In doing so, the book triumphed over a very strong shortlist, including collections by one Booker Prize winner in Anne Enright and two authors who have been Booker shortlisted in Shena Mackay and Ali Smith (the latter a winner of the Whitbread Prize).When announcing the winner, one of the judges – James Walton, journalist and chair of BBC Radio 4’s The Write Stuff – said, “I suspect Chris Beckett winning the Edge Hill Prize will be seen as a surprise in the world of books. In fact, though, it was also a bit of surprise to the judges, none of whom knew they were science fiction fans beforehand.”In 2012 the Sunday Times named Chris’ latest novel Dark Eden the best science fiction novel of the year, and it is currently shortlisted for the BSFA Award in the same category. NewCon Press are delighted to be publishing The Peacock Cloak, the latest collection from one of Britain’s most distinguished and accomplished genre authors. Contains twelve stories (85,000 words) all previously uncollected.

    One curvy woman. Zero reasons to choose.Me, Cinderella? by Aubrey Rose -- A sweet BBW new adult Cinderella story with just a touch of spice.The Billionaire's Ultimatum: His Absolute Need by Cerys du Lys -- Falling in love wasn't supposed to be a part of Jessika's temporary job description.Taming the Alpha by Adriana Hunter -- A contemporary BBW shifter romance.Two's a Couple, Three's the Law by Eve Langlais -- Bad boy werewolf or suave vampire? Why choose when the law demands she take on two?Remember Our Song by Emma South -- Can the lightning of true love strike twice after amnesia tears the perfect couple apart?Laid Bear by Marina Maddix-- Can true love survive when worlds collide?Forever Innocent by Deanna Roy -- Torn apart by tragedy. Reunited by chance. A love to never let go.First Moon by Michelle Fox -- A curvy beauty feels the bite of the wolf and heeds the call of the wild.The Rockstar I've Loved for So Long by Marian Tee -- A new adult billionaire rock star romance.Skin Deep by Dez Burke -- A scarred race car driver. A beauty afraid to take a chance. Can their love overcome?Champagne Kisses by Krista Lakes -- A contemporary romance with lost love & second chances. Special sneak peak of brand new Sandcastle Kisses included!

    All proceeds go to Paws With A Cause, a charity which trains and provides service dogs to people who can greatly benefit from assistance and companionship. The Stories: CalculatedThe Messy Mind of Monique PearsonA successful CEO finds her new PA has more to offer than his typing skills. In the office she’s used to being in control, but he has other plans in mind.Rolling On A RiverThe Saucy OwlOne all-girl roller hockey team against the boys, in an all-day tournament of hockey and will power. It gets hotter than a girdle after a game when Frankie sees Taylor Rivers roll on by.Love and WarBeauté De Livres - Beauty of BooksHaving a future was never in our plans.We were at war when we found each other.But when the demons of your past crash into your present, will love be enough?Falling Into YouMila Grayson | KU Book ReviewsThink you can only find used furniture on Craigslist? You can also find second chances. Don't let that chance encounter escape you. UnexpectedObsessed with RomanceWhen a single mother of twins joins her best friends for “a girls night out” she expects some drinks, laughs and dancing. But someone has other plans for her.Wildest DreamsKay Su | BooksandMeThree isn't always a crowd. But trying to find two hot, dominating men happy to share the same girl isn't ever going to be easy. Will dreams become reality? What are the odds?Love For UsBooks And Boys Book BlogFinding love on the internet is always a risky business. Full of catfish and unsolicited pics. But what happens when you find a connection faster and stronger than your wifi? Contributing Blogger Links: Mila | KU Book Reviewshttp://kubookreviews.com/Kay Su | Books and Mehttp://iamkayiee.blogspot.com/Beauté De Livres - Beauty of Bookshttp://beautedelivres.comThe Messy Mind of Monique Pearsonhttp://mindofmoniquepearson.comThe Saucy Owl - Reviewing the RaunchHttp://www.thesaucyowl.wix.com/thesau...Obsessed with Romancewww.obsessedwithromance.comBooks and Boys Book Bloghttp://booksnboysbookblog.blogspot.com/

