SAGAS, ROMANCE & HISTORICAL
Florence. When disaster strikes he finds himself alone and far from home with a dozen different factions out for his blood.
Victoria MacKenzie For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain Bloomsbury, 14th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526647931 Astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation and the hidden lives of women. A major new talent has arrived.
Carol MacLean Kathy’s Courage Hera, 2nd May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781804364857 Kathy is harbouring a secret that could ruin her reputation. Can she allow it to stop her from falling in love and fighting for her country during war?
SG MacLean The Winter List Quercus, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529414264 MacLean returns to the world of Damian Seeker. Charles II is king and the men who supported Cromwell must be hunted down.
Elizabeth Macneal The Burial Plot Picador, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529090949 Cat-and-mouse thriller set in Victorian London is the third novel from Sunday Times bestseller.
Sarah Maine The Forgotten Shore Hodder, 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399717656 Broad story of family ties, interwoven mysteries, love and redemption set in Scotland and Newfoundland.
Sarra Manning The Man of Her Dreams Hodder, 2nd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399707879 Unexpected romantic comedy about Esme who, after a head injury, discovers that her imaginary boyfriend now exists.
Beezy Marsh
Queen of Diamonds Orion, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398718890 Unputdownable, gangland saga in a trilogy.
Sarah Marsh
A Sign of Her Own Tinder Press, 1st February, hb, £18.99, 9781035401611 Empowering story of a young woman’s journey to accepting her deaf identity explores the
hidden history of the deaf community in the invention of the telephone.
Estelle Maskame Somewhere in the Sunset Ink Road, 11th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781785304934 Two broken-hearted singletons meet at a bar fight in San Francisco. They are worlds apart but maybe that is just what they need to fall in love.
Nicky J Mason Against All Odds Troubador, 28th February, pb, £9.99, 9781805142768 Once renowned, international fashion designer Dawn Lewis has retired to a small village in Leicestershire, a long way from her former lifestyle.
Victoria Mas The Island of Mists and Miracles Doubleday, 14th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780857529367 Author of international bestseller The Mad Women’s Ball with a hugely atmospheric novel that will win the interest of Elizabeth Strout and Annie E Proulx readers.
Jodie Matthews Meet Me At the Surface Fourth Estate, 15th February, hb, £16.99, 9780008585006 Haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home.
Peter Maughan Miss Harris in the New World Farrago, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781788423090 The Red Lion production of “Love and Miss Harris” is booked to tour America but the company gets entangled with local mobsters and rival gangs.
Cathy Maxwell One Dangerous Night Avon, 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780063241213 A disaster in a storm throws headstrong sister Elise into the company, and arms, of a rake on the run. Gambler’s Daughters romance.
JJ McAvoy
Hathor and the Prince Quercus, 19th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529425222 Hathor Du Bell searches for love in this charged Regency romance.
Emma McBeth Love Game Hera, 16th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804367858 Contemporary sports romance has Elle discovering what she truly wants as she becomes a personal chef to one of
the world’s most famous tennis players.
Val McDermid Darkland Tales: Lady Macbeth Polygon, 2nd May, hb, eb, £10, 9781846976759 In the fifth book in the acclaimed Darkland Tales series, McDermid plunges into medieval Scotland.
Fiona McFarlane The Sun Walks Down Sceptre, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529389869 Epic tale of unsettlement, history, myth, art and love, and of a small boy lost in the Australian desert.
CE McGill
Our Hideous Progeny Penguin, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529177435 When Mary, a scientist struggling to make her mark in 1850s London, discovers journals belonging to her great- uncle Frankenstein she embarks on what might be the greatest adventure of all.
Carol McGrath The Lost Queen Headline Accent, 18th July, pb, £10.99, 9781472297372 Great historical rendering of the Third Crusade and of the forgotten roles in it of two strong wome.
Kathleen McGurl The Lost Child HQ Digital, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008591670 Captivating timeslip drama about the sinking of the Titanic. By the author of The Lost Sister.
Steven McKay Sword of the Saxons Canelo, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804366127 Following the middle years in the life of Alfred the Great as he gathers troops from every corner of the British Isles to launch a counterattack on the invading Vikings.
Nick McLoughlin Slings and Arrows Te Book Guild, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916668317 Tender tale, set in Derby in 1982, following the life of 45-old Terry, who finds unlikely success with his local amateur darts team.
Rachel McMillan Operation Scarlet Tomas Nelson, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780785235088 The future of the country depends on their secret lives but the things they keep from one another are tearing them apart.
