"A BODICE-RIPPING, BODY-SWAPPING EDWARDIAN EPIC" It is 1908 and the height of the Edwardian era and in the second part of the Griply Valley Saga, events are rapidly falling further and further out of control at Griply Hall The former Lady Ann risked everything to trade lives with her lowly stable-hand Burt Harper, but the new Ann seems to have inherited the same rather reckless streak and she has set her sights on Mavis, Burt's bawdy barmaid girlfriend. It is her plan to swap lives with the strumpet, but only long enough to partake of a night of unbridled passion with the passionate and...

"LIKE SINKING INTO QUICKSAND, THIS NOVEL IS DELIGHTFULLY INESCAPABLE." Four friends discover that the house swap holiday they thought they booked in the beautiful seaside town of Barton-on-Sea is actually in an entirely different place, also named Barton; a seedy, corrupt slum filled with dark and crooked inhabitants. They decide to stay one night to try it out but one night is more than enough to begin their grisly transformations, as each of the friends changes into one of the people who live there. This isn't the end as they find their minds shifting too, to match their new identities. It...

"I READ IT IN ONE SITTING" When Gemma Watson wakes up in the bath with no memory of who she is or how she got there, she realises something is obviously very wrong, but in her apparently idyllic married life there is no indication of what that could be. Then she starts to receive warnings from an unknown source: clear indicators that something terrible is about to happen. All Gemma can do is investigate the facts behind her amnesia; the secrets buried deep in her past; but as she draws closer to the truth she begins to realise that she may not want to know the answers to the questions she is...

It is the year 1908, and in the heart of Yorkshire, at Griply Hall, strange things are happening. Lady Ann Neville is desperate to avoid a dull trip to her grandmother's and when she finds a mysterious pendant able to grant the power to exchange bodies, she thinks she has found the perfect escape. But things don't always go according to plan. It seems like a good idea at first to trade places with Burt, the stable hand. What could be better than two weeks having the freedom and strength of a man: getting drunk; riding astride and getting up to all sorts of rumpy-pumpy? But life as Burt is a...

A DELIGHTFUL BLEND OF MENACE, PATHOS AND MOMENTS OF DARK WIT" Ellie Merryday's life and family are slowly falling apart but she has no conception yet of how much worse things can get. When her son James finds an alien unlike anything he's ever seen on TV under the bushes out on the heath, apparently unconscious and wounded, he decides to take it home. But after the alien is responsible for the shocking death of someone very close to him, James realises that the game has changed. It isn't about becoming famous anymore. It's about staying alive. And he realises that he's going to have to take...

"PURE BRILLIANCE" Have you ever had a dream? Have you spent your whole life wondering what could have happened if you really went for it? Or maybe you've already tried to make a living with your dream and failed miserably. Either way, this book is for you It's all about finding a way to live your dreams without compromise, even if you never make any money from it. It's about taking the things that you love to a higher level than maybe you ever thought you could, so that you never have to wonder again what would have happened if you went all the way. Full of practical examples and advice from...

"MY FAVOURITE STORYTELLER" There is an artefact, enchanted by dark forces, with unlimited powers to transmute flesh: a statuette sculpted in the shape of a hawk. Its origin and purpose are unknown; but it has existed since the dawn of recorded history, passed from hand to hand, carried from one continent to another, working its forbidden magic to alter the shapes of others. From Roman Britain to the time of the Arabian Nights; from the Asia of the Khans to the Carpathian mountains in eighteenth century Romania; from the horrors of Nazi Germany to modern day England: follow the journey of this...

"PERFECTLY ROMANTIC" Alison needs a man. She's inherited a fixer-upper from her parents, but with her own business floundering and far too much work needing doing, she's in danger of going under. It doesn't help that she's hopelessly disorganized and has a phobia against DIY of all kinds. Yes, she needs a man, but she has no intention of getting embroiled in yet another abortive romance. She's sworn off men entirely, at least for now. Alison's problems seem to be solved when a strange stone ring she finds at the market transforms her into exactly the kind of man she needs - strong, determined...

"A MASTERWORK" Dahlia Western is beautiful and wealthy. She seems to have everything, especially with her modelling career on the verge of a comeback. But Dahlia begins to develop a strange and erotic obsession with Melissa, her grossly obese cleaner, making her want to swap places with her, just for the day, and take on her simple life and duties. Melissa is eager to take part and soon the two women are swapping clothes and identities, Dahlia becoming the cleaner while Melissa lounges about and swims in the pool. But this isn't enough for Dahlia. She wants more, and as the days go on, the...