New Releases by Helen Cooper

What if mother doesn’t know best…? In a close-knit English village, Chrissy and Alice were once best friends. So were their sons, Leo and Robbie. Until the night Leo killed Robbie with a single, devastating punch. Now Leo has gone to prison, Chrissy has lost her pub, and Alice has been pouring her anger into a twisted project . . . As Leo’s parole date approaches, the villagers are incensed and fearful about the prospect of his return. But when Chrissy arrives to collect Leo from prison, he isn’t there. The staff tell her he has already been released, but nobody knows where he’s gone. As the village closes ranks, Chrissy realizes her former friends are suspects in her son’s disappearance, not the least of which is still-bitter Alice. Is Leo being punished for what happened that terrible night? Or do the answers lie further back, in a dark past none of them wants to revisit?

A LibraryReads Pick Be careful who you sleep with...They''ve already made their bed. Lucy and her husband, Adam, have been best friends with another couple, Cora and Scott, for years. The four are practically family—they vacation together, co-own a beach cottage, and their children are inseparable. So Lucy is devastated when, while looking at a colleague’s photos of a trip to the Maldives, she spots a picture of Scott, apparently on vacation with another woman. Then she learns that the woman in the photo has gone missing. Lucy can’t help but fear that Scott was involved. But searching for answers might uncover secrets about Scott, Cora, and even her own husband that could destroy the picture-perfect lives they have built together. Or maybe she was never part of the picture at all. Is it possible everyone knows more than they are letting on? If so, what are the consequences of exposing the truth?

From twice-Kate Greenaway WINNER comes an exquisite story within a story, featuring a mouse who is forced to tell stories to save his life, a cat who plans to eat said mouse as soon as the story is finished, and our protagonist''s protagonist, a princess in trouble. Gorgonzola watched Brie with her tail twitching . . . then she pounced. Brie the mouse is caught between the claws of Gorgonzola the cat. Desperate to survive, Brie starts telling Gorgonzola a story . . . It''s a showstopping tale - about a runaway princess, a cat that can grow to the size of a panther, an enchanted feast, a vanishing cavern and a quest to find a magical herb . . . But Gorgonzola is getting hungry . . . If Brie wants his life to be spared, this must be the best story he has ever told. A dazzling story within a story that you won''t be able to put down and accompanied with stunning interior art..

A new edition of Helen Cooper''s comprehensive single-volume guide to the The Canterbury Tales, bringing together a wide range of material and providing an accessible commentary on all aspects of the work.

After a shocking death at a luxurious Italian resort, two very different women must question everything—and everyone—they love in order to untangle truth from lies in this twisty, captivating read. One year ago, Leah’s feisty 21-year-old niece, Amy, mysteriously drowned in the beautiful lake near her family-owned resort in Northern Italy. Now, Leah’s grief has caught up with her, and she decides to return to Lake Garda for the first time since Amy’s death. What she finds upon her arrival shocks her—her sister, brother-in-law, and surviving niece, Olivia, seem to have erased all memories of Amy, and fought to have her death declared an accidental drowning, despite murky circumstances. Leah knows she must look beyond the resort’s beautiful façade and uncover what truly happened to Amy, even if her digging places both her family ties and her very life in danger. Meanwhile, in Central England, thirtysomething Joanna is recovering from a surprising break-up when she is swept off her feet by a handsome bartender. But when she learns that he is on the run from something in his past, and that their meeting may not have been a coincidence, Joanna realized that he may just a bit too good to be true. What follows is a propulsive cat-and mouse game set against the Italian lakeside as the two seemingly-unconnected women are caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.

From first steps to final submission, this accessible guide takes students through each stage of the assignment-writing process and equips them with the skills they need to construct and develop convincing academic arguments. Concise and compact, it offers practical advice on forming ideas, structuring arguments and finding your academic voice. The authors, both of whom are experienced in working directly with students, also provide valuable guidance on a number of important subtleties in academic writing, including expressing reservations or enthusiasm in academic writing and using evidence to convey different viewpoints. The second edition contains new material on synthesizing ideas from different sources, as well as more varied examples of what ''finding your academic voice means'' in the context of different assignments, including blogs and observations. Applicable to different types of assignment, this is an essential resource for all undergraduates and postgraduates who are looking to communicate their arguments effectively and improve the quality of their academic writing.

