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The Ten is a captivating anthology of fiction and memoir by ten emerging writers, curated by The Writing Coach. This collection features powerful extracts from longer-form works, encompassing contemporary and historical fiction, fantasy, and poetic memoir.

Jealousy and magic collide in a battle for love and revengeRuthless TV presenter Decima Gauld's four-man harem is infatuated with her PA Alice. Consumed by jealousy, she makes Alice's life on her show The Bitch's Hour a living nightmare.Still shaken by the horror of Decima's party, secret witch Alice steps up her hidden powers. As she fights back against Queen Bitch Decima's torrent of hate with mischief and magic, one man offers Alice his unconditional support and devotion. But can he succeed in capturing her heart when she's still in love with another? When Decima's harem starts to fall apart, she turns in an unexpected direction to find love. In this gripping sequel to The Bitch's Tale, dark forces align against Alice and her tormentor, bringing terror and death as everything around them crumbles and their fates entwine.

A unique exploration into the spiritual relationship between horses and humans and their infinite capacity to help us heal.

Might it be that learning to communicate with the horse helps us to reframe the way we perceive each other and how we see ourselves?In this sequel to her book The Spell of the Horse, Pam Billinge's exploration of the spiritual connection between horse and human unfolds in a timeless, profound way. When she follows her dream to a farmhouse in France, she is able to live alongside her herd for the first time. Here, in the heart of nature, deeper insights are revealed into the true nature of the horse and the incredible power of presence to transform.A pioneer in embodied horse-led therapy and leadership development, Pam's story is interwoven with those of inspiring individuals and groups she has supported: from people experiencing relationship breakdown to large organisations looking for culture change; from the bereaved or lonely to the confused wishing to explore what next. Steeped in simple wisdom, the stories offer the reader a pragmatic, mindful template for personal transformation.Through the wisdom of the horse, learn how to live authentically and to engage open-heartedly with all that is.

Often funny and sometimes poignant tales of travels through Susie Kelly's muddled life. No matter how hard she tries, things seem to go wrong more often than they go right. Fortunately she can see the funny side of most things, even her cancer diagnosis. However, snoring transforms her from a sweet little thing into a pitiless monster.

Take a journey through the centuries with this gorgeous book of personal stories about famous cat lovers and their cats.

Every betrayal has a consequence... one family... one summer... one woman. Anna Bond, 45, is floundering. Tiger mum to tricky teen Sophie, now slipping through her fingers, and loyal wife to big sociable Ollie, whom she no longer trusts, what does she do next with her life?

Keep your home healthy and save a fortuneFilter out the wrong advice: What really works? What doesn't? What's safe? What isn't?As the Cleaning Guru for The Guardian's Weekend Magazine for many years, Stephanie helped hundreds of readers solve their impossible stains and household cleaning catastrophes the healthy, non-toxic way.

Who hasn't dreamt of living in France? For Susie that dream comes true... but not in the way she had imagined. Susie looks back on the beginning of her life in the country she loves and has called home for 23 years. Sometimes it feels more like taking part in a musical comedy than starting a new life in France.

The author and her husband devised a simple plan - to take a tent and the dog and drive around the perimeter of France. Like many simple plans it went wrong before it started and they ended up with two dogs and a campervan named Tinkerbelle.

An unsolved mystery...an unlikely alliance...a devastating truth. When an elderly woman is brutally attacked in her tower-block home, a group of misfit residents must work together to solve the crime.

Novel about a young, idealistic aid worker in Ukraine in the early 1990s shortly after the fall of communism.

A memoir about an artist's search for beauty, art and identity. From Felliniesque childhood encounters in 1950s Rome with Humphrey Bogart, Tennessee 'Ten' Williams, Errol Flynn and Laurence Olivier to growing up in 1960s counter-culture LA with Jim Morrison and travels with a mysterious older woman from Europe to Afghanistan.

Quite possibly the strangest romance ever told. All that mattered to Rosie, all that had ever really mattered, was that she loved Tom and he loved her. But when a mysterious sequence of events unfolds, their love is put to the test.

The travel author recalls a 1950s childhood in post-war London's every shade of grey and the splendours of Africa as, with her glamorous mother and father, Susie boards a ship bound for exotic, technicolor Kenya. There Susie's life disintegrates at break-neck speed into a web of jealousy, rejection and casual cruelty.

"I like a dessert to make me feel slightly guilty about eating it, but not enough to make me stop." Susie Kelly The 2nd instalment of the travel author's delightful round-ups of her favourite quick, simple, easy recipes, sprinkled with anecdote and humour.

The tragic, moving story of Tim's son's - and thus his own - 20-year struggle with schizophrenia. Tim Salmon believes passionately that it needed to be told, for the "outside" world - and he includes many of the professionals in that - know little of the daily reality of living with paranoid schizophrenia.

A collection of Susie Kelly's simple, meat-free recipes for feeding friends and family sprinkled with anecdote and humor. With the 2nd The Lazy Cook, 2 Quick And Easy Sweet Treats to follow shortly after.

A hilarious tale of restoring and running two holiday cottages in a remote hamlet of SW France. Dedicated to all who hate housework. Finalist, People's Book Prize 2016.

At the age of 29, Diana Hill fell under a London train. In 7 seconds the tall, glamorous businesswoman went from busy woman of the world with everything to live for to double-leg-amputee, her life in ruins. The issues surrounding sexuality and disability are explored as she revisits the courtroom dramas and her complicated love life.

A quirky, hilarious and endearing mix of personal travel and a cycling adventure through the most turbulent and dramatic period of French history following Marie Antoinette's failed escape from the guillotine. Travel with Susie as she wobbles on her bike through Paris and Versailles, the battlefields of World War 1, the Champagne region and more.

A guide to self-publishing which takes the beginner through every stage of the process. From copy editing and proofing to formatting text and images, without the need for coding knowledge, and on to sales, social media and publicity tips.

A portrait of an all but vanished way of Greek mountain life, uninterrupted for thousands of years. This book describes the remote parts of northern Greece and comments on their despoliation.

When Helena returns to her childhood home in Orkney, she is forced to face memories that she has spent half a lifetime running from. Her best friend, the charismatic Anastasia, disappeared after a swimming incident. But what really happened that night by the wrecks? An intense portrait of adolescent yearning and obsession.

How can you long for someone who doesn't exist? An emotional, moving story about a London power couple with pregnancy problems trying to get pregnant.