get a decent story assignment. When a career-making interview finally lands on her desk, it鈥檚 with the last person she鈥檇 ever want to see again 鈥� Edward, the Crown Prince of Bairmorne...and her long-ago friend.