An addicting and twisty debut about an apartment building devastated by the disappearance of a teenage girl--and by the secrets that won''t be kept behind each closed door--that will thrill fans of Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena. One House. Three Families. Countless Secrets. From her downstairs apartment in suburban London, Emma has often overheard the everyday life of the seemingly perfect family upstairs--Steph, Paul and teenage daughter Freya--but has never got to know them. Until one day, she hears something that seizes her attention: Freya has vanished and the police are questioning Steph and Paul about their life. Do either of you have any enemies? Anyone who might want to harm or threaten you? The effects of Freya''s disappearance ripple outward, affecting not just her parents, but everyone who lives in the building, including Emma and local driving instructor Chris, who was the last person to see the teenager before she went missing. Each character''s life is thrown into sharp focus as devastating mistakes and long-held secrets are picked apart and other crimes come to light--including a child gone missing twenty-five years earlier, and a shocking murder--that make clear that the past never stays where we leave it, and that homes can be built on foundations of lies.

Paul and Steph''s life in south London couldn''t be happier. A nice flat, great jobs, successful marriage and a teenage daughter, Freya, they adore. But when Freya suddenly vanishes, Paul and Freya have to accept that their life might not have been as perfect as it seemed. For them, their downstairs neighbour Emma and local driving instructor Chris who lives next door, Freya''s disappearance throws their own lives into sharp focus as devastating mistakes and long-held secrets are picked apart. This is a smart, twisty and interweaving narrative that asks: how well can you ever really know those closest to you?

Featuring helpful examples and top tips throughout, this handy guide equips students with the tools to understand, respond to and apply lecturer feedback in order to continuously improve their academic performance. Chapters take students through the entire feedback process, from handling common feelings associated with feedback and making sense of criticism through to creating an effective action plan and applying feedback across their course. Using Feedback to Boost Your Grades will be an invaluable toolkit for students of all subject areas and levels who want to take control of their academic progress and make the most of the feedback they receive.

„O lectură de neratat, un amestec de fantastic, aventură și incursiune în lumea muzeelor ciudate." School Library Connection „O aventură fantastică într-o lume de basm." The Sunday Times Când Ben primește o invitație misterioasă la un muzeu ciudat, băiatul e atras într-o lume neobișnuită, plină de secrete uitate și magie nemaivăzută… Plicul cu invitația la Muzeul Gee a fost adus de albinele-poștașe. Pe el nu scrie niciun nume, dar Ben știe că lui îi este adresat. Dacă nu ar fi așa, atunci de ce desenele de pe cartonaș i-au stârnit amintiri despre tatăl său, dispărut de mult pe mare? Când ajunge în vechea clădire dărăpănată, Ben găsește o mulțime de animale vorbitoare, care l-au așteptat cu nerăbdare, convinse că doar el poate salva muzeul. Pentru asta însă, va trebui să dejoace planurile malefice ale unui investitor imobiliar lacom. Cu o fărâmă de noroc, un strop de magie și puțin ajutor de la mama sa, Ben ar putea salva muzeul de la uitare, izbutind totodată să găsească acele răspunsuri despre tatăl lui pe care le-a căutat toată viața.

This work includes foreword by Ian Botham, OBE, former England Cricket Captain and father of a daughter with Type 1 Diabetes. This groundbreaking book reveals how science and medicine have traditionally tried to make diabetes simple and orderly, despite its obvious messiness and complexity. The result has left patients, carers and health professionals confused and frustrated. Using complexity science, "Riding the Diabetes Rollercoaster" provides a radical new approach to understanding and managing diabetes that embraces its uncertainties and challenges. From a complexity perspective, the diabetes rollercoaster is normal and is a mirror of life itself. Learning to embrace and use the tools of complexity can completely alter your approach to diabetes. "Despite huge amounts of research, funding and effort, diabetes - like many other chronic illnesses - refuses to go away or even to get any easier to deal with. Health professionals have grown increasingly frustrated with their inability to develop radical improvements; patients and carers struggle to comply with complicated self management regimes. We believe that Complexity offers a way forward. Learning to balance rather than control diabetes is the ultimate goal of diabetes management." - Helen Cooper and Robert Geyer, in the Preface.

The invitation was delivered by bees. It wasn''t addressed to anyone at all, but Ben knew it was for him. It would lead him to an old, shambolic museum, full of strange and bewitching creatures. A peculiar world of hidden mysteries and curious family secrets . . . and some really dangerous magic.Filled with her own wonderful illustrations, The Hippo at the End of the Hall is Helen Cooper''s debut novel.

