Friendship Fiction

The next chapter of the Ice People's saga begins in 1625. Cecilie Meiden is beautiful, gifted, and poised for a brilliant future. But a single night of passion has altered everything. Now she must navigate the intrigues and betrayals of the Danish Court while hiding the child she carries. Her heart yearns for Marquis Alexander Paladin—kind, wealthy, and devastatingly handsome—but can she ever claim him?

Zach has been my ride-or-die since we were nine. Business partners, roommates, best friends... we do everything together. But the last thing either of us expected was to be staring 40 in the face just as single as we both were when we made a silly, drunken marriage pact 20 years ago. The problem? Zach is gay...and, well, I’m not.

In Friends Forever?, third in Tina Wells’s delightful middle-grade series, Zee and the rest of her class from the Brookdale Academy are off on a camping trip to compete in an environmental scavenger hunt. Zee is extra psyched because her best friend, Ally, is visiting from Paris. It should be fabulous having all her friends in one place, but for some reason everyone is fighting!

When the mail can’t be delivered on Friendship Day, it’s up to Nickelodeon’s PAW Patrol to help spread the love.

Jane Austen wrote Love and Friendship (originally spelled Love and Freindship [ sic]) when she was just 14 years old. The three notebooks that contain her early works, including this story, are currently on display at the Bodleian Library and the British Museum. Taking the form as letters written by the heroine to the daughter of her friend, this story resembles a fairy tale that lampoons the conventions of romantic stories at the time.

She's spent a lifetime keeping her heart under lock and key. Now others are reaching out. But is she ready to receive them? At forty-two, fiercely independent Jess Becker is starting over in Kansas City with minimal furniture, two houseplants, and a newfound faith. After a lifetime of poor...

Snow White loves visiting the Seven at their cottage in the woods. But one day, she takes a wrong turn and finds herself at a very different cottage! Instead of seven little chairs, Snow White sees three enormous chairs. Then suddenly, three giants stomp through the door. Snow White befriends the giants and invites them to a party, but will the Seven be as welcoming?

A wise and colorful collection of ten Buddhist fables, this modern telling of ancient Indian stories, centering around animals and nature, teaches vibrant and timeless life lessons.

You know the signs: your child comes home quiet, shares little, and you can feel that something isn't right. They don't want to invite friends over. Small disagreements end in tears instead of conversation. You'd love to fix it all for them—but deep down you know that won't help them grow. So what actually does? Here's the truth: social skills aren't a talent a child is simply born with. They're a skill—one that can be learned and practiced, just like reading or math. And they don't begin with rules. They begin with gentle, hands-on exercises that show a child how real connection is built.

It is 1936 and Kate Merritt works hard to keep her family together. Her father has slipped into alcoholism, her mother is trying to come to grips with their dire financial situation, and her sisters seem to remain blissfully oblivious to all of it. Kate could never have imagined that a dirty...

They say the secret to a happy life is having a plan… Sheena Cairns has a plan: After nearly thirty years of marriage, Sheena is ready for a fresh start - on her own. Unfortunately, an unexpected mid-life crisis may be about to send her back to her past and to the husband she’s trying to...

The Persian Gulf erupts. When a U.S. aircraft carrier explodes and sinks off Bahrain, Washington blames Tehran. Hours later, Iranian-backed militants strike the U.S. Navy base in Manama and the Bahraini royal palace. Retaliatory American airstrikes follow, pushing the region toward all-out war. Friendship Games is a modern take on the USS Maine incident that launched the Spanish-American War in 1898—except this time the spark threatens to ignite a global conflict.

In late 2000, a young boy in Ahmedabad dreams of owning a business. To accommodate his friends' passion, he opens a cricket shop. However, nothing comes easily in a turbulent city. To realise their goals, they will have to face it all - religious politics, calamities, unacceptable love and, above all, their own mistakes. Will they make it? Can an individual's dreams overcome the nightmares of real life? Can we succeed despite mistakes?

Tucked away on a cobblestone street in enchanting Bologna, Italy, is the only English bookstore in the city. It’s owned by prickly Sandy Cooke, who keeps love, and even romantic fiction, at a distance. Her employee, timid and hopelessly optimistic Moira, dreams of transforming the struggling shop into a vibrant community hub. Against the odds, one Bolognese summer, it becomes a haven for fellow expats at their own crossroads.

Dora the Explorer celebrates friendship day by visiting all of her friends!

Who Stole Tilly from the Auction Block? Breathe in the nostalgia of everything old red truck in book one of a new cozy mystery series. The Hadley family ranch is struggling, so Raelynn, her parents, and brothers decide to turn the old barn into an antique store. The only thing missing to go with...

Bloomsbury presents The Girl I Used To Know by Faith Hogan, read by Flora Montgomery. 'Another heart-warming read from Faith Hogan' Trisha Ashley. 'Heart-warming, poignant and uplifting' Lucy Coleman, author of Snowflakes Over Holly Cove. *** Two women. Two very different lives. One unexpected...

Campbell Carter has come to Sweethaven in search of answers about her mother's history. Just before losing a battle with cancer, Suzanne Carter sent letters to childhood friends from her hometown of Sweethaven, Michigan. Suzanne's three friends - Lila, Jane, and Meghan - haven't spoken in years, yet each has pieces of a scrapbook they made together as girls. Suzanne's letters have lured them all back to the idyllic lakeside town, where they meet Campbell and begin to remember what was so special about their long Sweethaven summers.

The stunning new novel from the beloved bestselling author. A tragic accident leaves the tight-knit book club in the small seaside town of Fairweather reeling. Then stranger Tom McLysaght arrives in the community, and the members of the club find their lives changing in ways they never could...

The Heathens thought of themselves as 'the 1000th best band of all time'. Then their tour van crashed, and one of their members died. Twenty years later, weird things are happening in Dublin, bringing the surviving members of the band together in ways none of them could have anticipated and...