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Travel through time, suspend disbelief and explore stories of love, courage and grief, including one man who discovers that his carefully ordered systems exist for a reason.

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Confessions of a Cat-Hater

He had a system for everything. The cat was not in the system. Francis Butler's life runs on precision. Towels are numbered. Coffee is timed to the second. Tea towels are ironed. He does not own slippers. Slippers are a slope. When a black cat with amber eyes appears outside his door one evening, Francis calls the building's emergency number, attempts a ham-based bribe, and opens the relevant Facebook group. By 7 p.m., he has accepted defeat and made the acquaintance of Hannibal, a rescue cat with anxiety and a superiority complex. What follows is the story of a man who kept everything in order to keep everyone out, and what happens when a cat, a woman called Agnes, and one very perceptive therapist refuse to cooperate with his systems. For readers of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, A Man Called Ove, and The Rosie Project.

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Rocket to the Past: Rainhill

In five days, the Brighton bombing will destroy her family. Liz Marsh has one chance to stop it, if she can survive 1984 long enough to try. Dr Liz Marsh has spent her life outrunning a past she never chose. The daughter of an IRA bomber, orphaned at eighteen, she has lived with scandal and the long memory of a village that never forgot. Everything changes when a stranger presses an antique brass key into her hand and whispers her childhood nickname. Hours later, Liz is pulled back to 7 October 1984. Rainhill looks familiar, but nothing fits. The shops belong to another era, the cars are wrong, and standing in the doorway of her old home is her mother, alive and furious. Liz has not returned by accident. Five days from now, the Brighton bombing will set in motion a chain of events that will destroy her family. Her father will be drawn into something he never understood. And the only way home may be to confront the truth that was buried for a reason. Rocket to the Past: Rainhill is the first novel in a time-travel series about history, consequence, and the moments that shape a life. If you could rewrite the moment that broke you, would you dare?

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A Christmas Through Time

When the past and present collide, love becomes the greatest gift of all. Heartbroken and alone, Lucy Patterson retreats to a crumbling Victorian house in Otley for Christmas. Behind the dusty shelves of its library she finds the impossible, a hidden passage that leads not to another room, but to December 1885. There she meets Dr James Ashworth, a brilliant, grief-stricken physician whose kindness reignites Lucy’s calling as a nurse. Then comes the devastating truth: on Christmas Day, James will die. History has already written his ending. Lucy refuses to stand by. As snow falls and time runs out, two lives entwine across centuries. Must James accept his fate in 1885, or step through the passage into 2025 and leave everything he has ever known? Can love choose life, and rewrite time itself? A Christmas Through Time is a cosy, hopeful time-slip romance about second chances, courage, and love that defies history. Perfect for readers of contemporary and historical Christmas romance who enjoy heartfelt stakes, a touch of wonder, and a richly atmospheric Yorkshire setting. You will love this if you enjoy: Time travel and time-slip romance with emotional depth Slow-burn, second-chance love at Christmas Victorian times, found purpose and healing Heartwarming festive fiction with real UK settings Start reading now and discover a Christmas love story worth crossing time for.

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An Easter Through Time

An Easter Through Time Jake Anderson has spent years tracing his family through parish records, census returns, and regimental archives. When a new job brings him to Otley, the Yorkshire town where his ancestors lived for generations, he finds more than he bargained for: a Victorian terrace with a library on the top floor, a name carved on the town war memorial, and a hidden passage behind a bookcase that opens onto 1916. On the other side stands George Henry Anderson. Nineteen years old. Stubborn. Brave. And four months from dying on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Jake has four days to show George a future worth surviving for, and one desperate chance to change the past. But altering history carries consequences that reach further than either of them can imagine, connecting Jake to a woman he already knows, a family he never expected, and a truth about time, courage, and love that will reshape everything he thought he understood about where he came from and where he belongs. Set against the hills and stone of Wharfedale, An Easter Through Time is a story about the ties that bind generations, the choices that define us, and the extraordinary things that can happen when someone refuses to leave a name on a stone. The second book in the Through Time series. This novel can also be read as a standalone story.

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A Shadow Through Time

Ruth Davenport has spent thirty-one years in the same house, waiting for an answer that never came. One Saturday morning in 1996, her husband, David, left for a short walk with their daughter, Annie, in her pushchair. Neither of them returned. No pushchair was found. No body. No confession. Only rumours, police doubts, and a house full of rooms Ruth could not bring herself to change. Then, behind the shelves of the library she once shared with David, Ruth finds a concealed passage, and beyond it the impossible: the very days before everything was lost. The past is exactly as she left it, and more dangerous than she knew. To learn what happened to David and Annie, Ruth must walk through her old life without touching it, follow a pushchair she cannot save, and carry what she learns back through a door nobody else knows exists. Because the answer to 1996 is living far closer to Ruth than she could ever have imagined. Ruth has been a shadow in her own life for thirty years. Now she must become a shadow through time. A Shadow Through Time is the third novel in the Through Time series, following A Christmas Through Time and An Easter Through Time. It can be read as a standalone story, but is best enjoyed as part of the series.

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A Christmas Carol Rewired

A Modern Reimagining of a Timeless Christmas Tale Edward Sloane has optimised everything but his heart. In A Christmas Carol Rewired, S. A. Carmody brings Dickens’ classic into a precise, high-pressure modern world where efficiency comes first, and genuine connection is pushed aside. Edward’s life runs on schedules, targets, and metrics, until one Christmas Eve forces him to confront what he has been avoiding for years. Set in contemporary London, this grounded retelling follows Edward through a night of stark truths. The ghosts who visit him reveal the choices that shaped him, the damage left behind, and the future he is heading towards if nothing changes. The result is a clear and relatable study of ambition, detachment, and the cost of success without compassion. Inside this book: • A modern interpretation of the Christmas classic told through the life of Edward Sloane • A realistic exploration of isolation, misplaced priorities, and what success truly means • Thoughtful insights into how digital work culture affects relationships and wellbeing • A steady and engaging narrative that brings timeless themes into a modern setting • A reminder that reflection, responsibility, and change are possible at any stage A Christmas Carol Rewired offers emotional depth, clarity, and contemporary relevance. It encourages readers to pause and reconsider what truly matters during the festive season and beyond. Rediscover the heart of Christmas with this compelling and modern retelling. Order your copy today.

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