How Can You Teach a Child to Willingly Share What They Love? . . . She gave the worm a push with her round black nose. . . “You happen to be eating one of my tomatoes!” exclaimed Willie, poking her nose even closer . . . Willie loves tomatoes, but she is not willing to share them. Does Willie need to keep all the tomatoes to herself? Discover how three little garden friends help Willie understand that sharing comes from the heart, and when there is a willingness to share, good things happen! Willie and the Tomato Garden is an endearing tale of love, respect, patience, and sharing. Willie’s interactions with Mr. Oliver and the animals she meets in the garden are a beautiful testament to the merits of teaching by example. The understanding and joy Mr. Oliver exhibits towards Willie’s eagerness and inquisitive nature, connects this story to readers of any age, from toddlers to grandparents. ~ Vicky Madden Bonillas, Montessori Teacher I absolutely love this delightful tale, and how Willie is led by her nose through this whimsical garden adventure. ~ Heidi Michalske, videographer This is a light-hearted story, teaching children the valuable lesson of giving to others. The illustrations are delightful and engaging. ~ Kerry Gregoire, business professional I loved Willie from the moment I set eyes on her. The garden adventure reminded me of Peter Rabbit. Everyone has something to learn, especially the willingness to share. ~ Janet Vitt Sommer RN, BSN The author takes her readers on Willie’s journey allowing them to taste and smell the tomatoes along the way. A well-written, descriptive, and creative story teaching the enduring values of sharing and making friends. ~ Gayle Berman

Four Week Fiance 2 is the sequel to Four Week Fiance.Mila Brookstone has been in love with TJ Walker for years so when he asked her to be his fake fiancee, she knew she would say yes. However, Mila wasn''t prepared for the gamut of feelings and emotions that would hit her once playing that role.TJ Walker is a handsome successful man with a penchant for exciting and crazy past times. He doesn''t do love, but there is something about Mila that he can''t seem to get out of his head.Mila and TJ''s relationship starts to heat up and both of them find themselves hiding secrets that could break the other one. What will happen when their fun and games turn into something a lot more painful? Will love overcome all?

"I have a proposition for you. Spend the night with me and I''ll tell you more."Henry James is the hottest sexiest man I''ve ever met. He''s also the cockiest and most alpha. I knew as soon as I met him that I should stay away. I knew that he would be bad news. But the fact that he was dominating and funny was a bit of a turn-on to me. I enjoyed our interactions. I was intrigued by his flirtation. I wanted to succumb to his games. The only problem was that I didn''t know exactly what game he was playing.NOTE: This novella is a steamy prequel to the full-length standalone novel Falling For The Billionaire, that will be released in October. It will also be included in Falling For The Billionaire when it is released, so you can read it first now or you can read it as part of the novel on release day.

Seducing My Assistant is the novella sequel to Falling For My Boss.Elizabeth Jeffries met and fell for Scott Taylor while she was working as his assistant. Even though they had their ups and downs, they realized that they had something special between them that they wanted to pursue. When Scott Taylor finally realized he was in love Elizabeth, someone else came along to claim her, bringing with him a surprise that would shock both of them. Now Scott has to fight for the woman he loves and try to convince her that he really is a good guy that is after her heart above everything else.Seducing My Assistant is the novella sequel to Falling For My Boss.

Author on cover appears as: J.S Cooper & Helen Cooper.

Scott Taylor was sex on legs and it was all Elizabeth Jeffries could do to resist him. When Elizabeth Jeffries was hired for a job with her party gram company, she had no idea that her new boss Scott Taylor was going to have such an effect on her. He was a handsome flirt and he liked to push the boundaries of their office relationship. Only Elizabeth, with the guidance of her best friend, has decided to push right back. She wants Scott to know that he''s not the only one that can play games. Thus begins the ultimate game of cat and mouse. They both begin to tease and lure each other into their webs and then something explosive happens. The games go too far and Elizabeth is pushed to the limit. Scott doesn''t know what to think when he finds out Elizabeth''s big secret and the reason why she took the job. The truth causes everything to blow up, however neither one of them were to know that that wasn''t to be the last job that Elizabeth would take that would bring her back into his world.

Aiden Taylor is devastatingly handsome, sexy, arrogant-- and out of reach. He''s Alice''s best friend''s brother, and one night years ago ... well, neither wants to talk about that; they vowed to keep their secret. It''s just getting harder and harder to keep things secret, now that Liv is getting married, and Alice and Aiden are being thrown together ... and he''s doing things to her now that are make it hard to forget ...

New Sexy Standalone from New York Times Bestselling Author Helen Cooper and JS Cooper It was only supposed to be one night We met at a wedding. He was hot. And I’d been in a year’s drought. He smiled. We got drunk. We flirted. We hooked up. I left early the next morning without saying goodbye. It was only meant to be a one night stand. I didn’t want the awkward morning after moment. Not at all. Then I went home for the weekend. And he was there. Sitting on the couch chatting to my dad. Turns out he was more than just a stranger. Turns out that my one night stand was about to cause a whole heap of trouble. Turns out that it never just stops with one night.