Catriona McPherson The Witching Hour Hodder & Stoughton, 2nd May, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781399720397 The new Dandy Gilver mystery novel of clever crime, fancy twists and McPherson’s signature wit.
Rosie Meddon These Wartime Dreams Canelo, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800326637 Pearl dreamed of a career on the stage and a chance encounter makes this dream a possibility. But how far is she willing to go to become a star?
Berend Mets Immorality Act Te Book Guild, 28th February, pb, £9.49, 9781916668287 Cape Town in the 1960s. Love across the colour bar is a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment.
Margaret Meyer The Witching Tide Phoenix, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399605878 Muscular début inspired by actual historical events. For readers of Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel.
Katherine Mezzacappa The Maiden of Florence Fairlight, 18th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781914148507 Florence, 1584. Orphan Giulia is chosen to prove a Gonzaga prince’s virility and finds herself drawn under the control of the Medicis’ lecherous minister. Based on true events.
KJ Micciche A Storybook Wedding Sourcebooks Casablanca, 14th May, pb, £8.99, 9781464220135 Laugh-out-loud tale for lovers of bookish romance, academia, elaborate weddings and happily ever afters.
Derek B Miller The Curse of Pietro Houdini Doubleday, 21st March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780857529268 Panoramic tale of resilience, hope and survival which is at once an action-packed adventure heist, an imaginative chronicle of forgotten history and a philosophical coming-of- age story.
Vanessa Miller The American Queen Tomas Nelson, 14th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780840708878 Based on the true
historical figure of Louella Montgomery, Queen of the Happy Land, traces her life in slavery immediately following the Civil War.
Jessica Mills Rosalind Legend Press, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915643391 Fictionalised retelling of the story of one of the 20th century’s most important scientist,s Rosalind Franklin, whose work proved the two-chain helical structure of DNA.
Sophia Money-Coutts The Right Place HQ, 18th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008467128 Maggie follows her own path and explores living her best life for herself.
Santa Montefiore Shadows in the Moonlight Orion, 20th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781398720008 Devastating first book in a new series.
Sue Moorcroft Under a Summer Skye Avon, 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008636814 From old lives to new beginnings. Thea discovers the endless possibilities life can hold if you look hard enough.
Sarah Morgan The Summer Swap HQ, 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781848459212 A summer escape, a new friendship and the joy of starting over. Can Cecelia and Lily hold on to their newfound happiness?
Robbie Morrison Cast a Cold Eye Pan, 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529054088 Grimy, 1930s Glasgow is the backdrop for the latest in the Jimmy Dreghorn series. For fans of William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw, Denise Mina and Philip Kerr.
Eliza Morton The Laceys of Liverpool Lane Pan, 4th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781035015283 Second novel in Morton’s gritty yet heartwarming Liverpool Orphans series set during and after the Second World War.
Kate Mosse The Ghost Ship Pan, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781509806935 Number three in the strong-selling Joubert Family Chronicles. Love on the high seas in a time of war.
Annie Murray Homecoming for the Chocolate Girls Macmillan, 1st February, hb, eb, £22, 9781035019939 Pan, 11th April, pb, £8.99, 9781035019946 Dramatic conclusion to series following the lives of the women and girls who worked at the Cadbury Factory in Birmingham.
Amy Neff The Days I Loved You Most Bloomsbury, 30th July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526673749 Devastating début in bookclub fiction. For fans of The Notebook and Me Before You, this is a great love story for the ages.
Madison Newbound Misrecognition Bloomsbury, 4th July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526665935 Smart, savage and hysterical début exploring love, sexuality, purpose and the delicious absurdities of online life.
SERIES
Chemistry Lessons Susannah Nix Pan, pb, eb, 97810350259
The Love Codes 7th March, £9.99, 30 Nix’s romcom heroines work in Stem fields. Dating and Other Theories 20th June, £8.99, 54
Anne O’Brien A Court of Betrayal Orion, 29th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781398711198 Alluring, historical novel with appeal for fans of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir.
Clara O’Connor Once Upon an Algorithm One More Chapter, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008653675 Spicy Stem romance for those who like Ali Hazelwood and Sally Thorne.
Elizabeth O’Connor Whale Fall Picador, 25th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781035024728 The British literary début of 2024: a beautiful yet devastating work that outlines a story of longing and betrayal in a world convulsing in a great tumult.
Beth O’Leary The Wake-up Call Quercus, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529418262 Much-anticipated new outing by bestselling author of The Flatshare.
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