    Alcorn: "You're fired." Two words a stripper never wants to hear from the only man she's ever loved. The One by Jacquelyn Ayres: "I knew someday I would get caught and everything would go to hell in a hand basket. I just didn't know she would be the one to do the catching. I didn't know she would come along and be the one." Throw Caution to the Wind by Kelly Collins: Seven years ago, Savannah Stone walked away from Louisiana, vowing never to return. With a suitcase in her hand and a scar on her heart she set out on a new path. Seven years later, the death of her best friend has her returning back to the place she promised herself she would never go––home. Can she bury her friend as well as her past? Sometimes you have to throw caution to the wind. One Last Night by Laurel Ulen Curtis: Zoey Kapernack thought she was stumbling her way through One Last Night of pranks. What she got instead was Miller Laughlin...and the beginning of her love story. Hard To Handle by Ella Fox: You know what sucks? Gettin’ a Dear John letter from the love of your life five days before your wedding. Know what sucks more? That she’s back, and in order to keep my ranch, I’ve got to marry her. One Summer by Elle Jefferson: Fulfilling her mother’s dying wish meant Maddie would be spending time in Dallas with her overbearing father and perfect brother. It was guaranteed to be the worst summer on record until she meets JR. Now her summer is about to heat up. Savor Me by Aly Martinez: I learned early on that one man wasn't enough for me. I thought Hunter Coy was going to be the one to prove me wrong. But that was before he introduced me to his best friend, Mason Wynn. Never Wanted More by Stacey Mosteller: Wyatt Parker is the boy from the wrong side of town and Peyton Williams is spoiled, entitled and a little too stuck up for someone like him. She came to college content with the idea that she never wanted more...until she met him. Hold Your Horses by Rochelle Paige: Charlotte thought she was doing the right thing when she decided to go away to college, making Shane wait four long years for her. What happens when the girl who is nervous about settling down to small-town life comes home to the guy who is ready to pop the question? Sweet Southern Sorrow by Tessa Teevan: One unforgettable summer changed the lives of Cheyenne Hamilton and Sawyer Callahan. It was a summer of first love, friendship, and in the end, heartbreak. Nearly six years have passed when Sawyer and Cheyenne cross paths again. Unresolved questions, painful memories, and unwavering love soon begin to rise to the surface, but it may just be too late to recover from the summer that led to a Sweet Southern Sorrow. Rock Country by K. Webster: What happens when a typical bad boy rocker comes across a sad country song? Why, you get the sweet sound of Rock Country.

    Naked lead singers. Soulful intellectuals. Dancers. Rock stars. Summer is hot, and so are these men.... The New Adult Romance Boxed Set has FIVE COMPLETE NOVELS.This collection includes Julia Kent, Emme Rollins,Helena Newbury, and more...Dear Rockstar by Emme Rollins -- She's obsessed with a rock star. He's crazy enough to want to be one. Sometimes the best things in life are crazy. Amazon Top 100 Bestseller.Random Acts of Crazy (Random #1) by Julia Kent -- Darla isn't the type to pick up hitchhikers -- especially naked ones. But when she makes an exception for handsome Trevor, she finds herself caught between two delicious men in this fun-filled, steamy USA Today bestseller.Mad For You (Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Love #1) by Anna Antonia - Loving Gabriel Gordon was like trying to love the sun...Emma Adams was destined to burn. Given their tumultuous natures and personal demons, there was only one way a relationship between them could survive: in madness.Me, Cinderella? by Aubrey Rose -- One kind deed can change your life forever.... Brynn Tomlin could never afford to follow her heart, but when she buys a cup of coffee for a stranger sitting in the cold, she sets into motion a course of events that can only lead to one kind of fairy-tale ending.Dance For Me (Fenbrook Academy #1) by Helena Newbury -- When troubled ballet student Natasha agrees to be the muse of millionaire designer Darrell Carner, she doesn't expect to fall for him...or to discover that his past is just as dark as hers. Can two broken souls heal each other...or will their secrets tear them apart?FIVE New Adult novels filled with men with a passion for the women they can't live without.Show more