Just who are Grant Slate and Tyler? Evie Johnson decided to be the bad girl when she went home with Grant Slate. After a sexy night, she''s not prepared for the warnings Tyler gives her about his billionaire boss. Evie isn''t sure who to trust and she''s not sure why she''s so attracted to Tyler, with his alert and guarded blue eyes. When she finds a stack of letters that tell of a mystery Evie finds herself wanting to find out exactly what''s going on. Only as she digs deeper, she finds herself more caught up with both Grant and Tyler. What game are the two wolves playing with her and will Evie cross a line that will forever change her life?

Helen Cooper''s unique study examines how continuations of medieval culture into the early modern period, forged Shakespeare''s development as a dramatist and poet. Medieval culture pervaded his life and work, from his childhood, spent within reach of the last performances of the Coventry Corpus Christi plays, to his dramatisation of Chaucer in The Two Noble Kinsmen three years before his death. The world he lived in was still largely a medieval one, in its topography and its institutions. The language he spoke had been forged over the centuries since the Norman Conquest. The genres in which he wrote, not least historical tragedy, love-comedy and romance, were medieval inventions. A high proportion of his plays have medieval origins and he kept returning to Chaucer, acknowledged as the greatest poet in the English language. Above all, he grew up with an English tradition of drama developed during the Middle Ages that assumed that it was possible to stage anything - all time, all space. Shakespeare and the Medieval World provides a panoramic overview that opens up new vistas within his work and uncovers the richness of his inheritance.

Meg had no idea what she was getting herself into when she accepted a job at the Private Club. She also hadn''t planned on meeting a man like, Greyson Twining. A man who''s handsome devilish looks made her forget her principals and her mind. When Meg realizes that there is a lot more going on at the Private Club then she had ever imagined, she decides to stick around to try and figure out exactly what''s going on. Only she never imagined that the truth could be so deadly and worrying. Eventually, Meg finds herself stuck between her attraction to Greyson and the stark facts telling her that, Greyson is a bad man. A very bad man. Meg has to decide what to believe, her heart or her brain, before it''s too late.

What is the Private Club? When Meg Riley accepted a job at the Private Club she didn''t expect to be thrown into a world of deception and lust. She doesn''t know who she can trust, but that doesn''t stop her from falling for Greyson Twining. Greyson Twining is the handsome owner of the club. He is charismatic, alluring and way out of her league. While his smile sets her heart on fire, everything else about him makes her want to run away. Especially when Meg finds out that her roommate and confidante, Nancy has gone missing. Meg isn''t sure if she can trust her heart, but as more secrets are revealed, she fears that she may already be in too deep. The Private Club 3 is the last book in the explosive Private Club series. Readers should be 18 or over due to mature language and situations.

The Private Club is a three book erotic romance novella serial. What happens at the private club stays at the private club! When Meg Riley lost her job as an attorney, she never thought she''d end up working for a private club. But when she met the handsome and elusive, Greyson Twining, she knew she couldn''t turn the job down; even though she didn''t really know what the position entailed. Greyson Twining is the owner of the private club and he knows that it''s a mistake to hire, Meg. However, there is something about the way she smiles at him that makes him forget his own reservations. And then there''s the call from, Brandon Hastings telling him not to hire Meg. A call he should have listened to more closely. As Meg and Greyson embark on day one of training, neither of them realize that there are secrets about to come out that will completely alter both of their lives. Part two will be out on February 13th and part three will be out on February 20th.

Seven years ago, Brandon Hastings and Katie Raymond had a relationship that other couples envied. They loved each other more than anything, but one lie ruined their relationship forever. Now, Brandon is the CEO of the company that Katie works for and she is finding it hard to be around him without wanting to touch him and be touched by him. Katie gives in to one moment of weakness with Brandon, and he reveals a secret that breaks her heart once again. Katie is determined that she will not let Brandon break her again and they go back in forth in a mouse and cat game that has them both wondering what''s really going on. Just when Katie thinks she can take no more, one more secret is revealed that will make her question everything she ever thought she knew about Brandon Hastings.

Handsome billionaire, Brandon Hastings was Katie Raymond''s first love. They had a whirlwind romance that captivated her heart and took her on a sexual journey she never wanted to end. Their future together looked bright until Brandon found out that Katie was keeping a huge secret from him. Once he realized the truth, he broke her heart and she never saw him again. Seven years later, Katie has finally moved on and accepts the position of her dreams at Marathon Corporation as an executive manager. The only problem is, Brandon Hastings bought the business a month after she started working there. Now Katie has to fly to San Francisco to attend a company-wide orientation and she is scared that Brandon is going to fire her on sight. Little does she know that Brandon has lot more planned for her and this time he''s the one keeping a secret.

A little girl eats a dog biscuit by mistake and worries about the consequences. Includes recipe for "human-being treats."