The first in the Smythe-Smith quartet, a witty series by the author of the beloved Bridgerton novels. Honoria Smythe-Smith, the youngest daughter of the eldest son of the Earl of Winstead, plays the violin in the annual musicale performed by the Smythe-Smith Quartet. She's well aware that they are dreadful and in fact, she freely admits to her cousins that she is probably the worst of the bunch, but she's the sort who figures that nothing good will come of being mortified, so she puts on a good show and laughs about it. Marcus Holroyd is the best friend of her brother Daniel, who lives in exile. He has promised to watch out for Honoria and takes his responsibility very seriously, but he has his work cut out for him when Honoria sets off for Cambridge determined to marry by the end of the season. She has her eye on the only unmarried Bridgerton who's a bit wet behind the ears. When her advances are spurned, can Marcus swoop in and steal her heart in time for the musicale? A light fun read, and a great first book in the series which also includes characters from Bridgerton. 374pp, paperback with fairly large print and line art.

Book two in the witty quartet. Anne Wynter's job as governess to three highborn young ladies can be a challenge. In a single week she finds herself hiding in a closet full of tubas, playing an evil queen in a play, and tending to the wounds of the oh-so-dashing Earl of Winstead. After years of dodging unwanted advances, he is the first man who has truly tempted her and it is getting harder and harder to remind herself that a governess has no business flirting with a nobleman. Daniel Smythe-Smith might be in mortal danger but that's not going to stop the young earl from falling in love. When he spies a mysterious woman at his family's annual musicale, he vows to pursue her, but Daniel has an enemy, one who has vowed to see him dead. And when Anne is thrown into peril, Daniel will stop at nothing to ensure their happy ending. 373pp, paperback with line art.

Hugh Prentice has never had patience for dramatic females, and if Lady Sarah Pleinsworth has ever been acquainted with the words shy or retiring, she has long since tossed them out the window. Besides, a reckless duel has left this brilliant mathematician with a ruined leg, and now he could never court a woman like Sarah, much less dream of marrying her. Sarah has never forgiven Hugh for the duel he fought that nearly destroyed her family, but even if she could find a way to forgive him, it wouldn't matter. She doesn't care that his leg is wounded, it's his personality she can't abide. But forced to spend a week in close company, they discover that first impressions are not always reliable, and when one kiss leads to two, three and four, the mathematician may lose count, and the lady may, for the first time, find herself speechless. The third book in the quartet. 373pp, fairly large print and line art. Paperback.

The final book in the Quartet finds Sir Richard Kenworthy with less than a month to find a bride. He knows he can't be too picky, but when he sees Iris Smythe-Smith hiding behind her cello at her family's infamous musicale, he thinks he might have struck gold. She's the type of girl you don't notice until the second or third look, but there's something about her, something simmering under the surface, and he knows she's the one. Iris Smythe-Smith is used to being underestimated. With her pale hair and quiet, sly wit, she tends to blend into the background, and she likes it that way. So when Sir Richard demands an introduction, Iris is suspicious. He flirts and charms her, gives every impression of a man falling in love, but she can't quite believe it's all true. When he proposes, Iris feels certain that he's hiding something, even as her heart tells her to say yes. 378 weak and wobbly kneed romantic pages. Fairly large print and a quick read, line art.

This Sunday Times bestseller is the story of a strange experiment and a journey into the oddest corners of 1960s Britain and the outer edges of science and reason. Premonitions are impossible, but they come true all the time. You think of a forgotten friend and out of the blue they call. But what if you knew that something terrible was going to happen? A sudden flash, the words CHARING CROSS. Four days later, a packed express train comes off the rails outside the station. A fire in a department store or an assassination. What if you could share your vision and prevent a disaster? In 1966 John Barker, a psychiatrist working in an outdated British mental hospital, set out to investigate this very idea and established The Premonitions Bureau. He would find a network of hundreds of correspondents, from bank clerks to ballet teachers. Among them were two unnervingly gifted 'percipients'. Together the pair predicted plane crashes, assassinations and international incidents with uncanny accuracy. And then they informed Barker of their most disturbing premonition - that he was about to die. The book is an enthralling true story of madness and wonder, science and the supernatural, a journey to the most powerful and unsettling reaches of the human mind. 250pp, illustrated paperback.

Adoring fans surrounding the limousine as a young David Bowie with his iconic haircut smoking a cigarette emerging into his newfound fame graces the cover of this gorgeous, celebratory read. The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. What did we see in them? Swagger, recklessness, sexual charisma, self-belief, a certain way of carrying themselves, good hair, interesting shoes, talent? What did we want of them? To be larger than life but also like us. To live out their songs. To stay young forever. No wonder many didn't stay the course. Never a dull moment with 40 enjoyable romps across the years 1955 to 1994 with the rise of the drum machine. Here are bad boys, guitar heroes, rock bands, female rock stars and career suicide from the early days of Elvis Presley and Fats Domino to David Bowie, Morrisey to Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne to Björk, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, Sid Vicious, The Edge, Bob Marley, Kurt Cobain, Keith Moon and on into infinity. It's about the fantasy figures that rock fame transformed them into and the personal price they paid for playing a starring role in our dreams. We wanted rock stars to be glamorous but also authentic, willing to beat off willing sexual partners but also live a fulfilled family life, staying up too late and never giving their full attention, but still operating at their full potential and talent. Rock stars were uncommon people who came from the masses and got to the top without the help of education, training, family ties or money and surprisingly many had careers that lasted far longer than they ever had any right to expect. Here their legends endure. 421pp, paperback with many photos.