    Titles include:Chasin' Mason by Stacey Joy NetzelCatch the stallion ~ win the ranch. A simple competition between bitter enemies, but once tempers and passions flare in the Texas heat, all bets are off. Deadly Addiction by Kristine CayneA violent clash of cultures tests the forbidden love between a Native American man and a white female cop. When police sergeant Alyssa Morgan and Rémi Whitedeer meet, their forbidden attraction flips both their lives ass over teakettle, but they aren't the only ones in turmoil. After the duo uncovers a drug-fueled conspiracy on the Blackriver Reservation, blood is pitted against blood, and Rémi has everything to lose. His Lady Godiva by L.C. GirouxDr. Michael Dennison put broken bodies back together so no one would have to live like he did. As many obstacles as he had overcome, he never wanted to burden a woman with his disability. He was safer never to risk his heart. Violet Bellows lived a guarded life. The accident had taken so much from her but she still had something to give. For her surgeon she would risk everything to make him hers, body and soul.Love By Design by Liz MatisIn this Sex in the City meets HGTV romp sparks fly on camera as interior designer Victoria Bryce breaks in temporary co-host Aussie Russ Rowland. Arguments over design plans and measurement mishaps ignite passions behind the scenes.But when the past collides with the present will the foundation they built withstand the final reveal?Run Rosie Run by C.C. MackenzieThink Easy Virtue meets No Reservations…She’d wasted enough of her life madly in love with a man she could never have…Perhaps it was time to give another man a chance... But now Rosie has two men who want her and will stop at nothing to win her heart…Which one will she choose...Sexy in Stilettos by Nana MaloneOrganized, event planner, Jaya Trudeaux is used to doing things by the book and never making waves. The only thing that can tie carefree, playboy, Alec Danthers down is a promise he made to his mother. Can Jaya put the lists down long enough to enjoy the ride?Six full length books, Over 1000 pages, from six top selling authors. If you like your contemporary romance on the steamy side this book is for you!

    A bride DYING to say, 'I don't.' A horny college boy at a purity rally. Time-traveling graduate students meet Victorian playboys. A rugby player who's as dirty off the field as on. And kissing under the mistletoe with a Scottish exchange student. Something for everyone, the NAturals present sweet, funny, and erotic tales of new adults meant to be Unwrapped all year long and not just at Christmas.

    Now she's letting loose and reclaiming her inner bad girl with not one, but two sexy strangers! Double the pleasure means double the fun, right?Shake Me by Sara FawkesDetermined to forget her cheating boyfriend, Cassidy Dupre agrees to a night out with playboy Travis Dean. But when she finds herself wanting more than she bargained for, this evening could spell desire … or disaster!Show Me by Cathryn FoxEva Parker wants a lesson in seduction … from her brother's best friend. When teaching becomes tension, will they be able to keep it professional? Or will friends forever become something much hotter?Shock Me by Lauren HawkeyeCallie Gilmore is determined to break out of the friend zone with Ryder Hawkins. Donning a mask and making her move seems easy, but when fate throws a curveball, Callie must choose: turn and run… or embrace the night.

    Lies. Sex. Welcome to Palm South University. The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in South Florida. At a school where fraternities and sororities don’t exactly play by the rules, relationships are bound to be tested. Parties and sex are definitely key ingredients in the Palm South recipe, but what happens when family issues, secret lives, and unrequited love get tossed in the mix? Follow Cassie, Bear, Jess, Skyler, Erin, Ashlei, and Adam as they tackle college at a small, private beach town university. Written in television drama form, each episode of this serial will pull you deeper and deeper into the world of PSU. Where the sun is hot and the clothes are scarce, anything can happen.

    What could possibly go wrong? Everything, if you’re Gin Blanco. This Spider is trapped in someone else’s icy web—and it seems like they don’t want her to leave the faire alive . . .A CURSE FOR SPRING BY AMANDA BOUCHETA malevolent spell strangles the kingdom of Leathen in catastrophic drought. Prince Daric must break the curse before his people starve. A once-mighty goddess trapped in a human body might be the key—but saving his kingdom could mean losing all that he loves.THE DRAGONS OF SUMMER BY JEFFE KENNEDYAs unofficial consort to the High Queen, former mercenary Harlan Konyngrr faces a challenge worse than looming war and fearsome dragons. His long-held secrets threaten what he loves most—and he must make a choice between vows to two women.A WILDERNESS OF GLASS BY GRACE DRAVENThe stretch of sea known as The Gray rules the lives of those in the village of Ancilar, including widow Brida Gazi. In the aftermath of an autumn storm, Brida discovers one of the sea's secrets cast onto the shore—a discovery that will change her world, mend her soul, and put her in the greatest danger she's ever faced.

    Top Shelf Romance is proud to present a collection of happily ever afters in collaboration with a cause dedicated to providing stories for those in need.100% of the profits from this anthology will be given to the Live A Thousand Lives charity.These best selling romance authors have graciously donated their stories for this collection:Willow Winters, KA Linde, Skye Warren, Carrie Ann Ryan , Nikki Ash, Jennifer Bene, Marni Mann, Melanie Harlow, Amelia Wilde, Livia Grant, Tia Louise, Jenna Hartley, Aleatha Romig, Dylan Allen, Ella James, Nana Malone, Harloe Rae & JD Hollyfield.Here’s to happily ever afters. All of them.

    Courage is only available for a limited time:** Never Been Ready by J.L. Berg**** Dominic by L.A. Casey**** The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window by Kirsty Moseley**** When the Sun Goes Down by Erin Noelle**** Freefall by Tess Oliver**** All for You by Kate Perry**** Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds**** Searching For Moore by Julie A. Richman**** In a Heartbeat by Hilary Storm**** Tears of Tess by Pepper Winters**

    From Rob Thurman, the New York Times bestselling author of the Cal Leandros, comes this wicked, mind-bending short story—from the Carniepunk urban fantasy anthology.

    Though it can grow stronger, people aren’t able to choose when it will happen. Sometimes, in rare instances, it becomes the only thing we live for; the reason we keep striving to move in a forward direction. In other circumstances, it can be the whole reason we exist in this world. That kind of rarity isn’t one to boast about. Loving someone with extreme compassion comes with great agony, and even more patience.

    Curl up around the fire this holiday season and enjoy deciding who in this collection of characters you want to add to the 'nice' list, and who you'll be adding to the 'naughty' list! All proceeds will be donated to a charity that supports literacy. UNDER THE MISTLETOE by USA Today Bestselling Author Michelle Lynn - Piper forms the perfect plan to give Tanner his Christmas surprise. Too bad her twin brother, Brad, arrives early and she's left scrambling. A TEN BELOW ZERO CHRISTMAS by bestselling author Whitney Barbetti - Parker and Everett from Ten Below Zero spend their first Christmas together after enduring eighteen months living apart. LOVE IN MOTION by bestselling author R.E. Hunter - When faced with an unexpected cross-country holiday trip, will Morgan & Brett discover the romance of train travel, or will they decide some plans aren’t worth the extra mile? A PARISIAN HOLIDAY by bestselling author Jade Eby - Kara and Vince from The Right Kind of Wrong get stuck in Paris for the holidays. WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE by bestselling author Elisabeth Grace - When Max and Chloe's New Year's Eve plans go awry the result is something that will change their lives forever. NAUGHTY NOT NICE by bestselling author Mia Kayla - When Kendy suspects that someone else is riding her reindeer, all hell erupts and she’s out for naughty revenge for the holidays. KEEP US by Faith Andrews - Will Marcus and Riley make it home for the holidays or will their spouses, Tessa and Beck, be forced to ring in the New Year alone? FLARE by Autumn Grey - Remington and Selene from the Havoc series have been stuck in the middle of ten-second quickies and diaper changing, but now things are about to flare up. DRIFTING by Gia Riley - Follow the gang from Lighter & Weightless on their hilarious road trip to NYC where they’ll celebrate New Year’s Eve in style. SECOND BEGINNINGS by Kristy Love - Courtney wanted to put the past behind her and face the boy who broke her heart. She hadn’t planned on meeting Chase, though. ALWAYS US by Stephanie Rose - All Lucas and Samantha from Always You want this Christmas is each other, but life keeps getting in the way. SLEEPLESS NIGHT by Kimberly Rose - Malik and Rosalyn reconnect for one sweet and sexy night before he deploys. SPECIAL DELIVERY by B.A. Wolfe - Cassie and Aidan are sharing their first Christmas together as a family, and they quickly learn that the best gifts don't come wrapped in a bow beneath the tree. BABY, IT'S YOU by Ryleigh Andrews - Join Mia and the rest of the gang from the Never Over You series as they celebrate a snow-filled Christmas holiday. COMPROMISED by Livia Jamerlan - Peyton & Braelynn's plan was to spend their first holiday season together on a beach until a heartbroken Gus knocks on the door. CHAMPAGNE KISSES by Eleanor Green - Best friends Briley and Cooper realize they're more than just friends as their lips lock at midnight on New Years Eve, and a new year brings new revelations. PROMISE YOU FOREVER by Celeste Grande - Brayden wants his girlfriend Casey to promise him forever. That is, if he can stop messing things up long enough to ask her. A TASTE OF CHRISTMAS by Anne Carol - Lauren and Brett are just friends who work at a winery tasting room, but what happens when fate steps in at the annual holiday party? UNWRAPPED by M.C. Decker - Join Rich and Brooke Davis and their family and friends as they celebrate a holiday to remember. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY by Ruthie Henrick - Thanksgiving has always been Allie’s favorite day, and this year Jake will be especially thankful if they manage to get everyone home for the holiday. FIRE OVER FROST by J.A. DeRouen - Emmett Fontaine's Christmas plans derail when he comes face to face with his college heartbreak ... and a tiny surprise wearing pigtails.